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Australia 4.0 is a Pearcey Foundation thought leadership initiative to identify and discuss the challenges and opportunities of a digital and data enabled transformation of the electricity sector to Australia Net Zero.
It follows on from the very successful Pearcey is proud to convene national discussions that focus on areas where ICT can have a major impact on the national economy. Pearcey seeks to collaborate with other industry associations and groupings to ensure diversified views and opinions are canvassed and embraced. |
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Through a series of seven online national discussions led by experts and covering six areas, Australia 4.0 endeavoured to identify the key issues/obstacles to ensuring a ‘new’ electricity system is fit for purpose as we migrate to net zero emissions. Topics included:
While the energy transition is a diverse and complex matter, each discussion topic was used to provide focus, to clearly articulate the data and digitalisation challenges confronting success in reaching a net zero electricity system.
They were moderated Zoom meetings where panellists and audience were drawn from the ICT sector, the Energy and Power
industries, regulators, government, researchers, etc. Our hope is that shared understanding and cross disciplinary thinking helped each
participant identify opportunities for policy, technology, innovation and commercialisation.
Review all the 2023 sessions and their recordings now ...
On 30th October 2023, a half-day national meeting was held to summarise the findings arising from the discussions and to ratify a communiqué that clarifies the criticality of the challenges identified and to highlight the opportunities for the ICT sector. A group of individuals who identified and agreed to collaborate based on their experience and expertise to prepare the communiqué and offer suggestions and recommendations to assist government and industry develop policies and strategies to improve upon current plans for the Australian ICT sector to enable this complex transformation.
Learn more and read the Communiqué that summarises the whole program...In 2024 the Communiqué was formally launched with Hon Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science. Then a new series of conversations was started using a roundtable format and hybrid presentation to ensure we continue to include the large number of interested Australians from all states and territories.
Review all the 2024 sessions and their recordings now ...
In 2025, due to the strong engagement and demand from the community for the conversation supported by the independent convening power of the Pearcey Foundation, the Australia 4.0 Roundtables continue.
The evolving focus of the community is on the customer/user centrality in the evolution of the grid. We have national regulators, consumer advocates, end users, technology providers, researchers and standards bodies all eager to contribute to progressing this discussion.
The Australia 4.0 proposition is to catalyse ideas from the latest thinking about how ICT can help address the critical challenges that confront our nation. Digital technologies are the horizontal enabling factor that underpins most, if not all, elements of achieving higher productivity in our national economy. Shifts to open data and calls for inclusive development challenge us to deliver bold solutions for the future prosperity of Australia.
The focus is on developing new, innovative ideas to harness technology to help our nation migrate to a Net Zero electricity sector. In the process, we hope to help our industries adapt those ideas to enhance their success in global competition. With clarity about the innovation required and the commercial opportunities our governments can make better informed, evidence-based policy and regulation decisions.
Australia 4.0 is a collaboration among the Pearcey Foundation and the broader ecosystem. This is reflected in the leadership team:
Supported by:
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Jordan Green (Pearcey National Secretary) |
Simon Foster (Pearcey National Treasurer) |
26 Apr '24
Australia 4.0 Communiqué examines the challenges and opportunities for Australian energy networks as the nation transitions to a net zero economy.
Australia 4.0 is a Pearcey Foundation
initiative to spark collaboration between the energy and ICT sectors to help Australia move towards a net zero energy system.
Read the official
media release.
30 Mar '24
The Honourable Ed Husic MP, Minister for Industry and Science will launch the Australia 4.0 Communiqué which
outlines five pilot projects to accelerate the progress towards the ultimate goal of a net-zero energy system for Australia.
Australia 4.0 is an initiative of the Pearcey Foundation to help our nation move towards a net zero energy system by enabling the innovative contributions of the ICT sector in collaboration with the energy sector. Over 100 discrete business and regulatory challenges identified, were synthesised into to 10 key challenges
with three overarching themes.
19 Nov '23
Professor Ariel Liebman was a key supporter of Australia 4.0. He worked at the intersection of ICT and the future renewable grid. Ariel was going to moderate one of the Australia 4.0 sessions but, since he was to be overseas at the time, he arranged for other colleagues to assist. Sadly, Ariel passed away after a brief illness on November 9th 2023 and will be sorely missed by his family, friends and colleagues.
9 Oct '23
A half-day gathering to review the findings from our seven national discussions. The Australia 4.0 discussion series and summit
are designed to open the door to substantial innovation and business opportunities throughout the Australian ICT sector.
These activities explore the profound changes required of the Australian electricity system to realise a Net Zero Australia. This outcome
demands significant collaboration between the energy and ICT sectors.
The Australia 4.0 Summit is intended to include diverse perspectives, across key stakeholders, exploring the opportunities
for the Australian ICT sector to contribute to the transition to Net Zero of the Australian electricity system.
