Welcome
We’re incredibly excited about 2026, which marks an important anniversary and comes with several firsts for CEP and our Conference.
2026 will be our 25th anniversary. We became incorporated as an independent society on 1st March, 2001. CEP, its Members and Corporate Partners have achieved a huge amount since then both in terms of saving money and constraining carbon emissions. It will be a big year and the pinnacle will be the 2026 Conference.
While we haven’t been running an annual conference for all of that time, 2026 will be the 17th. The event has grown, expanded reach, expanded influence and has become the premier annual event for energy, carbon and sustainability professionals. We proudly claim it is the best value event of its type in New Zealand.
While acknowledging the past, we pride ourselves in being forward looking. For 2026 we’re looking forward to a new venue for the conference and a new city. For the first time, the Conference will be held in Hamilton at the award winning Claudelands. We’re delighted, again, to be partnering with the Bioenergy Association for the event and look forward to welcoming delegates, sponsors and exhibitors providing insight on future fuels.
We look forward to greeting you all to Claudelands on the 26th of May and to another outstanding CEP Conference.
Mike Hopkins
CEO of CEP
Speakers and Preliminary Programme
We will be announcing our keynotes and speakers very soon…
In the meantime you can veiw the Preliminary Programme as at 18 December 2025.
Conference earlybird registrations avalible now
Carbon and Energy Professionals New Zealand (CEP), Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) and Young Energy Professionals Network (YEPN) members along with CEP Partner Employees are entitled to CEP member discounts. Eligibility for member rates will be checked prior to confirming registrations so please ensure your membership is paid and up to date when applying for the member rates.
Checkout the registions options below.
Downloads
- Please feel free to download our template to use to secure budget for your attendance: CEP 2026 conference attendance support letter (DOC)
2026 Sponsorship and Exhibition Opportunities
As a sponsor or exhibitor at the 2026 CEP Conference you will enjoy a direct touchpoint with key energy, carbon and
sustainability decision makers, including commercial, industrial and public sector buyers.
- To see the options and prices view the 2026 Prospectus.
Value delivered
On average our 2025 Sponsors and Exhibitors rated their package value-for-money at 4½ stars, with 56% giving their package 5 stars.
- See what some of our 2025 Sponsors and Exhibitors say about the value they received.
- Watch Conference highlights from Day 1 and Day 2.
Ready to go?
Contact Philip Le Quesne (CEP’s Partnership and Engagement Manager) on 021 055 8788 or [email protected].
Call for Papers – Deadline 31 October
We invited submission of presentation papers and workshop proposals that focus on the practical aspects:
- Commercial and industrial energy efficiency
- Carbon management
- Emissions reduction
- Climate adaptation
While product or service promotion is expressly prohibited in presentation sessions and workshops, being a speaker or facilitator at CEP2026 is an outstanding opportunity to engage with decision-makers and influencers in energy efficiency and carbon management.
Promotional opportunities are available through sponsorship and an associated exhibition.
We have reached the deadline for submission of abstracts on Friday, 31 October 2025 and submissions will be reviewed by CEP’s conference committee before the end of 2025.
Previous CEP Conferences
CEP Conference 2025
The need to address climate change has never been greater. As we continue to head towards critical dates such as 2030 and 2050, it seems the actions we’ll need to take to curb warming are becoming more pronounced as well as more urgent. Almost every day, we see examples of the impact of warming temperatures from around the world, whether it be rising sea levels, melting ice, droughts, floods or hurricanes. Of course, New Zealand is not immune, as we have seen.
CEP Conference 2024
The coolest place to be at the end of May 2024 will be the Christchurch Town Hall. That’s when the experts, influencers and decision makers that will commission, design and deliver the projects that will take us to our 2030 and 2050 targets will be gathering in one place at the same time. It’s the best opportunity of the year to come together, exchange ideas and learn from each other, all in a relaxed and cool environment.
CEP Conference 2023
The 2023 conference looked to foster resilience into Aotearoa. As well as bringing the best international ideas, innovations and speakers to the conference we challenged ourselves to shift behaviours and decision making to create a more sustainable world, by challenging our behaviours and decisions to deliver a thriving, low carbon Aotearoa.
CEP Conference 2022
2022 was the year we gave it some jandal on accelerating decarbonisation. Rotorua was the place and picking up the pace is the theme. 2022 saw New Zealand with high COVID vaccination rates, freedoms to move about, a real appetite to get back to business after the enormous disruption of the last couple of years and, most importantly, a priority focus on decarbonising.
CEP Conference 2021
Our theme Regenerating New Zealand was selected deliberately for its different nuances, whether active in the areas of renewable generation, business development, energy efficiency, decarbonisation, sustainability or economic growth, attendees were offered an opportunity to build new or re-kindle previous business relationships.
CEP Conference 2020
The easiest, most cost effective and judicious next step in achieving lower emissions is to learn what can be done and how to do it. That’s what the CEP conference is for and the 2020 programme will be focused on enabling delegates move their organisations to lower emissions.
EMANZ Conference 2019
Our 2019 Conference themed “Shaping Our Low Emissions Future” will look at the practicalities of how New Zealand could transition to a low emissions economy. This includes how businesses engage with staff, suppliers and customers to change behaviours, how organisations can develop strategies and plans to reduce emissions and the role our members will play in making the shift.
EMANZ Conference 2018
It is clear that moving towards a low emissions economy will be a Government priority.Our theme this year “Energising a low emissions economy” reflects this increased emphasis on emissions and climate change, and extends our understanding of how energy efficiency and productivity can be at the forefront of driving this transition.
EMANZ Conference 2017
The 2017 conference theme is “Disruptive Innovation” and brings the newest and freshest innovations in products and services to delegates, to ensure they are in the best position to lead New Zealand into a new era of energy efficiency and carbon management.
EMANZ Conference 2016
The 2016 EMANZ conference theme ‘Energy Productivity and Partnerships – The Next Energy (R)evolution’ explored energy productivity at a macro and micro level with experts from throughout the productivity and energy sectors.