Annual Power Exchange (APEX) is a conference for graduate young engineers, of any discipline, with up-to five years’ experience in the power engineering industry and a great opportunity to share experiences while learning from the presentations of others. It's free for students to attend and a fantastic way to meet more people across the industry.
Presenting a paper at APEX is a great way to hone your presentation skills. The APEX Best Presentation Award is awarded to the person who shows the most clarity, efficient time management and use of a PowerPoint presentation, and captures the interest of the audience.
APEX is also a must-attend for students willing to meet and get useful advice from graduates, or simply to hear about some fantastic projects and understand the electricity industry.
APEX is now also a must-attend for students wanting to meet and get useful advice from graduates, or simply to hear about some fantastic projects and understand the electricity industry.
You can also find the past five years’ worth of APEX presentations listed under our past events.
APEX winners
Abigail Field – APEX People's Choice Award
Abigail is an engineer at ElectroNet and former EEA University Scholarship winner. She won the 2024 APEX People’s Choice Award for her presentation ‘Hybrid solar and BESS plants – to DC or not DC’.
William Thomas – Best APEX Presentation Award
William works for Mercury energy and won the Best Apex Presentation for his paper ‘Developing secondary system upgrades: a case study of the Waitaki 110V DC distribution upgrade’.
Zachary Jensen – People's Choice Award
Zachary Jensen, Ventia, won the People’s Choice Award with his presentation on ‘Effective Disaster Recovery Planning and Resource Management’.
Hamish Weir – Best APEX Presentation Award
Hamish Weir, Beca, won the Best APEX Presentation Award for his presentation on ‘Runback Scheme Principles and Applications’.
Logan Cane – Best APEX Presentation Award
Logan Cane, Mitton Electronet, won the Best APEX Presentation Award for his presentation on ‘Stop Using Your Imagination: How LiDAR Technology is Changing the Way We Design Substations’.
Emma Lloyd – People's Choice Award
Emma Lloyd, Connetics, won the People’s Choice Award with her presentation on ‘Why are engineers integrating new technology into solar array designs’.
Georgina Price – Best APEX Presentation Award
Georgina Price, BECA, won the Best APEX Presentation Award for her presentation on ‘A Case Study on CUWLP: Future Proofing the New Zealand Grid through Sustainable Innovations’.
Jessica Silcock – People's Choice Award
Jessica Silcock, Meridian Energy, won the People’s Choice Award with her presentation on ‘A Change in How We Consider Our Maintenance Strategies’.
Craig Oliveria – Best APEX Presentation Award
Craig Oliveria, Beca, won the Best APEX Presentation Award for his presentation on ‘Sustainable Transmission Line Designs To Reduce Concrete Consumption’.
Edward Popham – People's Choice Award
Edward Popham, Transpower, won the People’s Choice Award with his presentation on ‘Water beats towers. Are poles more in our future? Rangitata Flood Response – Rebuild of 220kV Single Circuit Line’.
Andrew Berry – Joint People's Choice Award
The audience was also invited to vote for their best presenter, Rob Hockey and Andrew Berry won the People’s Choice Award for their presentation on “Extracting Value From Conflicting Opinions” where they discussed how as young engineers, it is their place to challenge the status quo and to consider conflicting opinions, rather than simply accepting the established order.
Rob Hockey – Joint People's Choice Award
The audience was also invited to vote for their best presenter, Rob Hockey and Andrew Berry won the People’s Choice Award for their presentation on ‘Extracting Value From Conflicting Opinions’ where they discussed how as young engineers, it is their place to challenge the status quo and to consider conflicting opinions, rather than simply accepting the established order.
Parsa Zakeri – Best APEX Presentation Winner
Parsa Zakeri won the Best APEX Presentation Award for his presentation on ‘Analysis of an Intelligent Merging Unit Based on IEC 61850-9-2’.