Speakers

Dr Andrew Heap is the Chief of the Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division at Geoscience Australia, where he plays a key role in shaping the nation’s geoscience agenda. With over two decades experience in leading geoscience initiatives in the public sector, he collaborates with industry, academia and government ensuring the benefits of precompetitive geoscience are maximised for Australia. In his current role, Andrew oversees priority research programs to develop a national prospectus of Australia’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources that will maximise Australia’s resource wealth now and into the future, including the Australian Government’s 35-year Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity initiative. Under his leadership, these programs support exploration investment, underpin new resource discoveries, advance clean energy technologies to support the transition to net zero, and enable the sustainable management of Australia’s water resources. Andrew provides expert advice to government and industry stakeholders both in Australia and internationally through various boards and committees and has published over 100 scientific papers and technical reports.