The Energy Supply of the Future won't be built alone. It'll be built in this room.

Back again for it's seventh year, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Innovation Bay are bringing together 100+ of the country's sharpest angel investors, VCs, private equity and corporate venture capital - alongside the founders engineering what powers Australia next.

The ARENA × Innovation Bay 2026 Renewables Startup Showcase lands in Sydney on Wednesday, 14 October - a gala night dedicated to the startups rewriting how we generate, store and move energy, and the capital that will scale them.

With special guest speakers:

Dr Larry Marshall - Founder, Author, CEO, Physicist
Fiona Messent - Chief Sustainability Officer at Qantas
Rosemary Barnes - Clean Energy Tech advisor
Katherine McConnell - CEO & Founder of Brighte
Jack Curtis - Chief Commercial Officer at Neara

Whether you invest, build, advise or set policy, this is front-row access to the innovation defining the next wave of the transition. You'll meet the founders behind breakthrough energy and climate technologies, tap into deal flow you won't see anywhere else, and hear directly from the people shaping where Australia's energy system goes from here.

This is where the connections that supercharge the next generation of clean-energy companies get made. The future of energy supply is being decided now - join us and help shape it.

SNAPSHOT DETAILS

WHEN: Wednesday, 14 October 2026
TIME: 5.00pm - 10.00pm
VENUE: Alpha Dining
WHERE: Level 2, 238 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000

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