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Australia, this is our best chance to shape an ambitious climate agenda.

Day 1 | Tuesday 6 September 2022 | Opportunities of climate action at all levels

Day 2 | Wednesday 7 September 2022 | Strengthening our climate ambition

Join us in Canberra or online for this dynamic two-day event where you can interact with and be inspired by climate champions across all corners of society and the economy. 

An exciting mix of interactive plenary sessions, lightning talks, workshops, roundtable dialogues, exhibits and entertainment will explore several themes, including:

  1. Expanding opportunities in the new energy economy
  2. Making zero emissions transport accessible to all
  3. Pivoting industrial sectors to a net zero pathway
  4. Decarbonising supply chains
  5. Embedding climate justice
  6. Growing nature-based solutions
  7. Building climate resilience and healthy futures

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Note: This is a draft program and is subject to change. Thank you for your patience with us as we finalise arrangements with speakers.

Day 1 | Tuesday 6 September | Opportunities of Climate Action at all Levels

Hear about actions being taken by businesses, investors, communities, state and local governments and others and exchange ideas for how we can work together to create better futures for us all.

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Francis Wedin - Founder & CEO, Vulcan Energy Resources
Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Debby Blakey - CEO, HESTA Super Fund
Taylor Hawkins - Managing Director, Foundations for Tomorrow
Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Day 2 | Wednesday 7 September | Strengthening our Climate Ambition

Engage policymakers of Australia's new government to support ambitious, society and economy-wide action on climate change.  

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia

Abigail Forsyth - Co-Founder & Managing Director, KeepCup, KeepCup
Deo Prasad - Scientia Professor, Manager of the Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub at UNSW
John Lydon - Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Kerrie Wilson - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability Strategy), Queensland University of Technology
Adam Morton - Climate and Environment Editor, Guardian Australia