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SUMMIT AGENDA 2027

Day1 Morning - Strategy, Policy and the Global Investment Case

09:00 - 09:05 (05 mins)

Chair Welcome

09:05 - 09:15 (10 mins)

[Federal keynote] Australia's Data Centre Decade: Securing Investment, Sovereignty and National Interest in the Age of AI

09:15 - 09:25 (10 mins)

[NSW Keynote] Data Centres as Economic Infrastructure: How Digital Investment Is Driving NSW's High-Value Industrial Future

09:25 - 09:40 (15 mins)

[APAC insight] From Moratorium to Strategy: Singapore's Data Centre and Energy Policy Journey and What APAC Can Learn 

09:40 - 09:50 (10 mins)

​[Global insight] How the US Is Navigating Grid Constraints, Energy Independence and the Hyperscale Buildout

09:50 - 10:40 (50 mins)

[C-suite Panel] The Global AI Infrastructure Shift: How Capital, Compute and Clean Energy Are Redrawing the Map and Reshaping APAC

Marc Ganzi
Chief Executive Officer
DigitalBridge

André Fernandes
Chief Executive Officer APAC
EDP

Laura Coad
Chief Data Centre Officer 
AirTrunk

10:40 - 11:00

(20 min)

[Keynote] Building at AI Scale: Powering the Next Generation of Digital Infrastructure Across APAC

Laura Coad
Chief Data Centre Officer 
AirTrunk

Coffee Break (30 mins)

11:30 - 12:20 

(50 min)

[Executive Panel] Governing the AI Infrastructure Era: Market Design, Energy Policy and Investment for APAC's Digital Economy

Andrew Lewis
Executive General Manager
Australian Energy Market Commission

12:20 - 12:40 

(20 min)

[Keynote] Reserved for sponsor
Luncheon

Day1 afternoon - Building and Powering the AI Factory

14:00 - 14:50 (50 mins)

[Executive Panel] Scaling AI Infrastructure: Economics, Power, and Growth

Preet Gona
Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific 
STACK Infrastructure

Morgan A. Laughlin
Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Infrastructure
PGIM

Najmie Noordin
Chief Transformation Officer
Johor Corporation 

Sabooh Whitelaw
Associate Vice President, Utility & Energy
AirTrunk

14:50 - 15:10 (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for sponsor

15:10 - 15:30 (20 mins)

[Keynote] AI-Ready Data Centre Development
  • Improving load forecasting and renewable generation forecasting accuracy
  • Using AI to optimise DER integration and renewable energy uptake
  • Enhancing grid resilience and reliability to handle faults and unexpected events
  • Standardised data interfaces and data-sharing frameworks
Coffee Break (30 mins)

16:00 - 16:50 (50 mins)

[Panel] How Utilities, Renewable Energy Zones and Grid Infrastructure Are Aligning to Meet AI's Energy Demands

Alistair Parker
Chief Executive Officer
VicGrid

16:50 - 17:10  (20 mins)

[Keynote] Reserved for sponsor

17:10 - 18:00 (50 mins)

[Panel] How Data Centres Are Structuring PPAs and Renewable Partnerships for Stable, Scalable Power

Daniel Nugent
Executive, Trading & Transition
Energy Australia

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