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Balaji Krishnamurthy

Managing Director and President, Australia
Chevron

Andrew Lewis

Executive General Manager, Consumer, Markets and Analytics
Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)

Andrew Nicholls

General Manager, Carbon Capture & Storage
Woodside Energy

Andrew Richards

Chief Executive Officer
Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA)

Andrew Thornton

Executive General Manager Integrated Gas
Origin Energy

Angus Rich

Executive Director
Oakley Greenwood

Anna Brakey

Commissioner
ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission)

Behdad Moghtaderi

Director, Centre for Innovative Energy Technologies (CINET) ; Laureate Professor, School of Engineering
University of Newcastle

Brett Woods

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Beach Energy

Cecile Wake

Country Chair & SVP Integrated Gas Australia
Shell

Chris Meredith

Senior Analyst (Energy and Finance)
Yara International

Clyde Russell

Asia Commodities and Energy Columnist
Reuters

Craig Ypinazar

Executive General Manager of People, Safety, and Governance
Jemena

Dale Koenders

Head of Energy & Utilities Research
Barrenjoey

Darren Rogers

Group Executive Energy Solutions
APA Group

Darren Stevenson

Chief Executive Officer
Senex Energy

David Berman

Commercial Director
ExxonMobil Australia

David Fallon

General Manager, Lower Carbon Execution
Chevron Australia

Felicity Underhill

Energy Transition and Decarbonisation Expert

Fiona Hall

Executive Vice President Strategy and Commercial
Beach Energy

Fran Duiker

Executive General Manager, Gas & Metering
AusNet

Frances Dreyer

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Glenn Watt

Chief Operating Officer
Beach Energy

Jan-Arne Johansen

President Australia
ConocoPhillips

Jane Norman

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Amplitude Energy

Jim Snow

Adjunct Professor | Executive Director
University of Queensland | Oakley Greenwood

Kathy Witt

Associate Professor, Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre
University of Queensland

Kevin Morrison

Energy Finance Analyst, Australian Gas
Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

Laurent Trost

Chief Operations Officer
Yara Pilbara

Liam Pepper

Executive Director, Global Commodities
Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Liz Boylan

Senior Principal Consultant
Oakley Greenwood

Liz Westcott

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Australia
Woodside Energy

Mark Easton

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Mark Wiseman

Co-Head of Asia Pacific Energy Research
Macquarie Group

Matthew Doman

Vice President
Crestview Strategy

Matthias Raab

Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC

Melissa Perrow

General Manager Energy
Brickworks Building Products

Nerise Cook

GM of Gas Markets
Jemena

Paul Evans

Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Orica

Paul Farrow

National Secretary
Australian Workers' Union (AWU)

Paul Reidy

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Peter Stokes

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Strike Energy

Richard Denniss

Co-Chief Executive Officer
Australia Institute

Rob Wheals

Chief Executive Officer
Squadron Energy

Rohan Harris

Executive Director
Oakley Greenwood

Samantha Daly

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Samantha McCulloch

Chief Executive
Australian Energy Producers

Sar Katdare

Competition/Antitrust Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Saul Kavonic

Head of Energy Research
MST Financial

Sean Fleming

General Manager, Energy Solutions
APA Group

Stephen Harty

Chief Executive Officer, GLNG Operations
Santos GLNG

Tim Cooper

Chief Financial Officer & Head of Commercial
Strike Energy

Tom Fotheringham

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Vikram Singh

Head of Renewable Gas Development
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)

Ying Luo

Chief Adviser and General Manager of Strategy
Amplitude Energy

Yu Jing

Scientia Senior Lecturer, School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering
University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Jim Snow

Adjunct Professor | Executive Director
University of Queensland | Oakley Greenwood

Jim is the Executive Director of expert consulting firm Oakley Greenwood and is an Adjunct Professor with the UQ Energy Initiative.

Jim is a Chemical Engineer and has spent over 35 years in the energy sector working in all facets of the industry and has not only built assets in gas and electricity but is also recognised as a regulatory economics and market design expert, and regularly delivers public talks and workshops on industry issues.

He has also held senior executive positions with Energy Developments Ltd running their Development and Construction Group, was CEO of Hunter Electricity, CEO of Consulting for Energetics Pty Ltd and was a founding Vice President in Australia of the Boston based consulting firm Charles River Associates which evolved to become Oakley Greenwood in Australia.

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Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass A: Detailed gas market analysis: Price trends, electrification, supply demand balance, decarbonisation and LNG imports 

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Jim Snow,

Angus Rich,

Rohan Harris,

Liz Boylan,

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Angus Rich

Executive Director
Oakley Greenwood

Angus offers a wealth of technical expertise balanced with commercial experience drawing on 25 years focusing on the gas and power sectors in the resources and energy industry. His expertise spans across engineering to business development disciplines.

Angus’ work at Oakley Greenwood has encompassed electricity wholesale market modelling as part of policy development for Infrastructure NSW and due diligence as part of IFM and QIC’s bid for NSW Government’s Transgrid sale process. He has also conducted technical and commercial due diligence advising Clayton Utz on contract negotiations for a central thermal plant offtake and Macquarie Bank on potential investment into a CNG project in the Pilbara region. He has been engaged by mining companies, such as South32 and Rio Tinto, on remote power solutions and strategies covering conceptual studies to final Power Purchase Agreement formulation and negotiations. He has a practical and technical understanding of integration of renewable solutions and the challenges these present for integration into remote and grid based systems.

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Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass A: Detailed gas market analysis: Price trends, electrification, supply demand balance, decarbonisation and LNG imports 

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Jim Snow,

Angus Rich,

Rohan Harris,

Liz Boylan,

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Rohan Harris

Executive Director
Oakley Greenwood

Rohan Harris is an economist who has worked in the energy, water and consulting industries for more than 20 years. Rohan has significant experience in the areas of: tariff design; regulatory strategy and analysis; cost benefit analysis; energy and water policy; and electricity, gas and water demand forecasting. Rohan’s focus has predominately been on either the theoretical, economic, aspects related to these topic areas, or on the quantitative assessments (modelling) required to support the decisions or outputs related to these topic areas.

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Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass A: Detailed gas market analysis: Price trends, electrification, supply demand balance, decarbonisation and LNG imports 

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Jim Snow,

Angus Rich,

Rohan Harris,

Liz Boylan,

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Liz Boylan

Senior Principal Consultant
Oakley Greenwood

With over 15 years' experience in government and consulting, Liz advises private and public sector clients on commercial and policy decisions. Prior to Oakley Greenwood, Liz worked as a Partner at Deloitte and as a lawyer and policy advisor on energy and environment matters for the federal government. Liz has delivered complex, multi-million dollar policy, advisory, grant, procurement and work programs for private sector and government clients.

Liz has led numerous flagship energy market reviews including: the Victorian Gas road map electrification market modelling, review of the WA Onshore Gas Reservation policy, Defence Future Energy Strategy and Low Carbon Liquid Fuels Study, NSW Hydrogen Strategy, Victorian Hydrogen Hubs Study, Beetaloo Sub-Basin Development Study, ARENA Bioenergy Roadmap and Alumina Refining Decarbonisation Roadmap, inaugural Climate Transition Action Plan for one of the Gentailers and assisted an airline with the establishment of their Climate Fund.

Liz is a trusted commercial advisor role to governments, utilities and private sector clients. She has worked for: a state government on Low Carbon Manufacturing grants, Victorian water utility as commercial advisor, an NT utility as regulatory and pricing advisor and assisted the Victorian government with a global market sounding and EOI for sale of energy assets. She has provided reviews and roadmaps for large mining and industrial clients on the East coast, including around timing and scale of transmission build requirements.

Speaking at

Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass A: Detailed gas market analysis: Price trends, electrification, supply demand balance, decarbonisation and LNG imports 

Speaker Speakers

Jim Snow,

Angus Rich,

Rohan Harris,

Liz Boylan,

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Tom Fotheringham

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Tom has a broad range of experience working across mining, oil & gas, electricity and renewables (including solar, wind, pumped hydro, batteries, compressed air, liquid air and hydrogen) projects.

Tom’s experience covers acquisitions, farm-ins, joint ventures, infrastructure and asset use and sharing arrangements (including for natural gas, power, water, port and rail), project development and services agreements, concession contracts, production sharing contracts, power purchase and capacity reservation agreements and commodity sales and transportation contracts.

His commercial approach is highly regarded and he maintains a keen interest in understanding the commercial drivers of clients so that he can advise them on the ever evolving and changing business and energy environment that they are confronting.

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Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass B: Countering lawfare in the gas sector – effective strategies for internal legal teams

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Tom Fotheringham,

Samantha Daly,

Mark Easton,

Paul Reidy,

Frances Dreyer,

Sar Katdare,

Matthew Doman,

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Samantha Daly

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Samantha is a leading planning and environment lawyer specialising in the energy and resources, real estate, education and infrastructure industries.

Samantha advises her clients on all aspects of planning and environment regulation, including approvals, compliance, development contributions, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, water, biodiversity offsets, native title, cultural heritage, contaminated land and pollution. She also has extensive experience advising the resources industry, including on all aspects of mining and petroleum law, tenement management and closure and decommissioning considerations.

She provides advice to clients to reduce project risks, mitigate the risks of court challenges and prepare their business for regulatory change when it occurs. She also assists clients in responding to regulatory investigations and acts for her clients in planning and environment litigation.

Samantha is passionate about assisting organisations in respect of best practice and opportunities related to decarbonisation, sustainability, modern slavery and ESG.

Samantha has contributed to some of the largest energy and resources projects in Australia and is a trusted advisor for a number of industry groups in the sector.

Speaking at

Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass B: Countering lawfare in the gas sector – effective strategies for internal legal teams

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Tom Fotheringham,

Samantha Daly,

Mark Easton,

Paul Reidy,

Frances Dreyer,

Sar Katdare,

Matthew Doman,

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Mark Easton

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Mark is the firm’s national head of dispute resolution.

He specialises in complex commercial disputes and litigation. He has a reputation for combining technical excellence with strategic thinking and astute commercial advice.

Mark acts for a range of Australian and international clients in relation to the strategic conduct and resolution of commercial litigation and disputes in a range of industries including energy and resources, construction and engineering, manufacturing, logistics, defence and real estate.

He has significant knowledge and experience in relation to disputes arising from corporate transactions and major infrastructure, construction, engineering, mining, defence and real estate projects.
Mark is experienced in all forms of alternative dispute resolution including mediation, arbitration and expert determination.

Speaking at

Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass B: Countering lawfare in the gas sector – effective strategies for internal legal teams

Speaker Speakers

Tom Fotheringham,

Samantha Daly,

Mark Easton,

Paul Reidy,

Frances Dreyer,

Sar Katdare,

Matthew Doman,

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Paul Reidy

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Paul is a litigator specialising in complex large-scale commercial litigation and class actions.

Paul has over 25 years' experience as a partner and specialist litigator in class actions, major commercial claims and board defence.

He is widely rated as one of the leading dispute resolution lawyers in Australia with a depth of experience across plaintiff and defence roles and regulatory investigations.

Speaking at

Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass B: Countering lawfare in the gas sector – effective strategies for internal legal teams

Speaker Speakers

Tom Fotheringham,

Samantha Daly,

Mark Easton,

Paul Reidy,

Frances Dreyer,

Sar Katdare,

Matthew Doman,

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Frances Dreyer

Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Frances specialises in Federal and Supreme Court litigation with a focus on claims related to financial products, accounting irregularities and the health sector.

Frances manages large scale and high-profile litigation with careful and strategic focus. She has held the central co-ordinating role in large litigation projects for over 15 years, including in large regulatory actions, large investment related litigation (including class actions on both the plaintiff and defendant side), multifaceted defence projects and high value audit and accounting claims.

Frances also manages contractual and commercial disputes with efficiency and commerciality. She has built strong “first call” relationships with commercial clients and works as an ongoing partner in respect of strategic disputes, crisis management and BAU dispute and risk management. She holds degrees in Law and Economics. She received the University Medal, was the Dux of the Law School and the graduating law student with the highest-ranking Honours score.

Alongside her litigation work, Frances is joint chair of the firm’s pro bono practice. She has played a central leadership role in driving the firm’s national practice which supports low income, disadvantaged and marginalised people in the Australian community and the organisations that support them.

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Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass B: Countering lawfare in the gas sector – effective strategies for internal legal teams

Speaker Speakers

Tom Fotheringham,

Samantha Daly,

Mark Easton,

Paul Reidy,

Frances Dreyer,

Sar Katdare,

Matthew Doman,

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Sar Katdare

Competition/Antitrust Partner
Johnson Winter Slattery

Sar is a preeminent lawyer who has over 25 years' experience as a “trusted advisor” to major multinational and ASX-listed companies on cartels, mergers, access to infrastructure issues and day-to-day competition and consumer law matters.

Sar is the Head of the JWS Competition & Antitrust team. He has acted for immunity applicants and defendants in landmark criminal and civil cartel cases, has defended clients in relation to misuse of market power, exclusive dealing, concerted practices and consumer law investigations and prosecutions, and is a leading expert on access and regulatory matters. He has successfully obtained ACCC clearance for mergers and acquisitions for AGIG, Are Media, EQT, illion, Origin, Pepsi, Qantas, Spotify, Unilever, Yahoo! and others.

He is acting for AGN in the ACCC’s largest ever greenwashing case.

Sar has provided strategic and competition advice to Australian Energy Producers and its members for many. He assisted in drafting the voluntary gas code of conduct and Heads of Agreement with the Government.

Speaking at

Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass B: Countering lawfare in the gas sector – effective strategies for internal legal teams

Speaker Speakers

Tom Fotheringham,

Samantha Daly,

Mark Easton,

Paul Reidy,

Frances Dreyer,

Sar Katdare,

Matthew Doman,

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Matthew Doman

Vice President
Crestview Strategy

Matthew Doman is a Vice President with Crestview Strategy based in Sydney. Matthew is a seasoned public affairs professional with over 30 years of experience spanning government, media, industry advocacy, and communications across Australia, Latin America, and the United States. He has a proven track record leading successful campaigns for investment and development. With strong communication skills, political acumen, and media insight, Matt has held senior positions in the Australian oil and gas sector, fostering collaborations between industry, government, and regional communities nationwide.

Previously, Matt served as the Public Affairs Director of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, the leading industry body, and worked with the International Gas Union. As a former press secretary to Australian Government Ministers for Finance and Trade, he engaged extensively with foreign governments, industry bodies, and private sector entities.

Before his tenure in government and the energy sector, Matt spent 13 years in journalism across Australia, Latin America, and the United States, contributing to reputable publications such as The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Economist, and The Financial Times. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Flinders University of South Australia.

Speaking at

Masterclass

09:00

Masterclass B: Countering lawfare in the gas sector – effective strategies for internal legal teams

Speaker Speakers

Tom Fotheringham,

Samantha Daly,

Mark Easton,

Paul Reidy,

Frances Dreyer,

Sar Katdare,

Matthew Doman,

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Clyde Russell

Asia Commodities and Energy Columnist
Reuters

Clyde analyses a cross-section of commodities produced and consumed in Asia with a view to identifying market trends and anomalies. He specialises in crude oil, natural gas, coal, iron ore and copper, but also writes on gold and increasingly on the intersection between climate change and energy policies.

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08:50

Opening remarks from the Chair

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Clyde Russell,

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Saul Kavonic

Head of Energy Research
MST Financial

Saul is Head of Energy Research, MST Financial. Prior to joining MST in 2024, Saul was Head of Energy and Resources Research at Credit Suisse for over 5 years, covering the energy, bulk miners and green metals sectors. He frequently presents at leading industry conferences in the region, is the top ranked energy analyst in Australia according to industry surveys, and is a regular gas and energy commentator in print and broadcast media. Saul has previously worked in the energy sector in commercial, research and government policy roles. He has worked in commercial and strategy roles at Woodside Energy, Australia’s largest oil and gas company, and was the principal analyst in Australasia for Wood Mackenzie, the world’s leading energy consultancy. He has also worked at M.H. Carnegie & Co, one of Australia’s largest Venture Capital funds, and has worked in economic development policy roles for the United Nations and African Union Commission. Saul is a member of the industry advisory board for the University of Western Australia Oceans Graduate School and a co-founder of Refugees Welcome Australia. Saul holds degrees in Law (Honours) and Chemical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.

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09:00

Interview: Driving investment certainty and supply stability in a shifting gas market

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Saul Kavonic,

Balaji Krishnamurthy,

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Panel Discussion: Can export-linked supply obligations solve the east coast gas crunch without undermining market confidence?

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Saul Kavonic,

Sean Fleming,

Andrew Thornton,

Stephen Harty,

Paul Farrow,

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Balaji Krishnamurthy

Managing Director and President, Australia
Chevron

Balaji Krishnamurthy is the managing director of Chevron Australia and president, Australia, for Chevron’s Upstream organisation, located in Perth, Western Australia.

Balaji is responsible for Chevron’s upstream activities and operations in Australia, including the Gorgon and Wheatstone natural gas developments, and participating interests in the North West Shelf Project. He assumed the role in April 2025.

Most recently, Balaji was vice president, Chevron Technical Center, located in Houston, U.S., with responsibility for overseeing technical services in support of Chevron’s global operations, the development and scaling of innovative technology solutions, and the application of engineering standards across the company.

Prior to this, Balaji served as vice president of Strategy and Sustainability and president of Chevron Canada, and he has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility spanning engineering, project management, decision analysis and asset development. He has also spent much of his career in Chevron’s international business units supporting operations in Angola, Canada, Kazakhstan, Thailand.

Balaji holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and Electrochemical Engineering from the Central Electrochemical Research Institute in India, a Master of Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.

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09:00

Interview: Driving investment certainty and supply stability in a shifting gas market

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Saul Kavonic,

Balaji Krishnamurthy,

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Jane Norman

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Amplitude Energy

Jane joined Cooper Energy Ltd in March 2023 as Managing Director and CEO.

Jane has worked and studied in Australia and the UK and brings 30 years of industry experience in the energy markets. She began her career with Shell International Exploration & Production as a Process Engineer in operations and then as a Commercial Advisor in The Hague, Aberdeen and London. Subsequently, in London, Jane held corporate finance and equity capital markets roles with Cazenove & Co (now JP Morgan Cazenove) and Goldman Sachs.

Jane returned to Australia to join Santos where she held senior commercial, corporate strategy and Executive Committee roles. She led major strategic initiatives at Santos and played a key role in Santos’ growth strategy, in particular the merger with Oil Search.

During her time at Santos Jane helped drive the transformation of company performance - helping to establish the growth strategy focused on cash generation and shareholder returns and, more recently, the company’s energy transition strategy.

Jane holds a Bachelor of Science (Pure Mathematics and Chemistry) and Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Hons) from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Diploma in Management and Economics of Natural Gas (Distinction) from the University of Oxford. Jane is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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09:25

Managing Australia's east coast gas supply: balancing domestic security against investment uncertainty

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Jane Norman,

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Panel Discussion

16:30

Panel Discussion: What are in investment priorities for a robust domestic gas sector?

Speaker Speakers

Mark Wiseman,

Fiona Hall,

Jane Norman,

Nerise Cook,

Tim Cooper,

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Saul Kavonic

Head of Energy Research
MST Financial

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09:00

Interview: Driving investment certainty and supply stability in a shifting gas market

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Saul Kavonic,

Balaji Krishnamurthy,

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Panel Discussion: Can export-linked supply obligations solve the east coast gas crunch without undermining market confidence?

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Saul Kavonic,

Sean Fleming,

Andrew Thornton,

Stephen Harty,

Paul Farrow,

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Sean Fleming

General Manager, Energy Solutions
APA Group

Sean Fleming leads Business Development for APA’s Pipelines and Storage division nationally. With over 20 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, Sean has built a strong track record in originating, negotiating, and delivering complex commercial deals.

His expertise spans project management, risk pricing, joint venture management, and contract negotiation—including Gas Sales Agreements (GSAs), Gas Transportation Agreements (GTAs), joint venture arrangements, and development agreements.

Since joining APA in 2015, Sean has held several senior roles across Business Development and Commercial functions. His leadership style is centred on building and empowering high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams to deliver large-scale infrastructure projects from concept through to commissioning.

Prior to APA, Sean held key roles at Origin Energy, SunWater, and WSP Australia, where he managed high-profile joint ventures and infrastructure developments. He is also a current board member of Energy Club NT, contributing to Australia’s energy transition through innovative and strategic infrastructure solutions.

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Panel Discussion: Can export-linked supply obligations solve the east coast gas crunch without undermining market confidence?

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Saul Kavonic,

Sean Fleming,

Andrew Thornton,

Stephen Harty,

Paul Farrow,

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Andrew Thornton

Executive General Manager Integrated Gas
Origin Energy

Andrew has 25 years of strategic, operating and investing experience across the energy and industrial sectors in Australia, Asia and Europe. He joined Origin in 2012 and was appointed as Executive General Manager – Integrated Gas in November 2021.

Andrew is responsible for Origin’s role as upstream operator and for the marketing of domestic gas on behalf of Australia Pacific LNG. He also has accountability for Origin’s investment activities in upstream gas and storage.

Prior to joining Origin in 2012, Andrew spent 10 years in private equity and investment banking, including at Goldman Sachs where he served as an Executive Director in the Principal Investment Area. Andrew has also held investment banking experience in London and Sydney, where he worked in M&A and capital markets.

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Panel Discussion: Can export-linked supply obligations solve the east coast gas crunch without undermining market confidence?

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Saul Kavonic,

Sean Fleming,

Andrew Thornton,

Stephen Harty,

Paul Farrow,

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Stephen Harty

Chief Executive Officer, GLNG Operations
Santos GLNG

Stephen Harty is Chief Executive Officer at GLNG since 2019 and has responsibility for the overall management, safety and operation of the GLNG project. With over 25 years of energy experience, Stephen has worked in a variety of operations, project development and marketing roles.

Stephen has a keen interest in the Australian east coast gas market, and has been heavily involved in the development of the ADGSM, Code of Conduct, and each of the HOA’s negotiated since 2017.

Stephen is also a non-executive director of CS Energy Limited, a Queensland owned energy company that generates and sells electricity, an energy retailer to commercial and industrial businesses, and is an investor in new energy assets including gas power generation, renewable hydrogen, solar and wind farms, and battery storage.

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of Ballarat Australia, a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University Australia, and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Panel Discussion: Can export-linked supply obligations solve the east coast gas crunch without undermining market confidence?

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Saul Kavonic,

Sean Fleming,

Andrew Thornton,

Stephen Harty,

Paul Farrow,

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Paul Farrow

National Secretary
Australian Workers' Union (AWU)

Paul Farrow is a lifelong unionist, having progressed from the shop floor to the head of the Australian Workers’ Union.

Paul began his career as an aircraft maintenance engineer for Hawker de Havilland (later Boeing Aerostructures Australia) in Sydney. With Hawker’s workforce organised by the AWU, Paul joined at the first opportunity. He rose from member to delegate and, in 1997, to its NSW Branch Executive.

Paul began working for the AWU in 2004. He has served the union in a range of capacities since – including as an organiser in various industries, as NSW Senior Vice President, National Vice President and NSW Assistant Secretary. In 2023, he became the 22nd person to lead the AWU as National Secretary.

Paul was also a former Councillor and former Deputy Mayor of Camden Council.

He has served as a Vice President of both the South Coast Labour Council and Unions NSW.

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Panel Discussion

09:50

Panel Discussion: Can export-linked supply obligations solve the east coast gas crunch without undermining market confidence?

Speaker Speakers

Saul Kavonic,

Sean Fleming,

Andrew Thornton,

Stephen Harty,

Paul Farrow,

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Rob Wheals

Chief Executive Officer
Squadron Energy

Rob is a highly regarded leader with more than 25 years’ executive experience across the energy infrastructure and telecommunications sectors in Australia and internationally.

As Squadron Energy CEO, he heads up Australia’s leading renewable energy developer, owner and operator, and also sits on the board of the Clean Energy Council.

Prior to joining Squadron, he was CEO and Managing Director of the top 50 ASX-listed energy infrastructure business APA Group.

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11:00

Ending a decade long gas crisis: Why Australia needs to be innovative when it comes to our gas future

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Rob Wheals,

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Peter Stokes

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Strike Energy

Peter Stokes has over 25 years of experience in the resources sector, having held executive roles across operations, strategy, and development. Peter has experience across a range of disciplines including operations, marketing and geology and has held a number of senior positions including CEO of UK listed mining services company Capital Limited and President of Global Logistics at Toll Holdings. He also worked in the resources division at global management consultancy company Accenture for more than 10 years, including four as a partner. Mr Stokes holds an MBA from Bond University, a Master of Applied Science (Mining & Mineral Technology) from Curtin University’s WA School of Mines, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Western Australia. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

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11:45

Firming the future with gas and power to enable a reliable energy transition

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Peter Stokes,

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Liz Westcott

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Australia
Woodside Energy

Liz was appointed Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Australia in August 2024, leading Woodside's projects and business operations for Australia, focusing on optimising value across the portfolio and throughout an asset's lifecycle.

Liz joined Woodside in 2023 as Executive Vice President Australian Operations, responsible for the safe, efficient and reliable operation of Woodside's portfolio of assets across Australia.

Prior to joining Woodside, Liz most recently held the role of Chief Operating Officer at EnergyAustralia, where she had broad leadership responsibilities across sustainability, HSSE, procurement and the operations of EnergyAustralia's generation portfolio.

Liz had a 25-year career at ExxonMobil working in Australia, the United Kingdom and Italy, including a secondment in 2013 to Adriatic LNG as Managing Director. Her roles spanned strategic planning, operations, project management, and safety, technical and commercial leadership.

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12:10

Investing in Australia – are we looking at end of life, or a Browse moment?

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Liz Westcott,

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Cecile Wake

Country Chair & SVP Integrated Gas Australia
Shell

Cecile became Country Chair and Senior Vice President Integrated Gas Australia in May 2023. She brings 25 years of international experience in LNG, oil and gas project development and operations and mergers and acquisitions. Previously Cecile was CEO of Arrow Energy, Shell’s joint venture with PetroChina, since 2020. She has also held senior commercial leadership roles at Shell and BG Group prior to its acquisition, including VP Commercial & New Business Development for Shell Australia and Growth Director with BG Group.

Before joining Shell and BG Group, Cecile was a corporate partner at the leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills in London for nine years. Her corporate energy practice focused on complex cross-border oil, gas and LNG project development, high-value mergers and acquisition transactions in the energy and mining sectors and long-term sales arrangements for oil, gas and LNG. Cecile has a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Law from The University of Queensland.

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13:35

Innovation and technology as a pathways to providing competitive supply

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Cecile Wake,

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Darren Stevenson

Chief Executive Officer
Senex Energy

Darren has been with Senex Energy for more than twelve years building the company from a small Cooper Basin oil business to a material east coast natural gas producer committed to delivering essential energy for life.

Darren has nearly 30 years of experience in Queensland’s natural gas industry delivering major capital expansion projects and was responsible for commissioning some of the very first connections between Surat Basin gas fields and the South East Queensland market.

Darren is recognised for his proactive leadership in landholder and community engagement. His dedication to regional support, creating youth employment opportunities, and fostering win-win solutions has led to lasting connections and partnerships.

He is passionate about the role that reliable energy plays in supporting our modern lifestyle, including the essential role of natural gas to support the energy transition.

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14:00

Unlocking new domestic supply amid gas market and environmental reform

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Darren Stevenson,

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Darren Rogers

Group Executive Energy Solutions
APA Group

Darren is responsible for APA Group’s customer, business development and commercial functions, along with the company’s work in future fuels, including APA’s Pathfinder program.

Darren has almost 30 years’ experience across the energy sector working in large and complex businesses, including in senior commercial, operations, engineering and asset management roles.

Darren joined APA in 2017 and previously held the role of Group Executive, Operations, responsible for the safe operations, maintenance and asset management of the company’s infrastructure portfolio, including gas and electricity transmission, renewable power generation, and gas distribution networks.

Darren is based in Brisbane and has worked for leading Queensland businesses including Stanwell Corporation and Arrow Energy.

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Jan-Arne Johansen

President Australia
ConocoPhillips

Jan Arne Johansen responsible for the ConocoPhillips Australia’s portfolio of upstream and LNG interests across the country, including operations in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. With more than 25 years of global oil and gas experience, he has held a range of senior leadership roles with ConocoPhillips in Norway and the United States, spanning production operations, project development and asset management.

Prior to his current role, Jan Arne was General Manager of Operated Assets in Europe, overseeing development of the Greater Ekofisk Area in the Norwegian North Sea. He brings deep technical and commercial expertise, coupled with a strong commitment to safety, reliability and environmental stewardship.

Based in Brisbane, Jan Arne serves on the Board of Australian Energy Producers and plays an active role in industry discussions on supply security, investment conditions and the role of LNG in the energy transition. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and an Executive MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics.

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Mark Wiseman

Co-Head of Asia Pacific Energy Research
Macquarie Group

Mark Wiseman joined Macquarie Equities in 2020, from Goldman Sachs where he was an executive director and looked after the energy and utilities sectors in Australia and New Zealand for a decade, followed by three years covering Asian upstream and integrated energy names from Hong Kong.

Prior to Goldman, Wiseman was at oil giant ExxonMobil as a financial analyst for three years. He also had a stint at Grant Thornton.

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Fiona Hall

Executive Vice President Strategy and Commercial
Beach Energy

Ms Hall brings over 19 years of diverse experience in commercial, marketing, sales, trading, ESG and strategy within the energy and mining sectors. Her career has spanned roles across United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and Australia across industries including oil, gas, LNG, iron ore, bauxite and alumina.

Beginning her career as a graduate at Shell, she later held roles at McKinsey, Cuadrilla Resources, Santos and Rio Tinto. Prior to joining Beach, she served as the Global Head of Bulk Marketing and ESG at Rio Tinto.

Ms Hall holds a first-class BSc (Hons) in International Management from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, is a graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors and has completed Leading Sustainable Organisations from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford.

Joining Beach in November 2024, Ms Hall is responsible for our commercial, marketing, sales, strategy, M&A and sustainability activities.

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Nerise Cook

GM of Gas Markets
Jemena

Nerise is a highly experienced commercial professional who has worked across the energy, construction, telecommunications and health sectors.

Prior to commencing her current role as Jemena’s General Manager for Pipelines in 2022, she led the Commercial Team at Jemena during the successful construction of the $800m Northern Gas Pipeline, and subsequently led the Commercial Team for a $1.5b portfolio of gas transmission and processing assets across Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Nerise holds post-graduate qualifications in Business and Law. She thrives in dynamic environments and is skilled at translating complex technical information into effective business and commercial solutions which deliver customer-focused outcomes.

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Tim Cooper

Chief Financial Officer & Head of Commercial
Strike Energy

Mr Cooper is a Certified Practising Accountant (Australia) with over 20 years’ experience and a proven track record of delivery of development projects, including early-stage development projects, which is complemented by his underlying and end-to-end financial management and commercial experience. He has created, transformed and matured financial capabilities within organisations with full responsibility for statutory, financial and management accounting and across geographies.

Mr Cooper joined Strike as CFO in May 2025, he is responsible for finance, tax, treasury, information technology and company secretary functions. Prior to Strike, Mr Cooper held senior commercial and finance roles at Fortescue, Quadrant Energy and Advanced Personnel Management.

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Ying Luo

Chief Adviser and General Manager of Strategy
Amplitude Energy

Ying has more than 15 years of experience working in the energy sector in onshore gas, LNG and hydrogen.

She began her career as a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with Santos. She progressed through several roles over the following decade including Production Engineer, and Operations Engineer where she implemented solutions to design and operability issues identified during the commissioning and start-up of the GLNG Project upstream wells and facilities.

Ying also worked in the Corporate Strategy and Planning team, providing oil, LNG and domestic gas market analysis, supporting the development of Santos’ 10-year strategic plan. Her last four years with Santos were as the Project and Strategy Lead for the Energy Solutions division. Ying developed, implemented, and maintained the Energy Solutions strategy and led a portfolio of emissions reduction, renewable integration and hydrogen projects.

Most recently she worked as the Senior Adviser, Hydrogen Development for the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group where she led the development of Australia’s largest renewable hydrogen production and blending project in Albury-Wodonga, Victoria.

Ying has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honours; Bachelor of Science (Mathematics, Computer Science) with First Class Honours; Graduate Certificate in Energy and Resources Policy and Practice and an MBA. She was awarded the Sir John Monash Scholarship for Excellence at Monash University and the Exceptional Young Women in Resources from the South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy.

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Fran Duiker

Executive General Manager, Gas & Metering
AusNet

Fran joined AusNet in 2019 in the contestable market group (Mondo) before being appointed Head of Customer in 2020. She has held multiple General Manager positions centred around customer and community stakeholder engagement, as well as strategic business planning and social value.

She is responsible for leading a safe, reliable, affordable and sustainable regulated gas network today and into the future, fulfilling customer, community and stakeholder needs and expectations.

Prior to joining AusNet, Fran held executive leadership and senior management roles in local government, the water sector and KPMG. As a proud advocate of women in leadership roles, Fran is a proactive mentor for upcoming leaders and is heavily involved in building a connected and inclusive workplace.

Fran studied Arts at Monash University and has undertaken the Accelerated Leadership Development Program at London Business School.

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Craig Ypinazar

Executive General Manager of People, Safety, and Governance
Jemena

Craig was appointed the Executive General Manager of People, Safety and Governance (PS&G) in December 2023. This role expands on his appointment as EGM of People, Safety & Resilience in 2021 and consolidates his acting coverage of several additional portfolios. The PS&G team includes Safety, People, Environment, Corporate Affairs, Legal, Risk & Internal Audit, Resilience, and Sustainability.

Craig has more than 25 years’ experience across high risk industries including mining, transport and energy. He has previously held senior positions in BHP, Rio Tinto and Yarra Trams and was a lawyer for Herbert Smith Freehills for almost 10 years.

Craig has worked across Australia, Japan and Chile, holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (Queensland University of Technology) and Bachelor of Arts (Modern Asian Studies) from Griffith University and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland. In 2022 Craig completed the Harvard University Advanced Management Program and he is a Graduate Member of the Australia Institute of Company Directors.

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Kathy Witt

Associate Professor, Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre
University of Queensland

Professor Kathy Witt is Acting Director of the UQ Gas & Energy Transition Research Centre at The University of Queensland. An internationally recognised social science researcher, Kathy has studied the social dimensions of onshore gas development, including social license to operate, benefit-sharing, community engagement and acceptance, and other non-technical risks. She is known for her work developing a participatory tool for understanding the cumulative social and economic effects of onshore gas development, both in Queensland and more recently the Northern Territory.

Kathy co-chairs the Social Impact Assessment section of the International Association for Impact Assessment and is a member f the IUCN Taskforce for Responsible Resource Development in Protected Areas.

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Samantha McCulloch

Chief Executive
Australian Energy Producers

Samantha McCulloch is the Chief Executive of the Australian Energy Producers.

An internationally recognised carbon capture, utilisation and storage expert, Ms McCulloch has a highly informed view of the critical role the oil and gas industry continues to play in meeting global energy and climate goals.

Before joining Australian Energy Producers, she spent 7 years at the Paris-based International Energy Agency, including as head of the CCUS Unit.

Ms McCulloch has more than 20 years of policy, industry and technical expertise from previous roles within government, industry associations and the private sector in Australia and internationally.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Wollongong, as well as a Master of Public Policy from the Australian National University.

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Anna Brakey

Commissioner
ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission)

Anna Brakey was appointed a Commissioner of the ACCC in December 2020. She is also an Associate Member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority. On 1 March 2022 Anna commenced as an Associate Member of the New Zealand Commerce Commission.

Anna has extensive experience in regulatory economics and public policy with over 25 years of experience working with regulators, government and within the private sector. She has had broad exposure to a wide range of infrastructure industries, including energy, water and transport. Additionally, she has worked on economic reform to social policy.

Prior to starting at ACCC, Anna worked as an economist at Frontier Economics and held a number of roles at the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), including being a deputy Tribunal Member, the Executive Director of Strategy and Economic Analysis and the Chief Operating Officer. Anna’s expertise includes the Parliamentary Committee process, the New South Wales Department of Transport, the Australian Productivity Commission, the Bureau of Industry Economics and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Additionally, Anna has worked for the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) on reforms to economic regulation and with the New South Wales Treasury on the sale of assets.

Anna chairs the Infrastructure and Communications Committee and the Energy Markets Board, and is the Deputy Chair of the Water and Agriculture Committee.

Anna holds a Bachelor of Economics from Australian National University and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from Securities Institute of Australia. She is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Andrew Lewis

Executive General Manager, Consumer, Markets and Analytics
Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)

Andrew joined the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) in February 2024 from the NSW Government. He has extensive senior leadership, stakeholder engagement, communication and management experience from a mix of industry and government executive roles.

At the AEMC, Andrew is responsible for leading the strategic direction and delivery of comprehensive market design Reviews and Rule Changes to provide policy recommendations that inform decision-making and support the achievement of strategic objectives to deliver for the long-term interest of energy consumers.

Focusing mostly on the wholesale and retail components of the energy sector, Andrew’s current work priorities include projects on Consumer Energy Resources, consumer protection frameworks, future wholesale market design and supporting reliability.

Andrew brings proven success in regulatory, program and policy development, implementation and advocacy; building, leading and motivating teams; and identifying strategic directions, implementing change and delivering customer-focused outcomes and reforms.

Andrew has over 20 years’ experience working in and around energy in a variety of roles, and brings perspectives from his time at government agencies, an energy peak body, energy market participants and ministerial offices. He has held senior executive positions with a strong focus on developing and implementing strategies and programs for energy market reforms, policy and regulatory analysis and development, consumer protection and support, stakeholder engagement and technical regulation.

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Brett Woods

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Beach Energy

Mr Woods is a leading senior executive in the energy sector with over 25 years of professional experience.

He has an outstanding record of delivering major energy projects, cost and operational discipline and growing businesses in the UK, Africa, Australasia and North America.

Mr Woods began his career with Woodside Energy and has held senior technical roles in Australia and Africa. In 2007, Mr Woods became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of African start-up Rialto Energy. In 2013, Mr Woods joined Santos and led the Western Australia and Northern Territory Operating Division, playing a pivotal role in the successful transformation of the Cooper Basin and Gladstone LNG assets. Mr Woods also supported the successful acquisitions of Quadrant Energy, ConocoPhillips’ Northern Australian business and Oil Search by Santos. More recently Mr Woods assumed control of Santos’ operated infrastructure (LNG, domestic gas, oil fractionation facilities and pipelines) and developed decarbonisation, clean fuels and CCS opportunities whilst leading Santos’ Energy Solutions business.

Mr Woods commenced as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Beach in January 2024, where he has led a transformation of the company by engaging employees to take an owner's mindset throughout the business.

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Andrew Richards

Chief Executive Officer
Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA)

Andrew has over 35 years of energy industry and infrastructure development experience having held a variety of senior management roles in the areas of sales and marketing, public and stakeholder relations, media and communications, strategic planning, policy development, stakeholder engagement and political advocacy.

For the last 9 years Andrew has been Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA). The EUAA is the peak national body representing Australian commercial and industrial electricity and gas users. EUAA membership covers a broad cross-section of the Australian economy including significant retail, manufacturing, mining, materials and food processing industries.

Under his leadership the EUAA has positioned itself as a highly respected thought leader and trusted advisor to energy industry players, regulators and governments and is recognised by these stakeholders as a strong advocate for energy users.

Andrew continues to play a key role in a range of energy market reform processes being undertaken by AEMO, AEMC, ACCC and Federal Government where he is involved in the Post 2025 Market Design Advisory Group and Energy Sector Plan Advisory Group. Andrew is also involved in the Federal Government Energy Industry Roundtable, ACCC Infrastructure Consultative Committee and a number of State Government key stakeholder roundtables.

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David Berman

Commercial Director
ExxonMobil Australia

David Berman is the Commercial Director for ExxonMobil Australia and Esso Australia with responsibility for marketing, analytics, strategy and commercial operations. He has over 20 years of international experience with ExxonMobil in exploration, development, production, research and business development.

David holds degrees in Science (Hons) and Commerce from the University of Melbourne, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.

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Dale Koenders

Head of Energy & Utilities Research
Barrenjoey

Dale Koenders is the Head of Energy & Utilities Research at Barrenjoey, specializing in covering prominent energy and resource companies such as Ampol and Woodside. With a proven track record in investment research, Koenders brings deep expertise to equity analysis, regularly contributing insights on major assets and market dynamics that influence returns in the energy sector. His career spans senior analyst roles at top institutions including JP Morgan Securities Australia and Citigroup Global Markets Australia, before joining Barrenjoey in 2021 to lead their energy research initiatives. Koenders holds extensive professional credentials and is recognized for his industry knowledge and leadership within Australian equity research.

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Paul Evans

Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Orica

With 25 years working directly with the most senior ranks of business, industry and government, Paul’s career has seen him provide close counsel to Boards, CEOs and Federal Ministers on navigating successfully through difficult decision making and risk management.

Paul’s current role at Orica is expansive and fluid. He advises the Orica Board and Management on strategic risks, macro-economic policy and geo-political trends. He leads on material policy, regulatory and reputational issues and the company’s engagement with parliamentarians, officials, the diplomatic corps and intelligence agencies across the globe.

Paul’s responsibilities also include Sustainability, Environmental Remediation and Property & Facilities.

Prior to moving into the private sector in 2004, Paul held several senior Departmental and Ministerial roles with the Federal Government including Chief of Staff and Principal Advisor to successive Ministers for Defence. Since then, he has held positions on the executive leadership teams of FMCG businesses. Immediately prior to joining Orica, Paul successfully led the Australian wine sector through a period of unprecedented policy and taxation reform as Chief Executive of the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia.

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Melissa Perrow

General Manager Energy
Brickworks Building Products

Melissa Perrow is the General Manager Energy at Brickworks and is responsible for managing the company’s energy needs as a large user of electricity and gas. Through its ownership of Austral Bricks, Brickworks is one of Australia’s largest natural gas consumers and directly buys gas on a wholesale basis, acting as its own gas retailer across the east coast gas market. Melissa has 20 years of wholesale energy trading experience gained across electricity, gas, carbon and green markets. She holds a Bachelor in Applied Science, a Bachelor of Business, a Graduate Diploma in Technology, a Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and a Global MBA.

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Laurent Trost

Chief Operations Officer
Yara Pilbara

Laurent Trost is the Chief Operating Officer of Yara Pilbara which operates one of the world’s largest ammonia plants in the North West of Western Australia. The plant also provides the feedstock for an adjacent technical ammonium nitrate plant providing a critical ingredient to mines across the Pilbara.

Laurent is a chemical engineer whose career has taken him to operational and management roles in Belgium, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and France. Before taking on his current position in late 2020, Laurent was the General Manager of Yara’s production operations in Cartagena, Colombia.

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Richard Denniss

Co-Chief Executive Officer
Australia Institute

Dr Richard Denniss is the Executive Director at the Australia Institute. He is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator, and previously an Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU and a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Newcastle.

The Australian Financial Review listed Richard Denniss and Ben Oquist of The Australia Institute on their 'Covert Power' 2018 list of the most powerful people in Australia.

Richard Denniss is a former columnist for Australian Financial Review and the Guardian and has been featured in The Monthly. He publishes regularly in academic journals and has written 6 books including Affluenza: When Too Much is Never Enough (with Clive Hamilton), An introduction to Australian Public Policy (with Sarah Maddison), Minority Policy: Rethinking Governance When Parliament Matters (with Brenton Prosser), Econobabble: How to Decode Political Spin and Economic Nonsense, Curing Affluenza: How to Buy Less Stuff and Save the World and the June 2018 Quarterly Essay, Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next which was also adapted into a book of the same title. Richard is also a contributing author in What’s the Big Idea?, released by Australia Institute Press.

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Felicity Underhill

Energy Transition and Decarbonisation Expert

Felicity Underhill has spent twenty-five years working in the energy industry in a career spanning strategy, commercial, innovation, project and executive leadership roles across almost thirty countries. After an early career with Shell in Europe and around the world, she has held senior roles at Origin and Fortescue in Australia, where she was one of the early leaders working on energy transition challenges and projects across the Asia Pacific region. She was Deputy Chair of the Australian Hydrogen Council until late 2023. Her current board positions include NZ’s Channel Infrastructure as it transitions from refinery to terminal to energy precinct, and Australian renewables platform, Intera Renewables. In December 2024, Felicity was appointed as a Commissioner on the board of He Pou a Rangi, the New Zealand Climate Change Commission, which is responsible for advising the government of the day and monitoring its progress to reduce emissions.

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Vikram Singh

Head of Renewable Gas Development
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG)

Vikram Singh leads renewable gas development at the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) – driving the transition of the gas sector towards a zero carbon future. Having delivered the largest renewable hydrogen production facility in Australia, he has been instrumental in developing a pipeline of renewable hydrogen and biomethane projects to inject 10% renewable gas into AGIG’s distribution networks by 2030.

Prior to AGIG, Vikram was a partner at Deloitte Australia and specialised in the energy and utilities sector advising leading energy companies and government agencies on strategy and investments, energy policy and decarbonisation. He has also held senior management positions at Singapore Power and Powercor Australia.

Vikram has a bachelors degree in Physics and a MBA. Vikram was on the board of the Australian Hydrogen Council and is currently a member of the Victorian Hydrogen Hub’s Advisory Council.

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Behdad Moghtaderi

Director, Centre for Innovative Energy Technologies (CINET) ; Laureate Professor, School of Engineering
University of Newcastle

Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi is a distinguished chemical engineer and Director of the Centre for Innovative Energy Technologies at the University of Newcastle (Australia). He received his PhD and MES degrees from the University of Sydney in 1997 and 1994, respectively and his BE (Mechanical Engineering) from Shiraz University in 1989. His research interests are broad, but the underlying theme is ‘thermo-fluids engineering’ focussing on the nexus between energy, water, and carbon emissions in application areas such as renewable energy, sustainable/green fuels and chemicals, power generation, mining, and Defence. Behdad has played a key role in various hydrogen related initiatives in the Hunter and broadly in Australia (e.g., Hunter Hydrogen Taskforce; Hunter Hydrogen Roadmap; Australian Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy; NSW Decarbonisation Hub; NSW Power to X Network, CRC-HILT). Behdad is also a successful entrepreneur who has had outstanding success in developing several technologies including the GRANEX Waste Heat Recovery Engine, Hydro Harvester, PFAS Harvester, VAMCO, and the Virtual Gas Well. Behdad has been in academia for the past 25 years and has worked in partnership with government and industry throughout this time engaging in innovative research and delivering research outcomes of national and international significance. During this time, he has successfully secured, led, and managed 208 projects worth $92 million and has supervised 55 PhD theses to completion. Behdad is also a prolific writer with a career total of 480 scholarly publications including 2 books, 12 book chapters, 267 refereed journal articles, 159 peer reviewed conference papers, 9 major technical notes/reports and 3 patents. His publications have attracted over 15,160 citations resulting in an h-index of 63 and an i10-index of 224. Behdad has also been ranked in the top 2% of energy technology researchers (~186,000 globally) by Stanford University / Elsevier World Scientific ranking (2024).

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Chris Meredith

Senior Analyst (Energy and Finance)
Yara International

Chris Meredith is a highly experienced energy analyst with over 15 years in financial analysis, investment evaluation and energy market forecasting. He has held senior roles at Yara Pilbara, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and Wood Mackenzie, where he delivered independent commercial analysis on upstream oil, gas and LNG across Australasia.

Chris has presented at industry conferences in Australia and Europe on topics ranging from LNG and unconventional energy resources to Australian and Black Sea gas markets. A Chartered Financial Analyst, he combines technical expertise in financial modelling and asset valuation with a deep understanding of global and domestic gas dynamics.

Now focused on sustainability, Chris is leveraging his background in fossil fuels to explore renewables, hydrogen and emerging energy solutions that will shape the transition to net zero.

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Liam Pepper

Executive Director, Global Commodities
Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Liam Pepper is CBA’s Director of Global commodities & carbon based in Perth. Liam has worked in major financial institutions around the world and has a deep understanding of the global commodity markets as well as regulations related to commodity and carbon trading. Currently he works with CBA's clients to manage commodity price risk and Carbon offset procurement strategies.

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Kevin Morrison

Energy Finance Analyst, Australian Gas
Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)

Kevin Morrison is an Energy Finance Analyst, Australian Gas. Kevin works closely with the global oil and gas team to examine issues facing the Australian LNG and gas sector.

Prior to joining IEEFA, Kevin worked for more than 30 years as a financial journalist for Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald, the Financial Times (FT) and Argus Media. Half of this working period was covering the energy and resources sector both in Australia and the UK.

Kevin wrote a book about the global resources sector after working at the FT, called "Living in a Material World." He still harbours ambitions about updating the book, which was published in 2008, and release it at a more affordable price than the original publication.

In 2018, Kevin graduated with a masters by research with the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) that focused on resource taxation in Australia.

Kevin plays soccer (football) in a community league during the winter. He took up ocean swimming during the COVID lockdown, though a nearby shark attack paused these open water swims for a time. He intends to resume ocean swimming soon, preferably at a busier beach!

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Glenn Watt

Chief Operating Officer
Beach Energy

Mr Watt has over 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, having held various drilling and completion management and asset executive roles during his career.

Mr Watt has extensive experience in Canada, the USA and Australia while actively championing safety and performance improvement initiatives with companies including PennWest, Enerplus Resources and Santos. Prior to Beach, Mr Watt was at Santos.

Mr Watt is a chartered engineer with Engineers Australia and joined Beach in September 2024 in the role of Executive Vice President Onshore Assets and also took on responsibility for the Offshore Assets from December 2024. He was subsequently appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer in September 2025. In the role, Mr Watt is accountable for improving asset value including safety, production and financial performance as part of the overall group portfolio.

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Delivering economically viable abatement through CCS and natural gas

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Andrew Nicholls

General Manager, Carbon Capture & Storage
Woodside Energy

Andrew Nicholls leads Woodside Energy’s efforts to advance large-scale decarbonisation through the development of CCS opportunities across Australia and the region. With nearly two decades of experience spanning project development, operations, and strategy, Andrew has built a career at the forefront of the energy transition—driving investment in hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects to support a lower-emissions future.

Before his current role, Andrew served as Head of Supply Development, New Energy APAC at Woodside, and spent over a decade at BHP in a range of technical and leadership positions, including Joint Venture Manager for the Scarborough LNG Development. He began his career as a mechanical and subsea engineer with GHD and Atteris.

Andrew holds a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction) from the University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Curtin University.

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Matthias Raab

Chief Executive Officer
CO2CRC

Dr Matthias Raab is a leading advocate for Australia’s energy transition and a recognised expert in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS). As Chief Executive Officer of CO2CRC Limited, he oversees the internationally acclaimed Otway International Test Centre, one of the world’s foremost CCUS research and demonstration facilities, and directs significant national research investments in carbon management technologies.

With over 30 years of experience spanning academia, government, industry, and the not-for-profit sector, Dr Raab combines deep scientific expertise with strategic and operational leadership. His work bridges innovation and implementation, advancing Australia’s position as a global leader in sustainable energy and climate solutions.

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13:10

Panel Discussion: Coordinating storage and transport to enable large scale CCS

Speaker Speakers

Yu Jing,

David Fallon,

Chris Meredith,

Matthias Raab,

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David Fallon

General Manager, Lower Carbon Execution
Chevron Australia

David Fallon is the General Manager of Energy Transition for Chevron Australia. David and his team manage efforts to reduce the carbon intensity of Chevron Australia’s assets, and work collaboratively with Chevron’s New Energies organisation to evaluate and progress new lower carbon business opportunities in Australia.

David joined Chevron in 2010 and has worked across all of Chevron’s Australian LNG assets, including the Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects, in a variety of engineering/ technical and operational roles before taking on his current role in October 2021.

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12:40

Enhancing CCS performance through technical and operational refinements

Speaker Speakers

David Fallon,

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Panel Discussion

13:10

Panel Discussion: Coordinating storage and transport to enable large scale CCS

Speaker Speakers

Yu Jing,

David Fallon,

Chris Meredith,

Matthias Raab,

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Yu Jing

Scientia Senior Lecturer, School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering
University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Dr Yu Jing is a researcher specialising in the economic and technical aspects of carbon capture and storage (CCS), with a particular focus on its application to blue hydrogen production and broader decarbonisation strategies. Her work bridges petroleum engineering and carbon management, helping to advance the understanding of how subsurface systems can be effectively leveraged to reduce emissions.

Yu’s research centres on characterising formation rocks to better understand underground fluid flow behaviours—including natural gas, oil and groundwater. She has a strong interest in pore-scale rock characterisation using micro-CT imaging and in modelling multiphysics flow transport in geological formations.

She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering from Southwest Petroleum University, China. Her expertise contributes to developing practical, science-based solutions for achieving net zero.