EVENTS
Recharge Your Spark 26
Our flagship event is back for another year!
This is THE event for women in solar and clean energy in general - and male allies are most definitely welcome.
This year we’re trying out a new Melbourne venue with fabulous new food, inspiring speakers, interactive learning opportunities and networking (and yes, there will be champagne, we heard you).
DETAILS
🌟 Tuesday 27 October, 2026
🌟 12pm - 4pm
🌟 $80 members, $100 non-members, $30 students
🌟 Quarterhouse, 693 Collins St, Docklands, VIC 3008
🌟 Includes guided networking, speakers, lunch, wine, afternoon tea
PROGRAM
12pm - Arrival and informal networking
12:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - MC welcome and address by Nigel Morris, Chief Strategy Officer, SEC
1:45pm - Panel: Tarla Lambert-Patel & Guests
2:15pm - Guided networking fun
2:45pm - Afternoon Tea
3:15pm - Keynote Speaker: Ashley Belteky
4pm - Close
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ashley Belkety, Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanic, Speaker, Industry Advocate
Ashley Belteky is a Heavy Vehicle Diesel Mechanic turned founder, speaker, and industry advocate. Her career began in the workshop, where she learned firsthand the power of small actions, everyday decisions, and the potential within people who often don’t see it in themselves.
Today, Ashley is the founder of Blue Leader and host of the podcast Tradies Who Lead, platforms dedicated to strengthening capability, relationships, and teamwork across the trades. She also contributes to the sector through board roles, social media, and her work championing pathways into the trades.
Her work is grounded, practical, and deeply human, focused on helping people recognise their potential and use it to create meaningful impact in their own way.
SPEAKER & PANEL MODERATOR: Tarla Lambert-Patel, Women’s Agenda
Tarla is the Editor-in-Chief of Women’s Agenda, one of Australia’s leading digital media platforms for women, and co-founder of Agenda Media.
A journalist, editor and media entrepreneur, she is passionate about using storytelling to advance conversations around equality, leadership, tech, climate, politics and women’s health.
In 2020, she was shortlisted for B&T magazine’s #30Under30 Awards in the Entrepreneur category. She regularly appears on ABC News Breakfast and speaks at events focused on women’s equality and leadership.
MC: Lauren Hamilton, AWISE Chair & Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Smart Commercial Energy
WELCOME: Nigel Morris, Chief Strategy Officer, Smart Energy Council
MAJOR SPONSOR: Solar Juice
SPONSOR: Envision Energy
Power Up Breakfast
EVENT HAS OCCURED
Grab a coffee and come Power Up with us! We're kicking off day two of Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition 2026 with AWISE, the Smart Energy Council, Supply Partners, and New Energy Training for a breakfast that's equal parts catch-up and inspiration. It's also a first for us — we've joined forces with the Terrapinn crew, who (host the Solar & Storage Live Women in Renewables Breakfast) to bring everyone together under one bigger, better roof.
We'll be welcoming three new faces to the AWISE board — Annie Atienza, Radhika Gupta, and Marlene Brangetto — with Annie and Marlene sharing their take on leadership and shaking up industry culture. Then Radhika will host a panel that shares the story of how an all-female team (including our own Lily Pejkic) took part in building the Pacific’s first ever all female solar project for Ratu Naivalu Memorial School in Fiji,
Hear straight from the team — Lily Pejkic, Tamara Smith (It's Time Foundation), student engineer Amelia Qaluba, and Oli Nayago (University of the South Pacific)
Seats sell out fast — save yours!
Recharge Your Spark 25
Recharge Your Spark 2025 is AWISE’s flagship annual event, returning on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, at Metropolis Events in Southbank, Melbourne. This must-attend event is designed to empower, connect, and inspire professionals across the solar energy sector.