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2026 SPEAKERS
World-Class Strategic Visionaries at AIETA2026
Hon Chris Picton MP
Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy
Government of South Australia (Virtual)
Andrea Bernard
Chief Operating Officer, ENGIE Retail
ENGIE Australia & New Zealand
Moonis Vegdani
Chief Network and Digital Officer
Counties Energy
Liam McWhirter
General Manager, Enterprise and Strategic Customers
Origin Energy
Kate Kolich
Head of Data and Artificial Intelligence
Contact Energy
Dr Brett Szmajda
Deputy Executive Director
National AI Centre, Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Danny Benjamin
Executive General Manager, Delivery
VicGrid
Luke Jenner
Chief Assets and Digital Officer
Essential Energy
Michael GIBBS
Chief Operating Officer-Network
Northpower
Paulo Gottgtroy
Head of Decision Science & Analytics
Mercury NZ
Chua Shen Hwee
Chief Data Officer
Energy Market Authority
Kevin Lin
Chief Information Officer
Stanwell Corporation
Liam Smith
General Manager, Strategy and Integration
APA Group
Sumone Chakravarti
Executive General Manager, Consumer and Innovation
SEC
Andrew Hyland
Chief Commercial Officer
Aula Energy
Mr. James Griffin MP
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Shadow Minister for Digital, Artificial Intelligence and Investment
Parliament of NSW
Mario Ellaz
Chief Information Security Officer
AusNet
Emma Eltringham
Principal AI Product Manager
Woodside Energy
Matt Webb
Executive General Manager Grid Development
Transpower New Zealand
Jamal Waqar
Head of Research, Experience, Data and Analytics
Standards Australia
Andrew Lewis
Executive General Manager Consumer, Markets and Analytics
Australian Energy Market Commission
Daniel Morse
Head of Data and Analytics (Chief Data Officer)
EnergyAustralia
Aaron Butler
Digital & Data Platforms Manager
Santos
Peter Jackowski
General Manager, Delivery & Operations, Consumer and Innovation
SEC
Kristen Pellew
Group Head of Customer and Community
Australian Gas Infrastructure Group
More will be updated soon...
Technology Innovators Driving the Energy Transition Forward
Jim Bullock
Managing Director, Power Utilities & Energy Transition, Asia
Microsoft
Rik Irons-Mclean
Sector Lead Manufacturing and Energy, and Enterprise CTO
Microsoft ANZ
Colette Munro
Pacific Zone President
Schneider Electric
Tom Gooch
VP, Commercial
Neara
Mark Brown
Head of Data and AI, ANZ
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Natasha Kostakos
Head of Smart Infrastructure & Building Automation Ecosystems
Delta Electronics
Shane Bannister
Head of Business Development and Project Sales, Energy APAC
Tesla
Dr Antonin Demazy de Fortet
Founder
GG Advisory
Asanga Lokusooriya
Lead Client Partner and AI & Data Advisor
IBM
More will be updated soon...
Global Leaders Shaping the Future of Energy & Digital Infrastructure
Belinda Dennett
Chief Executive Officer
Data Centres Australia
Sabrina D'Cruz
Director of Energy
Thoughtworks
Nishi Vissamraju
Head of Sustainability
NexTDC
Celine Luke
Partner, Net Zero and Energy Transition
Ernst & Young
Andrew Sjoquist
Founder & CEO
WinDC
Anita Oh
Managing Director and Partner
BCG
Mousa Namavar
Director of Carbon Solutions, Asia Pacific
SLB
Sam Bruce
Executive Director
Pollination
More will be updated soon...
Leading Women in Energy Transition 2026
Nicola Falcon
Executive General Manager System Design
Australian Energy Market Operator
Patricia Lim
Director of Commercial and Business Development
Vopak
Suzanne Westgate
General Manager Delivery Services and Strategy Enablement
Transgrid
Carol Bond
Deputy Head of Department, Management & Organisations
RMIT University
Jenny Selway
Chief Executive Officer
HILT CRC
Allison Hortle
Science Director
CSIRO Energy
Electra Davies
General Manager, People & Performance
Momentum Energy
More will be updated soon...
AIETA2026 VIP Guests
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Luke Jenner
Chief Assets and Digital Officer
Essential Energy
Judy Nicholl
Chief Executive
Counties Energy
Eglantine Etiemble
Chief Information Officer
EnergyAustralia
Nick Andrews
General Manager of Digital Strategy, Architecture and Data
Essential Energy
Moonis Vegdani
Chief Network and Digital Officer
Counties Energy
Julio Acuna
Co-founder & Director
One51 Consulting
Anthony Mitchell
Head of Data Enablement and Insights
Essential Energy
Chris Maines
Head of Data Engineering and Solutions
CleanPeak Energy
Wassim Chammaa
Co-founder & Director
One51 Consulting
Mark Brown
Head of Data and AI, ANZ
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jun Fujise
Asset Performance and Analytics Manager
CleanPeak Energy
Daniel Milech
Principal Consultant & Data Analytics Practice Lead
One51 Consulting
Jonathan Janes
Head of Sales for Energy, ANZ
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Karishma Darr
Chief Information Officer
CleanCo Queensland
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