The event will kick off in Sydney at 9am on Wednesday, with key political and business figures to present.<\/p>\n
The nation’s leading voices in policy, business and the energy industry will tackle the big questions on how Australia will overcome challenges in AI, energy and the economy.<\/p>\n
As the growing demand for data centres, critical minerals and advanced manufacturing steers economic decisions, how we think about energy must be reshaped to ensure Australia does not fall behind.<\/p>\n
From 9am, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli will have a keynote conversation with The Australian editor Kelvin Healey.<\/p>\n
About 10am, Chevron Australia Operation and Maintenance director Andrew O’Connor and Jemena managing director David Gillespie will discuss “The Gas Imperative”.<\/p>\n
Before the break, Ampol CEO Matthew Halliday will discuss Fuel Security in the Face of Disruption with The Australian associate editor Eric Johnston.<\/p>\n
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After the break, Science, Technology and the Digital Economy Assistant Minister Andrew Charlton will speak about artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
Other guests and keynote speakers include Australian Capital Equity CEO Ryan Stokes, Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher, shadow energy minister Dan Tehan and AGL CFO Gary Brown.<\/p>\n
Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean will discuss how renewables can deliver for industry before the event wraps up about 3pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia’s energy future will take centre stage with keynote addresses from Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and industry titans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[470122,377380,470152,20377,406566,470145,470120,470137,470139,470155,470136,256,162642,470135,254,64,63,470121,99,50005,21876,16796,470148,470140,81740,8268,1772,77411,470127,2572,470132,470150,470123,19215,5946,470151,182537,1695,470126,470142,470128,470147,470153,470144,20722,470125,4273,4125,470133,58668,44,399346,376632,470130,435477,85600,10839,468095,470131,25984,19158,470141,128,389940,670,105,468076,177343,470119,470129,470124,470134,408266,399808,470138,122841,470154,470143,380229,384793,470149,470146,188490,393513,7137,41313],"class_list":["post-901707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-s-energy-future","tag-s-plan","tag-powering-australia","tag-20377","tag-9am","tag-9am-aest","tag-a-keynote-conversation","tag-a-streaming-subscription","tag-about-3pm","tag-advanced-manufacturing-steers","tag-agl-cfo-gary-brown","tag-ai","tag-ampol","tag-ampol-ceo-matthew-halliday","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-capital-equity-ceo-ryan-stokes","tag-business","tag-centre-stage","tag-challenges","tag-chevron","tag-chevron-australia-operation","tag-climate-change-authority-chair-matt-kean","tag-crisafulli","tag-critical-minerals","tag-data-centres","tag-disruption","tag-economic-decisions","tag-energy","tag-energy-future","tag-energy-nation-forum","tag-energy-nation-forum-2026","tag-energy-policy","tag-event","tag-experts-and-politicians","tag-fuel-security","tag-industry","tag-industry-titans","tag-jemena-managing-director-david-gillespie","tag-join-news24-com-au","tag-key-political-and-business-figures","tag-keynote-addresses","tag-keynote-speakers","tag-leaders","tag-leading-voices","tag-liberal","tag-live","tag-maintenance-director-andrew-oconnor","tag-nation","tag-news","tag-news24","tag-newswire-gaye-gerard","tag-next-economy","tag-other-guests","tag-photo","tag-policy","tag-practical-measure","tag-queensland-premier-david-crisafulli","tag-relief","tag-renewables","tag-santos-ceo-kevin-gallagher","tag-science","tag-shadow-energy-minister-dan-tehan","tag-sydney","tag-technology","tag-tehan","tag-the-australian","tag-the-australian-associate-editor-eric-johnston","tag-the-australian-editor-kelvin-healey","tag-the-australian-editorial-director-claire-harvey","tag-the-big-questions","tag-the-bowser","tag-the-break","tag-the-digital-economy-assistant-minister-andrew-charlton","tag-the-economy","tag-the-energy-industry","tag-the-energy-nation-forum-2025","tag-the-event","tag-the-face","tag-the-gas-imperative","tag-the-growing-demand","tag-the-nation","tag-the-political-debate","tag-watch","tag-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}