The CEP Conference 2027, run by Carbon and Energy Professionals New Zealand (formerly EMANZ), is confirmed for Christchurch Town Hall on 25–26 May 2027, bringing together energy, carbon and sustainability professionals.
The Carbon and Energy Professionals New Zealand (CEP) Conference returns to Christchurch Town Hall on 25–26 May 2027, confirmed on the organiser's own website. It is the national gathering for New Zealand's energy-efficiency, decarbonisation and carbon-management community, and the 2027 edition is the 18th in a conference series that stretches back to the organisation's EMANZ era.
The conference is organised by Carbon and Energy Professionals New Zealand (CEP), the organisation formerly known as the Energy Management Association of New Zealand (EMANZ). Per CEP's history page, EMANZ was established in 1993 as an energy-efficiency special interest group within IPENZ (now Engineering New Zealand) and was incorporated as a society in 2001; members voted unanimously at the 2019 AGM to broaden the group's remit and adopt the Carbon and Energy Professionals name. The former domain, emanz.org.nz, now redirects to cep.org.nz. CEP remains affiliated with Engineering New Zealand. (The "EMANZ CEP" naming in the listing reflects this lineage; "CEP" is the organisation itself, not a certification programme.)
According to the official conference page, the event draws energy, carbon and sustainability decision makers from commercial, industrial and public-sector organisations. CEP has issued a call for conference papers and workshop proposals focused on the practical aspects of commercial and industrial energy efficiency, carbon management, emissions reduction and climate adaptation, with presentations required to be educational rather than promotional. Abstract submissions close on 30 October 2026, so the detailed 2027 programme and theme were not yet published at the time of research.
The venue is confirmed as the Christchurch Town Hall, the city's flagship performing-arts and conference complex on the banks of the Avon River in central Christchurch, reopened in 2019 after a major post-earthquake restoration. CEP previously held its 2024 conference at the same venue (28–29 May 2024). The Town Hall sits within the central city, walking distance from the main Christchurch hotel precinct and the Cathedral Square / Te Pae convention district, and is roughly a 20-minute drive from Christchurch International Airport — the South Island's primary air gateway — giving out-of-town delegates a short, direct transfer and a concentrated central-city accommodation base. The recurring choice of Christchurch Town Hall by a national association reflects the venue's re-establishment as a mainstay of the city's business-events calendar.
As the national conference of a long-running, Engineering-NZ-affiliated professional body, the CEP Conference is a repeat, association-sector anchor event for the South Island business-events market, recurring annually and rotating into Christchurch for 2027. Its focus on decarbonisation and energy management positions it within a growth area of New Zealand's association conferencing.
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