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2026 SPEAKERS
AIETA2026 Early Confirmed Strategic Voices


Hon. Danny Pearson MP
Minister for Economic Growth and Jobs, Minister for Government Services, Minister for Finance
Victorian Government


Matthieu Fedrigo
Chief Information Officer
ENGIE


Moonis Vegdani
Chief Network and Digital Officer
Counties Energy


Daniel Morse
Head of Data and Analytics (Chief Data Officer)
EnergyAustralia


Mark Brown
Head of Data and AI, ANZ
Amazon Web Services (AWS)


Lee Hickin
Executive Director
National AI Centre, DISR, Australian Government


Sumone Chakravarti
Executive General Manager, Consumer and Innovation
SEC


Liam Smith
General Manager, Strategy and Integration
APA Group


Emma Eltringham
Principal AI Product Manager
Woodside Energy


Ravi Kumar Mandalika
APAC Energy & Utilities Industry Leader
IBM Consulting


Chua Shen Hwee
Chief Data Officer
Energy Market Authority


Julien Jovancevski Capraro
Chief Digital Officer
Jemena


Graeme Jackson
General Manager, Data & Analytics
Vector Limited


Aaron Butler
Digital & Data Platforms Manager
Santos


Rik Irons-Mclean
Sector Lead Manufacturing and Energy, and Enterprise CTO
Microsoft ANZ


Luke Jenner
Chief Assets and Digital Officer
Essential Energy


Danny Benjamin
Executive General Manager, Delivery
VicGrid


Peter Jackowski
General Manager, Delivery & Operations, Consumer and Innovation
SEC


Jim Bullock
Managing Director, Power Utilities & Energy Transition, Asia
Microsoft


Kevin Lin
Chief Information Officer
Stanwell Corporation


Andrew Hyland
Chief Commercial Officer
Aula Energy


Kathleen Walker
Head of Business Transformation
Tilt Renewables


Colette Munro
Pacific Zone President
Schneider Electric
More will be updated soon...
Data Centre & Digital Infrastructure Leaders at AIETA2026


Belinda Dennett
Chief Executive Officer
Data Centres Australia


Nishi Vissamraju
Head of Sustainability
NexTDC


Andrew Sjoquist
Founder & CEO
WinDC


Mousa Namavar
Director of Carbon Solutions, Asia Pacific
SLB
More will be updated soon...
Leading Women in Energy Transition 2026


Nicola Falcon
Executive General Manager System Design
Australian Energy Market Operator


Jenny Selway
Chief Executive Officer
HILT CRC


Allison Hortle
Science Director
CSIRO Energy


Electra Davies
General Manager, People & Experience
Momentum Energy
More will be updated soon...
AIETA2026 VIP Guests
More will be updated soon...


Julien Jovancevski Capraro
Chief Digital Officer
Jemena


Karishma Darr
Chief Information Officer
CleanCo Queensland


Eglantine Etiemble
Chief Information Officer
EnergyAustralia


Nick Andrews
General Manager of Digital Strategy, Architecture and Data
Essential Energy


Anthony Mitchell
Head of Data Enablement and Insights
Essential Energy
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