All Hands on Deck Symposium 2023, UTS, Sydney.
Day 1: The Heat is On, 19 July 2023.

Dr Kathryn Lucas-Healey & Dr Hedda Ransan-Cooper (ANU)
"Localising the operation of grid-tied microgrids for future resilience"

Associate Professor Stephen Healy (Western Sydney University [WSU]), Associate Professor Abby Mellick Lopes (UTS), Associate Professor Emma Power (WSU), Associate Professor Louise Crabtree-Hayes (WSU), Professor-Emeritus Helen Armstrong AM (Queensland University of Technology [QUT]): "On weathering and ‘climate-readiness’ – a strengths-based approach to design and
action research in Western Sydney"

Dr Stefan Lie, Roderick Walden, Berto Pandolfo, Anton Nemme (UTS) & Professor Tim Schork (QUT): "Maintaining the temperature: A novel, renewably sourced material for thermal insulation made from Brewers’ Spent Grain"

Chair: Professor Kurt Iveson (University of Sydney [USyd])

All Hands on Deck was convened by Jesse Adams Stein and Chantel Carr. This symposium was supported by the Australian Research Council, UTS School of Design, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, and Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society & Space (ACCESS) at the University of Wollongong. allhandsondeck2023.com/

Symposium convenors: Jesse Adams Stein, Chantel Carr
Audio production: Jennifer Macey, Emily Perkins
Graphic Design: Thea Kable
Graphic illustration: Sam Wallman

The Heat is on: K Lucas-Healey, H Ransan Cooper, S Healy, A Mellick-Lopes, S Lie, K Iveson

Three clean energy founders reflect on their entrepreneurial paths and the technologies driving their companies forward — from microgrid control systems to field service software and operations and maintenance solutions. They share lessons learned from early-stage challenges like staffing, funding, and building trust with customers, as well as the strategies they’re using to grow, differentiate, and stay agile in a rapidly evolving industry.

Solar Startups: Founders Share Insights on Growth, Challenges, and Innovation

A cross-disciplinary symposium. Work, skill and material production at a time of human and environmental calamity. 19-21 July 2023. University of Technology Sydney and the University of Wollongong. 

Supported by the Australian Research Council, UTS School of Design, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, and Australian Centre for Culture, Environment, Society & Space (ACCESS) at the University of Wollongong.

Convenors: Jesse Adams Stein, Chantel Carr
Keynote speakers: Alice Twemlow, Tim Ingold
Audio production: Jennifer Macey, Emily Perkins
Live Drawn Illustration: Sam Wallman
Graphic Design: Thea Kable
Symposium assistance: Michelle Montgomery, Michael Fisher, Jack Sawyer
UTS AV assistance: Jayden Nowatka, Aaron Clarke
Speakers: As indicated in each track description.

More information: https://allhandsondeck2023.com

Acknowledgement
This project acknowledges the Gadigal of the Eora Nation upon whose ancestral Country the UTS campus now stands, and the Dharawal, Yuin and Wadi Wadi peoples as the Custodians of Country in the Illawarra, where the UOW campuses are situated. We pay respects to the Elders, past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional Custodians of knowledge for these lands.

New tracks tagged #microgrids