·        Managing the ‘trilemma’: affordability, sustainability, and reliability.

·        Capital investment and transition pathways.

·        Role of innovation, partnerships, and customer transformation.

·        What energy leaders need from tech and vendor ecosystems.

• Interoperability, visibility & control of DERs.
• Grid digitalisation, orchestration & automation.
• Lessons from pilot programs and scaling network innovation. 

• What do energy customers actually want in a decarbonising world?
• From price takers to active participants: building trust in VPPs, demand response, and DER integration.
• Personalisation, data visibility, and multi-channel engagement – what’s working?
• Turning customer insight into network and retail strategy.
• Partnering with tech and vendors: what helps and what hurts?

• Ensuring fair and inclusive energy outcomes.

• Cultural values in clean energy investment.

• Lessons from the ground.

·        Cross-sector collaboration for innovation execution.

·        Managing technical, regulatory, and investment risk.

·        Building capability and regional delivery pipelines.

·        We’re moving from a one-way grid to a dynamic, decentralised ecosystem — what’s the most urgent technical or operational capability your organisation needs to build in the next five years?

·        How are you designing for flexibility at scale — and what do you believe will be the role of AI, automation, or real-time data in managing tomorrow’s electricity flows?

·        As DERs (distributed energy resources) like EVs, solar, and batteries surge, how do you see the traditional boundaries between generation, supply, and networks shifting?

·        The network transition isn't just technical — it’s cultural. How are you leading your workforce and internal systems through this transformation to ‘future grid’ operations?

·        Fast-forward to 2035: What will success look like for New Zealand’s power system? And what do we risk if we don’t act fast enough in the next 24 months?