Program Themes
The Program for Australian Energy Producers Conference is multidisciplinary covering all areas of the upstream energy industry. The themes for the Technical & Business Program are chosen by the Technical Program Committee based on the number of submissions within a given theme. This ensures the program is both current and relevant for attending industry and stakeholder delegates.
Climate Tech
- Innovation and technology for emissions reduction
- Integrated energy – synergies between oil and gas, renewables, and future fuels
- CCUS and hydrogen
- The role of natural gas in the energy transformation in Australia and the region
- Methane monitoring, measurement, verification and emissions reduction
- Commercialising innovation at scale
- Climate change and innovation policy
- Managing the trade-offs of the energy transformation
Commercial and AI
- Innovation and leadership
- Artificial intelligence and business performance
- Business continuity and resilience
- Driving productivity improvements
- Supply chain contracting and management
- Access to capital
- Regulatory uncertainty and investment
- Australia’s role in the LNG market and energy security
- Gas pricing and energy policy
- Domestic gas supply security
- Outlook for global oil and LNG markets
- Emerging markets for future fuels
Engineering
- New technologies (surface & subsurface)
- Decommissioning
- Process safety
- Novel applications
- Improving operational efficiency
- New development projects coming on stream
- Plant upgrades
- Drilling and pipeline technologies
- AI systems for engineering and geoscience
Environment and Approvals
- Navigating environmental approvals in an increasingly complex regulatory system
- Regulation, approvals and legal challenge strategies
- Streamlining approvals
- EPBC Act reforms
- Improving environmental performance and regulation
- Environmental stewardship and rehabilitation
- Responsible and effective decommissioning practices
Geoscience
- New exploration areas (e.g. Beetaloo and Roebuck basins)
- New discoveries
- Unconventional petroleum
- Innovative appraisal concepts
- Research and development in geophysics
- Petrophysics and geology applications
- Access to resources
- Frontier basins
- Gas storage
- Artificial intelligence
Workforce and Community
- Community consultation and engagement
- Building and retaining the social license to operate
- Diversity and inclusion
- Accessing the right skills including STEM
- Industrial relations
- Workplace behaviours
- Improving safety performance and oversight
- Mental health, psychosocial hazards and safety initiatives in the workplace
- Cultural heritage and Traditional Owner engagement
The Program Themes are listed in alphabetical order. The order does not depict importance or preference.
AUSTRALIAN ENERGY PRODUCERS CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
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