Presentations from the conference
CEP extends a hearty thank-you to all speakers and workshop presenters at our 2025 Conference. You all played a huge part in making the event an outstanding success. Your time and expertise are truly appreciated.
PDFs of the presentations follow below. We thank those who kindly agreed to share them.
Please note, these PDFs are for personal use only.
Day 1: Tuesday 27 May 2025
- 09:25
Presentation: The Psychology of Climate Change, Especially on Behavior Change – Lorraine Whitmarsh, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) - 10:25
Presentation: Introducing a Reliable and Verifiable Net Zero Pathway – Luis Filardi, Director, Head of Sustainability, BSI Group ANZ - 11:45 Concurrent sessions
Presentation: Health New Zealand’s Emissions Reduction Approach – Rick Lomax, Head of Sustainability, Te Whatu Ora
Presentation: From Wood to Watts – Abbey Roberts-Li, Associate, BECA
Workshop: Carbon footprint guidance for Gaseous Biofuels in NZ – Dustin Courage, Science and Advisory, Sector Lead, Built Environment and Finance and Steve Schoultz, Sustainability Specialist, Toitū Envirocare - 12:15 Concurrent sessions
Presentation: Driving Sustainability with Data: Reducing Carbon and Energy Use Through Advanced Analytics – Nikki King, Director, OT Systems Consultant and Chris Thomas, Business Development Manager, NZ Controls LTD
Presentation: Beyond the Hype: Real-World Lessons in AI for Energy Management – Hong Lee, Building Optimisation Manager, Energy Consulting Team Lead, BraveGen and VaibharChoudhary, EnergyAnalyst, BraveGen - 14:30 Concurrent sessions
Workshop: Electric boilers such as hot water vs steam and electric vs electrode – Jonathan Pooch, Managing Director, DETA Global and Alelign Gessese, Energy Lead, Lumen
Workshop: Materiality, Reduction Strategies, Engagement – Emma Elbaum, Managing Consultant, Corporate Sustainability Advisor, SLR Consulting and Cheilo Manalo, Principal, Sustanable Value Team, Auckland Council and Marta Karlik-NEale, Principal Sustanability and Resilience, Tonkin + Taylor and Kevin Manalo, Associate, ALTA - 15:00
Presentation: How Do I Determine if Biogas is a Realistic Opportunity for My Business and What Do I Need to Know – Nick Stonier, Energy Transition Manager, Worley and Jeff Zimmer, RNG Director, Worley and Daniel Carey, Industrial Eater Process Engineer, Worley - 15:30
Presentation: From Consumer to Prosumer: Sharing the Benefits of Rooftop Solar Energy – Moonis Vegdani, Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, Counties Energy and Sarah Anderson, Programmer Director, Climate Connect Aotearoa - 16:30
Presentation: The Value of Sustainable Buildings – The Realised Benefits of Rating Energy Efficiency in Sales/Rental Value – Bobby Shen, Senior Manager, Existing Buildings, NZ Green Building Council - 17:00
Presentation: Encouraging Private Investment into Energy Efficiency Projects – Peter Sweatman, Chief Executive and Founder, Climate Strategy and Partner
Day 2: Wednesday 28 May 2025
- 09:10 Concurrent sessions
Presentation: New Zealand’s Pathway to 110% Renewable Electricity Generation by 2035 – Al Yates, CEO and Co-Founder, Ecotricity
Workshop: Life cycle assessment and product carbon footprint of food products – Alireza Mokhtar, Energy and Carbon Consultant, Pathway2050 and Abbas Tamadon, Lead of LCA & Circular Economy, Pathway2050 - 09:40
Presentation: On the Grid – How the Electricity Grid is Enabling Decarbonisation – Matt Webb, Executive General Manager Grid Development, Transpower - 11:15 Concurrent sessions
Presentation: Electrification in C&I – Tahir Tariq, Senior Manager, C&I Sales, Genesis Energy and Jeff Smit, Principal Strategy Advisor, Genesis Energy and Tom Newitt, Sustainability Lead, Spark
Presentation: Biogas: Is Bigger Always Better? – Emma Rees, Chemical and Process Engineer, BECA and Nathan Hill, Commercial Analyst, PowerCo
Workshop: Managing Climate Risk – Gui Berringer, Team Leader, Business Solutions Team, EKOS Kāmahi and James Hughes, Technical Director, Climate and Resilience, Tonkin + Taylor - 11:45 Concurrent sessions
Presentation: Port of Auckland – Transitioning to Electrification: Why, How, When and Future Resilience – Simonne Elliot, Senior Sustainability Specialist, Port of Auckland
Presentation: From Forest to Furnace: NZ’s Biomass Potential – Oliver Howitt, RETA Programme Lead, EECA - 12:15 Concurrent sessions
Presentation: A Sustainable Future for Macrae’s: The Role of Renewable Energy and Hydrogen in Mining and Post Closure – Daniel Jelfs, Energy Engineer, Oceana Gold
Presentation: A Practical Journey into New Zealand’s First Commercial-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Facility and Its Role in the Renewable Transition – Andy Bedford, North Island Manager, EcoGas and Shaun Goldsbury, CEO, BraveTrace - 14:05
Presentation: AI Energy Demand and Sourcing – Andrew Green, Director of Data Centres, Datacom - 14:35
Presentation: Space Weather – Andrew Renton, Senior Principal Engineer, Transpower