The CIGRE NZ 2026 Annual Conference (25-27 November 2026, Wellington) is the national power-engineering gathering of CIGRE's NZ National Committee, themed 'Building Expertise for Deeper Electrification'. Its specific venue is still to be confirmed by the organiser.
The CIGRE New Zealand 2026 Annual Conference runs from 25 to 27 November 2026 in Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara), under the theme "Building Expertise for Deeper Electrification" (CIGRE NZ official site). Registration, the call for presentations, and sponsorship are all open. The programme combines keynotes, industry and CEO panels, technical presentations, and CIGRE study-committee panels, bringing together engineers, industry leaders, researchers, and regulators from across Aotearoa and the wider Asia-Oceania region through CIGRE AORC (CIGRE NZ official site).
The conference is organised by the CIGRE New Zealand National Committee (NZNC), the national committee of CIGRE, the International Council on Large Electric Systems. CIGRE NZ describes itself as a platform for power-system professionals, including engineers, consultants, contractors, network owners, system operators, and academics, to share knowledge across CIGRE's international study committees and its 16 technical domains of work (CIGRE NZ). The committee runs a recurring programme of annual conferences, summer workshops, and online events, and student membership is free for the first two years (CIGRE NZ). General enquiries are directed to cigre.nz.events@gmail.com.
The conference targets the New Zealand electricity and power-engineering sector: transmission and distribution network owners, the system operator, generators, consultants, contractors, regulators, and university researchers, alongside international CIGRE study-committee experts who contribute in person and online (CIGRE NZ official site). The deeper-electrification theme points squarely at delegates working on grid decarbonisation and the electrification of transport, industry, and heat.
As a factual note on venue logistics: the organiser's official venue page currently lists the venue only as "TBC in Wellington, New Zealand" (CIGRE NZ venue page), so the exact location is not yet announced. Wellington is well served for business events, with a compact central city where most delegate accommodation, the waterfront, and university campuses sit within short walking or taxi distance; the official venue page links to InterCity coach bookings for inter-city travel and to newzealand.com's Wellington visitor information. Delegates should rely on the organiser's eventual venue confirmation for the exact location and nearest accommodation.
As an annual, multi-day association conference drawing national and Asia-Oceania delegates to Wellington in late November, this is a solid mid-sized business-events fixture for the capital. Association conferences of this kind - recurring, sector-anchored, and tied to a professional body - deliver reliable multi-night delegate stays and shoulder-season activity. Its placement in Wellington reinforces the city's standing as a host for technical and engineering association gatherings, with the final venue selection still to be announced by CIGRE NZ.
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