We are pleased to announce that the following highly regarded leaders have confirmed their involvement and speaking engagement at the inaugural Hunter Hydrogen Symposium in Newcastle on August 2-3:
SESSION 1: The Opportunity for Hydrogen in the Hunter
- Tony Wood – Energy and Climate Change Program Director, Grattan Institute
- Tim McMinn – Manager, Hydrogen Programs, Office of Energy and Climate Change
- Nick Easingwood – Executive Director, Corporate Finance at ANZ
SESSION 2: Enabling Investment in the Hydrogen Sector
- Bob Hawes – CEO Business Hunter
- Dr Fiona Simon – CEO of the Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC)
- Professor Roberta Ryan – Inaugural Chair of Local Government and Director of the Institute for Regional Futures at the University of Newcastle
SESSION 3: Hunter Hydrogen Projects Showcase
- Alice Thompson – CEO, Committee for the Hunter
- Simon Byrnes – Chief Commercial Officer, Port of Newcastle
- Nick Faulkner – Delivery Manager – Domestic Hydrogen Projects, Future Fuels, Origin Energy
- Simon Currie – Principal, Energy Estate
- Chris Reynolds – Head of Energy Hubs Business Partnering, AGL Limited
- Q&A by the Youth Leadership Committee from the Committee for the Hunter lead by Ryan Maginnity, Commercial Analyst, Port of Newcastle
SESSION 4: Stream 1 – Creating Competitive Advantage through Innovation
- Leigh Kennedy – General Manager – Hydrogen, NERA
- Rod Henderson – Managing Director and CEO, Ampcontrol
- Matthew Hingerty – Deputy Chairman, Deputy CEO and Head of Business Development Star Scientific Limited
- Liam Manning – Chief Commercial Officer and partner at SAPHI
- Dr Florian Klumpp – Managing Director and Hydrogen Expert, Fichtner Australia and New Zealand
- Alex Dronoff – Chief Executive Officer, Fichtner Australia and New Zealand
SESSION 4: Stream 2 – Research and Partnerships
- Professor Zee Upton – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), The University of Newcastle
- Laureate Professor Behdad Moghtaderi – Director, Priority Research Centre for Frontier Energy Technologies & Utilisation
- Dr Rahman Daiyan – UNSW Lecturer, Power-to-X Researcher, Chief Investigator for ARC Training Centre for Global Hydrogen Economy, DFAT Australia-Germany Hydrogen Value Chain Feasibility Study and Co-ordinator NSW Powerfuels including Hydrogen Network
- Erich Kisi – Chief Executive Officer, MGA Thermal
- Paul Hodgson – Associate and Interim CEO, Scaling Green Hydrogen CRC Bid
SESSION 5: Skills and Workforce Development
- Ivan Waterfield – CEO HunterNet
- Chris Greentree – R/Director Supply Chain and eCommerce, TAFE NSW
- Tim de Grauw – TAFE NSW Course Coordinator (inc. courses such as Diploma of Renewable Energy Engineering, Undergraduate Certificate of Renewable Energy Engineering, Foundation Studies in Renewable Energy and Sustainability, and Energy Storage Systems)
CLOSING REMARKS: Professor Alan Broadfoot – Executive Director – Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources.
We are in discussions with a number of other speakers and will provide a further update once they are confirmed.
A reminder that the Symposium will commence with an industry dinner from 6pm on Tuesday, 2 August at Fort Scratchley co-hosted by HunterNet and Business Hunter, followed by the full day symposium on Wednesday3 August at Rydges Newcastle.
