The 2024 Environmental Compliance Conference is the other nationwide event supported by NZPI, and this year it will be hosted on 26 – 28 November at Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. The planning is underway and the 2024 committee are now calling for abstracts to be considered for the 20th annual EC conference this November.
The Environmental Compliance Conference brings together professionals working in environmental compliance to hear the views of experienced peers, exchange ideas, review best practice, learn from case studies and catch up with their colleagues.
With a focus on the latest practices, tools and strategies from leading industry experts, this year’s conference aims to deliver the practical knowledge on how to be more effective, efficient and up to date on Environmental Compliance in NZ. The 2024 conference theme is building capacity and capability together. The committee is specifically seeking presenters who can address topics under three steams:
- How to Thrive in a Regulatory Environment
Regulatory roles can be tough. What lessons have we learned over the past 20 years of environmental regulation in Aotearoa New Zealand? What can we do better to support frontline compliance officers? How can we design regulatory systems and compliance programmes that make implementation easier and more efficient for all parties? How can we become more resilient at an individual and organisational level? - Changing Landscapes - getting the basics right
Changing environmental legislation creates a challenging environment for frontline environmental regulators. We are moving towards a world of ‘fast track consenting’ where decision making on major projects is moved out of the control of local government and more emphasis placed on local government CME with regard to large infrastructure type projects. This makes it important to focus on the principles of compliance monitoring and enforcement. How do we ensure CME thinking is embedded into good policy and consenting decision making? What does best practice look like? - What does environmental CME look like 20 years from now?
Environmental regulation will be a cornerstone of our approach to managing the triple planetary crises. Compliance and enforcement of that regulation is a critical component of the effectiveness of systems in safeguarding the natural world. The coming decades entail unprecedented pressure on resources and the pressure on regulators to perform will only increase. What will it take to drive the initiatives needed to achieve an effective system over the next 20 years?
All abstracts must be submitted by Friday 17 May 2024. Acceptance or otherwise is at the discretion of the Conference Committee. Submitters will be advised of their acceptance by late June 2023. All Power Point presentations are due by Friday 31 October 2024.
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The presentation topics will be organised into steams and attendees will be able to choose which sessions to attend.
