EN26 is made possible through the support of sponsors driving collaboration, innovation and leadership across Australia’s energy networks. Their involvement helps spark critical conversations and supports the sector’s transition toward a smarter, more resilient future.
Our leading sponsors
Principal sponsor
Hitachi
Championing the urgency to reach Net Zero, Hitachi Energy is one of the leading technology partners with an end-to-end solutions portfolio for the energy industry in Australia and around the world.
Destination partners
Our destination partners support EN26’s presence in Adelaide by encouraging national conversations and strengthening business, industry and innovation ties. Their contribution reflects a shared commitment to Australia’s energy networks and the ongoing transition, while highlighting Adelaide’s reputation for award-winning business events and state-of-the-art facilities.
Major Sponsors
SA Power Networks – Copy
SA Power Networks is South Australia's electricity distributor, safely delivering power to homes and businesses, while supporting the transition to a smarter, more sustainable and reliable energy future.
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric drives impact by empowering all to make the most of energy and resources. As a global leader in electrification, automation, and digitalization, we deliver AI-enabled Industrial IoT solutions—enhancing efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across industries, infrastructure, data centers, buildings, and homes.
Program engagement sponsors
Plenary Panel
AusNet
AusNet is Victoria’s largest diversified energy network business, connecting communities with reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy. Its vision is to be trusted to bring the energy and build a cleaner tomorrow. With over $13 billion in assets, it operates three core regulated networks: electricity distribution, gas distribution, and the state-wide electricity transmission network. Additionally, its portfolio includes contracted energy infrastructure. Under the name ‘Mondo,’ it offers energy and technical services. AusNet’s dedicated team of over 1,300 employees serves more than 1.6 million customers.
Keynote Insights
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Plenary Panel
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
The CEFC is Australia’s specialist climate investor, helping cut emissions in the race towards net zero by 2050. We invest in the latest technologies to generate, store, manage and transmit clean energy. Our discounted asset finance programs help put more Australians on the path to sustainability, in their homes and on the road. CEFC capital is also backing the net zero transformation of our natural capital, infrastructure, property and resources sectors, while providing critical capital for the emerging climate tech businesses of tomorrow. With access to more than $33 billion from the Australian Government, we invest to deliver a positive return for taxpayers
Plenary Panel
Electranet
Plenary Panel
SA Power Networks
SA Power Networks is South Australia's electricity distributor, safely delivering power to homes and businesses, while supporting the transition to a smarter, more sustainable and reliable energy future.
Knowledge exchange & industry roundtables
C-Suite Round Table Lunch
Brave Energy
Brave provides software solutions for the Australian energy market. We're dedicated to simplifying transactions for market participants by streamlining business processes, improving data management and approaching regulatory change with agility and innovation. With efficiencies and bottom-line improvements at the forefront, Brave has recently moved their solutions to a cloud-based SaaS model, running on the Bravecloud™ platform.
Networking Breakfast
Essential Energy
Essential Energy builds, operates, and maintains one of Australia’s largest electricity distribution networks, servicing 900,000 customers across regional, rural, and remote NSW and parts of southern QLD.
C-Suite Round Table Lunch
Race for 2030
Reliable, Affordable, Clean Energy (RACE) for 2030 is an industry led cooperative research centre established in 2020 with $68.5M of Commonwealth funding.
C-Suite Round Table Lunch
Telstra
Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications company. We offer a full range of products and services across a customer base that includes consumers, small business, large enterprise, and government organisations. Following a long history dating back to the Postmaster-General’s Department being established in 1901, Telstra is one of the 20 largest companies listed on the ASX with a market capitalisation of approximately $55 billion as at 30 June 2025. Our world-leading mobile network reaches approximately 99.7 per cent of the Australian population. We have around 265 stores in Australia and 26 Telstra Business Technology Centres. As of 30 June 2025, we provide around 24.9 million retail mobile services and around 3.4 million Consumer and Small Business (C&SB) bundle, data and voice-only services. We connect to points of presence in close to 200 countries and territories around the world.
Power & Connections Breakfast
Transgrid
Transgrid operates and manages the high voltage electricity transmission network in NSW and the ACT, connecting generators, distributors, and major end users. Over decades of technical excellence, we’ve enabled the smooth operation of 13,085 km of high voltage transmission wires and 128 substations. Our network is the backbone of the National Energy Market, enabling energy trading between Australia’s three largest states along the east coast, and supporting the competitive wholesale electricity market, while leading the transition to a clean energy future.
Social & networking experiences
Welcome Drinks & Connections
SA Power Networks
SA Power Networks is South Australia's electricity distributor, safely delivering power to homes and businesses, while supporting the transition to a smarter, more sustainable and reliable energy future.
Wired-In Dinner
Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric drives impact by empowering all to make the most of energy and resources. As a global leader in electrification, automation, and digitalization, we deliver AI-enabled Industrial IoT solutions—enhancing efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across industries, infrastructure, data centers, buildings, and homes.
Branding & Experience
Badge & Lanyard
Ergon Energy Network and Energex
Ergon Energy Network and Energex are part of Energy Queensland Limited. Our electricity network consists of 1.7 million poles, 210,000km of overhead powerlines and underground power cables. We own and operate 33 stand-alone power stations that provide supply to isolated communities not connected to the main electricity grid. We supply electricity to 2,355,000 million customers across an operating area of over one million square kilometres, around 97% of Queensland – from the Tweed River to Torres Strait and from Brisbane to Birdsville. We are all about safely delivering secure, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions with our communities and customers.
Media partners
EN26 Innovation Hall
Power Talks Stage
SA Power Networks
SA Power Networks is South Australia's electricity distributor, safely delivering power to homes and businesses, while supporting the transition to a smarter, more sustainable and reliable energy future.
Insights Hub
Schneider Electric – Copy
Schneider Electric drives impact by empowering all to make the most of energy and resources. As a global leader in electrification, automation, and digitalization, we deliver AI-enabled Industrial IoT solutions—enhancing efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across industries, infrastructure, data centers, buildings, and homes.