WATT'S ON IN THE POWER SECTOR

Boost your professional portfolio, connect with industry, and enhance your communication skills with our top event picks for the month ahead. Don't miss out, register now and secure your spot today!

API Summer School: Early bird registrations now open

📅 Early bird registrations close 30 November 2024
📍 12 - 23 May 2025, Albert Park Mercure Pullman, Melbourne

Enhance your strategic & technical capability development at the API’s 2-week residential Summer School+, and emerge with a national network and polished skillset to lead the power sector workforce for our future.

From mid-career professionals to senior staff, Summer School is a valuable chance to step out of the turbulence of day-to-day to look at the bigger picture for the sector and build deep connections with your peers nation-wide.

Join us in 2025 to experience our enhanced program featuring online senior executives sessions (starting March 2025) and the highly regarded 2-week residential School in Melbourne in May 2025.

Introducing API's brand new Summer School Retreats for undergraduates and early career professionals

📅 Early bird registrations close 30 November 2024
📍 12 - 23 May 2025, Albert Park Mercure Pullman, Melbourne

Summer School Developing Professionals Retreat
A 4-day residential retreat for developing industry professionals with 4 to 6 years of experience.

Summer School Career Starter Retreat
A 4-day residential retreat for early career professionals with 0-3 years of experience.

Summer School x Powerful Women Undergraduate Retreat
A 4-day residential retreat for power-passionate undergraduate women pursuing a career in the power sector.

All female participants of the Summer School Programs also have the option to be included in the Powerful Women Leadership Program at no extra cost.

Australian Technical Committee Presentation Day

📅 14 November 2024, 9:00am - 5:00pm
📍 Energy Queensland, 26 Reddacliff St, Newstead, Brisbane

The Australian Technical Committee Presentation Day is being held on Thursday 14 November at Energy Queensland, 26 Reddacliff St, Newstead.

This is your opportunity to hear what each of our 16 Panels have been doing in 2024, hear feedback on key learnings and trends from the recent Paris Session and to understand the opportunities on how you can get more involved with the work of CIGRE on Panels and Working Groups.

The day will run from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Arrival from 8:30am is recommended. Registration is necessary to confirm your attendance and for catering purposes. The Presentation Day is open to both members and non-members.

Powerful Women Monthly Mingle: The Power of Language (Open to all)

📅 Date: 26 November 2024
📍 Location: Online at 1:00pm (Sydney time)

For this month's Mingle, we’re thrilled to welcome Sarah Zeljko, Chair of the Energy Queensland Board and an inspiring leader. This will be our final Mingle of the year, and we encourage everyone to join us for an engaging discussion on "The Power of Language"—exploring how we present ourselves as women on professional platforms like LinkedIn, in CVs, and during interviews. Let’s come together to celebrate this last event of the year. We hope to see you there!

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API Alumni Event: Sydney 2024

📅 Date: 18 November 2024, 6:00pm onwards
📍 Location: Surley's American Tavern, Sydney CBD

Inviting all API Alumni to join us in Sydney in September/November 2024 to connect with fellow API Alumni from over the years. API's Summer School speakers, participants, and delegates, and Powerful Women, Executive Insights, and past Scholarship Recipients are welcome to attend (sign up free below).

Current Scholarship recipients are welcome to attend as well and bring a friend!

We also warmly invite former members or partners of the API , and any past speakers, participants of API programs to reconnect with our vibrant community.

Additionally, the API Team will be in attendance at the Women in Renewable Conference in September, and the EECON and AUPEC Conferences in November later this year, so be sure to come and say hi!

Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference 2024 (AUPEC)

📅 Date: 20 November - 22 November 2024
📍 Mercure Hotel Sydney, Sydney Australia

After 34 events the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC) has become the IEEE PES Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference.

The API is a major supporter of the conference due to its value in fostering collaboration among academia, industry professionals, students, and researchers from Australasia and globally, focusing on the latest developments in power and energy sectors.

In 2024, AUPEC will be held from 20th to 22nd November 2024 in Sydney, Australia with an exciting technical and social program and specialist exhibition (immediately after the EESA EECON conference, also in Sydney).

EESA: Electric Energy Conference 2024 (EECON)

📅 Date: 18-20 November 2024
📍 Location: Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park, Sydney

Join us at EECON 2024 and discover more about how the API and EESA support individuals and organisations develop the 'next generation', and chat with grads/undergrads in our 'next generation lounge'.

EECON 2024 will cover the challenges and strategies for net-zero, energy market dynamics and decarbonisation, off-grid solutions and microgrids, network management, and disaster response, network reliability and resilience investment, future grid and asset management, energy storage, and renewable integration, technology experienced professionals from across the sector, and to support our members (organisations and individuals) in understanding how the API and EESA are supporting the development of the next generation.

The conference builds on the API's success and experience with supporting undergraduate students to attend previous ENA and EECON conferences with our TJ Effeney scholarship (supported by Energy Queensland and the Effeney Family) and other industry conferences.

The full API staff team - and a bunch of undergrad students - will be at EECON 2024, and we look forward to connecting with you and sharing details of how we are supporting the development of the next generation workforce for Australia's power sector.

The ARC Future Grid Industry Training Centre Workshop

📅 Date: 11 December 2024
📍 Location: Park Royal Hotel, Darling Harbour, Sydney

The ARC Training Centre in Energy Technologies for Future Grids will host the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) Industry-Academic Leadership Workshop 2024 at the Park Royal Hotel in Darling Harbour, Sydney on Wednesday, 11th December 2024.

The Workshop aims to upskill the next generation of engineers, equipping them with the multi-disciplinary expertise required to navigate the complexities of the evolving energy landscape. By fostering collaboration between academia and industry, this event aims to empower engineers to think creatively and drive the transition to net-zero future.

The API Team alongside our CEO, David Pointing, will be in attendance at the workshop, so be sure to say hi!