Ezra Beeman has consulted on business strategy, asset transactions, contract structuring, energy and information technology, market design and industry regulation for company directors, executives and managers of major oil, gas and power companies across Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region.

Ezra’s industry career has spanned a number of strategic and internal advisory roles where he helped propel his company into a position of international leadership in new technology deployment. During his time with the company, he built a reputation for tackling some of the company’s toughest challenges and achieving exceptional results.

In addition to his consulting and utility executive experience, Ezra is an internationally recognized expert on advanced metering infrastructure, wholesale and retail markets, customer research, and demand response.

Dr Ronald D. Ripple is Professor of Energy Economics at Curtin University, Perth, where he heads the Mineral and Energy Economics programs. He has also taught energy economics and finance, international financial management, and applied finance at Macquarie University.

Dr Ripple has worked as an economist in Alaska, Oregon, the East-West Center in Hawaii, the Australian Derivatives Exchange, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and in the Department of Economics at Macquarie University.

He has had a recent research focus on futures markets for energy commodities in an international setting, with an emphasis on Asian oil markets.

Harry Colebourn has over 38 years of electricity transmission and distribution industry experience, and is an internationally recognised expert in electricity network planning, regulation and customer pricing.

As a senior manager for TransGrid, the NSW Transmission business, and EnergyAustralia, Sydney’s major distribution business, Harry was responsible for the five year, $8 billion regulatory revenue proposal in 2008, annual pricing submissions worth around $1 billion per annum, a world first default Time-of-Use tariff for all new customers, forecasting energy and demand, and an exemplary regulatory compliance program.

Harry holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sydney, a Master of Engineering Science from Monash University, a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) form the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and a Bachelor of Science from UNSW.

John Valtoudis is a highly regarded IT strategist and solution architect with over 28 years of IT consulting and industry experience within the Australian energy and utilities sectors.

With a deep knowledge of energy information systems and broad IT expertise, John has successfully lead the assessment and implementation of strategic technology solutions within some of Australia’s largest and most complex energy businesses.

As a senior IT manager for Integral, AGL and EnergyAustralia, John has been responsible for IT strategy, enterprise architecture, IT security, IT business continuity, advanced metering infrastructure IT, implementing enterprise asset management and data centre migration.

Dr Daniel J. Packey is an internationally recognised expert in energy sustainability issues, having written the manual for evaluating Demand Side Response and Renewable Technologies in the U.S. on behalf of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Dr Packey has also advised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on assessing energy related pollution and the DoE on their hydrogen program and on mitigating greenhouse gases.

Dr Packey has extensive utility industry experience as an energy economist, having worked for Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Portland General Electric (PGE), the Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO), and the Public Service Commission of Washington, D.C.

Dr Packey is an Associate Professor of Mineral Economics at Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an M.S. in Economics from the University of Oregon at Eugene, and undergraduate degrees in Economics and Business from the Central Michigan University at Mt Pleasant.