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.  Her geothermal knowledge, combined with the fundamental beliefs that education is the key to progress and diversity is strength has always led her to maintain strong links with academia, with a strong interest in gender equality in the renewable energy industry.  She has been involved in tertiary-level energy education in Aotearoa-New Zealand, internationally through the International Geothermal Association, and most recently, Iceland.  This is a country with very positive approach to DEI and always one of the top ranked countries for Gender Equality.   

In November 2016 Juliet took up the position of Director of the Iceland School of Energy, Reykjavik University, Iceland.  Prior to this, since 2011 Juliet was a geothermal reservoir modeling engineer for Contact Energy Ltd, working in close co-operation with reservoir modeling researchers at the University of Auckland.  From 2007 to 2011 she was the original co-organizer of the Postgraduate Certificate in Geothermal Energy Technology for the University of Auckland.  She has managed and delivered many other geothermal courses, including the Short Courses for the International Geothermal Association (IGA) World Geothermal Congress 2015.   

Juliet also held the office of President of the International Geothermal Association for the 2013 to 2016 Board term; and prior to that was Chair of the IGA Education Committee from 2010 to 2013. She was also a Team member of the Women in Geothermal (WING) Global Executive 2015-2016.  Being based in, has made Iceland a rewarding experience.