27-28 November 2019
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
27-28 November 2019
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Tim was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 2006 and is the state member for Werribee.
Following the election of the Andrews Labor Government in November 2014, he was sworn in as Victoria’s 50th Treasurer – a position he holds to this day. He is also currently the Minister for Economic Development and Minister for Industrial Relations.
Tim previously served in the Bracks and Brumby Governments as Minister for Roads and Ports, and later added Major Projects to his responsibilities. He was also previously Minister for Resources in the last term of the Andrews Labor Government, overseeing a period of significant growth.
As Minister for Roads, he delivered the EastLink, oversaw the M1 Upgrade, the construction of the Deer Park Bypass and Geelong Ring Road, completed the upgrade of the Calder Freeway to improve links to Bendigo, and was responsible for commencing the Peninsula Link project on the Mornington Peninsula.
In the Major Projects portfolio, he was responsible for big ticket items like the development of AAMI Stadium, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, as well as the Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company’s auditorium.
Tim’s first budget as Treasurer in May 2015 delivered the biggest education budget and investment in public transport in the State’s history. His second budget in April 2016 included the single biggest school capital investment in Victoria’s history as well as fully funding the construction of Melbourne’s new Metro Tunnel. His third budget in May 2017 included an unprecedented $1.9 billion investment to tackle family violence.
Tim is most proud of his latest budget. The 2018/19 Victorian Budget - in addition to delivering another strong surplus - focused on continued jobs growth, investment in major projects and the Free TAFE initiative.
In Tim’s time as Treasurer, we have seen a significant improvement in Victoria’s economy, with the fastest growth in full-time jobs in the nation.
Tim studied Arts/Law at the Australian National University prior to taking up roles with the Federal Firefighters Union and the Storemen and Packers Union. Tim still holds a legal practising certificate and is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He later served as Assistant Secretary of the ACTU before taking up a position as Chief of Staff to Premier Steve Bracks.
He is married with two children and is a passionate supporter of the Western Bulldogs, Melbourne Storm, Melbourne Victory and the Melbourne Vixens. In his spare time, Tim works towards fulfilling a dream of being an accomplished chilli farmer.
Moses is team leader of the Economics and Modelling team at Infrastructure Victoria where he guides economic research on infrastructure program assessments and microeconomic reforms.
A large piece of work at Infrastructure Victoria is the 2020 30-year infrastructure strategy which Moses is leading a large program of work. This includes; assessing the strategic merits of city-shaping projects across Victoria; identifying infrastructure priorities to strengthen and support regional Victoria’s comparative advantage and disadvantaged communities; as well as work on microeconomic reforms such as Transport Network Pricing.
Prior to working at Infrastructure Victoria, Moses has had signigicant experience in policy-making at a national level where he advised on social and economic policy. He has provided advice on developmental economics, labour market economics, skills and education policies, trade and investments as well as developing regional economies.
Moses received his M.Ec with first class honours from the University of Sydney and bachelor degree in economics and actuarial studies from the Australian National University.
As the lead for the precincts work stream of the Suburban Rail Loop Project, Adele brings more than a decade of experience integrating infrastructure and land use planning. Previous roles include Director Strategy at Infrastructure Victoria, where Adele led the development of Victoria’s first ever 30-year infrastructure strategy, and Project Director of the Metro Tunnel Project through its planning and development phases. Adele holds Bachelors of Engineering (Honours) and Arts from Monash University.
With over 20 years’ experience in the real estate sector, Angela has broad commercial property experience with particular expertise in property development, urban renewal and infrastructure projects.
The former head of Minter Ellison's National Real Estate, Environment and Planning team, Angela has acted for both public and private sector clients in high-profile property and infrastructure projects. Angela is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Property Industry Foundation and has been a long term contributor to Property Council of Australia and Law Council of Australia committees.
Stuart Moseley has more than 30 years of experience in urban management and project delivery, and has held senior positions in three State Governments, the private sector and local government.
He is a former Chief Executive of the Adelaide City Council, a former National Vice-President of the Urban Development Institute of Australia, a Registered Planner and Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia, and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Immediately prior to taking the helm at the VPA in June 2017, Stuart oversaw the delivery of a new planning system for Queensland a new regional plan for South East Queensland.
In his VPA role he has driven the repositioning of the Authority as a broad-based State-wide growth planning agency and is now working to deliver the organisation’s largest-ever project portfolio.
Dr Collette Burke is the inaugural Victorian Chief Engineer, with more than 25 years of engineering and construction industry experience in roles such as Site Engineer, Executive Manager and Managing Director. Having completed a PhD in risk management at RMIT and value for money on major infrastructure projects, she is also an internationally acknowledged researcher.
In addition to her role as the Victorian Chief Engineer, she acts as the Managing Director of Exner Group and Karsta in the Middle East and has been appointed as a Director for VicTrack. Formerly, Dr Burke was the National Director of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC).
Dr Burke has a drive for greater operational outcomes, a focus on strategic and forward planning, people development, effective delivery and commercial strategy.
Tania Quick is the recently appointed Director, Fishermans Bend Taskforce at the Victorian Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions. She has extensive experience across the urban planning and property development industry, having held senior roles in the Victorian Government and the private sector.
Not one to shy from a challenge, she often finds herself drawn to complex and controversial urban renewal and major development projects, and has built a career focussing on facilitating ‘on the ground outcomes’ not just ‘on the shelf’ documents. Fishermans Bend offers all the planning, development and infrastructure complexities imaginable, and the recent shift in focus from planning to delivery aligns perfectly with Tania’s passion for creating great urban outcomes.
Her key current and previous roles include:
Linda Cantan has over 20 years’ experience in infrastructure delivery across a number of sectors including transport, education and health.
Her extensive experience working on Public Private Partnership projects includes the $2.9 billion Eastlink, $1.11 billion Bendigo Hospital project, $367 million Melbourne Convention Centre Development and $309 million Southern Cross Station redevelopment.
As Package Director Tunnel & Stations, Linda has overseen the procurement and contract negotiation for the $6 billion package to build the five new underground stations and Metro Tunnel and is responsible for managing the contract throughout construction.
Steve Nicholls is the new Director of MonashHeart and Professor of Cardiology at Monash University. He will be the Director of the Victorian Heart Hospital. He completed his cardiology training at John Hunter Hospital and PhD at the University of Adelaide, prior to holding a postdoctoral fellowship and faculty appointment at the Cleveland Clinic. He returned to Australia to serve as the inaugural Deputy Director and Heart Health Theme Leader at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. His research interests focus on the role of metabolic risk factors and imaging in atherosclerosis, with work spanning from early discovery to leadership of large clinical trials. He is Chair of the (i) Australian Atherosclerosis Society Clinical Council, (ii) Australia and New Zealand Alliance for Cardiovascular Trials, (iii) Asia Pacific Cardiometabolic Consortium and (iv) Future Leader Fellowship committee of the National Heart Foundation, Secretary of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Treasurer of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Dr Kate Cornick is the CEO of LaunchVic, the Victorian Government’s startup development agency. Kate is deeply passionate about the role of innovation in our economy and society more broadly, and has considerable experience in technology innovation across startups, academia, corporates and government.
Most recently, Kate led the development of human resources technology startup Rision Ltd, creating new products, partnerships, sales and ultimately a listing on the ASX. Kate sits on a number of boards including the Victorian Government Innovation Expert Panel, The Charles Sturt University Council and the AIIA Victoria Council.
Kate is a telecommunications engineer and was involved in policy development for the NBN. She has held the positions of Senior Telecommunications Adviser and Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and has also worked as a General Manager at NBN Co. Kate Cornick undertook her PhD in optical telecommunications at the University of Melbourne and, as part of her studies, spent time at AT&T Research Laboratories, USA.
Joanne Wandel joined the City of Melbourne in October 2015 to lead the delivery of Council’s largest capital works program to revitalise the Queen Victoria Market. Prior to that, she spent four years at Places Victoria where she was the Development Director of the Melbourne Docklands project and later General Manager Land Development and Housing, delivering a range of projects in metropolitan and regional Victoria worth more than $2 billion.
Joanne has a proven track record in delivering and facilitating large projects, working in partnership with the public and private sector. She has held senior roles at the Office of Housing, Ashe Morgan Winthrop, R Corporation, the then Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development and Mildura Rural City Council.
Joanne holds a Master of Commercial Law from the University of Melbourne, an MBA and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Politics.
Kate has extensive experience as a CEO and Senior Executive within the commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors.
Kate is currently the Director of Deals, Investment and Major Projects at Wyndham City, where she has played a critical role in securing a new A League team for Melbourne’s West and developing a Public-Private-Partnership deal that will see Australia’s first privately owned sports stadium built in Wyndham. Prior to that, Kate was the CEO of the Committee for Melbourne where she successfully led a broad cross-section of Melbourne’s most influential companies and institutions to develop initiatives that ensured Melbourne continued to grow as a prosperous globally connected city and retain its mantle as the ‘World’s most liveable city’. As an industry leader in this role, Kate led influential policy discussions around the key issues of infrastructure development, economic growth, urban optimisation and liveability.
Prior to joining the Committee, Kate held an executive position at Tennis Australia as Manager of the Melbourne Park Redevelopment, where she played a key role in developing the masterplan vision the upgrading of facilities for the Australian Open Tennis Championship, and in securing almost a billion dollars in government funding for these works.
In addition to her Executive roles, Kate is also an experienced non-executive director and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Kate is currently Vice President of the Melbourne Football Club, is the Chair of the Metro Trains Advisory Board and the Victorian Regional Channels Authority, is a Board Member of the Ministerial Review into Planning and Essential Services, as well as being a member of the Ministerial Freight Advisory Council. Kate is also a sought after media and public speaker and appears regularly as an expert commentator on ABC’s NewsBreakfast programme.
Trent is a senior communications and stakeholder engagement executive with proven experience delivering award winning (national and international) stakeholder engagement campaigns on some of Australia's largest infrastructure projects. Trent's experience spans across both the public and private sectors including management roles with major alliances, design and construct tunnel contracts, Public Private Partnerships, Joint Ventures, market led proposals and as a Regional Communications Director for John Holland. Most notably Trent was a member of the Regional Rail Link City to Maribyrnong River Alliance, EastLink Joint Venture, Burke/North/Mckinnon and Centre Level Crossing removal and the Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal project, all of which received numerous awards for communications and stakeholder engagement. As MRPV’s leader in Strategic Communications, Trent is responsible for our communications, stakeholder engagement and corporate affairs functions.
Esther’s in-depth understanding of social procurement, stakeholder engagement, risk management and strategic communication has proven a powerful tool in ensuring her infrastructure clients’ goals are achieved. With over 15 years of stakeholder management experience spanning across Government and private Tier-1 construction and engineering companies, she has a proven ability to develop and execute effective communication and strategic procurement strategies. Esther was the Lead Advisor, Community & Stakeholder Relations at CPB Contractors on the Melbourne Water M40 Preston Reservoir to Merri Creek Water Main Renewal Project, and 3 Main Drains Project, specifically Aberfeldie Drainage Improvement Project. Esther develop the Social Procurement Strategy for the Western Distributor Project and provide strategic input into the Workforce Development Plan, Victorian Industry Participation Policy, and Major Projects Skills Guarantee. Currently Esther is a PhD candidate at Swinburne University undertaking research into social procurement, its practices and opportunities for design and implementation to create positive social outcomes.
Ian Filby is the Project Director for CarbonNet at the Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions, a State and Commonwealth funded project investigating commercial scale carbon capture and storage for Gippsland, enabling new industries such as hydrogen production consistent with Net Zero Emissions by 2050 target.
Ian has bachelor degrees in civil engineering and commerce, with an extensive background working at the interface between government and the private sector on major capital projects. Prior to joining CarbonNet, Ian was involved in the delivery of the Victorian Desalination Project and large scale water recycling proposals for the Latrobe Valley.
Phil joined Bentley in 2011 after the company’s acquisition of FormSys, where he was founder and CEO. He was named senior vice president of reality modeling and cloud services in 2017 and is responsible for the company’s portfolio of reality modeling software and cloud services including ContextCapture, ContextCapture Center, ContextCapture Cloud Processing, ContextCapture Editor, Descartes, Pointools, and ProjectWise ContextShare. Phil also leads the development of a range of new cloud services for mobile access to analysis models and Scenario Services for design optioneering. His prior roles with Bentley include senior vice president of analytical modeling, vice present of offshore and optioneering, vice president of offshore and marine, and director of product development/marine. Phil earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Auckland and a master’s degree in engineering science from the University of Western Australia.
After 15 Years in the civil construction industry I became tired of relying on quarrying the earth’s natural resources such as sands and aggregates to build our critical road infrastructure. I was a General Manager within Downer’s road business and commenced researching the use of recycled materials including waste polymer from toner cartridges and glass from kerbside recycling bins. My research and passion for innovation lead me to spend more time in the waste and recycling sector where I identified a gap in the market in companies investing in world class recycling technology to reduce our landfill impact and reliance on quarrying. I established Repurpose It with a number of business partners in March 2017. We recently launched Australia’s first C and D washing plant to treat typically untreatable waste streams and convert them into resources such as sand and aggregates, have been recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative companies by Westpac in 2018, received 2 Sustainability Victoria grants totalling $1mil and now employ 45 full time staff and over 30 contractors. In April 2019 Downer invested into Repurpose It as a 50% shareholder.
Mandi Davidson is the National Lead for Communications and Engagement at RPS, a leading global professional services firm. Mandi has more than 20 years’ experience in communications and engagement and has held senior roles in the delivery of the Victorian Desalination Plant, Regional Rail Link and a number of urban renewal projects for Development Victoria. Mandi is the Deputy Chair for IAP2, the peak body for engagement practitioners in Australia and New Zealand, and is also a Director of the IAP2 international board.
Martin Hawson, General Manager Community, Mildura Rural City Council
Martin has extensive experience in the education and health sectors and has worked in local government at the Mildura Rural City Council for the past 19 years. The Community Department is made up of three Branches’ which are Community Futures, Community Care Services and Leisure and Cultural Services within the Mildura Municipality.
During his career Martin’s integrated approach to addressing disadvantage in communities has been a major focus. This has led to the development of models which aim to address the underlying causes of disadvantage rather than the symptoms. Through community planning and community engagement, the cross sector linkages and models have emerged as practical solutions to overcoming disadvantage in communities. The realisation of these models in a practical sense to deliver outcomes and make a difference is emerging as the key challenge facing communities.
In recent years Martin has overseen several successful major redevelopment projects including the redevelopment of the Mildura Arts Centre (building and theatre), Red Cliffs and Merbein Community Hubs (including libraries) and the Mildura Riverfront.
A current focus of Martin’s is the realisation of the ‘Mildura Future Ready’ Funding and Advocacy Strategy, which has seen Mildura Rural City Council successfully attract over $20.5M in State and Federal Government funding since the strategy’s development in 2017.
Martin holds a Masters in Health Administration, Graduate Diploma in Health Science and a Diploma in Education.
Tony brings a wealth of experience in leading transformation through the challenging political and economic landscape.
As Assistant Director of Communications and Engagement at the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority, Tony leads the engagement for a diverse set of projects including the $580M Victorian Heart Hospital a fully digital cardiac hospital and research hub, $685M Community Hospital Program delivering 10 new hospitals, $1.5B New Footscray Hospital a PPP project, $132 million 10 Early Parenting Centres, Mental Health facilities, Ambulance Stations and more totalling over $7 billion in infrastructure.
Tony is also a Director on the board of IAP2 Australasia.
Dr Kirsty Jones is the senior researcher for the Next Generation Engagement Program, Australia’s largest study into community engagement in infrastructure, to date. Kirsty is currently leading Phase 1 of the program’s Flagship Research Project – the development of the case centre and the Infrastructure Engagement Excellence Framework. She brings more than a decade of experience coordinating industry and government engagement with research institutions. This experience includes her work for the University of Melbourne, where she oversaw the development, coordination, delivery and evaluation of programs to share knowledge between university researchers, government and health professionals to achieve better public health outcomes.
The founder of JWS Research, John is a senior researcher with more than 30 years of experience. He has extensive commercial and public affairs research expertise and is quoted regularly and extensively in the media as a leading source on public opinion.
John has worked for most of Australia’s top 50 ASX listed companies and many of the industry associations that represent them, as well as conducting local, state and federal government research and research for numerous high-profile communications and advertising campaigns.
John is a career researcher, specialising in research on contemporary social and political issues and maintaining a focus on delivering clear and actionable results. John’s research dissects what people are thinking and why, providing the insights needed to drive campaigns and achieve outcomes
Terence is a Partner at EY in Melbourne in the Climate Change and Sustainability practice. Prior to EY, Terence founded Net Balance in 2006, growing the firm to Australia's largest standalone sustainability and climate change practice, twice rated along the way by Business Review Weekly as one of the fastest 100 growth companies in Australia. Net Balance was also one of the first B Corps in Australia. Net Balance was acquired by EY in 2014. Terence is on the Boards of Knowledge Media, Food Frontier and Fairtrade Australia New Zealand and is an Adjunct Professor at University of Southern Queensland. Terence is also EY's national leader for indigenous reconciliation, the D&I leader for EY’s Melbourne Office. Terence recently co-authored EY’s thought leadership on waste – Finding Trash in our Treasure.
Josephine joined the Metropolitan Waste Resource Recovery Group in June 2018, and has been focusing on preparing the waste sector and local government in metropolitan Melbourne to make the shift towards a circular economy. Prior to this, Jo worked at the Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA), where she led the Officers for the Protection of the Local Environment (OPLE) Pilot program, oversaw EPA's international relations and strategy, and managed the Hazwaste Fund. Jo completed her PhD in Environmental Science from RMIT University.
Bronwen Clark is Executive Officer of the National Growth Areas Alliance, representing 21 fast-growing Councils in outer urban areas of Australia where 5 million people live. She coordinates a national research program and advocates for improved policies on infrastructure, population distribution and urban planning.
Alliance Members experience population growth rates at double the national average, inadequate infrastructure to cope with increased demand, significant lags in government investment in roads, public transport and essential services.
Bronwen brings advocacy, policy and government relations expertise to the Alliance. She has consulted extensively to local government, small business and not-for-profits, and has worked with the Federal Government on multilateral trade negotiations, including representing Australia at the WTO.
Professor Libby Porter is a scholar in planning and urban geography, based at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University. She is a writer, researcher, educator and activist about cities and urban place-making, contributing to debates about the impacts of displacement from public housing renewal programs, the relationship between Indigenous people and urban land development, as the well as the displacing effects of mega-events. Her many publications and books include Whose Urban Renaissance? An International comparison of urban regeneration policies(co-edited with Kate Shaw 2008 Routledge); Unlearning the Colonial Cultures of Planning(2010 Ashgate), Planning for Coexistence?(with Janice Barry Routledge 2016) and most recently Planning in Indigenous Australia: From imperial foundations to postcolonial futures with Sue Jackson and Louise Johnson (Routledge 2018). Professor Porter has worked in planning and urban policy practice and taught in planning and geography schools around the world. She is the co-founder of Planners Network UK, a progressive voice for radical planning in the UK and convenor of the Save Public Housing Collective.
As part of Close the Loop’s commitment to the resource recovery, recycling and circular economy sector, Peter takes an active role and is the current President of the Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR).
Peter joined Close the Loop (CtL) in May 2014 after more than 20 years in the IT industry. He has a broad experience in senior sales leadership roles working with Ricoh, Lexmark and Computershare. Close the Loop has become a recognised leader in the development of innovative asphalt and sprayseal additives using recycled polymers to make high performance roads, and Peter has led the engagement with all levels of Government and corporates to champion circular economy solutions.
Michael is a professional Account Executive with over a decade experience, providing construction and software solutions to the Construction industry. He has proven experience with working in the Australian Construction industry providing technical innovations to impact a company’s bottom line.
Michael brings a wealth of experience having represented companies such as Autodesk, PlanGrid, AroFlo, Buildxact and Apple.
Nick Savvas is the founder and CEO of Touch Projects. He has over 20 years industry experience across Public Transport, Light Rail, Infrastructure and Logistics and has held key project delivery roles on large private & public sector projects throughout Australia.
He’ll be sharing insights into the challenges that his team often face in delivering projects in the public realm. The current surge in road and public transport projects underway in Victoria means that we need to understand the challenges we face in delivering projects in the live environment where people still need to live, work and play, while we continue to operate road and public transport services… and deliver a complex construction project at the same time.
Joining the Australia New Zealand Recycling Platform (ANZRP) in February 2018 as its CEO, Warren is an experienced senior manager with more than 20 years’ experience working across various high-level strategic roles in the sustainability sector for government, education institutions and the private sector.
He has played a leading role shaping policy, advocating product stewardship, and facilitating program provision delivering positive environmental and sustainable outcomes. Possessing an eclectic background in facilities management, sustainability consulting and industry associations management, Warren has a broad base of experience and knowledge to draw upon.
Mr. Kerr is a partner in the Melbourne office and advises on projects and infrastructure transactions globally, particularly in Australia and Asia. He has a particular knowledge of the transport, power, water and social infrastructure / public–private partnership (PPP) sectors, including greenfield contracting, financing and secondary markets.
Mr. Kerr has advised on:
He is also experienced in advising clients lending to or buying and selling stakes in these assets.
Mr. Kerr also has extensive experience advising on the sale and purchase of infrastructure assets and non-recourse or limited recourse project finance documentation.
Shannon Smyth is Manager of Strategies and Programs team at Sustainability Victoria. The team is responsible for leading the implementation of the Victorian Organics, Market Development and Waste Education strategies and delivering several key actions included in the Recycling Industry Strategic Plan. Working closely with industry, community and across governments to address market barriers, improve community understanding on the essential service the waste industry provides and to improving the recovery of priority materials from landfill. The strategies play a critical role in supporting the successful delivery of the State-wide Waste and Resource Recovery Infrastructure Plan.
Prior to starting at SV, Shannon held roles as an Environmental Consultant working on a range wasted related projects from waste auditing through to community and school education program development and delivery across eastern Australia. Following this role, he then took up a position at the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Group as Strategic Advisor, delivering a range of strategic projects across Metropolitan Melbourne and playing a lead role in supporting development of the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Implementation Planbio.
Shannon holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science (Environmental Management)
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