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❗ If you purchased a ticket to this event before 28/09 the date and venue have changed to:DATE: Tuesday 27th October, 6:30pm-8:30pm
VENUE: Arrowtown Community Centre, Jack Reid Park
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬?
Join us for an evening exploring Queenstown's energy resilience. Where we are now, what could happen in a major earthquake, and what a more resilient energy system looks like for our future.
We'll hear from people working across emergency management, infrastructure and energy about:
⚡ 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧'𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬: How electricity gets into the region, where the vulnerabilities are, and what could happen if critical infrastructure or transport routes are damaged.
⚡ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨: What a major Alpine Fault earthquake could mean for Queenstown and how long the region could potentially be without normal energy supplies.
⚡ 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬: What happens when the infrastructure we rely on to move people, fuel, equipment and supplies is disrupted?
⚡ 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝: What households, businesses and communities can do now to prepare for a prolonged disruption to electricity and other essential services.
⚡ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧'𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦: What opportunities are there to make our energy system more resilient, local and adaptable — and what role could technologies such as solar, batteries, electric vehicles and other distributed energy resources play?
⚡ 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝: How can electricity networks, councils, emergency services, businesses and communities work together to build greater resilience?
The evening will include two presentations from the Queenstown Electrification Accelerator (exploring Queenstown's energy vulnerability and resilience) and the Kingston Climate Resilience Group, followed by a panel discussion bringing together people involved in the region's emergency preparedness and energy future.
The panel will also be an opportunity for audience Q&A!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬:
📣 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐨 - Queenstown-based tourism sustainability practitioner and co-founder of Ziptrek Ecotours, which has operated as a net-zero carbon business since 2019. He has worked across climate resilience, sustainability, destination management and community initiatives, bringing a broad systems perspective to the challenges facing Queenstown’s future.
📣 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 - co-leader of the Queenstown Electrification Accelerator. He helped establish the non-profit Rewiring Aotearoa and has led its research, strategy, and innovation work since establishment. This work has included deep analysis on solar and batteries, new energy resilience opportunities like Vehicle-To-Grid, and weather analysis to answer every energy nerd's favourite question "what about when the sun doesn't shine".
📣 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧 - Group Lead of the Kingston Climate Resilience Group, bringing a community perspective to conversations about how smaller and more remote communities can prepare for disruption and build resilience.
📣 𝐃𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 - co-leader of the Queenstown Electrification Accelerator with more than 25 years’ experience working across New Zealand’s energy system. His work spans New Zealand's energy markets and electricity system, including demand flexibility and the role of distributed energy resources in a more resilient energy system.
📣 𝐃𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 - Chair of the Queenstown Lakes District Climate Reference Group and Co-Chair of the Southern Lakes Sanctuary, with a background in archaeology, climate change and the relationship between people and place. Her work across climate resilience, conservation, heritage and community-led initiatives brings a long-term perspective to how the Southern Lakes can prepare for environmental and other disruptions.
📣 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥 - Resilience & Climate Action Manager at Queenstown District Lakes Council. He leads on emergency preparedness, climate resilience and biodiversity regeneration in Queenstown Lakes, and brings a local government perspective on preparing Queenstown Lakes for natural hazards, climate impacts and disruption to essential services.
Whether you're interested in emergency preparedness, infrastructure, energy, climate resilience, or simply want to understand what a major earthquake could mean for your household, this is a conversation for you.
🎟️ Free but registration is essential! https://events.humanitix.com/green-drinks-earthquakes-energy-and-queenstown-s-future/tickets
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Arrowtown Community Centre, Jack Reid Park, 12 Centennial Avenue, Arrowtown, 12 Centennial Ave, Arrowtown 9302, New Zealand, Queenstown
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