• 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia
  • 13 - 15 October 2026 Sydney | Australia

Agenda

Industrial Net Zero Conference Quest Events
Event Schedule
  • 13 October - Conference Day One
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Day/Stream
  • Day/Stream
  • 13 October - Conference Day One
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Session Type
  • Session Type
  • Break
  • Panel Discussion
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Time
  • Time
  • Morning
  • Midday
  • Afternoon
08:30
13 October - Conference Day One

Registration & Welcome Coffee

08:50
13 October - Conference Day One

Opening Remarks from the Chair

Speaker Speakers
Clare Tubolets-2
Clare Tubolets
CEO
SmartCreteCRC
09:00
Panel Discussion
13 October - Conference Day One

Framing Australia's decarbonisation challenge

Speaker Speakers
Hon. Matt Kean
Hon. Matt Kean
Chair
Climate Change Authority

Closing the gap between ambition and finance

09:30
13 October - Conference Day One

Government Address

10:00
13 October - Conference Day One

Panel discussion: Ensuring policy ambition has the desired effect

Speaker Speakers
Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley
Director
Climate Energy Finance
Louie Trajkoski
Louie Trajkoski
Senior Director, Investment
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
Kim Curtain-1
Kim Curtain
Deputy Secretary, Energy, Climate Change & Sustainability
NSW DCCEEW 
Dena Jacobs
Dena Jacobs
Executive Director, Strategy, Planning & Innovation
Infrastructure NSW
10:50
Break
13 October - Conference Day One

Morning Tea & Networking

Making the safeguard mechanism work for you

11:40
13 October - Conference Day One

An honest assessment of the first two years of safeguard

Speaker Speakers
Matt McKee
Matt McKee

Chief Researcher
Beyond Zero Emissions

12:10
Panel Discussion
13 October - Conference Day One

Panel discussion: Ensuring the safeguard mechanism review meets industry needs

Speaker Speakers
Marghanita Johnson-1
Marghanita Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Aluminium Council
Mussaret Nagree-1
Mussaret Nagree
Chief Energy Transition, Environment & Government Relations Officer
Wesfarmers Chemicals Energy & Fertilisers
Nadia Truninger
Nadia Truninger
Sustainability Manager, Reporting, Continuous Manufacturing
Orica
Denise Spinks
Denise Spinks
Chief Executive Officer
Cement Industry Federation
Kathryn Smith
Kathryn Smith
General Manager, Carbon Markets
Clean Energy Regulator
13:00
Break
13 October - Conference Day One

Networking Lunch

Where capital meets the coalface

14:00
13 October - Conference Day One

The bottlenecks slowing industrial decarbonisation

Speaker Speakers
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Tamara Sling Ronen
Environmental Director
Lion
14:30
Panel Discussion
13 October - Conference Day One

Panel discussion: How industry is making decarbonisation pathway decisions

Speaker Speakers
Meredith Read
Meredith Read
Head of Sustainability
Orica
Nathan Juchau
Nathan Juchau
Manager, Sustainability
Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group
Michael Kilgariff
Michael Kilgariff
Chief Executive Officer
Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia
Fiona Murfitt-2
Fiona Murfitt
Vice President, Sustainability
Evolution Mining
15:10
Break
13 October - Conference Day One

Afternoon tea & Networking

Turning decisions into delivery

15:40
13 October - Conference Day One

Carbon leakage: Keeping emissions and industry onshore

Speaker Speakers
Frank Jotzo
Frank Jotzo
Director Centre for Climate & Energy Policy
Australian National University (ANU)
16:10
13 October - Conference Day One

Just transition: Workforce, communities and the social contract

Speaker Speakers
Grahame Irwin
Grahame Irwin
Regional Workforce Transition Officer
Dept. of Employment & Workplace Relations
16:40
13 October - Conference Day One

Can Australian industry win in a decarbonising Asia?

Speaker Speakers
James Bowen
James Bowen
Lead Analyst
IEEFA
17:10
13 October - Conference Day One

Chair closing remarks & End of day one

17:20
13 October - Conference Day One

Networking drinks

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