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Australian British Resilience Summit | Sydney 2026

Date and Time

Tuesday 16, June 2026

08:15 - 16:00 AEST

Location

Lendlease, Seminar Room, 300 Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney NSW, Australia

About the event

Conference

Join us in Sydney for the second summit in the Chamber’s National Resilience Series!

As global competition, disruption and volatility intensify, organisations need sharper insight into the risks shaping growth, investment and decision-making in Australia. Shocks once seen as distant are now affecting supply chains, regulation, infrastructure, energy security, capital flows and market confidence much closer to home.

This one-day summit brings together leaders from business, government, academia and investment to examine what these pressures mean in practice, and how organisations can respond with greater confidence. Held under the Chatham House Rule, the summit will provide an open forum for frank discussion, practical insight and cross-sector perspectives on the challenges now shaping national resilience. Come and better understand the risks ahead, the choices facing industry and government, and the opportunities for organisations prepared to act early.

Event Programme

Session Name/Topic	Speakers
Federal Minister Address	Keynote: Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry & Innovation; Minister for Science
Geopolitical Context How strategic rivalry is reshaping investment, and regulation Implications for corporate risk and capital allocation	Panel Discussion Louise Cantillon, British Consul-General Sydney & Deputy APAC Trade Commissioner Alex Toone, Managing Director - Head of Commodities, Trade and Transition, Westpac Rebecca Shrimpton, Senior Vice President, The Asia Group Rear Admiral Lee Goddard CSC (Retd), Former Head of Surface Fleet & Sovereign Border Moderated by Al Hynes, Head of Strategy, Australian British Chamber of Commerce
What Data Tells Us What global investment and energy data reveal about the pace of transition How technology, capital, and policy shifts are reshaping business risk and opportunity	Keynote: Kobad Bhavnagri, Global Head of Strategy, BloombergNEF
Adaptation and Transition The National Grid and Transmission Underpinning Energy Security	Keynote: Brett Redman, Chief Executive Officer, Transgrid
Priorities and Tough Decisions Trade-offs between climate targets, energy needs, and water security Managing the “Goldilocks” challenge: cost, reliability, and transition	Panel Discussion Patrick Gorr, ANZ Energy Leader, Arup Rob Evans, Group Executive - Infrastructure Delivery, APA Cameron O'Reilly, Board Chair, Energy Security Corporation Moderated by Ticky Fullerton, Chief Executive Officer, Australian British Chamber of Commerce
Transport and the Supply Chain Maintaining flow of goods under disruption: Just-In-Time to Just-in-Case Skills, materials, and system capacity as limiting factors	Panel Discussion Mark Carling, NSW State Manager, Mott MacDonald Adam Copp, Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Australia Professor Ben Fahimnia, Professor and Chair in Supply Chain Management, Sydney University; Director, ASCLA Moderated by Phil Davies, Chair, Australian British Infrastructure Catalyst
Satellites: A Wake-Up Call Space as a new domain of resilience Dependance on satellites for economic and security functions	Panel Discussion Rajat Kulshrestha, Chief Executive Officer, Space Machines Company Moderated by Sean Gregory, Treasurer; NSW Chair, Australian British Chamber of Commerce
Building Resilience to the Threat Data as critical infrastructure and embedding resilience into business Managing cyber, commercial, and systematic risks	Panel Discussion Rafael Garcia, Chief Operating Officer, AutogenAI Tim Sullivan, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Coevolve Moderated by Chris Case, Partner, Bird & Bird
Data Centres Sovereign held data Impact on resources and infrastructure	Panel Discussion Chris Learmonth, General Manager - Major Projects, Lendlease Construction Liam Kearns, Principal Mechanical Data Centre Engineer, Cundall

Session Name/Topic

Speakers

Federal Minister Address

Keynote: Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry & Innovation; Minister for Science

Geopolitical Context

How strategic rivalry is reshaping investment, and regulation
Implications for corporate risk and capital allocation

Panel Discussion

Louise Cantillon, British Consul-General Sydney & Deputy APAC Trade Commissioner
Alex Toone, Managing Director - Head of Commodities, Trade and Transition, Westpac
Rebecca Shrimpton, Senior Vice President, The Asia Group
Rear Admiral Lee Goddard CSC (Retd), Former Head of Surface Fleet & Sovereign Border

Moderated by Al Hynes, Head of Strategy, Australian British Chamber of Commerce

What Data Tells Us

What global investment and energy data reveal about the pace of transition
How technology, capital, and policy shifts are reshaping business risk and opportunity

Keynote: Kobad Bhavnagri, Global Head of Strategy, BloombergNEF

Adaptation and Transition

The National Grid and Transmission
Underpinning Energy Security

Keynote: Brett Redman, Chief Executive Officer, Transgrid

Priorities and Tough Decisions

Trade-offs between climate targets, energy needs, and water security
Managing the “Goldilocks” challenge: cost, reliability, and transition

Panel Discussion

Patrick Gorr, ANZ Energy Leader, Arup
Rob Evans, Group Executive - Infrastructure Delivery, APA
Cameron O'Reilly, Board Chair, Energy Security Corporation

Moderated by Ticky Fullerton, Chief Executive Officer, Australian British Chamber of Commerce

Transport and the Supply Chain

Maintaining flow of goods under disruption: Just-In-Time to Just-in-Case
Skills, materials, and system capacity as limiting factors

Panel Discussion

Mark Carling, NSW State Manager, Mott MacDonald
Adam Copp, Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Australia
Professor Ben Fahimnia, Professor and Chair in Supply Chain Management, Sydney University; Director, ASCLA

Moderated by Phil Davies, Chair, Australian British Infrastructure Catalyst

Satellites: A Wake-Up Call