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SUMMIT AGENDA 2027
Day 1 Morning - Setting the Course: Strategy and Policy for Australia's SAF Decade
09:00 - 09:10 (10 mins)
Chair's Welcome
09:10 - 09:20 (10 mins)
[Host Government Welcome Address] Welcome to New South Wales: Building Asia-Pacific's Gateway to the Global SAF Market
The Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC
Minister for Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Heritage
NSW Government (Reserved)
09:20 - 09:30 (10 mins)
[Keynote] From SAF Ambition to Action: Building Australia’s Low-Carbon Fuels Industry
09:30 - 09:40 (10 mins)
[International Address] Mandates in Motion: Europe's SAF Journey and What It Means for a Connected Global Market
Magda Kopczynska
Director-General for Mobility & Transport
European Commission (Virtual)
09:40 - 10:30 (50 mins)
[Top Voice] Positioning for 2030: How APAC’s SAF Market Players Are Building the Ecosystem
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What must happen for SAF to move from niche to mainstream aviation fuel?
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How does the region create investable demand that gives capital the confidence to commit?
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Can policy, capital and commercial markets actually align, or are they still moving on separate tracks?
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What should the industry prioritise in the next five years to accelerate commercial deployment?
Kiri Hannifin
Chief Sustainability Officer
Air New Zealand
Anne-Laure BULLIERE
Vice President Business Development
TotalEnergies (Reserved)
Networking Break
11:00 - 11:15
(15 mins)
[Keynote] Reserved for IATA
Kelvin Lee
Head Sustainability Asia-Pacific
IATA
11:15 - 12:05
(50 mins)
[Regulatory insight] Building a Bankable Policy Framework within APAC’s SAF Trajectory and Global Landscape
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What would a bankable, long-term mandate paired with stable production incentives look like in practice?
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How does Australia's policy need to connect with APAC — Singapore, Japan, Korea are already moving?
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Can federal and state levels coordinate to maximise investment and accelerate deployment?
Tim Stock
Director, Industry Policy and Engagement
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Wong Hong
Director General
Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
12:05 - 12:25
(20 mins)
Industry Keynote (Reserved for Sponsor)
Luncheon
Day 1 Afternoon - Building the Pipeline: Readiness, Supply and Capital
14:00 - 14:50 (50 mins)
[Executive panel] Ready for Scale: Aligning Aircraft, Engines, Airports and Airlines for the Next Generation of SAF
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Are aircraft, engines and airports keeping pace with rising blend ratios?
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What do airlines need from manufacturers and airports to move toward higher blends?
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Where are coordination gaps most critical — certification, infrastructure, or fleet planning?
Stephen Forshaw
Chief Representative, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
Airbus
Matthew Stirling
Executive General Manager, Planning, Infrastructure and Environment
Melbourne Airport
14:50 - 15:10 (20 mins)
Industry Keynote (Reserved for Sponsor)
15:10 - 15:30 (20 mins)
Industry Keynote (Reserved for Sponsor)
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:50 (50 mins)
[Executive panel] Orchestrating SAF Supply: Brownfield, Greenfield and APAC's Path to Meeting Aviation Demand to 2035 and Beyond
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Brownfield or greenfield — which approach can deliver SAF capacity faster, at scale and with greater technical readiness?
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Is Australia's SAF production pipeline technically and commercially ready to meet aviation demand growth through 2035 and beyond?
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From technology readiness to project bankability: what needs to change to move SAF projects from announced capacity to physical supply?
Ed Mason
Chief Executive Officer
Jet Zero Australia
16:50 - 17:10 (20 mins)
Industry Keynote (Reserved for Sponsor)
17:10 - 18:00 (50 mins)
[Panel] Bankable by Design: Offtake Structures, Project Finance and De-Risking SAF Pipeline
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What offtake structures and commercial terms are needed to make SAF projects bankable and support the path to FID?
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Capital intensity, technology risk, feedstock risk, green premium — who bears that risk today?
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What makes Australia’s SAF investment case attractive — or challenging — compared with other APAC production hubs?
18:00 - 18:50 (50 mins)
Summit Closing
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