National AI & Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2026
We’re proud to welcome Dr Sarah Lawley, Expert in Energy Markets, Risk Management, Sustainability, and Physics to one of Australia’s most important conversations on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and the future of Australia’s digital economy.
At the same time, the energy sector itself is being transformed by AI in how markets are managed, how risk is modelled, how sustainability commitments are measured and met, and how the physical infrastructure of energy generation and distribution is monitored, optimised, and secured against an increasingly sophisticated cyber threat landscape.
This is the intersection where Dr Sarah Lawley operates.
Dr Lawley brings to this summit a perspective that is as technically rigorous as it is strategically vital one that connects the physics of energy systems to the economics of energy markets, the mathematics of risk, and the urgent imperative of building an energy foundation that is sustainable, secure, and capable of supporting Australia’s digital and AI ambitions at the scale they genuinely require.
Her expertise spans the full depth of the challenge:
In risk management, she brings the analytical rigour needed to model complex, interconnected systems where a failure in one part of the network can cascade rapidly and unpredictably through the whole exactly the kind of systemic risk that AI-powered energy infrastructure introduces at scale.
In sustainability, she understands that Australia’s AI future cannot be built on energy foundations that compromise the climate commitments and environmental obligations that define what responsible, long term national development looks like.
She brings to this summit what every AI, technology, and national security leader needs to understand:
✅ Energy markets and the growing AI demand challenge
✅ Risk management in complex, AI-integrated energy systems
✅ Sustainability building an AI future that honours environmental responsibility
✅ The physics of energy what the science actually tells us about what is possible
✅ Cybersecurity at the energy-AI interface protecting critical systems from emerging threats
✅ Strategic energy planning for a sovereign and resilient AI-powered Australia
National AI & Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2026
Friday, 19 June | Melbourne
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