2025
NET-ZERO-NEXT-GEN

NSW ASSEMBLY

Tuesday
18 November 2025

Charles Perkins Centre Auditorium
University of Sydney, Australia

Opening Speakers

Professor Deanna D’Alessandro

Director of Net Zero Institute
Professor Kathy Belov

AO FAA FRSN BSc (Hons), Pro-Vice-Chancellor Global & Research Engagement, USYD
Professor Thomas Maschmeyer

AO PhD HonDSc FAA FTSE MAE FRACI FRSN Professor of Chemistry, USYD

Plenary Speakers

Professor Assaad Masri

BE, PhD (Sydney) ARC-Australian Professorial Fellow School of Aerospace Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Professor Madeleine Skellern

Director, National Health, Sustainability and Climate Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, USYD
Dr Richard Kirkman

CEO and Managing Director, Veolia ANZ

Panel Speakers

Professor Anna Paradowska

Conjoint Professor in Civil Engineering and AMME, USYD
Dr Chiara Fois

Senior Research Officer (USYD), Manufacturing Manager (Rux Energy)
Dr Chi (David) Cheng

Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Associate Professor Scott Dwyer

Research Director (UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures)
Professor Madeleine Skellern

Director, National Health, Sustainability and Climate Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, USYD

Keynote Speakers

Dr Ali Hadigheh

Senior Lecturer, Associate Head of School (Research Education), School of Civil Engineering, USYD
Dr Charlotte Zhu

Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Christopher Barnett

Associate Lecturer, School of Chemistry, USYD
Dr Lixue Jiang

Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Mengyu Li

ARC DECRA Fellow, Senior Lecturer, USYD
Dr Ming Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher Associate, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Dr Mojtaba Ajorloo

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University
Dr Omid Ghasemi

Postdoctoral Researcher, UNSW
Dr Shawn Kong

SIESTA Postdoctoral Fellow, Brain and Mind centre, USYD
Dr Shujie Zhou

Postdoctoral Research Associate, UNSW
Dr Shuying Wu

Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, AMME, USYD
Dr William McLeod

Postdoctoral Research Associate, USYD
Dr Yuting Zhuo

Lecturer and ARC Early Career Industry Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW
Ms Dorna Ghoreishi

PhD candidate, Integrated Sustainability Analysis, USYD