Expo 2026
2026 Speakers
Speakers
Hear from an inspiring line-up of experts, innovators and community voices as they share practical insights, fresh ideas and real-world experiences to help you electrify your life.
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Nicola Barr
Nicola Barr is a professional AFLW player and a passionate advocate for values-led leadership, cultural change and sustainability. Alongside her football career, Nicola works with FrontRunners to help organisations navigate complex change and build resilient, purpose-driven cultures, drawing on her experience in high-performance sport and her Graduate Certificate in Sustainability from the University of Sydney. She brings a unique perspective on the role of collective action in creating a more sustainable future.
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Grace Brown OAM
Grace Brown is an Olympic and World Champion cyclist who retired from professional racing in 2024. Since retiring, through her advocacy and commentary work, she continues to champion the future of cycling and athlete welfare, bringing a unique perspective on high performance and the power of sport to drive positive change.
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Tom Campbell
Tom Campbell is a former professional Australian Rules footballer who recently retired after spending 15 years in the league, playing for the Melbourne Demons, Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne and St Kilda.
Tom co-founded ‘Footy for Climate’ together with Jasper Pittard (North Melbourne and Port Adelaide) in the wake of the 2020 Black Summer bushfires. Tom and Jasper were North Melbourne teammates when their training was forced indoors due to hazardous air quality caused by those fires. This led to a conversation about climate change and the role AFL and AFLW players can play in supporting the communities being impacted by extreme weather caused by climate change.
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Alexi Lynch
Alexi Lynch has been at the forefront of sustainability and climate action for more than 20 years, helping councils, organisations and communities deliver practical climate solutions. As CEO of Footy for Climate, he brings together the power of sport and climate action to support a low-carbon future and inspire positive change across the football community.
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Ann Liao, Acting CEO - Asians for Climate Solutions
With over a decade of experience in education and behaviour change, Ann leads initiatives that place multicultural voices at the centre of climate action. She specialises in human-centred design and cultural storytelling to make climate engagement accessible and inspiring.
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Ian Moxon, Watts Going Down! - Sustainability & Energy Advisory Services
Ian is an expert in alternative energy technologies, his passion is sustainable buildings and solar passive design, and he has a deep interest in electric vehicles, permaculture and the environment.
As an energy consultant he has been supporting households and businesses for over 15 years with energy efficiency advice. He is renowned for his engaging and passionate presentations as he explains in simple terms how to be more energy efficient, the basics of solar and batteries, how to make changes today to save money and help the environment.
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Bryce Gaton, EV Choice
Bryce has been working in, writing about, and presenting on the EV sector since 2008. He runs EV Choice, developing EV fleet and charging transition plans for government, business, homeowners and apartment complexes. He has extensive EV industry experience, including designing electrician training on EV charger installations, contributing to the ACT policy on EV Ready Developments and working with Standards Australia on guidance for EV charging installations in multi-residential buildings. He is also a writer for TheDriven, where he gets to test drives many new and upcoming EV models. In his ‘spare time’, Bryce writes for Renew magazine as well as producing a series of over 150 EV Fact Sheets, which are available through the Australian Electric Vehicle Association’s website.
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Trent Jones, All Electric Homes
Trent Jones is the Founder and Managing Director of All Electric Homes. With more than 20 years of experience as an A-Grade electrician, he specialises in apartment electrification and works closely with councils, owners corporations and industry to help apartment communities transition to a cleaner, more sustainable future.
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Sarah Aubrey
Sarah Aubrey is one of Australia’s most respected electrification advocates. She is a pure force of nature when it comes to sharing and simplifying the facts about accessible, clean energy and electric cars.
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Susan Biggar
usan Biggar is the Chair of Electrify Boroondara, a community-led initiative helping residents take practical climate action by making the switch to cleaner, more efficient electric homes, transport and businesses.
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Amaya De Silva
Amaya De Silva leads the City of Boroondara’s Climate Action team, driving the implementation of the Climate Action Plan and championing practical solutions for a more sustainable future.
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Stan Krpan
Stan Krpan PSM FAICD is CEO and Deputy Secretary of Solar Victoria, leading major Victorian Government programs that support solar uptake and energy efficiency across the state. He brings extensive public sector leadership experience across sustainability, renewable energy, regulation and law, and was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2022 for his contribution to environmental and social policy.
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Brendan Lang
Brendan Lang is an electrician with more than 10 years of experience running his own electrical contracting business and is the founder of Get Off Gas. A passionate environmentalist, Brendan is driven by a commitment to accelerating the transition to renewable-powered, all-electric homes and transport to help reduce emissions, lower household running costs and improve quality of life.
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Tom Langstaff
Tom Langstaff is Manager of Customer Planning and Power Quality at CitiPower and Powercor, where he helps plan and prepare the electricity network for the transition to household electrification. With a strong focus on customers and data-driven planning, Tom works to ensure the network can support communities as more households switch to electric technologies.
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David Henderson
David Henderson is the General Manager, Consumer and Product at SEC Victoria, where he has led the marketing, analytics, content and community engagement function for the launch and scale-up of Easy Electric SEC. David is passionate about connecting customer insight, strategy, technology and creativity to deliver sustainable growth and meaningful change for communities and businesses.
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Cal Forsyth
Cal Forsyth is the Director of Ephe and an accredited energy efficiency consultant specialising in residential energy performance, home energy assessments, draught proofing, weather sealing and thermal imaging. His expertise spans building fabric, heating and cooling, hot water and renewable energy, with a strong focus on practical, evidence-based solutions that improve comfort, energy efficiency and environmental performance.