A conversation with Prof. Peta Ashworth OAM

With a need for net zero CO2 emissions globally by 2050, understanding energy has never been more important.

Learn more about how Professor Peta Ashworth OAM, Director of Curtin Institute for Energy Transition, is leading the charge in Committee for Perth’s Executive Women’s Leadership Forum on Thursday, 22 August 2024.

Awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2019 for her services to science in the field of sustainable energy, Peta will share insights from her career spanning over 30 years.

As a globally recognised expert in energy, communication, stakeholder engagement and technology assessment, Peta has been researching public attitudes toward climate and energy technologies and is actively involved in building energy literacy. Her work at Curtin Institute for Energy Transition aims to secure Australia’s leadership in global decarbonisation. As Peta says, “if we can decarbonise WA, we can decarbonise the world”.

The Executive Women’s Leadership Forum is a community of executive level, senior and future-leading women in Committee for Perth’s membership, who meet throughout the year to hear from inspiring leaders about their career and life journey.

We encourage you to extend this invitation to an up-and-coming female leader from within your organisation who would benefit from this important learning and networking event. 

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Our speaker

Peta Ashworth OAM

Professor Peta Ashworth OAM is the Director of the Curtin Institute for Energy Transition. Prior to joining Curtin University, Professor Ashworth was the Director of the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership, and Chair in Sustainable Energy Futures at The University of Queensland (UQ). Professor Ashworth brings over thirty years’ experience working in a range of senior management, consulting and research roles. Prior to joining Curtin and the University of Queensland, Peta worked as a consultant to industry, as Research Group Leader at CSIRO, and in senior executive roles for the Body Shop.

Professor Ashworth is a globally-recognised expert in the fields of energy, communication, stakeholder engagement, and technology assessment. For almost two decades, Peta has been researching public attitudes toward climate and energy technologies, including wind, carbon capture and storage (CCS), solar photovoltaic, storage, geothermal and hydrogen. An accomplished speaker and facilitator, Professor Ashworth is actively involved in building energy literacy more broadly both within Australia and globally, and regularly provides input to policy briefings, think tanks, as well as educational events for the benefit of the broader community.