2017 Program Overview

Time	Session
8:00am	Arrival Registration
9:00am	Hear from Nicky Ison, Soren Hermansen, Candace Vahlsing and Minister Lily D'Ambrosio
11:15am	Morning Tea
11:45am	Hear from Aboriginal leaders from across Australia and Canada about how renewable energy is empowering their communities.
1:00pm	Lunch
2:30pm	There are now over 50 fully operating community energy projects in Australia today, with more on the way. This session aims to inspire the possibility of more community energy projects, celebrate achievements, acknowledge challenges and showcase a range of community energy stories of success. Room: Main Hall This participatory session brings together experts talking about the mid to large scale renewable projects, what they can mean for communities both in regards to partnerships and local benefits - how can communities partner with developers and how can they get ready for the coming energy transition. Room: Condell Room This participatory session brings together experts from the community energy, legal and finance sectors to share their experience and advice in pulling together complex community renewable energy projects and mitigating risk. Room: Supper Room Community energy projects are emerging all over the world as people try to find ways to either transition their regional economy away from fossil fuels, or to avoid new projects being established. In this session, local leaders will share how they are working to build new energy systems while strengthening their local economy. Come and hear how these projects got started, the challenges they have faced and how they have overcome them. Room: Yarra Room Find out how your project can grab headlines and make the media part of your launch event. This Climate Media Centre workshop will provide an insider’s guide to the way the media operates, practical tips and techniques that you can immediately apply and a resource to take with you. Room: Hoddle Room
4:30pm	Afternoon Tea
4:45-6pm	Chaired by Claire O'Rouke in this session you will hear from political leaders from South Australia, ACT and Victoria on their plans for unlocking community energy.
6:30-9pm	Social Event: ReInvest In partnership with Future Super

Time

Session

8:00am

Arrival Registration

9:00am

Hear from Nicky Ison, Soren Hermansen, Candace Vahlsing and Minister Lily D'Ambrosio

11:15am

Morning Tea

11:45am

Hear from Aboriginal leaders from across Australia and Canada about how renewable energy is empowering their communities.

1:00pm

Lunch

2:30pm

There are now over 50 fully operating community energy projects in Australia today, with more on the way. This session aims to inspire the possibility of more community energy projects, celebrate achievements, acknowledge challenges and showcase a range of community energy stories of success.

Room: Main Hall

This participatory session brings together experts talking about the mid to large scale renewable projects, what they can mean for communities both in regards to partnerships and local benefits - how can communities partner with developers and how can they get ready for the coming energy transition.

Room: Condell Room

This participatory session brings together experts from the community energy, legal and finance sectors to share their experience and advice in pulling together complex community renewable energy projects and mitigating risk.

Room: Supper Room

Community energy projects are emerging all over the world as people try to find ways to either transition their regional economy away from fossil fuels, or to avoid new projects being established. In this session, local leaders will share how they are working to build new energy systems while strengthening their local economy. Come and hear how these projects got started, the challenges they have faced and how they have overcome them.

Room: Yarra Room

Find out how your project can grab headlines and make the media part of your launch event.

This Climate Media Centre workshop will provide an insider’s guide to the way the media operates, practical tips and techniques that you can immediately apply and a resource to take with you.

Room: Hoddle Room

4:30pm

Afternoon Tea

4:45-6pm

Chaired by Claire O'Rouke in this session you will hear from political leaders from South Australia, ACT and Victoria on their plans for unlocking community energy.

6:30-9pm

Social Event: ReInvest In partnership with Future Super

Time	Session
8:00am	Arrival & Registration
9:00am	Open Space - Planning for action
11:15am	Morning Tea
11:45am	Maximising value: solar, storage and all things trading. This session will offer the opportunity to debate how community energy will intersect with innovative technologies and business models in the form of energy storage, demand response and local electricity trading. Room: Main Hall To accelerate a transition to 100% renewables we need a grid that is safe and reliable and least cost to generate, transport and store our energy. Join the discussion on how new ways of communities working with network companies is unlocking value for customers, communities and the networks themselves. Room: Condell Room Part I: The majority of existing community energy groups have not yet completed their first project. This double session will train your group in how to adopt key elements of the most successful and replicable models for community energy. Choose from one of three models: Donation Investment, or Multi-household models Room: Supper Room Workshop - Renewable energy in Canadian First Nations; what can we learn for Canada for Aboriginal communities in Australia? Hear about 15 years of successful First Nation's community building through renewable energy projects in Canada and what that means for Aboriginal renewable energy in Australia. Room: Yarra Room Part I: This session will explore why it's so important to build community and political support for your community energy project - and what that looks and feels like. We will hear about inspiring examples and discuss techniques that can help you grow your project team, deepen community ownership of your project and persuade politicians and other gatekeepers to either champion your cause or get out of the way. Room: Hoddle Room
1:15pm	Lunch & C4CE General Meeting
2:15pm	Going deep: delivering 100% local renewables This session will offer the opportunity debate how innovative technologies and business models can be used for coordinated local delivery of 'zero net energy' or '100% renewable' communities. You'll hear about rapid energy efficiency delivery, community bioenergy, and electric vehicles. Room: Main Hall This session puts innovative energy retailer partnerships sharply in focus, to understand how partnerships between community energy groups / projects and retailers can be created for mutual benefit. We'll hear from a variety of retailers on the partnership models they are rolling out that have big potential to accelerate community energy and from community energy groups on the benefits they have found in partnering with retailers. Room: Condell Room Part: II The majority of existing community energy groups have not yet completed their first project. This double session will train your group in how to adopt key elements of the most successful and replicable models for community energy. Choose from one of three models: Donation Investment, or Multi-household models Room: Supper Room A facilitated panel and participant discussion about the ways in which low income, locked-out and vulnerable Australians are experiencing the energy transition, and key options and examples of solutions to improve their participation in this transition. Room: Yarra Room Part II: This session will explore why it's so important to build community and political support for your community energy project - and what that looks and feels like. We will hear about inspiring examples and discuss techniques that can help you grow your project team, deepen community ownership of your project and persuade politicians and other gatekeepers to either champion your cause or get out of the way. Room: Hoddle Room
3:45pm	Afternoon Tea
4-5pm	Closing Plenary - A shared vision for Australia's community energy sector

Time

Session

8:00am

Arrival & Registration

9:00am

Open Space - Planning for action

11:15am

Morning Tea

11:45am

Maximising value: solar, storage and all things trading. This session will offer the opportunity to debate how community energy will intersect with innovative technologies and business models in the form of energy storage, demand response and local electricity trading.

Room: Main Hall

To accelerate a transition to 100% renewables we need a grid that is safe and reliable and least cost to generate, transport and store our energy. Join the discussion on how new ways of communities working with network companies is unlocking value for customers, communities and the networks themselves.

Room: Condell Room

Part I:

The majority of existing community energy groups have not yet completed their first project. This double session will train your group in how to adopt key elements of the most successful and replicable models for community energy. Choose from one of three models:

Donation
Investment, or
Multi-household models

Room: Supper Room

Workshop - Renewable energy in Canadian First Nations; what can we learn for Canada for Aboriginal communities in Australia? Hear about 15 years of successful First Nation's community building through renewable energy projects in Canada and what that means for Aboriginal renewable energy in Australia.

Room: Yarra Room

Part I:

This session will explore why it's so important to build community and political support for your community energy project - and what that looks and feels like. We will hear about inspiring examples and discuss techniques that can help you grow your project team, deepen community ownership of your project and persuade politicians and other gatekeepers to either champion your cause or get out of the way.

Room: Hoddle Room

1:15pm

Lunch & C4CE General Meeting

2:15pm

Going deep: delivering 100% local renewables This session will offer the opportunity debate how innovative technologies and business models can be used for coordinated local delivery of 'zero net energy' or '100% renewable' communities. You'll hear about rapid energy efficiency delivery, community bioenergy, and electric vehicles.

Room: Main Hall

This session puts innovative energy retailer partnerships sharply in focus, to understand how partnerships between community energy groups / projects and retailers can be created for mutual benefit. We'll hear from a variety of retailers on the partnership models they are rolling out that have big potential to accelerate community energy and from community energy groups on the benefits they have found in partnering with retailers.

Room: Condell Room

Part: II

Donation
Investment, or
Multi-household models

Room: Supper Room

A facilitated panel and participant discussion about the ways in which low income, locked-out and vulnerable Australians are experiencing the energy transition, and key options and examples of solutions to improve their participation in this transition.

Room: Yarra Room

Part II:

Room: Hoddle Room

3:45pm

Afternoon Tea

4-5pm

Closing Plenary - A shared vision for Australia's community energy sector

Stream	Session
The Main-stream	Stories of Success
Growth through partnerships	Working with renewable energy developers
Doing it!	Community Energy Financing, Legals and Risk
Energy Justice	Community energy and fossil-fuel affected communities
Skill-up	Grabbing Headlines

Stream

Session

The Main-stream

Stories of Success

Growth through partnerships

Working with renewable energy developers

Doing it!

Community Energy Financing, Legals and Risk

Energy Justice

Community energy and fossil-fuel affected communities

Skill-up

Grabbing Headlines

Stream	Session
The Main-stream	Back to the Future Part I
Growth through partnerships	Working with network companies
Doing it!	Models of community solar
Energy Justice	Aboriginal Renewable Energy
Skill-up	How to build community and political support for your project

Stream

Session

The Main-stream

Back to the Future Part I

Growth through partnerships

Working with network companies

Doing it!

Models of community solar

Energy Justice

Aboriginal Renewable Energy

Skill-up

How to build community and political support for your project

Stream	Session
The Main-stream	Back to the Future Part II
Growth through partnerships	Working with retailers
Doing it!	How to: Models of community solar training
Energy Justice	Empowering vulnerable communities
Skill-up	How to build community and political support for your project

Stream

Session

The Main-stream

Back to the Future Part II

Growth through partnerships

Working with retailers

Doing it!

How to: Models of community solar training

Energy Justice

Empowering vulnerable communities

Skill-up

How to build community and political support for your project

2017 Program Overview

Day 1, 27 February

Day 2, 28 February

Breakout #1

Breakout #2

Breakout #3