Program

Morning Yoga over the Harbour

Bridge Marquee at the Pier One Hotel. Sponsored by Comacon.

Mindful Session with Fran Woodruff

Private Dining Room, Pier One Hotel.

Reception and Registration

The Registration Desk opens at 7:30am on Thursday 22 August 2019. Please check in at the forum registration desk before proceeding to the main forum hall.

Welcome to Day One of NCEIF 2019

Welcome to Country
Welcome with Lord Mayor City of Sydney Councillor Clover Moore
Lachlan Hunter,  United Nations. Toward 2030: Australia and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)

Break - Morning Tea

Morning Keynote Sessions

Romilly Madew, Infrastructure Australia. Key findings from the 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit
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Prue Tarmizi, School Infrastructure NSW - Building a house with strong foundations: The role of culture and leadership in high-performing teams
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Pioneers Panel with Lucy Cole-Edelstein, Straight-Talk – part of RPS (Facilitating); Vivien Twyford, Twyfords; Sue Netterfield, Sydney Metro; and Geoff Roberts AM, Greater Sydney Commission

Lunch

AfternoonBreakout Sessions 1

Breakout Room 1: Matagarup Bridge: Changing Perth's skyline one conversation at a time  
Charlie Wilson-Clarke, Cannings Purple and Miranda Nikolich, JAC Communications

‍Main Plenary: Water Security 2020 – 2040 Panel Melanie Layton, GHD (Facilitating); Sophie Walker, SEQ Water; Arli Miller, Sydney Water; Kerin McMahon, Melbourne Water; and Debbie Low, WaterNSW

‍Breakout Room 2: The Transformative Power of Co-Design 
Catherine Searle, Jacobs 

Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2

Breakout Room 1: The stakeholder perspective on impacts/ dealing with professionals? 
Community engagement in relation to Sydney Light rail! 
Margaret Harvie, Plancom and Angela Vithoulkas, Councillor at City of Sydney 

Main Plenary: Green Square’s transformation – community at the core 
Lauren Flaherty, Maria Pavlides and Ali Dexter from City of Sydney

Breakout Room 2: Building resiliance
Allison White and Holly Langler, Infrastructure NSW

Afternoon Breakout Sessions 3

Main Plenary: Through the looking glass. A community group perspective on gettingan infrastructure project built in the local area.
Linda McDonald, Bendigo Bank Support Lindfield Community Group, and Andrew Sweeney, Greengate Property/Support Lindfield Community Group

‍Breakout Room 1: That ambiguous thing called balance 
Denise Wilson, ID Planning

‍Breakout Room 2: Innovative Engagement for Mega‐Projects 
Tim Holmes, Holmes Group Consulting  

Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Breakout Sessions 4

Main Plenary: Moving beyond box ticking: What do we mean by best practice engagement? 
Kirsty Jones, NextGen ANU 

Breakout Room 1: Digging deeper into community views
Tracy Pendergast, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment

‍Breakout Room 2: Westport’s story: understanding and applying the new community engagement paradigm in government infrastructure projects 
Nicole Lockwood, Westport’s Independent Chair  

Catch-Box Forum Review with Max Hardy, Max Hardy Consulting

Forum Close

Forum Cocktail Party - Under the Stars

Sponsored by Comacon

Guided Morning Powerwalk

Meet at Pier One Hotel Concierge. Sponsored by GHD.

Mindful Session with Fran Woodruff

Private Dining Room, Pier One Hotel.

Welcome to Day Two of NCEIF 2019

Morning Keynote Sessions
Keynote address with Eleni Petinos, MP
Mary Anne Graham, Western Sydney Airport.
Andrew McAnulty, Link Housing. The key to delivering Urban Renewal and Affordable Housing Infrastructure - Effective Community Engagement

Break Morning Tea

Morning Keynote Sessions

Kirsty O'Connell, Next Gen ANU. The Next Generation Engagement Program: Delivering on a research agenda
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Matthew Martyn-Jones, Cross River Rail. Building social licence at Queensland top priority Infrastructure project

Donna Groves, Comacon. How do we ensure the voice of lower socio-economic communities is heard in the development and construction of infrastructure?                                            

Lunch

Afternoon Breakout Sessions 1

Breakout Room 1: Work-life balance – job share at an executive level
Julie Browning and Jo Davie, Infrastructure Victoria 

Main Plenary: Young and emerging practitioners’ panel
Marion Short, IAP2 Australasia (Facilitator); Emma Wiggan, RPS; Nina Kozulin, Comacon; Morgan Clark, Roads and Maritime Services; and Ursula Melhem, Aurecon Group

Breakout Room 2: Resilience in the face of community outrage 
Kylie Cochrane, Aurecon & IAP2 International Chair 

Afternoon Breakout Sessions 2

Breakout Room 1: Why Local & Regional Content Group Think Needs to Change  
Ben Hughes, EconomX 

Main Plenary: Energy Panel - Social license to operate in the energy sector
Lisa Stiebel, Neoen Australia; Jonathan Avery, Infrastructure Sustainability Council Australia

Breakout Room 2: Applying a SIA paradigm to engagement practice to improve social well being and project practice
Angela Peace, Umwelt Australia 

Afternoon Breakout Sessions 3

Breakout Room 1: Unpacking the pros and cons of digital engagement 
Anne-Marie Kirkman and Molly Campbell from GHD 

‍Main Plenary: A Data Driven Approach to Social Licence to Operate  
Kieren Moffat, CSIRO Reflexivity  

Breakout Room 2: Four basic tools to set up project communications and engagement for success
Holly Havers, Struber

Break - Afternoon Tea

Interactive Workshop with Kelly Lofberg, Mara Consulting

Mini workshops in using LEGO Serious Play® methods and materials to help facilitate conversations in complex infrastructure

Forum Wrap up and close