Energy Transitions
Foundations.

A two-day specialist course on the energy transition for professionals across government, utilities and infrastructure.

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  • 25–26 May 2027
  • 8:30am-4:30pm
  • Brisbane
Energy Transitions

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Why this course

Electricity demand is rising through electrification, AI and data centres while generation, storage and transmission change shape. Organisations that are not energy specialists still have to make investment, infrastructure and operating decisions against that future.

Two days for professionals whose decisions are being reshaped by the transition, whether or not they work inside the energy sector. Input from prospective participants is helping refine the programme's focus.

Who it is for

  • State government policy, infrastructure, planning and investment teams
  • Local government planning, sustainability, infrastructure and facilities teams
  • Utilities, in strategy, planning, transformation and customer roles
  • Infrastructure owners and operators
  • Large energy users, industrial and resources organisations
  • Digital infrastructure and data centre organisations
  • Engineering, planning, environmental and strategy consultants

Programme

  1. Day 1

    The energy system ahead

    Understand the forces changing energy supply and demand, and distinguish established options from emerging technologies and uncertain propositions.

    • Renewable generation, storage, transmission and firming
    • Electrification and changing demand, including AI and data centres
    • Energy security, resilience and sovereignty
    • Reliability, affordability and emissions trade-offs
    • Climate change as a driver of the transition and a risk to energy systems
    • Frontier technologies: what is deployable, plausible or overhyped
  2. Day 2

    What this means for organisations

    System change translated into organisational decisions, ending with an Energy Futures Lab on real transition questions.

    • Future energy cost, access, reliability and constraints
    • Electrification, onsite generation, storage and flexibility
    • Infrastructure, capital planning and investment timing
    • Transition risk, policy uncertainty and social licence
    • AI as a driver of demand and as a tool for planning and operations
    • Energy Futures Lab: a transition decision your organisation needs to make before the evidence is complete

This is the working design. The final programme and instructors will be announced before paid registration opens.

Questions

When do registrations open?
When the programme is set. Register your interest and we will contact you before places are released.
Is this for energy specialists?
Utilities and energy specialists are important in the room, and the course is built to be useful to capable professionals outside the sector whose decisions the transition is reshaping.
What will it cost?
Prices are published when registrations open, with an early-bird rate, a live-stream option and a group rate for three or more from one organisation.

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25–26 May 2027, Brisbane. Register your interest for programme and registration updates.

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