EEA Electricity Engineers' Association

The 2021 forum was held online over three half days, the focus was on Asset Management and Asset Planning for Climate Change in electricity business.

The Programme and About the Presenters

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Programme and About the Presenters

Waqar Qureshi, Chair of the Asset Management Group (AMG) moderated the three sessions.

Dr Waqar Quershi as the new Chair of the Asset Management Group, Waqar is currently, GM Network & Technology at Horizon Energy.  He is currently responsible for the Horizon Energy portfolio of Asset Management, Operations and as well as the Groups Technology portfolio and has been focused on decarbonisation, electrification and climate change impacts on the electricity and infrastructure sector. He has over 15 years of experience in the energy sector in technical, management and executive positions and holds a PhD & Master of Engineering qualifications from the University of Auckland. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer; a certified Project Management Professional

Thank you to our AMG for your time and input in making these events occur for our industry.

Waqar Qureshi, Horizon Networks	Andrew Mulligan, Mainpower	Craig Wong, Orion
Grant Hogan, Unison	Jamie Jordan, Transpower	Kane Henderson, Genesis
Mark Zwies, Powernet	Michael O’Brien, Powerco	Rodger Griffiths, West Power/ Electronet
Russel Watson, Northpower	Weihao Zhou, WEL	Sean McCready, EEA

DAY 1: 9TH NOVEMBER

Andrew Tait —  National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)	New Zealand Climate / Infrastructure
Rob Deaklin— Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)	Resilience and Climate Change
Alec Wild  — NIWA	Risk Management: Riskscape
Ray Hardy —  Wellington Electricity	Risk based approach to Vegetation Management
James Hughes — Tonkin & Taylor	Climate Risk & Overview of NZ reporting  requirements

DAY 2: 18TH NOVEMBER

DAY 3: 22ND NOVEMBER