EVENT

Coal & The Future of Energy 2024

18 七月 2024

8:00 AM - 1:30 PM AET

Brisbane Marriott Hotel | Australia

Navigating uncertainty in the transition to a carbon-free world

Join us in July at the TBC hotel in Brisbane, Australia for the 14th edition of Wood Mackenzie’s Coal and the Future of Energy Forum to hear the latest insights from the mining and renewables industry as coal navigates in the transition to a carbon-free world. Will low-carbon solutions accelerate the replacement of coal or help secure its legacy?

This is your opportunity to gain valuable insights from subject matter experts at Wood Mackenzie and industry representation from mining companies, mine operators, mining equipment, technology and service (METS) providers, power, finance and investment.

The event is free to attend for Wood Mackenzie clients and subscribers. Contact our Customer Manager, Melody Wee on events@woodmac.com to register.

If you are not a Wood Mackenzie client or subscriber, tickets are available at AUD $495 per person

A ticket to attend includes:

  • Exclusive and inspiring insights from the Wood Mackenzie team of subject matter experts and industry leaders
  • Peer-to-peer networking opportunities where you can make essential connections and have crucial conversations
  • Access to the event app: prepare for the event and gain the most from the programme and venue on the day
  • Refreshments and lunch
  • Recap on the essential information with speaker presentation downloads (where permission has been given) post-conference

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Special rates for bookings of two or more people from one company are available. Contact our Customer Manager, Melody Wee on events@woodmac.com with your details and the number of people you are looking to send. 

2024 Exciting Themes

  • Macro-economic outlook: assessing the landscape for thermal & metallurgical coal  
  • Fundamentals of the coal trade: Forecasting prices, demand & supply 
  • Penetration and costs trends for renewables and storage  
  • Benefits and limitations of low carbon technologies in Industry (CCUS and hydrogen) 
  • Policy evolution shaping coal’s role in the energy mix (including Carbon pricing) 
  • Investment deficits: Implications for mining and the energy transition.  
  • Australian decarbonisation: new policy and industry response  
  • Challenges to emissions reduction in steel. 
  • Be part of a global network to connect, learn, and share with the Wood Mackenzie team, key industry leaders and fellow peers from the coal and energy industries

Brent Spalding

Principal Analyst - Coal Research

Wood Mackenzie

Brent joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007, following the acquisition of Barlow Jonker. He has been an integral part of the coal research team covering cost estimation and supply analysis for APAC and Southern Africa. He is based in Brisbane with primary responsibility for APAC metallurgical coal research. ​ Brent has been involved in coal research and publications since 1994. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he was the editor of the South African Coal Report.​ Brent has a Masters degree in Energy Studies, which he obtained from the University of Johannesburg in 2000.

Paul Manley

Director Metals & Mining Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Paul is a geologist by training and brings over 20 years of industry experience to our metals and mining consulting team. As a director of consulting, he leads a wide variety of fuel supply engagements in Australia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the Americas and Africa and has worked in both our Houston and China offices. Now based in Sydney, Paul covers metals and mining throughout Asia and the Pacific region. Paul has a deep understanding of a range of commodities, spanning metallurgical and thermal coal, iron ore and base metals. He has played an integral role in developing our emerging metals consulting offerings and has worked on a wide variety of consulting assignments, from the provision of expert advice in dispute resolution, to conducting due diligence. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Paul worked in exploration, on mine sites and for government departments in both the coal industry and mineral sands sector.

Flor Lucia De la Cruz

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Flor is a subject matter expert in hydrogen and emerging technologies for Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Practice. She works on modelling hydrogen markets, tracking deployments, policy, investments, technology trends, and analyzing the adoption of hydrogen in industrial processes including ammonia, methanol, heating, blending, midstream logistics and the power and storage sector. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Flor led the innovation team at IDOM working on developing low carbon and circular economy projects for green/blue hydrogen, advanced biofuels, hydrotreated vegetable oils, plastic recycling, and carbon capture. At IDOM she also worked as a process engineer on LNG projects in Brazil, Colombia and Poland and a natural gas processing facility in Morocco. Before IDOM, Flor worked as a Health Safety & Environment engineer at Tecnicas Reunidas (TR). At TR she worked on the Al-Zour Refinery for Kuwait and a Nitric Acid plant for Yara in Norway. Flor holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). While at MIT she worked as a researcher at the Metabolic Engineering Laboratory on a project for Novogy Inc (now Total) to investigate yeast’s ability to convert low-cost feed stocks into lipids to produce inexpensive biodiesel.

Melvin Chen

Head of Power & Renewables Consulting APAC

Wood Mackenzie

Melvin leads the Power & Renewables Consulting Practice for the Asia Pacific region. Together with a team of consultants, his focus is to address the strategic needs of companies and governments in the areas of Power & Renewable and Energy Transition. The Energy Transition Practice is a key part of Wood Mackenzie’s business that drives the thought leadership in the energy industry as it navigate the challenges of the Energy Transition. Melvin has been with the Asia Pacific consulting team based in Singapore for the past 11 years taking on a variety of roles including the roles of Head of Greater China Consulting and Regional Consulting Group Manager. Since joining Wood Mackenzie, he has led projects across the Power & Renewables, Upstream, Gas & LNG, Downstream/Petrochemicals and Metals & Mining sectors for clients which included companies across the energy value chain, financials and governments. In this time, his work have been focused on strategy formulation, market entry, due diligence, valuation and modelling across the Energy and Mining industry. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he co-founded a company that was at the forefront in driving sustainable development in Singapore which was co-funded by Enterprise Singapore. During this time, he was involved in developing best practises for the residential, private and public sectors in the field of sustainable development including areas such as the implementation of solar systems and demand side management. Melvin graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a First Class Honours Degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Antoine Gaudin

Senior Consultant

Wood Mackenzie

Antoine works within the Power and Renewables Consulting team in Singapore. Antoine's experience spans from advisory for energy utilities and regulators to market design, power market modelling, price forecast and strategy. His work involves reviews of electricity markets and corporate practices at various stages of market liberalisation. He recently worked with stakeholders in Australia, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, the USA and others. He specialises in market analysis policy, renewable policies and regulatory matters at a global scale. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Antoine worked in the energy market advisory practice of DNV Singapore. He covered the APAC region.

Robin Griffin

Vice President, Metals and Mining Research

Wood Mackenzie

Robin joined Wood Mackenzie in 2003 and has spent considerable time in both consulting and research roles. Consulting assignments included project due diligence, market assessments, price forecasting and coal procurement. An integral part of the research team since 2007, Robin has undertaken global mine cost estimation and supply analysis for both coal and base metals. Robin joined the coal markets team in 2012 and until 2021 was responsible for metallurgical coal markets analysis. ​ Robin has now broadened his role to act as subject matter expert across metals and mining markets. The role include undertaking cross-commodity analysis across base metals, battery raw materials, bulk commodities, and steel alloys.​ Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie Robin spent 7 years in the power and coal industries in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Australia undertaking coal procurement, coal exploration, project development geological and engineering roles. Robin also worked as a coal marketer selling thermal coal in Asia.​ Robin holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology and an MSc in Mining Engineering, from Camborne School of Mines, UK​

Min(Jenny) Li

Coal Market Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

Min Li is a research analyst with over fifteen years experience in international coal mining industry. She joined Wood Mackenzie in 2016 and is currently based in Singapore with responsibility for Asia Pacific metallurgical coal market research. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Min worked with Peabody in business development and investment analysis for ten years. Min also has over several years of experience in sales and marketing in FedEx. Min Li is a CFA Level III candidate with an MBA from the University of Missouri in St. Louis.

Viktor Tanevski

Principal Consultant, APAC Metals & Mining Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Viktor Tanevski is a senior resources industry professional with over 14 years' experience. Viktor joined Wood Mackenzie’s Metals & Mining Consulting practice in 2022. Viktor is responsible for providing tailored commodity analytics solutions and strategic advice to a range of clients including miners, banks, government, and service providers.  Previously, Viktor joined Wood Mackenzie’s Metals & Mining Research team in Sydney, Australia in 2011 with coverage of the coal sector. He subsequently helped establish supply and valuation models and products for iron ore, before moving back to coal, covering the entire value chain, including assets, infrastructure, market demand, international trade, pricing, emissions, M&A, corporate strategy and regulatory impact assessments. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Viktor worked in Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)’s Mining & Metals investment banking team in Sydney undertaking Australian and cross-border M&A advisory and corporate financing transactions and valuations for projects and companies across precious and base metals, bulk and industrial mined commodities and Oil & Gas. Viktor has a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Finance and Accounting) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Sydney.  In 2018, Viktor completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program (CFA Institute) and remains an active charter holder. Viktor has a wide-ranging interest in financial and commodity markets, corporate strategy, financial analysis, innovation and technology.

Rory Simington

Principal Analyst APAC Thermal Coal Research​

Wood Mackenzie

Rory Simington is a research analyst with more than 20 years of experience in the Australian mining industry. He is currently based in Sydney with primary responsibility for Wood Mackenzie’s Asia Pacific thermal coal research. ​ He analyses the coal market, with a focus on supply, demand, and price. He also analyses mining assets, collecting physical, logistical, and financial information and building models to produce valuations. His analyses are delivered in reports and presentations to clients and prospective clients to help them understand the coal market and inform their decision-making.​ Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie in 2014, Rory worked with major multinational mining corporations and consulting companies providing supply and demand analysis, cost analysis, price forecasting, and product marketability assessments. ​ He also has more than ten years of experience in operational management and technical roles in the coal industry, including longwall operations and mine planning. He is an experienced project manager with expertise in design, manufacture, and delivery of longwall systems.​ Rory’s expertise in the coal industry is evident in the frequency with which he’s quoted in the media regarding the coal market.​ Rory Simington holds an MBA and a BEng in mining, both from the University of Wollongong. ​

Chris Graham

Vice President – Energy Consulting, Asia Pacific

Wood Mackenzie

Chris leads business development for our Asia Pacific energy consulting practice. He has been with Wood Mackenzie for over ten years in a variety of analytical, leadership and commercial roles, across upstream oil and gas, LNG and energy markets research. Chris previously led our Australasia upstream oil and gas team in Perth, before relocating to Singapore in 2014 to head up our Asia Pacific fuel fundamentals research. Here, his teams were responsible for all market, supply, demand and pricing intelligence for the region’s energy sector. In 2017, he moved into a commercial director role with global responsibility for our gas and LNG business. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Chris worked for KPMG in Madrid, supporting the audit and risk advisory departments.