Powering Our Suburbs

​A community and policy leaders forum to workshop solutions to unlocking solar for renters, apartments and on commercial and industrial roofs in Western Sydney.

Keynote Speaker: Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change & Energy

MC: Corinne Ang, CEO, Asian Australians for Climate Solutions

Speakers on discussion panels include:

• ​Rathana Chea, CEO, Multicultural Leadership Initiative

• ​Heidi Lee Douglas, CEO, Solar Citizens

• ​Clement Meru, Settlement and Community Programs Manager, SydWest Multicultural Services

• ​Dr Lai Heng Foong, Emergency Medicine Specialist, Bankstown Hospital

• ​Rebecca Blurton, Founding Director, First Nations Affairs

• ​Jeremy Gill, Policy Director, Committee for Sydney

• ​Shymal Pal, CEO, Electrifying Australia

• ​Caroline Wang, Adjunct Fellow, Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS & UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering

• ​Kira Van Os, Policy Officer, Justice and Equity Centre

• ​Marilyn Bellett Ankabibian, Coordinator Environmental Strategy and Mitigation Blacktown City Council

​Followed by a facilitated table discussion on how we can progress #solar and #energyefficiency for renters and apartments.

​#sustainable cities #fuels & energy #policy & governance