JCN Lighthouse Community Fireside Chat at the Pub - Sydney October 2026
Description
An opportunity for JCN's Lighthouse community - Jews who work in climate - to come together and learn from the best over dinner and drinks at the pub.
Data centres are multiplying across Australia, and their appetite for electricity is reshaping the grid faster than most planning models anticipated. Alison Reeve, energy expert at the Grattan Institute, will unpack what this surge in demand means for our energy transition and whether it ends up competing with households for clean power or helping drive the investment needed to deliver it.
When: Thursday, 22nd of October, 6pm
Where: At a pub in Surry Hills (exact address to be provided to participants in advance of the event)
Speaker: Alison Reeve - Energy and Climate Change Program Director, Grattan Institute
About our Guest Speaker

Alison Reeve - Energy and Climate Change Program Director, Grattan Institute
Alison Reeve is the Energy and Climate Change Program Director at Grattan Institute. She has two decades of experience in climate change, clean energy policy, and technology, in the private, public, academic, and not-for-profit sectors. Alison was Grattan’s Deputy Program Director between 2021 and 2025. Before joining Grattan, she worked in the Commonwealth public service, most recently as the General Manager of Project Delivery at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University. She led development of Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy in 2019, as well as Commonwealth policy for offshore wind, energy innovation, energy efficiency, and structural adjustment. Alison has a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Queensland and a Masters of Public Policy with distinction from the Australian National University. Alison is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, and a member of the CSIRO Energy Advisory Group.
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