Wednesday 20 September 2017
Immerse yourself in Project Controls with our Pre-Conference 6 half day workshops!
8am – Workshop Registration
| Timing | Room C4.8 | Room C4.9 | Room C4.10 | |||
| 8.30am – 12.30pm | Projects: Surprises or Science? Getting Confident with Complexity David Hodes Ensemble Consulting Workshop Information |
RES Contingency Guidelines- how to calculate, allocate & control time & cost contingencies Pedram Danesh-Mand Risk Engineering Society Workshop Information |
The application of the Six Elements of Project Controls Lance Stephenson Aecom (Canada) AACE International Representative Workshop InformationWorkshop slides |
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| 1.15pm – 5.15pm | Schedule Risk Analysis in Action Santosh Bhat Australasian Project Planning Workshop Information |
Management of Complex Construction Claims Jim Zack Navigant (USA) Workshop InformationWorkshop Notes |
Augmented Reality & 4D Planning Michael Clarke LOGICAL Projects (UK) Workshop Information |
| 1715 -1815 | Early PCC2017 Registration & Informal Welcome Drinks in Technology Hub | |
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 Chair | 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| Transport|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 | “Re-Inventing Project Controls” More information? click |
Ian Watt InEight |
| 1130 | 1200 | C4.8 | Panel Discussion facilitated by Nolan Bear ACES | |
| 1200 | 1245 | C4.11 | Luncheon in Technology Hub | |
| People Stream 1 1245-1500 Room C4.10 |
Process Stream 1 1245-1500 Room C4.9 Technical Stream Host: PMO Solutions |
Technology Stream 1 1245-1500 Room C4.8 Technical Stream Host: ProjectAI |
| 1245-1315 Engineers as Leaders read more Natasa Gadzuric College of Leadership & Management |
1245-1315 Integrated Project Controls read more Saleh Elshobokshi Laing O’Rourke |
1245-1315 4D + Risk in augmented reality – a live demonstration of virtual design and construction using Hololens read more Pieter Rautenbach Red Arrow |
| 1315-1345 Future Proofing Australia’s Project Controllers read more Lawrie Kirk APMG International |
1315-1345 Projects as complex adaptive systems – a complexity science approach to controlling complex project risk read more Warren Black International Center for Complex Project Management |
1315-1345 Closing the gap – advancements in real-time field reporting read more Adrian Smith Envision |
| 1345-1415 Project Controls in a challenging major project environment read more Ross Hall & Troy Burton Aurecon |
1345-1415 Probabilistic Contingency Estimation for Major Projects – schedule and cost read more Pedram Danesh-Mand Aquenta/Jacobs |
1345-1415 Visualising performance data for programs & projects read more Jonathan Shahady TBH |
| 1415-1445 The Project Manager and the Cost Engineer read more Lou Vidotto Vidotto Group |
1415-1445 A global review of project cost & schedule contingence methods read more Colin Cropley Risk Integration Management Pty Ltd |
1415-1445 Optimisation of project decision making + mitigation strategy selection read 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”? more information? click |
A/Prof Chivonne Algeo Monash University |
| 1600 | 1630 | C4.8 | A Dirty Little Secret: Project Controls is Not Enough more information? click |
Rod Hemassi EcoSys |
| 1630 | 1700 | C4.8 | Overview & facilitated discussion panel | Geoff Hurst RES |
| 1700 | 1830 | C4.11 | Official Networking in Technology Hub – Proudly Sponsored by Edsico | |
| 1900 | 2300 | Conference Dinner at Dockside Darling Harbour Proudly Sponsored by tbh | ||
| 1945 | After Dinner Speaker: Shankar Sankaran, UTS “Learning about project controls from life-stories of megaproject managers.” click |
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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 Chair 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 | The New Iron Triangle – Politics, Finance and Community More information? click |
Yvonne Butler Australian Institute of Project Management |
| 945 | 1015 | C4.8 | Cost overruns on public infrastructure: how to improve estimation & management costs More information? click |
Marion Terrill The Grattan Institute |
| 1015 | 1030 | C4.11 | Morning Tea in Technology Hub | |
| 1030 | 1100 | C4.8 | Diversity in engineering and project controls | Adele Eagleton Jacobs |
| 1100 | 1130 | C4.8 | Do we need more audits & compliance (QA) or more professionalism (QC)? | Alexia Nalewaik AACEI President Elect |
| 1130 | 1200 | C4.8 | Panel Discussion facilitated by Geoff Hurst RES | |
| 1200 | 1245 | C4.11 | Luncheon in Technology Hub | |
| People Stream 2 1245-1500 Room C4.10 Stream Host & Corporate Partner: Resrodel |
Process Stream 2 1245-1500 Room C4.9 |
Technology Stream 2 1245-1500 Room C4.8 Technical Stream Host: QA Software |
| 1245-1315 Effort Management for Project Based Enterprises read more Alex James Resrodel |
1245-1315 Using critical chain project management (CCPM) to deliver a high performance result read more David Hodes Ensemble Consulting Group |
1245-1315 Independency & risk management in large portfolios read more Michael Downing MACE Group |
| 1315-1345 Executive Guide to breakthrough project management read more Robert Bolton Real Capacity |
1315-1345 Transport and Main Roads Controls Framework read more Paul Schmidt Queensland Government |
1315-1345 Ensuring Project Success with Faster, more Effective Planning Processes Wayne Wilson Prescience Technologyread more |
| 1345-1415 Cost Engineering read more Brendan Hodge LOGIKAL Projects |
1345-1415 Fast Track Projects – The Cost/Schedule Trade-Off Dilemma: Owner’s Perspective read more Alberto Sanchez RMS |
1345-1415 OSCAM read more David Garrett DAS |
| 1415-1445 Panel Discussion: Prove your worth in control of projects to cost and on time: the practicalities of how to get chartered in Cost Engineering read more |
1415-1445 Practical insights in setting up a project controls framework within a young organisation established to deliver a mega project – Westconnex read more Abhijnan Datta Sydney Motorway Corporation/WestConnex |
1415-1445 Aspect3 hard dollar implementation read 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 | The Most Important Word in Project Controls: Why? click | Guy Barlow Aconex |
| 1600 | 1630 | C4.8 | So what do best practice project controls really look like? More Information? click |
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 | |||
