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The Community Energy Congress is the seminal community energy event in Australia. It is brought to you by the Coalition for Community Energy (C4CE) alongside the Smart Energy Expo (6th-7th March 2024) which brings 10,000 delegates to Sydney’s International Convention Centre on the glittering Darling Harbour.

Sponsorship opportunities include:

• 2024 Community Energy Congress
• Community Energy showcase – presence within the Smart Energy Expo
• Webinar program to extend the Congress conversation to all community energy supporters
• Media partnership, increasing the reach and profile of community energy stories
• Video and photography
• Additional research and innovation day

2024 is a crucial time for communities to assert their role in creating our future energy system. This event will bring together the movers and shakers from community energy groups across Australia to:

• Be inspired to create change in their communities;
• Develop pathways for communities, companies, and local and state government to collaborate;
• Learn from successful community energy case studies;
• Share information and strategies about overcoming barriers and realising opportunities;
• Consolidate and coordinate efforts across the nation; and
• Foster new networks and relationships.

The Congress will be 2-day event with an annual program of activities to ensure all supporters of community energy can participate throughout the year.

Why sponsor this event?

Between big energy and electrify everything, community energy rapidly brings direct benefits to communities, government and networks via lower costs, better integration, and increased resilience and equity – it involves and brings communities along. The 2024 Congress will provide a valuable opportunity for you to be part of the acceleration to renewable energy at the all-important community scale and build a profile with communities around Australia.

Sponsoring this unique event offers you a prime opportunity to:

• Connect with a large number of community leaders interested in developing relationships for shared impact (the 2017 event attracted hundreds of attendees) and be part of the 10,000 delegates at the Smart Energy Expo.
• Understand the motivations, solutions and challenges of communities in the renewable energy space
• Enhance your position as a leader in building the future energy system
• Be part of a movement of innovators