Beyond Silos Melbourne: Unlocking integrated outcomes across Waste, Water,

Event Details: Invitation-only lunch session

Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026
Time: 12:00 pm–1:30 pm — Lunch provided
Venue: Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC
Hosts: Kate Dryden, Sphere Infrastructure & Alexus van der Weyden, Frontier Economics

Overview

Following the success of our first Beyond Silos discussion in Sydney, we’re bringing the conversation to Melbourne.

At a time of growing energy insecurity, rising costs and increasing pressure on existing systems, the opportunity is clear, but the pathway is not straightforward.

We'd like to invite you to a private lunch session with leaders from industry and government to discuss how waste, wastewater, energy, transport and policy systems can be better connected to unlock greater value.

Sphere Infrastructure & Frontier Economics invite leaders to come together for a focused, solutions-oriented discussion on what is preventing progress, what it will take to move forward, and how a more connected approach can help us move beyond silos.

• Are we taking too narrow a view of the role resource recovery infrastructure can play in Australia’s future?

• Are current policy, planning, economic and financing settings making it harder than necessary to unlock investment and scale practical cross-sector solutions?

• Is a lack of coordination across waste, wastewater, energy, transport and government systems limiting progress?

• Where are the most credible and achievable opportunities to deliver integrated outcomes across sectors?

Event Schedule

• 12:00 pm Guest arrival and registration

• 12:00 pm–12:20 pm Lunch and arrival networking

• 12:20 pm Welcome and opening remarks

• 12:30 pm Formal discussion

• 1:10 pm Closing reflections

• 1:20 pm–1:30 pm Informal networking and departures