AEVA National Conference Program 2025
NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 13 NOVEMBER 2025
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, FOOTSCRAY PARK CAMPUS
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CONFIRMED PROGRAM
0830: REGISTRATION
MORNING SESSION: THEATRE M001
SESSION CHAIR: CHRIS JONES (AEVA PRESIDENT)
0900: WELCOME
0910: CONFERENCE OPENING
0930: KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Mark Rainford. Trends from the Chinese automotive market and what they could mean for the rest of the world [Details]
1015: MORNING TEA [Details]
SESSION CHAIR: BEN ELLISTON (AEVA ACT CHAIR)
1040: Heidi Richards. EV insurance: perceptions and reality. [Details]
1110: Rob Horton. Scaling EV adoption with shared fleet models. [Details]
1140: Peter Campbell. The status of EV charging in multi-unit developments [Details]
1210: LUNCH [Details]
EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION: THEATRE M001
SESSION CHAIR: JO ODDIE (AEVA DIRECTOR, WESTERN AUSTRALIA)
1300: Ann Hoban and Richard Scherer. Attitudes of Australian EV drivers. [Details]
1330: Bryce Gaton. EV information needs of the early majority [Details]
1400: Bisma Khalid. Expectation vs. Experience: Understanding user satisfaction with EV functionalities and services in Australia [Details]
1430: Close of session
1440: AFTERNOON TEA [Details]
EARLY AFTERNOON SESSION: THEATRE D231
SESSION CHAIR: JAMES PICKERING (AEVA DIRECTOR, STH AUSTRALIA)
1300: Robin Smit. The lifecycle impacts of car size and driver use profiles on the greenhouse gas emissions performance – comparing petrol, diesel and battery electric vehicles [Details]
1330: Ben Elliston. Australia's PHEV emissions loophole [Details]
1400: Chris Jones. Funding high speed rail through aviation fuel excise [Details]
1430: Close of session
1440: AFTERNOON TEA at Theatre M001
LATE AFTERNOON SESSION: THEATRE M001
SESSION CHAIR: RIZ AKHTAR (AEVA DIRECTOR, VICTORIA)
1520: Nathan Gore-Brown. Electric light commercials: what works, the gaps and the path ahead. [Details]
1550: Brendon Green. Battery health testing at Pickles Auctions. [Details]
1620: Bryce Gaton. Horses-for-courses: ‘refuelling’ is no longer a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model, and how to maximise the benefits/solve perceived problems. [Details]
1650: Close of session
1700: CONFERENCE CLOSE
LATE AFTERNOON SESSION: THEATRE D231
SESSION CHAIR: WARWICK CATHRO (AEVA NATIONAL SECRETARY)
1520: Leigh-Chantelle Koch. From electric to autonomous: what EV early adopters teach us about Australia's autonomous vehicle future [Details]
1550: Kent Fitch. The sharing solution: how autonomous electric fleets can reduce congestion, cost and inequity [Details]
1620: Ashley Mead. Bidirectional battery electric vehicles to save billions in socioeconomic benefits [Details]
1650: Close of session
1700: CONFERENCE CLOSE at Theatre M001
Announcement of winner of Glen George Trophy
Announcement of winner of Charging Station Award
Farewell from National President
1830: CONFERENCE DINNER at The General Assembly, South Wharf.
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