Business Strategy and Innovation Public Lecture: Why renewable energy needs to be mainstream - not an alternative

Business Strategy and Innovation Public Lecture: Why renewable energy needs to be mainstream - not an alternative
Business Strategy and Innovation Public Lecture: Why renewable energy needs to be mainstream - not an alternative

Principal speaker

Dr Pat Glynn

Other speakers

Dr Rod Gapp Dr Luke Houghton


The world is rapidly embracing new and more efficient sources of energy which provide competitive advantages through cost saving while addressing many of the concerns associated with climate change and the social challenge of affordable energy access. Australia has been a leader in alternative energy research and development, even with this strategic advantage we lag the world in its application and uptake. While many parts of the developed world source a majority of their energy from sustainable sources and are striving for 100% renewable energy within the next 15 years, some developing nations are investing more on alternative energy than Australia. This presentation aims to provide the following: the current state of play in terms of renewable energy generation and storage including rooftop solar PV and battery storage, a position on why electric vehicles (EV) will dominate world markets within the next ten years, case studies on both rooftop solar and EV and new an overview of emerging disruptive technologies in the renewable energy space. These complex issues along with Australia's need to embrace these disruptive technologies as the norm rather than the exception explained will be explained in easy to understand language.

Session starts at 6pm with a presentation by the key note speaker Dr Pat Glynn followed by a panel discussion with question and answers at 7.30 and concludes at 7.45 pm.

Dr Pat Glynn is an Adjunct Associate Professor within Griffith University's Department of Business Strategy and Innovation (BSI). Professor Glynn has spent a lifetime turning complex theories in the area of sustainable energy storage into practical real world solutions. Within this context Pat has worked with a multitude of organisations ranging from companies such as Phillips to the CSIRO and is an inventor of alternative energy systems in his own right.

Dr Rod Gapp (BSI) has an extensive background in innovation creativity, change and development and sustainability, both as a researcher and advisor to a wide range of industries.

Dr Luke Houghton (BSI) has extensive industry and research experience in the fields of complex problem solving, soft systems thinking, information systems development and implementation.


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