Agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, 17 February 2009

morning session


8:30am Registration and Coffee

8:55am Speed Networking Session

9:10am Opening Remarks From the Chair:
Andrew McColl, National Director, Integrated Facilities Management, Jones Lang LaSalle

9:15am Facilities Management in the 21st Century

• Innovating the future
• Benchmarking performance
• Contributing to a productive and sustainable Built Environment

Stephen Ballesty, CFM, Director, Rider Levett Bucknall

10:00am Case Study: Is it Really Green? Addressing green procurement from a suppliers perspective

• Making a product green
• Making a product carbon neutral
• Corporate social responsibility
• Identifying genuine sustainable product
• Green procurement as a driver for environmental change

Emily Jones, Director Sales & CSR, Sustainable Living Fabrics

10:45am Morning Tea and Networking Break

11:15am Workshop: Why energy management will influence the future of facility management

• The Problem with energy management now
• Technologies available for lighting & energy management

Alistair Duncan, CEO, Eco-Living Centre

12:15pm Case Study: Disasters on campus: Lessons learned in emergency management
The presentation will consist of several mini case studies of major disasters that affected the Australian National University over the past 6 years and examine the following:

• Emergency management
• Business Continuity
• Lessons learned

Bart Meehan, Associate Director, Facilities and Services, The Australian National University

afternoon session

1:00pm Lunch and Networking Break

2:00pm Case Study: Construction, Asset and Location Based Management

• Reforming construction production management
• Improving construction cost modeling
• Redefining 5D virtual construction
• Creating location-based management systems
• Developing solid asset management practices
• Conducting mass-haul optimisation (road and rail construction)
• Assessing corporate real estate (and its contribution to competitiveness)

Russell Kenley, Director, Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Professor of Management, Swinburne University of Technology

2:45pm Case Study: Strategic Property Asset Management Planning for Government facilities

• Investigating how North Sydney Council developed their Property Asset Management Plan covering 59 facilities in the Property Portfolio

Albert Lo, Property Asset Manager, North Sydney Council

3:30pm Afternoon Tea and Networking Break

4:00pm Case Study: Implementing an innovative risk and opportunity management system for Multiplex Facilities Management.

Martin Loosemore, Proffessor, Associate Dean (Research), University of New South Wales

4:45pm Case Study: Skilled Park, Gold Coast Regional Stadium

• Simultaneously maximising efficiency and spectator experience
• Maintenance and ESD design aspects
• Integrtaed stadium connecting with the community

Warrick Chalmers, Associate Principal, HOK Sport Architecture

5.30pm Closing Remarks from Chair

5.35pm End of Conference

5.40pm Networking Drinks

Day 2: Wednesday, 18 February 2009

morning session

8:55am Opening Remarks From the Chair
Andrew McColl, National Director, Integrated Facilities Management, Jones Lang LaSalle

9:00am Introduction to Site Tour 1- Star City Casino

A presentation based on the key aspects of tomorrows site tour

Christopher Fitzgerald, Facilities Manager, Star City Casino

9:45am Workshop: Managing our precious stock of ageing bridges

• State of our current bridge assets - are they safe, functional?
• Need for Structural Health Monitoring to assess the health of our existing bridges
• New Technologies to detect damage in ageing infrastructure
• New technologies to rehabilitate and extend the life of our bridge assets

Bijan Samali, Professor of Structural Engineering, Head of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of Centre for Built Infrastructure Research, University of Technology Sydney

10:45am Morning Tea and Networking Break

11:15am Introduction to Site Tour 2 The Bond Building

A presentation based on the key aspects of tomorrows site tour

Wayne Ford, Head of Building Services, Dexus Property Group

12:00pm Utilising balanced scorecards to drive profitability

• Why balanced scorecard?
• How to indentify appropriate KPIs for your facility?
• Using the results to drive performance improvement

Ron Dolan, Principal Partner, Parasol Consulting


afternoon session

12:45pm Lunch and Networking Break

1:45pm Workshop: Achieving Flexibility & Cost Efficiency in Leasing: Introducing Lease Buy-Out Options

• Obtaining advantageous leasing agreements
• Resolving property complications
• Constructing and maintaining your assets

Pieter Van Rensburg, Structured Specialised Leasing, Jones Lang LaSalle

2:45pm Risk Management for Facilities Managers

• Evaluating and confronting current risks
• Forecasting the future of risk and security in facility management
• Identifying best practice risk management programs

Greg Harradine, Director, Noel Arnold and Associates

3.30pm The Business of FM

• Establishing a systems approach to FM
• Managing FM business performance
• Moving from cost centre to profit centre

Martin A Leitch, CEO, FM Edge facility management training

4:15pm Closing Remarks from Chair

4:20pm End of Conference