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Thanks to Gary Penn from Aurecon and Mark Dragar from CutlerMerz for their insightful presentations on risk at the November Asset Management Council Adelaide Chapter event last week. Thanks also to all who have turned up to this years Adelaide Chapter events. Thanks also to the Adelaide Chapter committee members in helping make this year a good year and looking forward to working together in developing next years calendar.
Great turn out for the Perth Chapter’s second Government in Asset Management Forum. Thank you to the Treasury Department for sharing an overview of their Strategic Asset Management Framework, the Water Corporation for hosting the event and thanks to those who participated in the forum and discussions.
Thursday saw the last Technical seminar for 2019 for the Brisbane Chapter, the session was focused on the heart of any Asset management System, and that is the people. With two eminent speakers in Dr Monique Beedles and Yvonne Pengilly, the audience were provided with many thought provoking points ranging from career development and competencies to the requirements of being a register Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) and the associated interaction with Asset Management activities. The opportunity was also taken to outline the AMCouncil strategy for 2020-2023.
Abstracts closed for AMPEAK2020 last Friday 22 November. We are overwhelmed by the number of abstracts submitted for AMPEAK2020. Thankyou to all those in the asset management community who have submitted abstracts for consideration by the conference technical review committee. We look forward to connecting at AMPEAK2020 in Melbourne 19th to 22nd April 2019
Sydney chapter had a good turnout for a presentation on “Long Term Investment Planning” for Sydney Water by Barry Mcdonnell and Tim Boyer, on the 20th November 2019.
Barry set the scene by outlining the challenges faced by Sydney Water in meeting the future demands for a growing Sydney: