Juliet Newson

Juliet has been involved in many aspects of the geothermal industry, including geology, geothermal surface feature mapping, monitoring and modelling, reservoir and wellbore simulation, geological modelling and resource evaluation. However, she strongly believes that education is the key to progress both in a social and technological sense, and she has always maintained strong links with academia. She had been involved in tertiary-level energy education in New Zealand, and Iceland; and through her governance roles with the International Geothermal Association (IGA). In 2016 Juliet became Director of the Iceland School of Energy, Reykjavik University, Iceland. Prior to this, she was a geothermal reservoir modeling engineer for Contact Energy Ltd, and from 2007 - 2011 she was the original co-organizer of the Postgraduate Certificate in Geothermal Energy Technology, University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has managed and delivered many other geothermal courses, including the 2015 IGA World Geothermal Congress Short Courses. Juliet also held the office of International Geothermal Association President from 2013 to 2016 and was a Board member and Chair of the Education Committee for the IGA from 2010 to 2013. During the time on the IGA Board she developed an interest in the broader topic of the worldwide transition to renewable energy and how this can be facilitated by the involvement of the tertiary education sector. Juliet considers it a privilege to be able to facilitate learning, and improve student’s personal prospects while contributing to the international renewable energy transition.