12 August 2026 - Expo & Conference

Mon 6th Feb

8:00 am

EXPO open

Mon 6th Feb

9:00 am

Welcome and housekeeping

Karin Stark, Conference Founder / Director Farm Renewables Consulting

Mon 6th Feb

9:10 am

Major sponsor address

EnergyCo NSW

Mon 6th Feb

9:20 am

Farmer showcase

From chicken litter to clean energy

Chris Freney

From Vines to Volts: Navigating the Real Path to On-Farm Renewables

Maggie Jarret, See Saw winery Orange

Mon 6th Feb

10:20 am

TBA

Mon 6th Feb

10.45am

Morning tea

Mon 6th Feb

11.15 am

From solar panels to smart power: What the future grid means for farmers

TBA

John Cleland, Essential Energy

Driving Energy Back to the Grid 

Francis Clarke, Farmer

Mon 6th Feb

12.00pm

Fact vs Fiction

Rosie Barnes, engineer

Eddy Blaxell, Energy Leadership Australia

Mon 6th Feb

12.45pm

Calculating Carbon and carbon markets

Is measuring carbon on farm good for business?

Pippa Jones, Nuffield Scholar, Farmer

1.10 pm

1.00 pm

Lunch

Mon 6th Feb

1.45 pm

Breakout sessions

1. Large scale

2. Bioenergy / biofuels

3. Financing renewables

Mon 6th Feb

2.45pm

Afternoon Tea

Mon 6th Feb

3.10 pm

Future farm machinery

Biofuels on farm

Morgan Hunter

Electric combine harvester

Malcolm Lucas, farmer and inventor

Mon 6th Feb

4.10 pm

Large scale renewables / energy transition

Tax law, insurance and risks

Claire Booth

Mon 6th Feb

5.00 pm

Battery storage tech and applications

Glenn Platt, former CSIRO Director, Emergent Group

Mon 6th Feb

5:25 pm

Evaluation and close

Karin Stark, Conference Founder / Director Farm Renewables Consulting

Mon 6th Feb

5.30 pm – 7.30 pm

Networking with canapes and wine

13 August 2026

13 August

Farm Tour

See Saw Wines

For ticket holders only. Bus and morning tea provided.