by Kai | Aug 25, 2011 | Uncategorised
Sponsorship Packages
Asset Management Conference Melbourne 2013
3 – 6 June 2013
MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
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With sponsorship packages tailored to suit a variety of commitment levels, there are solutions for companies of all sizes to be involved. We also welcome input from potential sponsor to ensure that our packages meet your needs and
objectives.
“One of the few conferences where all the ‘right’ asset management people and executives are in the same place.It’s great for networking and meeting people.”
Mick Windsor, CEO, Windsor Business Solutions
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Branding Sponsorship opportunities include:
Hosting Sponsorship opportunities include:
*multiple opportunities available
For detailed information about all these opportunities, as well as exhibiting, please download brochure or contact Zoë Fitzpatrick on 03 9819 2515 or training@amcouncil.com.au
Pricipal Sponsor of the Asset Management Conference
by Kai | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorised
Hands-on Workshops
Sharpen your Asset Management skills and knowledge by particpating in any of our specialised workshops conducted as part of the ICOMS Asset Management Conference, running on Friday June 8th, from 9.00am to 4.30pm.
Workshop 1: Developing an Asset Renewal Strategy Dr. Diederik Lugtigheid, Haultrax
Do you have an asset renewal strategy? How effective is it? Without an asset renewal strategy, assets deteriorate and managers face the consequences of ageing plants, such as reduced quality/output, efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Workshop 2: Leading Process Innovation in Asset Managemen Steve Doran, Infrastream Pty Ltd
Asset management and maintenance leaders are driven by increasingly heightened pressure to improve the organisation’s bottom line. In this environment, continuing with the status quo poses great risks, especially in contrast to the potential benefits to be gained through the pursuit of innovation. Highlighting people, process and technology success keys, this practical and interactive workshop will equip attendees to lead and influence process innovation in asset management within their organisation by:
• Exploring the common pitfalls and hurdles in this field and how to overcome them
• Working through a staged approach to developing and implementing such changes
• Describing five common step change opportunities, by example and from across the asset life cycle, with proven outcomes
• Outlining eight support framework elements to boost asset performance improvement activity from frontline staff or contractors
Workshop 4: Asset Management Plans Ernst Krauss, Woodside
The Asset Management Council’s definition of asset management is – “The life cycle management of physical assets to achieve the stated outputs of the enterprise.” As a result, an Asset Management Plan (AMP) should directly support the requirements of the Business Plan. The content of the AMP should both articulate the required asset outputs and support the achievement of those outputs.
Workshop 6: Technology Innovation Hemant Rathod, SAP
Technology to Enhance Field-Force Productivity – The new generation of IT solutions provides ways to ensure that information travels to the user rather than user travel to access the information.
High Performing Asset Analytics – This session will give a quick view on some of the new applications developed on HANA based analytical platform and provide an opportunity to all participants to judge and identify areas where they can use such technology and bring in value for their day–to-day analytical needs.
Workshop 7: How to Predict Reliability and Availability for New Projects Michael Drew, ARMS Reliability
If you are concerned with maximizing uptime, minimizing unplanned downtime, minimizing maintenance costs and truly understanding the impact your proposed maintenance strategy will have on the design of your next capital project, then this educational series will provide you with the tools you need to make an informed decision about your organizations projects.
For a more detailed look at the workshops:
Download the ICOMS Registration Brochure 2012
If you have any questions please email the conference secretariat at training@amcouncil.com.au
by Kai | Jun 27, 2011 | Uncategorised
Surrounded as it is by the coast and untamed wilderness, Hobart offers plenty of opportunity for active pursuits. Take a hike up Mount Wellington or get an adrenaline rush on a mountain bike ride down; take an exhilarating white-water jet boat ride on the stunning Huon River; journey through the treetops of the spectacular Tahune National Forest on the elevated Airwalk walkway; or simply explore the wilderness surrounding Hobart in one of the many World Heritage Areas such as Mount Field National Park. For more leisurely pursuits, Hobart is just a short trip to Port Arthur where you can learn about Australia’s harsh convict history, Moorilla estate where you can drink fine wine and visit the world class Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) and Barilla Bay where you can shuck your own oysters, just fresh out of the water.
Take advantage of the long weekend following the conference to explore the many attractions that Hobart has to offer.
The Weather
June is winter in Tasmania and while the mountains surrounding Hobart are often sprinkled with snow during this season, at the city’s sea level the temperature average is between 5.2 °C and 11.6 (°C). Hobart has a low average rainfall during this season and is in fact the 2nd driest city in Australia (after Adelaide) resulting in clear, crisp days.
Travel
By Air
Four airlines, Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Blue and Tiger Airways, operate regular daily jet services between mainland Australia and Hobart, Tasmania. A wide variety of flight times are available throughout the day. Frequent scheduled direct flights cross Bass Strait daily from Melbourne (approx one hour), Sydney (approx two hours) and Brisbane (approx three hours) to Hobart. Convenient connections from international hubs and all other Australian states are also available.
By Sea
Delegates may enjoy the opportunity to experience sea travel, journeying from Melbourne to Tasmania with their cars on the Spirit of Tasmania. On board, a range of accommodation options is available and entertainment options abound including restaurants, bars and lounges.
Of particular benefit is the ability to bring your own car to Tasmania, providing the perfect opportunity for pre and post-conference touring. The service departs Melbourne nightly at 9pm and arrives in Devonport (in northern Tasmania) at 7am the following morning.
To and from the airport
Wrest Point is located only 3 km from the city centre of Hobart and 24 km from the airport. There are a number of options available for travelling between Wrest Point and the airport:
Several taxi companies regularly service the airport with a taxi rank located out the front of the Domestic Terminal – expect to pay approximately AU$40 for a one way trip.
Book your
accomodation today through
OzAccom with
delegate discounts and block booking available.
by Kai | May 9, 2011 | Uncategorised
Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Venue Map
by Kai | May 6, 2011 | Uncategorised
Practitioner Forum: Certification for Asset Management and Maintenance
2-4:30pm, Monday 16th May
Objective – to better understand the coverage and nature of existing certification programs for mutual recognition and linkages
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What is asset management and maintenance engineering? (discussion results from Sunday exchange meeting) |
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Current International Schemes
What subjects are covered by various international schemes?
How are the schemes assessed?
15 minutes each on
PEMAC scheme, Cindy Snedden, Manager – Maintenance Management Professional Certificate Program, PEMAC, Canada
CMRP, Tim Goshert, Outreach Director, SMRP, USA
ABRAMAN, Athayde Ribeiro, CEO ABRAMAN, Brazil
EFNMS, Jan Franlund, Certification Committee Chair, EFNMS, Sweden
CPAM, Sally Nugent, CEO Asset Management Council, Australia
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How GFMAM is working to acknowledge and harmonize these schemes |
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Discussion |
Panel: Asset Management and Sustainability
Picture this scenario. A company wishes to build an asset, and operate to failure. This choice will provide the best return to shareholders. The community may not regard this as sustainable.
Questions
What is sustainability in asset management terms?
What does the community consider to be sustainability?
What might asset management practitioners need to take into account in the future?
Who decides?
Panellists
Peter Way, IPWEA
Tim Goshert, SMRP
Richard Edwards, IAM, UK
Chris Adams, AWA
Background
Sustainability is defined in many ways by asset management practitioners. So what is sustainability, and how does it interrelate with asset management?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ecology, the word describes how biological systems remain diverse and productive over time. Long-lived and healthy wetlands and forests are examples of sustainable biological systems. For humans, sustainability is the potential for long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions.
The word sustainability is derived from the Latin sustinere (tenere, to hold; sus, up). Dictionaries provide more than ten meanings for sustain, the main ones being to “maintain”, “support”, or “endure”.[4][5] However, since the 1980s sustainability has been used more in the sense of human sustainability on planet Earth and this has resulted in the most widely quoted definition of sustainability and sustainable development, that of the Brundtland Commission of the United Nations on March 20, 1987: “sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”[6][7]
The Institute of Public Works Engineering have, in their position paper on “SUSTAINABILITY IN SERVICE PROVISION” (http://www.ipwea.org.au/nams/upload/PP2.pdf), suggested that this view of sustainability be adopted, and therefore considered part of the triple bottom line, but that people operating in different parts of a business or organisation – such as physical asset management, financial management, customers – will have different and narrower definitions of sustainability.
The emerging ISO standard on asset management has a draft definition of asset management as “systematic and coordinated activities and practices through which an organization optimally and sustainably manages its assets and asset systems, their associated performance, risks and expenditures over their life cycles for the purpose of achieving its organizational strategic plan”
Panel: ISO Asset Management Standard
There is an international committee developing the ISO Asset Management Standards
Questions
What is the overall intent of developing this standard beyond PAS55?
This standard is not about assets – what is it about?
What material should the standard cover?
How are people and IP covered by the standard?
What are the relationships between safety, environment, quality systems and asset management?
Has sustainability been suitably defined?
How will the standard deal with the differences between simple and complex systems?
How will the standard manage different approaches by different industries and disciplines?
Panellists
David McKeown, IAM
John Hardwick, ENA
Peter Kohler, AM Council
Wil Carey, AM Council Standards Advisory Panel
by Kai | Mar 21, 2011 | Uncategorised
Conference Accommodation
Asset Management Conference Melbourne 2013
3 – 6 June 2013
MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground)
Close to the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and in easy walking distance to the MCG, for your convenience, OzAccom are able to offer you a variety of accomodation. Block bookings and delegate discounts have been arranged with each Hotel below when booking via the OzAccom site or calling toll free within Australia 1800 814 611 (+61 (0) 7 3854 1611)
Should you wish to look for alternative accomodation in East Melbourne or the CBD, Booking.com and Wotif.com are helpful sites.
Getting to Melbourne and the CBD
By Air
Four airlines, Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Blue and Tiger Airways all operate out of Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport with a frequent number of connecting flights between major cities within Australia.
Melbourne CBD is only 23km from the Airport taking approx 30minutes by car depending on the time of day you make your journey.
There are various transport options available:
- Sky Bus – With a shuttle service every 20 minuntes to and from Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station – adult return fares are AU$28.
- Star Bus – Airport Shuttle to anywhere in Melbourne. Bookings taken in advance of your travel – Adult oneway fare $17.
- Several car rental companies have desks located in the baggae hall just before exiting the the Domestic Terminal.
- Taxis are abundant with the rank located in front of the Domestic Terminal – expect to pay approximately AU$65 for a one way trip.
By Road
Parking at the Hotels:
Hilton – $27 per day
Mercure – $30 per day
Mantra – $25 per day
Daytime car parking spaces are available at the MCG for delegates. If you require parking then please speak with Zoë upon registering for the conference. Places are limited and must be booked.
By Train
Rail services in Australia differ from state to sate so please check the rail services available from the state you wish to travel from.
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Further Information
Zoë Fitzpatrick
Event Coordinator
Phone: +61 (0)3 9819 2515
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