Date: Wednesday 22 April
Where: Intercontinental Hotel, Lambton 2 and 3 rooms – 2 Grey Street, Wellington
| Time | Title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.30am | Registration and breakfast | Event MC Tracey Kai |
| 8.15am | Welcome from ENA Board Chair | Nigel Barbour |
| 8.30am | Political cross-party panel | MC Nigel Barbour Hon Simon Watts Minister for Energy Hon Megan Woods Labour Party Hon Shane Jones New Zealand First Scott Willis Greens Party Simon Court ACT Party Quilae Wong The Opportunity Party |
| 9.30am | Political commentator / journalist – election year insights | Pattrick Smellie Hugo Group |
| 10.15am | Morning tea | |
| 10.45am | Reflections from the political panel | ENA member discussion |
| 11.30am | So what? ENA 3-year strategic plan | Tracey Kai |
| 12.00pm | Lunch | |
| 12.45pm | Government energy agency panel | MC Mark Toner Vector Sarah Gillies Electricity Authority Justine Cannon MBIE Marcos Pelenur EECA Nathan Strong Commerce Commission |
| 1.45pm | Learnings from water: fireside chat | Gillian Blythe Water NZ Garth Dibley WEL Networks |
| 2.30pm | Economic outlook and business confidence for 2026 | Katherine Rich Business New Zealand |
| 3.00pm | Reflections, summary and close | Nigel Barbour (10 mins) |