Name
Iris Bua
Job title
Director - Power & Grid Segment
Organisation
Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd
Speaker biography
Iris is the Pacific Power & Grid Segment Director at Schneider Electric, where she leads strategy and growth across grid modernisation, distributed energy, and renewable energy projects in Australia. She works with utilities, infrastructure owners, and large energy users to design resilient, digital, and decarbonised solutions that accelerate the energy transition.
With a background spanning infrastructure management, electricity distribution and complex commercial energy projects, Iris brings both operational depth and strategic perspective to grid transformation.
Prior to Schneider Electric, Iris held senior roles within the electricity distribution and the infrastructure management sectors, where she worked at the forefront of energy and resource efficiency solutions for industrial and commercial customers.
With a background spanning infrastructure management, electricity distribution and complex commercial energy projects, Iris brings both operational depth and strategic perspective to grid transformation.
Prior to Schneider Electric, Iris held senior roles within the electricity distribution and the infrastructure management sectors, where she worked at the forefront of energy and resource efficiency solutions for industrial and commercial customers.
Speaking At
Presentation title
The New Energy Landscape Powered by Microgrids
Presentation summary
Australia's energy system is undergoing the most profound transformation in it's history. as renewable penetration accelerates, electrification deepens and climate risks intensify, the question is no longer if the energy system must change, but how fast it can adapt. The New Energy Landscape powered by Microgrids reframes microgrids not as niche or purely off grid solutions, but as a foundational building block of a modern, resilient and customer centric energy system. During this presentation we explore how microgrids are emerging at the intersection of decarbonisation, resilience and digital intelligence, enabling communities, industries and critical infrastructure to participate actively in the energy transition while strengthening the broader grid.
