Thursday 21 September 2017
| Start | Finish | Room | Details | Speaker |
| 800 | 830 | Foyer | Conference Registration/ Coffee | |
| 830 | 845 | C4.8 | Acknowledgement of Country | Greg Ewing Engineers Australia |
| Welcome by ACES NSW President | Steven Bird TBH |
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| Welcome by RES NSW President | Pedram Danesh Mand Aquenta – a Jacobs company |
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| 845 | 915 | C4.8 | The importance of Leadership and management for the successful delivery of project outcomes | Dale Connor Lend Lease |
| 915 | 945 | C4.8 | Culture – the missing Project Control – how it is people that really matter and how the sponsor, deliverer and operator cultures determine project outcomes – hence Culture is the missing Project Control. |
Chris Lock Independent Advisor Infrastructure l Transport l Advisory |
| 945 | 1015 | C4.8 | Who needs Project Controls? Just do it! | Lance Stephenson Aecom (Canada) AACE International Representative |
| 1015 | 1030 | C4.11 | Morning Tea in Technology Hub | |
| 1030 | 1100 | C4.8 | Digital Disruption & Project Controls. Lessons learnt by an Intrapreneur | Dr Andrew T. Harris Laing O’Rourke |
| 1100 | 1130 | C4.8 | “Innovate or Perish”- delivering project confidence | Ian Watt InEight |
| 1130 | 1200 | C4.8 | Panel Discussion | |
| 1200 | 1245 | C4.11 | Luncheon in Technology Hub | |
| People Stream 1 1245-1500 Room C4.8 |
Process Stream 1 1245-1500 Room C4.9 |
Technology Stream 1 1245-1500 Room C4.10 |
| 1245-1315 Engineers as Leaders more Natasa Gadzuric Sustainable People Solutions |
1245-1315 Integrated Project Controls more Saleh Elshobokshi Laing O’Rourke |
1245-1315 4D + Risk in augmented reality – a live demonstration of virtual design and construction using Hololens more Pieter Rautenbach Red Arrow |
| 1315-1345 Future Proofing Australia’s Project Controllers more Lawrie Kirk APMG International |
1315-1345 Projects as complex adaptive systems – a complexity science approach to controlling complex project risk more Warren Black QUT |
1315-1345 Closing the gap – advancements in real-time field reporting more Adrian Smith Envison |
| 1345-1415 Project Controls in a challenging major project environment more Ross Hall & Troy Burton Aurecon |
1345-1415 Cost contingency determination during major projects business case development more Pedram Danesh-Mand Aquenta/Jacobs |
1345-1415 Visualising performance data for programs & projects more Jonathan Shahady TBH |
| 1415-1445 The Project Manager and the Cost Engineer more Lou Vidotto Vidotto Group |
1415-1445 A global review of project cost & schedule contingence methods more Colin Cropley Risk Integration Management Pty Ltd |
1415-1445 Optimisation of project decision making + mitigation strategy selection more Rishi Prabhakar Palisade |
| 1445-1500 Stream Panel Q&A | 1445-1500 Stream Panel Q&A | 1445-1500 Stream Panel Q&A |
| 1500 | 1530 | C4.11 | Afternoon Tea in Technology Hub | |
| 1530 | 1600 | C4.8 | How much project control is too much: the case for and against “Interference”? | A/Prof Chivonne Algeo Monash University |
| 1600 | 1630 | C4.8 | Best practices in project controls and governance | Rod Hemassi Ecosys |
| 1630 | 1700 | C4.8 | Overview & facilitated discussion panel | Geoff Hurst RES |
| 1700 | 1800 | C4.11 | Networking in Technology Hub | |
| 1900 | 2300 | Conference Dinner at Dockside Darling Harbour | ||
Friday 22 September 2017
| Start | Finish | Room | Details | Speaker |
| 800 | 830 | Foyer | Conference Registration/ Coffee | |
| 830 | 845 | C4.8 | Day 1 Summary by ACES NSW President and RES NSW President |
Stephen Bird TBH Pedram Danesh-Mand Aquenta – a Jacobs company |
| 845 | 915 | C4.8 | Welcome & Government Prospective | Mehreen Faruqi MP NSW Greens |
| 915 | 945 | C4.8 | tbc | Yvonne Butler Australian Institute of Project Management |
| 945 | 1015 | C4.8 | Cost overruns on public infrastructure: how to improve estimation & management costs more | Marion Terrill The Grattan Institute |
| 1015 | 1030 | C4.11 | Morning Tea in Technology Hub | |
| 1030 | 1100 | C4.8 | Diversity in engineering and project controls | Patrick Hill Aquenta – a Jacobs Company |
| 1100 | 1130 | C4.8 | Do we need more audits & compliance (QA) or more professionalism (QC)? | Alexia Nalewaik QS Requin |
| 1130 | 1200 | C4.8 | Panel Discussion | |
| 1200 | 1245 | C4.11 | Luncheon in Technology Hub | |
| People Stream 2 1245-1500 Room C4.8 |
Process Stream 2 1245-1500 Room C4.9 |
Technology Stream 2 1245-1500 Room C4.10 |
| 1245-1315 The (mis)-interpretation of project data Sridhar Ernakulam Turner and Townsend Australia |
1245-1315 Using critical chain project management (CCPM) to deliver a high performance result more David Hodes Ensemble Consulting Group |
1245-1315 Independency & risk management in large portfolios more Michael Downing MACE Group |
| 1315-1345 Executive Guide to breakthrough project management more Robert Bolton Real Capacity |
1315-1345 Improving productivity, value for money & delivery performance more Paul Schmidt Queensland Government |
1315-1345 Measuring success with predictive analytics model more Kaveh Kia Upstream Integrated Systems |
| 1345-1415 Cost Engineering more Adrian Predoi LogiKal Projects |
1345-1415 Reviewing a baseline schedule more Devendra Chhangani WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff |
1345-1415 OSCAM more David Garrett DAS |
| 1415-1445 The management challenges of building a World Cup stadium in the Amazon more Aldo Mattos Aldo Mattos Consultancy |
1415-1445 Design phase control frameworks more Colin Browne Metropolis Advisory |
1415-1445 Aspect3 hard dollar implementation more Kylie Dwyer Aurizon |
| 1445-1500 Stream Panel Q&A | 1445-1500 Stream Panel Q&A | 1445-1500 Stream Panel Q&A |
| 1500 | 1530 | C4.11 | Afternoon Tea in Technology Hub | |
| 1530 | 1600 | C4.8 | Using data to predict the future | Rob Phillpot Aconex |
| 1600 | 1630 | C4.8 | So what do best practice project controls really look like? | Enrique Ugarte Helmsman Institute |
| 1630 | 1645 | C4.8 | Conclusion & thank you from the National Presidents of ACES & RES | Nolan Bear ACES Geoff Hurst RES |
| 1645 | PROJECT CONTROLS 2017 CLOSE | |||
