CEOs Retreat:
Monday, 2 November 2026
- Asian Development Bank – ADB Pipeline
- Department of Climate Change, the Environment, Energy, and Water
- European Union – Energy Pipeline
- Japan International Cooperation Agency – Overview
- New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade – Programme Update
- The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative
- Pacific Women in Power
- RELP Renewables for All
- RMI Global Islands Program
- World Bank – Connecting Pacific Renewable Energy Projects with Finance
- Energy Optima – Fuel Security and Energy Resilience in the Pacific
- Pacific Sustainable Energy Training Centre
Engineers Workshop:
Monday, 2 November 2026, Tuesday, 3 November 2026 & Thursday, 5 November 2026
- O&M Testing Equipment
- Introduction and Working Safely with Systems
- Systems Maintenance
- Troubleshooting General Best Practice
- ComAp – Niue Sales Overview
- EPC Samoa – BESS
- TAU – BESS
Main Conference Presentations:
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
1030-1100: “Turning Around MEC: Putting Ideas into Practice”, Mr. Jack Chong-Gum, Marshalls Energy Company
1100-1130: ” Planning the Transition, Led at Home”, Dr. Eduardo Santagata, University of New South Wales, Ms. Ngedikes Olai Uludong, The Pacific Community (SPC) and Mr. Tobias Gun, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
1130-1200: “Beyond the Shoreline: Reducing Pacific Diesel Dependence with Wave-Tolerant Floating Solar Engineered from Wind Blades”, Mr. Chandar Sen, Pacific Engineering Projects
1300-1330: “Meters to Intelligence: Building the Data Foundation for Pacific Grid Transformation”, Mr. Nicholas Phillips, Itron
1330-1400: “Towards 100% Renewable Energy for Islands – Addressing Commercial and Technical Challenges”, Mr. Christoffer Ek, Wartsila
1400-1430: “From Ambition to Implementation: What Grid Readiness Looks Like in Practice – Lessons from the Transformation of the Tanna Power System”, Mr. Janendra Prasad, Scinergy Pacific, and Mr. Romney Marum, Vanuatu National Power and Water Authority
1430-1500: “Refurbishing Wailoa PS Generators”, Mr. Tony O’Brien, Australian Winders
Thursday, 5 November 2026
0830-0900: “Lightning Protection of Solar Farms and BESS with Modern Leader Propagation Approaches”, Mr. Franco D’Alessandro, LPINZ
0900-0930: “How Equipment Selection, Quality and Asset Management Shape Grid Reliability Rates”, Mr. Gaurav Khire, Delstar
0930-1000: “PWIP: Progress and the Road from Evidence to Action”, Ms. Helle Buchhave, World Bank, Mr. Jack Chong-Gum, Marshalls Energy Company & Mr. Ayush Nand, World Bank
1030-1100: “Modernizing Today’s Grid for Tomorrow’s Needs”, Mr. Yane Coceski, NovaTech Automation
1100-1130: “NOJA Power GMK Success Story: Innovation in Integration”, Mr. Alexsandr Kirillov, NOJA Power
1130-1200: NIL
1300-1330: “Battery Energy Storage for the Pacific: Enabling Reliable, Resilient and Sustainable Island Energy Systems”, Mr. Sid Shaheed, SOFAR Solar
1330-1400: “MEC’s Energy Balance Platform”, Mr. Wayne Kijiner, Marshalls Energy Company
1400-1430: “Keeping Island Grids Strong: Synchronous Condensers (SynCon) for Reliable, Renewable-Ready Power Systems”, Mr. Pedro Lopez, ABB Australia Pty Ltd
1430-1500: “Transforming Distribution Networks – Applied Voltage Control to Manage Disruptive Energy Trends”, Mr. Cali Wilton, Tyree Transformers