Asset Management Council

Webinar - Data to decision making
2026-07-23 18:00 - 19:15 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online – Register to be sent your link
There is a common theme building around ensuring we have a clear line of sight from data to decision making.
The idea is that any data we collect needs to align with the core value drivers for the organisation and the associated decision points. Each presentation will speak to this concept from a different perspective.
Presentations:
Executive Engagement

Executive sponsorship and governance provide the ownership, accountability, and momentum needed to successfully deliver asset data transformation. Communicating the asset data model in business terms helps executives understand its value in improving investment decisions, reducing risk, and enhancing operational outcomes. Early stakeholder engagement, clear communication, and practical examples build confidence, support change adoption, and sustain commitment.

Ian Aldridge is a water industry professional with over 30 years of international experience. Throughout his career, he has led the lifecycle delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure projects across the UK and Australia, developed asset management frameworks with a particular focus on asset data and information management, and supported utilities in improving operational performance and long-term asset sustainability. A passionate advocate for the value of high-quality data and information, Ian is well placed to share insights on asset management, digital transformation, infrastructure planning, and the critical role that data plays in delivering sustainable and resilient water services.

Leveraging asset portfolio data for integrated maintenance investment modelling

How do you turn millions of asset data records into confident maintenance decisions? Main Roads Western Australia manages a diverse infrastructure portfolio spanning roads, bridges, electrical assets, intelligent transport systems and associated infrastructure across one of the largest geographically spread road networks in the world. This presentation explores the critical role of data quality, completeness and timeliness in building a reliable long-term maintenance investment model. It shares the journey of transforming disparate data sources into asset-class-specific models that collectively provide a portfolio-wide view of future maintenance needs. The result is an integrated decision-support capability that translates complex asset information into practical, evidence-based insights for long-term maintenance planning and investments.

Lalinda Karunaratne leads the asset management modelling and analytics function at Main Roads Western Australia, with a multi-disciplinary team spanning modelling, analytics and geospatial intelligence to strengthen evidence-based maintenance planning and investment decision-making. With over 15 years’ experience across engineering, consulting and government, Lalinda specialises in asset lifecycle modelling, data governance and communicating complex technical data to support strategic decision-making. Lalinda is a Chartered Engineer (CPEng), Certified Practitioner in Asset Management (CPAM), and a Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA), with postgraduate qualifications in infrastructure asset management and pavement engineering.

Data to Dollars: Data from the Executive’s Viewpoint

Executives do not experience data as rows, tags, dashboards, or reports. They experience data as confidence, risk, timing, trade-offs, accountability, and enterprise value. This 15-minute executive overview introduces Data to Dollars: a practical framework for converting operational evidence into better decisions, better actions, and measurable outcomes across financial performance, safety, environmental stewardship, service reliability, and license to operate. The session also reframes data sustainability. Data are sustainable when they are anchored to gaming-resistant KPIs that signal the value being sought — as leading or lagging indicators. When the KPI is meaningful, the data required to support it become durable, governed, and decision-relevant. The message is simple: data are the difference between deciding and guessing. The executive challenge is to create a clear line of sight from operational evidence to enterprise value.

Drew Troyer is an asset management, reliability, and sustainable manufacturing executive with more than 35 years of industrial experience. A former senior asset management leader with Rio Tinto and Anglo American, he is now Executive Principal – Asset Management & Sustainable Manufacturing with Bootleg Advisors. He has authored more than 450 publications and is the founder and editor of Reliable Magazine. Drew holds an MBA from Oklahoma City University and a master’s degree in sustainability from Harvard University. His work helps executives connect operational evidence, risk, and decision architecture to measurable enterprise value.

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Online Workshop 4 of 4 - Human-AI Boundary Framework for Asset Management Project (Work, Operations and Intervention)
2026-07-30 12:00 - 13:00
AI is rapidly entering asset management — but where should it support decision-making, and where must humans remain responsible? This online workshop series invites AMCouncil members and asset management professionals to explore the Human–AI Boundary in asset management, sharing practical examples, concerns and insights across the asset lifecycle to help shape future AMCouncil guidance.
Online Workshop 4 of 4 – Human-AI Boundary Framework for Asset Management Project
Title: Work, Operations and Investment
Purpose: Explore when AI should move form decision support into action.
Focus areas: Work orders, scheduling, field support, operations optimisation, automated intervention, human override
Core Question: “When should AI move from recommending work to triggering work?”
Participant Expectations: Attend one or more online workshops, respond to live polls, contribute questions or comments, complete a short post-session survey
Benefits to Participants: 1hr CPD point per online workshop, access to workshop notes, exposure to collective emerging AI-in-AM thinking, chance to shape AMCouncil guidance, opportunity to hear cross-sector examples
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This session is part of AMCouncil’s online workshop series exploring What Should AI Do in Asset Management — and What Must Humans Still Do?
Participants are welcome to attend one or more workshops. Each session will focus on a different asset management decision area and help shape AMCouncil’s Human–AI Boundary Framework for Asset Management.

Workshop 1: Knowing the Asset – Thursday 25 June – Register here
Workshop 2: Condition, Performance and Risk – Wednesday 1 July – Register here
Workshop 3: Planning, Prioritisation and Investment – Wednesday 15 July – Register here
Workshop 4: Work, Operations and Intervention – Thursday 30 July – Register here

Webinar - China’s Three-Tier Digital Transformation Architecture: From Infrastructure to Industry Intelligence
2026-08-12 13:00 - 13:30
In this session, Fan Yunjie will introduce a progressive three-tier architecture for digital solutions spanning five key sectors: digital governance, non-traditional security, national communications, unmanned intelligence and industry applications. The architecture provides a complete end-to-end framework, extending from foundational infrastructure and shared technology platforms through to industry-specific applications. It supports digital transformation across a diverse range of sectors through solutions tailored to different levels of organisational need and capability.
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Fan Yunjie is a Senior Engineer with more than 10 years of extensive experience across public safety, emergency response, digital government and related fields. She has significant experience in providing technical support and delivering overseas projects, and has led the development of several national-level digital platforms and industrial digitalisation initiatives.

Webinar - Global Asset Management Summit: Repeatable Success Stories from Washington DC
2026-08-13 08:00 - 09:00
Join us to explore Global Asset Management Summit: Repeatable Success Stories from Washington DC, web presentations building on the April 2026 Summit,
featuring:

Kerry Lowman is Asset Management Program Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Civil Works. He is a Civil Engineer with more than 17 years at the USACE, Civil Works. He has progressed from his original Structural Engineer position to Regional Asset Manager and is now Asset Management Program Manager. When asked to speak with us, Mr. Lowman was excited to share the 2026 US Army Engineering Research and Development Report on how the USACE Civil Engineers is improving how it estimates the likelihood of failure for its infrastructure, with recent reports highlighting a transition from expert-based assessments toward data-driven, statistical models to support risk-informed decisions. This will be provided in the VBAM format. Peter Dodgian formerly represented USACE.

Richard Dietz is Project Manager – Capital Asset Replacement Scheduling System at Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the Government of Washington, D.C. He has presented the measurable values and benefits from having 100 departments use the same system to report to the CFO, where more than US$22 billion is managed every year. By running the Asset Management system through the Chief Financial Office, there is a fiscal incentive to report assets accurately. With an increased amount of Asset Management efficiency and effectiveness, the department continues to develop gains for the City. Learn how AI and other tools and processes have continually improved Asset Management outcomes for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of Washington, D.C. The DC Government commitment to continual improvement is itself a value and benefit to the tax payers, citizens, and guest of the United States Capital.

The presentations will be followed by a Discussion Panel with Kerry Lowman, Richard Dietz, Nick Phillips, Mike Bordenaro, and Peter Kohler to answer your questions!
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Webinar - Tauranga City's Wedge Model: Getting Asset Information Right the First Time and Building In-house Capability
2026-09-01 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on how Tauranga City Council’s City Water team used the Wedge Model to get asset data right first time and build in-house capability. It sets clear asset information requirements, embeds ISO 19650-aligned ways of working in live projects, and transfers knowledge through shadow consulting so the council team can lead without ongoing external support.
The work improved handover readiness and reduced information chasing and rework. The delivery milestone was a digital twin water network pilot (March 2025) bringing together GIS, hydraulic modelling and SCADA to support day-to-day operational decisions.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Juan Martinez brings a unique blend of experience from both the private consultancy sector and local government, offering deep insights into the operational and strategic challenges faced on each side. In his current role as Digital Engineering Lead at City Waters, Juan has developed and implemented an Information Management framework aligned with ISO principles, driving the adoption of digital engineering practices across infrastructure projects. His leadership is rooted in a strong commitment to sustainability and systems efficiency. Juan is an active contributor to the water industry, regularly speaking at national conferences and playing a key role in the development of data standards for water assets. He is currently one of the four national BIM in NZ advisors, and an active collaborator within WaterNZ SWIG Digital Engineering and AI Forum AEC working groups. His collaborative approach and strategic thinking have earned him recognition as a valued voice in the digital transformation of infrastructure delivery. Juan is known for his ability to build strong relationships across all organizational levels — from frontline operators to senior executives — creating trust and alignment in complex initiatives. He brings a systems-thinking lens to every challenge, recognizing interdependencies and long-term impacts. His collaborative attitude fosters cross-functional engagement, ensuring that digital engineering solutions are not only technically sound but widely supported and successfully adopted.

Asem Zabin is an Executive Advisor with GHD, leading the Data & AI Advisory business across the Asia Pacific region. He specialises in asset management, digital transformation, information management, and data-driven decision making for infrastructure-intensive organisations. Over the past 15 years, Asem has helped public and private sector clients improve asset performance, strengthen organisational capability, and deliver innovative asset management solutions. He is a recipient of the 2024 ACE New Zealand Futurespace Award, the 2025 ACE New Zealand Special Gold Award, and the 2026 Āpōpō Supreme Project Award for excellence in infrastructure asset management. He is currently completing a PhD focused on ontology engineering and information management for infrastructure assets, with a research interest in improving the quality, accessibility, and governance of asset information.

Webinar - Remote monitoring of plants utilising intuitive Ecosystems
2026-09-02 12:00 - 13:00
This webinar will explore how maintenance and condition-monitoring technologies can be integrated into a centralised platform, providing streamlined data access and real-time push notifications through an intuitive web portal and mobile app.
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Mark Ciechanowicz is the Industrial Lifetime Solutions Manager – Pacific at Schaeffler Australia. He has more than 30 years of experience in reliability, including vibration analysis, infrared thermography, electric motor testing and tribology services. His experience also includes condition-monitoring product development and service management.

Webinar - Resilience at Scale: Transforming the Essential Energy Network through Composite Pole Transition
2026-09-08 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on how, by transitioning to composite poles, Essential Energy is building a stronger, more resilient network that reduces outages, shortens restoration times, and delivers safer, more reliable electricity for the customers and communities we serve, when they need it most.
Managing 1.4 million poles and replacing more than 9,000 end-of-life assets each year, Essential Energy is future-proofing one of Australia’s largest distribution networks.
An ageing timber pole fleet, constrained supply and escalating climate risk drove a decisive transition to composite poles. With one in five poles in bushfire-prone areas, composite materials strengthen resilience, improve survivability, reduce outages and accelerate restoration, thereby safeguarding customer outcomes and network reliability.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Deepak Pais is the Manager Engineering – Network Standards at Essential Energy. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia with 24 years of experience in Asset Management and Engineering across electricity and manufacturing sectors. Deepak is responsible for Essential Energy’s design, construction and maintenance standards, asset failure investigations, material testing, quality assurance and material supply contracts. He has delivered on industry leading initiatives on new material technologies and standards that have improved network safety, reliability and value for money outcomes for customers. Recognised in the industry for his technical and commercial acumen, Deepak’s work has contributed to network hardening and resilience to better manage climate change impacts. Deepak actively contributes to several industry committees like CIGRE, Standards Australia, Energy Networks Association and has served as the Chair of the Distribution Industry Working Group. He is also an educator having trained many industry professionals over the last 14 years in a range of electrical engineering topics. He has been the recipient of ‘Award for Excellence in Teaching and Professional Training’ on two occasions recognising his contributions to quality Engineering education that focuses on industry best practice.

Webinar - Closing the Gaps: A Decade of Measurable Asset Management Improvement at EnergyAustralia
2026-09-15 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on EnergyAustralia’s Asset Management System maturity journey from 2016 to 2025.
In 2016, EnergyAustralia identified significant deficiencies in its Asset Management System through its first fleet wide Asset Management Review. In 2025, a comprehensive AS/ISO 55001-aligned Asset Management Maturity Assessment demonstrated measurable uplift: 4 major gaps fully closed, 10 materially progressed, and only 1 legacy gap outstanding.
In the time between the two assessments, a sustained program of design, implementation, and optimisation of Asset Management artifacts, processes and procedures have been implemented. The implementation of the mature Asset Management System has required consistent effort, heavy stakeholder engagement, regular leadership alignment and involvement, and a lot of passion and enthusiasm from the team.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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April Jewell is the Asset Management Systems Lead at EnergyAustralia

Webinar - Transforming Infrastructure Decision Making: Aqwest's Strategic Decommissioning and Infrastructure Prioritisation Framework
2026-09-22 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on how Aqwest, in partnership with BetterAIM, developed a transparent, corporate-objective-aligned decision framework to address increasing climate risk, ageing infrastructure and uncertainty around which assets should be renewed, retained or decommissioned within the Bunbury Water Supply Scheme.
The co-designed methodology integrates weighted strategic objectives, risk and benefit scoring, and pre- and post-mitigant analysis to prioritise activities across the entire scheme. The framework transformed reactive project listings into structured, evidence-based infrastructure governance.
The framework has reshaped the Strategic Asset Plan and long-term water strategy, strengthened Board confidence, and is being embedded more broadly within the organisation. It represents a significant innovation in infrastructure planning under uncertainty.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Cameron Jessup is the Regional Director – Queensland / Technical Director – Water Services Advisory at BetterAIM.

Webinar - SA Power Network's High-resolution Cost-effective AI Model for Lightning and Vegetation Risks in Power Grids
2026-10-06 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on a machine learning framework developed to quantify the probability of asset failure caused by lightning and vegetation. By integrating geospatial datasets and satellite remote sensing sources, the model produces dynamic risk profiles and provides the means for SA Power Networks to move towards more predictive risk mitigation.
Key aspects include:

Granular Precision: Assess individual asset risk by fusing crowdsourced and satellite data.
Scalable Design: Easily extends to new failure modes and data sources with minimal incremental cost.
Actionable Impact: Optimises maintenance and targets capital investment using frequent 16-day monitoring cycles.

Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Artur Sokolovsky works across machine learning, data engineering and data strategy, contributing to enterprise ML initiatives and helping to build and maintain Python and Snowflake pipelines for Asset Risk Monetisation, Computer Vision and internal LLM integrations. He has supported the deployment of a dedicated Snowflake Datalab environment and helped establish and facilitate research collaborations with international academic institutions. Artur also works closely with engineering and business teams to encourage internal data adoption and strengthen cross-functional alignment. Beyond his technical work, Artur is actively involved in workplace culture and mentorship initiatives, including contributing to internal peer-recognition programs and assisting with Computer Vision technical challenges for high school STEM outreach.

Webinar - Embedding Sustainability into Water Corporation's Asset Management Practices
2026-10-27 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on how Water Corporation has embedded sustainability into asset management decision-making throughout the asset lifecycle by integrating sustainability requirements across project planning, design and delivery using a new Sustainable Assets Guideline and Option Assessment tool.
The sustainability outcomes outlined in the guideline are aligned to Corporate and Asset Management Objectives, ESG Strategy and the Infrastructure Sustainability (IS) Rating Scheme. This approach integrates early materiality assessment, option assessment, risk/opportunity management with measurable targets which is now applied to all Water Corporation major projects.
This approach has resulted in quadruple bottom line outcomes and improved decision quality delivering enhanced sustainability value to our customers and communities.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Georgina Hurst is the Principal – Performance and Forecasting in the Asset Strategy Business Unit for Water Corporation.

Webinar - TasWater's Sewer Regional Master Plans
2026-11-10 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on how the Sewer Regional Master Plans establish a coordinated, long-term strategy for Tasmania’s sewerage systems to 2070.
A slide-based format has been adopted to present complex technical information in a clear, accessible, and enduring way. Supported by detailed engineering reports and calculations, the plans focus on the information needs of internal and external stakeholders and provide explicit direction to the project delivery, operations, renewals, and development teams.
This approach ensures strategic intent, future concepts, and risk-based decisions are visible, shareable, and retained beyond individual roles or traditional report-based documents.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Jason Carter is a Specialist Planning Engineer at TasWater.

Webinar - Monash University's Asset Data Capture Project
2026-11-17 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on how Monash University’s Buildings and Property has delivered a multistage project to strengthen asset information governance and unify fragmented building services asset registers into a single, standards-based campus-wide register.
Guided by the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) Asset Management Accountability Framework (AMAF) requirements, the project established clear asset information requirements (guardrails), standardised data models, and consistent processes for internal teams and external service providers.
Implementation was supported through targeted training, pilot programs, and streamlined data acquisition and consolidation activities. The resulting asset register provides a reliable foundation for whole-of-life, evidence-based decision-making, enhancing compliance, risk management, planning capability, and overall portfolio performance management.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Jasreen Dhillon is a Senior Manager, Strategic Asset Planning and Reporting, with Monash University.

Webinar - Transgrid's Gorilla Robot Delivers Smarter and Safer Solutions
2026-11-24 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation will focus on how Transgrid deployed Gorilla Mk1, an innovative conductor-stringing robot by Crest Robotics, to address the complexity and high risks associated with installing high voltage transmission line conductors above roads and overhead lines.
Traditionally, these activities require extensive temporary works, including guard structures and safety nets, heavy plant, traffic control and exposure to working at significant heights. The Gorilla Mk1 system utilises a “cradle-block” configuration to ensure controlled conductor installation, ensuring the conductor remains safely above roadways or other obstacles.
Through strong collaboration between Asset Management, Infrastructure Delivery and Crest Robotics, Transgrid embedded this innovation into standard practice, transforming a high-risk, labour-intensive activity into a safer, engineered and repeatable solution that delivers sustained safety and lifecycle value.
Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2026 Excellence Awards.
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Charles Kurniawan is the Director of Asset Management at Transgrid.
