SmartGRID Technologies at Australia-India Energy Conference 2025 AIETAM

SmartGRID Technologies at Australia-India Energy Conference 2025 AIETAM

Australia and India are accelerating toward a low-carbon, high-tech future, and nowhere will that momentum be more visible than at the Australia-India Energy Transition & Advanced Manufacturing Conference 2025 (AIETAM 2025). The two-day conference runs 28 – 29 April 2025 at Crown Melbourne and will gather researchers, industry leaders and policy-makers to share knowledge, forge partnerships and unlock new opportunities across clean energy, climate action and smart manufacturing. SmartGRID's Founder & CEO, Dr. Manoj Angus, is one of the keynote speakers for AIETAM 2025.

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Keynote Speaker

Dr Manoj Angus will deliver one of the headline keynotes. His address will examine:

  1. Real-time phasor measurement & grid-edge analytics for a renewables-heavy network.
  2. Advanced manufacturing with focus on power-quality solutions
  3. Australia-India collaboration models that shorten the innovation-to-deployment cycle

    For conference attendees, it’s a unique chance to engage directly with a leader like SmartGRID Technologies, who already supplies cutting-edge power quality and synchrophasor solutions across the Asia–Pacific.

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Detailed Program and Key Speakers

APRIL 28th
2025

9:00 AM: Opening and Keynote

  • Welcome by the conference organisers (Dr. Arash Vahidnia)
  • Prof. Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Associate DVC Strategy & Innovation, RMIT University
  • Ms. Radhika Kanhai, President, Victoria Chapter, Australia India Business Council, Australia
  • Dist. Prof. Suresh Bhargava, AM, Dean, Research & Innovation Partnerships(India), RMIT University

10:30 AM: Morning Tea Break

11:00 AM ~ 12:30 PM: Presentations

  • A/Prof. Jonathan Whale, Murdoch University, Australia
  • Ms. Molina Asthana, Chapter Head, Sport, Arts, & Culture, Australia India
    Business Council
  • Prof. Aonghus McNabola, Deputy Dean, International RMIT University

12:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM: Afternoon Panel Session (Sustainable Energy
Transition)

  • Mr. Joe Williams, Chapter Head, Defence & Security,
    Australia India Business Council
  • Mr. Terry Mohn, Chairperson, Australian Microgrids, Australia
  • Dr. Manohar Bethapudi, Founder and CEO, UNIVERSE Batteries, India
  • Mr. Hadi Miri, Founder and Director, Ecologiq, Australia
  • Mr. Neeraj Das, Founder, ElecSome, Australia

3:30 PM: Afternoon Tea Break

4:00 PM: Afternoon Panel Session (Advanced Manufacturing)

  • Mr. Vish Vishwanathan, Chapter Head, Make with India, Australia India Business Council
  • Dr. Mu Liang, Head of Hardware Engineering, IND Technology Australia
  • Mr. Masoud Abshar, CEO, Megellan Power, Australia
  • Dr. Manoj Angus, Founder and CEO, SmartGRID Technologies & Power Quality Solutions Pty Ltd, Australia

6:30 PM: Conference Banquet at the HORIZON, Crown

APRIL 29th 2025

9.30AM: Advanced manufacturing Site Visits