Designing Regenerative Energy Futures: Design Collider

22 Oct 2026
03:00pm - 06:00pm
FREE
RMIT City Campus, Building 85, Level 8, Room 1

Interactive design lab launching the Regenerative Futures Design Canvas. Keynote + lightning provocations, interdisciplinary team design sprint, gallery walk and vote, closing drinks. Led by the EARTH Research Group.

Join the RMIT Regenerative Futures Institute and EARTH Sustainability Research Group for a lively, 2.5-hour design collider on the future of energy. Hear from industry speakers Erwin Boermans (ComfortID), Kristian Gjoka (Energy Markets, Enel X), David Norman (CEO, Future Fuels CRC), and Dr Jeremy Harris (CTO, Climate Impact Corporation) as they introduce real-world energy dilemmas.

Then, work with an interdisciplinary team and the new Regenerative Futures Design Canvas (RFDC) to develop organisational, technological and governance ideas. Together, we will explore how future energy systems can address affordability, community acceptance and social equity, and move beyond making today's systems more sustainable.

The design collider ends with teams sharing their ideas, followed by canapés and drinks. Come ready to contribute, connect, and explore new research, teaching, and industry collaborations.

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This event is part of the Energy Futures events season presented by the RMIT Regenerative Futures Institute.

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Designing Regenerative Energy Futures: Design Collider