Sydney Research Seminar 2025

June 19, 2025

Thursday, 19 June  2025 8:30am to 4:30pm 

Location: Pullman Hotel Sydney, 2010 NSW and online webinar

Join our final annual Sydney Research Seminar, run with the APGA in the heart of the Sydney CBD, and also as a webinar for participants who cannot attend in-person.

The seminar is a great way to meet our community face-to-face and discuss the latest research created across our three programs. Online access is available for any participant who cannot attend in person, giving you full access to the presentations and an opportunity to join the Q&A sessions.

Agenda

(All times Syd/Mel, please note that timings and final presenters may change)

8:30am – Coffee and Refreshments 

9:00am – Opening Session 1

Delivering on our mission to enable the decarbonisation of Australia’s energy networks
David Norman, CEO Future Fuels CRC

Introducing Gas Infrastructure Research Australia: the future of industry research
Doug Proud, Research Manager GIRA

Our commercialisation legacy – how Future Fuels CRC has advanced novel technologies
Jeremy Harris, Research Manager Future Fuels CRC

Joint Technical Meeting report – our Phds report on the latest news from this June’s San Deigo event for global pipeline specialists.
Tariq Uddin, University of Wollongong
Nithin Vattappara, Deakin University
Fahad Chowdhury, University of Queensland

10:30am – Refreshment Break 

11:00am – Session 2  

Program 1 Achievements during the CRC
Benjy Lee, Program 1 Coordinator

Our Appliances research on hydrogen and blends (RP1.4-08 and RP1.4-09)
Neil Smith, University of Adelaide

Biomethane: developing production viability through techno-economics (RP1.2-06)
Sam Culley and Holger Maier, University of Adelaide

Biomethane injection into the gas network: impact of impurities on the performance of end-use appliances (RP1.4-07)
Mohsen Talei, University of Melbourne

Methanation: Realising the potential of renewable gas through hydrogen methanation (RP1.2-07)
Pavel Panek, University of Melbourne

12:30pm – Lunch Break

1:30pm – Session 3 

Program 2 Achievements during the CRC
Carol Bond, Program 2 Coordinator

Understanding householder electricity and gas practices (RP2.1-10)
Dr Pabasara Wijeratne, RMIT University

Social License for Hydrogen – a series of ground-breaking studies
Kathy Witt, university of Queensland

2:30pm – Refreshment Break 

3:00pm – Session 4

Program 3 Achievements during the CRC
Doug Proud, Research Manager GIRA

Pipeline tensile strain capacity and weld strength matching (RP3.2-05)
Decompression behaviour – Shock Tube Testing (RP3.2-02)
Cheng Lu, University of Wollongong

Hydrogen in Pipelines HiSAFE(TI) Lab – latest research and test results (RP3.1-12)
Bradley Davis, Rosen

4:30pm Event Close

How to Register

The Seminar is available free-of-charge to all employees of participating organisations of Future Fuels CRC so please use your organisation’s email account when registering for the event.

In-Person: To register to attend in-person in Sydney please register.

Register for In-person

Online: all our participating organisations can join online, watch the presentations and participate in the Q&A sessions.

Register for Online Access