
Clare Larkin-Sykes
Clare Larkin-Sykes is Co-Lead of New.E – the Hunter New Energy Cluster and Managing Director of Forelight Advisory. She is a strong collaborator and advocate of future resource and energy industries including the symbiosis of clean technology solutions to traditional processes and value chains.

Jeff NITSCH
Jeff is General Manager for New Markets at Acciona Energia, a renewable energy developer that had been operating in Australia for more than 20 years. Jeff has more than 30 years of energy markets experience both in the UK and Australia and is currently assessing the potential for a Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project in the Hunter Valley.


Erich Kisi
MGA Thermal’s Erich Kisi co-invented the patented Miscibility Gap Alloy (MGA) thermal energy storage materials with 10 years of development experience in the field. This breakthrough tech is key to decarbonising hard to abate sectors such as industrial heating.

Prof Thomas Nann
Allegro Energy's Prof. Thomas Nann pioneers the new microemulsion flow battery for long-duration storage. This breakthrough tech is key to advancing renewables and combating climate change.