A big thank you to all YEPN members who responded to our online satisfaction survey earlier this year, and congratulations to Buddhika Rajapakse for winning a complimentary ticket to the Downstream Conference! The feedback received shows that our events and newsletters provide value to our members, and we are committed to keeping it that way. You identified the themes of Environment, People and Economy as very relevant to you, and we will make sure we address these topics in depth and involve you in the network's discussions.

One of our members has passed us some information about 2 back-to-back energy-related events hosted by the School of Management at Victoria University and supported by ORSNZ through its Energy and Natural Resources Special Interest Group (ENR SIG) and industry sponsors.

The Young Energy Professional Network was founded in 2015 by New Zealand's representatives in the Future Energy Leader programme. Since then, we have been invited to present our views in front of Executives across the industry at the Downstream conference. We have held events, drinks, and regular newsletters. Now is the time to reflect on our activities and ensure we keep delivering value to our members.

As we are winding down (or gearing up) for Christmas, the World Energy Council (WEC) has reached out to us to nominate exceptional individuals to join the Future Energy Leaders 100 cohort (FEL, or FEL100 for short). New Zealand is currently represented by 3 members: Z Energy's Tina Frew, Transpower's Bennet Tucker, and Powerco's Daniel Gnoth. They took part in the last WEC's summit in Lisbon, and reported back about what they learnt to YEPN and BEC members last week. See below for more information about the FEL application process and more information about their presentation.

Whilst the suspense is still building up over the new NZ government formation, YEPN is ready to launch its three-year strategy and indicative programme. Our Network is apolitical, but we are proud to share and foster common values, some of which were presented at the Downstream Conference last year. We are also fortunate to draw inspiration from global views and ideas, as our Future Energy Leaders (FELs), Tina Frew, Daniel Gnoth and Bennet Tucker will soon be heading to the World Energy Leaders' Summit in Lisbon. Don't hesitate to join us on 14 December to hear about their insights from this event.

While some of us are busy dealing with dry winter, Electric Vehicles, and observing political parties pre-election, the YEPN council has been working with BEC on our 3-year strategy. We will also organise a get-together soon, so stay tuned as we will announce more very shortly.

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A warm welcome to all our new members and those who joined us at our first ever Auckland Young Energy Professionals events in February and March.

Welcome to our first Young Energy Professionals newsletter for 2017! Here at YEPN we aim to develop a network to share ideas with other professionals, to broaden and deepen our collective understanding of the energy sector and to shape the industry's future.

Welcome to our last edition of the Young Energy Professionals Network Newsletter for 2016. We hope you've enjoyed this newsletter as much as we've enjoyed bringing it to you. We've got one last treat in store for our friends in Wellington. Keep you're eyes peeled for more details soon.