Agenda

8:30 Registration & Coffee

9:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair
Peter Mathews, Director, Edge Advantage Party Ltd

Keynote Opening Addresses

9:50 The Impact of Queenslands Changing Demography on Infrastructure Needs

• Urban and regional population growth: Where are the hot spots now and in the future?
• Changing demography will lead to changed demands
• What are the implications of these changes for the provision of infrastructure?

Dr Alison Taylor, Manager Demographic & Housing Research Planning, Information & Forecasting Unit, Department of Infrastructure & Planning

10:30 Morning Tea

11:00 Recent Advances in Infrastructure and Engineering Asset Management

Professor Joseph Mathew, Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM)

11:40 Project Risk Integration How to Make it Happen

• Integrating project risk with enterprise risk requirements
• Integrating risks into contracting arrangements
• Integrating safety across the project cycle

Gavin Halling, Director RiskTools and Director, Best Practice Project Management

12:20 Lunch

Infrastructure Sector Overview: Developing Sustainable Industry Infrastructure


Capacity & Demand in the Transport Sector

1:20 Alleviating Congestion on Queensland Roads: Meeting the Demands Inherent when Moving Freight & People

• Congestion in SEQ
• Understanding what users value providing reliable travel times
• Working in partnership with others
• Infrastructure response
• Providing travel options
• Efficient use of existing infrastructure
• Immediate responses
• Innovative responses

Alan Tesch, Director-General, Department of Main Roads

2:00 Urban Congestion Strategy for SEQ

• The challenges, the vision and the solutions
• Key initiatives
• Consultation, engagement and pursuing best practice

Russell Murray, Director Urban Congestion, Queensland Transport

2:40 Afternoon Tea

3:50 QR Network: Building Rail Infrastructure for the Future

• Meeting customers needs and market demands
• Co-operation for supply chain success
• Value-adding alliances
• Future outlook for growth

Michael Carter, Executive General Manager, QR Network

4:40 IIR invites all speakers and delegates to discuss the days presentations at the informal cocktail reception featuring Keynote Ministerial Presentation: Ensuring the Sustainable Growth of Queenslands Infrastructure The Hon Paul Lucas, Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning

8:30 Morning Coffee

9:00 Opening remarks from Chair
Peter Mathews, Director, Edge Advantage Party Ltd

9:50 An Update on Strengthening Regional Linkages within the Northern Economic Triangle

• Creating a sustainable economic and industrial base for Queenslands northern region
• Establishing support mechanisms for inter-regional collaboration
• Harnessing the investment support of the resources and energy industry to develop the region
• Private and public sector organisations linking together to provide supportive infrastructure for the region
• Accommodating isolation and lack of competition in providing reliable and sustainable economic models for infrastructure provision

Representative Northern Economic Triangle Taskforce, Queensland Department of Infrastructure & Planning

10:30 Morning Tea

Infrastructure Investment

11:00 Challenges in Accessing Finance to Develop Queenslands Infrastructure Future

• Pre credit crunch infrastructure financing environment
• Post credit crunch financing environment
• Implications and considerations for future PPPs
• PPP innovations supported debt model / grants and subsidies

John Corbett, Principal, The Peron Group

11:40 Meeting the States Infrastructure Needs through Effective Public Private Partnerships

• Risk allocation
• Advantages of PPPs
• Financial innovation
• Stakeholder engagement

Thao Oakey, Project Director - Infrastructure Investment, Leighton Contractors

12:20 Lunch

Infrastructure Sector Overview: Developing Sustainable Industry Infrastructure

1:20 Future Plans to Ensure the Security of Water Infrastructure in SEQ
Dan Spiller, Acting Executive Director Regional Planning & Policy, Queensland Water Commission

2:00 Developments in Water Infrastructure in Queensland
Damian Gould, Acting Deputy Coordinator-General, Department of Infrastructure & Planning

2:40 Afternoon Tea

3:10 Development of Queenslands Electricity Transmission Grid to Support Economic Growth

• Drivers of electricity demand growth
• Record capital investment program and major projects
• 500kV concept plan for SEQ
• Supporting the transition to a lower emissions generation mix

Gordon Jardine, CEO, Powerlink

3:50 The Role of Demand Management in Meeting the Infrastructure Challenge

• Defining demand management how is it implemented
• The benefits of demand management
• Case studies from electricity and water

Euan Morton, Principal, Synergies Economic Consulting

4:30 Closing Remarks from the Chair

4:40 End of Conference