What will it actually take to decarbonise aviation at scale?

This keynote explores the technical, commercial and policy realities behind Sustainable Aviation Fuel and the infrastructure required to deliver it. Drawing on experience across aviation, clean fuels and global industry engagement, Renee unpacks the systems thinking required to move from pilot projects to bankable, sovereign fuel supply.

This is a practical conversation about scale, capital and execution. Not aspiration.

Ideal for aviation, energy, infrastructure, investment and climate forums.

From becoming Australia’s first Indigenous female aerospace engineer and pilot to leading in energy transition, this talk examines what it takes to lead in high performance industries where you may not fit the mould.

Renee speaks about resilience, credibility, systems change and why diversity is not a social add on but a performance advantage. She shares lessons from operating in rooms where the stakes are high and expectations are higher.

This is not a symbolic conversation about representation. It is a strategic conversation about leadership.

Ideal for International Women’s Day, STEM events and leadership conferences.

In this session, Renee helps leaders understand how these systems interact in practice. She provides a clear way to navigate complexity, improve coordination, and make credible decisions under uncertainty without needing to be an expert in every domain.

Clean energy does not scale on technology alone.

This keynote explores the friction between policy ambition, capital markets, infrastructure delivery and commercial risk. Renee shares insights into how emerging industries move from enthusiasm to execution, and where they most often fail.

It is a clear, grounded discussion about what must align for clean energy to move beyond pilot phase and into industrial reality.

Ideal for government, policy, industry and finance audiences.This keynote reframes leadership as long term responsibility. Renee supports leaders to think beyond short timeframes, govern systems they influence but do not fully control, and build decision-making approaches that hold up under uncertainty.

What changes when you move from solving technical problems to carrying strategic accountability?

Renee shares her journey from engineering and aviation into executive leadership, unpacking the mindset shifts required to lead in capital intensive, regulated and politically visible sectors.

Topics include decision making under uncertainty, stakeholder navigation, building credibility and leading with long term vision in volatile environments.

Ideal for executive leadership programs, MBA cohorts and corporate audiences.

Drawing on experience across NASA JPL, Qantas, and sustainable aviation fuel development, Renee offers a grounded perspective on what it will take to scale sustainable aviation responsibly. She explores the technical, commercial, and governance conditions needed to support long-term progress.

The world is changing faster than traditional career advice can keep up.

In this keynote, Renee speaks directly to students and early career professionals about building adaptable skill sets, embracing discomfort and choosing growth over certainty. She reflects on aviation and energy transition as examples of industries being reshaped in real time.

This is a grounded and empowering talk about designing a career that evolves with the world around you.

Ideal for universities, schools and graduate programs.

International Women’s Day
International Women in Engineering Day
NAIDOC Week
National Reconciliation Week