Events

Melbourne – Final End of CRC Roadshow

August 5, 2025

Location: Melbourne Connect, 700 Swanston St, Carlton VIC 3053

9am-4:30pm, 5 August 2025

Join our research team and experts from across our programs to discuss our research as we complete Future Fuels CRC’s research in 2025.

These informal, face to face events have been held in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and have been a great opportunity to discuss our research in more detail, make connections, and to prepare the future of industry-led research under GIRA, Gas Infrastructure Research Australia.

These free-of-charge events are only open to our participants, so please contact info@futurefuelscrc.com

Agenda

9:00 – Coffee and refreshments

9:30 – Session 1

  • Future Fuels CRC welcome, scene-setting and key achievements – David Norman, CEO, Future Fuels CRC
  • Introducing GIRA, Dennis Van Puyvelde,  Director Gas Networks, Energy Networks Australia’s
  • Preparing for public safety assurance in the energy transition (RP2.3-08), Jan Hayes, RMIT

11:00 Morning Tea

11:30 –  Session 2

  • Biomethane injection into the gas network: impact of impurities on the performance of end-use appliances (RP1.4-07), Mohsen Talei, Kha Meng Ng and Sharin Fernando, University of Melbourne
  • Methanation: Realising the potential of renewable gas through hydrogen methanation (RP1.2-07) Pavel Panek, University of Melbourne
  • Social license for Hydrogen and Biomethane – Kathy Witt, University of Queensland

1:00pm – Lunch

2:00pm –  Session 3

  • Keyhole coating damage treatments and quality assurance tests for epoxy coatings Bob Varela, Deakin University
  • Hydrogen in Polymer and Elastomer Networks (RP3.1-03, RP3.1-14, RP3.1-07, and RP3.4-11) – Sebastian Manjarres Espinosa, Deakin University
  • Economic Modelling of Underground Hydrogen Storage – Sleiman Mhanna, University of Melbourne
  • Policy Pathways for Biomethane (RP2.2-05), Hamish MacDonald, University of Queensland
  • Recap of Future Fuels CRC hydrogen embrittlement research and its role in informing industry, Mehdi Fardi, ROSEN Group.

4:30pm Event Close

After the event there will be  opportunity for further networking.