Webinar - Managing Spares for Corrective Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance and End-of-Life
2026-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online – Register to be sent your link
Spare parts play a pivotal role in sustaining equipment reliability and availability, a fact that becomes obvious during both corrective and preventative maintenance activities. When spares are well‑managed and strategically utilised, maintenance work becomes faster, more effective, and more predictable — delivering measurable improvements in reliability, availability, and overall cost performance.
This session will explore the practical foundations of effective spare parts management across key focus areas:

Spares procurement and supplier engagement
Storage and preservation practices
Inventory holdings, control, and issuing processes
Access and availability during maintenance windows

Strong practices in these areas ensure maintenance can be completed within the shortest possible time, at optimum cost, and with minimal waste or rework.
We will also examine the challenges associated with spare parts discontinuation (obsolescence) and component end‑of‑life, which can create significant cost, risk, and engineering impacts for many facilities. The webinar will outline practical strategies to mitigate these issues to help maintain equipment availability while organisations navigate the risks of obsolescence.
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Alex Jarufe is a senior Asset Management engineer with 30 years of hands‑on experience across Australia’s heavy industries, including mining and mineral processing, oil and gas, chemical processing, water treatment, power generation, food production and agriculture. Throughout his career, Alex has held key roles spanning Strategic Asset Management, Maintenance Management, Shutdown and Turnaround Management, Maintenance and Reliability Engineering, Spare Parts Optimisation, Root Cause Failure Analysis and Defect Elimination, Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Master Data development and Equipment Design. Alex has extensive practical experience in the identification, management and optimisation of spare parts for complex assets. His work includes developing and deploying strategies to manage obsolescence risk in critical applications, ensuring continued equipment availability and preventing major operational disruptions.

Following the conclusion of our Challenges Associated with Spares Management During the Operational Phase webinar series, we are delighted to present one additional session for those who would like to continue the discussion. This special webinar builds on the themes of the series and offers further practical insights for attendees.

Gladstone Hub Launch
2026-04-09 16:30 - 18:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Ward’s Brewery, 131 Auckland St, Gladstone Central, QLD, 4680, Australia
We are pleased to share that we are launching a new AMCouncil hub in Gladstone.
This local hub will provide an opportunity for asset management professionals in Gladstone and surrounding areas to come together regularly in person, while also dialing in to Brisbane Chapter technical events for the technical component. It is a great way to build local connections, learn from each other, and strengthen the asset management community in the region.
The Gladstone Hub will be led by Tanya Dawson, (Acting) Technical Services Systems & Planning Specialist at Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited.
To kick things off, we would love for you to join us for an informal gathering:
Gladstone Hub Launch
Date: Thursday 9 April
Time: 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Venue: Ward’s Brewery, 131 Auckland St, Gladstone Central
This will be a casual opportunity to meet Tanya, connect with other local asset management professionals, and enjoy some networking in person. Drinks and food will be available to purchase at brewery prices.
We hope you can join us for this exciting first gathering and help us launch the Gladstone Hub.
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AMPEAK Asset Management Conference 2026
2026-04-12 - 2026-04-15 | VIC
AMPEAK is Australia’s premier annual asset management conference, bringing together delegates from across the country to explore cutting-edge trends, new technologies and best practices across all areas of asset management.
Offering a blend of peer-reviewed presentations, interactive workshops, expert keynotes, and networking opportunities its the ideal event for you to gain practical insights, connect with industry leaders and colleagues, and drive meaningful change in your organisation.
AMPEAK26’s theme – Asset Management Powering Productivity and Prosperity – explores how the principles of asset management (value, alignment, leadership) combined with the outcomes it enables (realisation of value, achievement of organisational objectives), and the characteristics it fosters (assurance, adaptability, sustainability) can address both organisational and national productivity challenges and deliver societal value.
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Asset Management Fundamentals - Virtual Classroom
2026-04-20 09:00 - 2026-04-21 13:00, 2026-05-14 09:00 - 2026-05-15 13:00, 2026-06-15 09:00 - 2026-06-16 13:00, 2026-07-13 09:00 - 2026-07-14 13:00, 2026-08-13 09:00 - 2026-08-14 13:00, 2026-09-14 09:00 - 2026-09-15 13:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online – Register to be sent your link
This training course run over two half-days, each from 9am until 1pm AEST (Melbourne time) and delivered in a live interactive online setting, offers a thorough overview of asset management. The purpose of the Asset Management Fundamentals program is to understand the fundamentals of asset management and how they can provide benefits to the organisation.
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Course learning objectives:

Define asset management within the context of ISO 5500x suite, the Asset Management Landscape and AMBoK
Identify the principles that underpin asset management
Identify available asset management tools and techniques that are applicable within organisational context
Identify opportunities to apply these learnings to improve individual and organisational performance.

Course materials provided in conjunction with online course:

Asset Management Fundamentals Workbook: covering the modules and learnings on the course
Living Asset Management, by J Lafria and J Hardwick: whilst touched-upon during the course, this book focuses on the subject of people and the need for good leadership and strategies for developing a high performance culture which ensures excellence in asset management. Click here for more information on Living Asset Management.
Asset Management Council Framework Book: Defines the strategic concepts of which the AM Council’s Asset Management Body of Knowledge (AMBoK) comprises.
AMBoK Publication 001; Companion Guide to ISO 55001

The Online Exam
To recognise and quantify your learning, an online exam is initiated on the day of the course. Should you choose to take and complete the exam, pass the exam, and agree to comply with a Code of Ethics, you will be certified as a Certified Associate in Asset Management (CAAM) – enabling you to offer evidence to your current and future employers of your personal asset management capability and present them with the knowledge that you have a deeper understanding of asset management related topics and issues. Your CAAM is a great step towards furthering your career in asset management.
Course flyer available for download here.

Sydney - Membership Engagement Forum
2026-05-13 18:00 - 19:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Online – Register to be sent your link
This NSW Members Workshop is designed to actively engage AMC members in shaping the Sydney Chapter’s focus, priorities, and ways of working, while grounding discussions in real-world asset management challenges and practice.
The session will create a two-way dialogue between members, the Sydney Chapter, and AMC to ensure chapter activities remain relevant, practical, and value adding.
By the end of the workshop, we will have:

Identified key asset management topics and themes members want the Sydney Chapter to prioritise
Clarified how AMC can better support members and chapters with practical, on the ground asset management
Explored how the Chapter can improve engagement, participation, and knowledge sharing
Surfaced strategic and tactical issues affecting members’ day to day work
Generated clear actions and ideas to shape the Sydney Chapter’s forward program

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Adelaide - Bringing AMPEAK back to SA
2026-05-19 17:00 - 18:00 (Australia/Adelaide) | Lucid Consulting Boardroom, Level 6, 80 Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia
Join us in Adelaide as we bring key insights from AMPEAK 2026 back to the local community and introduce the new Adelaide AMCouncil Chapter Committee.
This one-hour session features a keynote presentation from Graeme Brown (Infrastructure SA) on South Australia’s State Asset Management Policy and Framework, followed by AMPEAK reflections from local practitioners Michael Sinclair and Gerry Mavrogiannis. The session will close with two technical presentations from Adelaide Chapter Chair Phil Kowalczyk, covering asset management in complex operating environments and lifecycle data management aligned to ISO 19650 and ISO 55013.
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Infrastructure SA – AMPEAK Presentation / State Asset Management Policy Update
This presentation articulates the importance of developing and implementing a statewide Government Asset Management Policy and Framework to drive the performance of the assets and ensure optimised infrastructure investments drive economic, environmental, and social value within acceptable government risk tolerances. It includes the need to implement an asset management assurance framework to ensure that the policy and framework deliver on its expected outcomes and benefits.
Infrastructure South Australia (ISA) is a South Australian (SA) Government statutory authority that provides independent expert advice to the SA Government on the coordination, planning, prioritisation, delivery, and operation of assets and infrastructure. ISA recently launched its new 20 – Year State Infrastructure Strategy 2025 – 2045.
The strategy is seeking to achieve four key outcomes:

Paving The Way to Prosperity
Liveable Today, Flourishing Tomorrow
Shaping A Sustainable Future
Elevating Impact

The fourth outcome strives to maximise the value of our existing state government infrastructure and strategically prioritising infrastructure investments by better managing demand, optimising the use of existing assets, strategically maintaining the assets and developing new assets that are aligned to agreed government service levels.
The strategy identifies four key Strategic Asset Management challenges:

Asset Management maturity levels across government agencies are mixed and should be consistent with best practice
Lifecycle maintenance planning is unsophisticated, based upon historical investment, often reactive, short-term, and inefficient
Assets face unnecessary risk exposure, leading to potential asset failures and service disruption
Climate change impacts are not strategically considered, particularly for critical infrastructure, and asset resilience is not integrated into asset planning and prioritisation.

To address these challenges, the Strategy has two recommendations aimed at providing a whole of – lifecycle, Strategic Asset Management approach that is aligned with government priorities and agreed service levels and supports effective demand management.
The recommendations will enable government investment decisions to be informed by sound asset planning with strategic asset management systems, plans and data providing whole of government oversight on the performance of the asset portfolio.
This presentation will describe how the recommendations will be implemented and managed across the SA Government, in support of an economy that is smart, sustainable, inclusive, and fit for the future.

Graeme Brown is an executive leader with extensive experience across asset and infrastructure sectors at Federal, State, and Local Government levels. He brings deep expertise in asset management, infrastructure planning and capital project delivery, as well as safety, security, emergency management, enterprise risk, and business continuity. Graeme has a strong track record spanning both strategy and operations, with a holistic and innovative approach to aligning resources to deliver effective and efficient outcomes. He is recognised for his collaborative leadership style and ability to engage across government, industry, and community stakeholders to maximise value from finite resources.

AMPEAK 2026 Insights
Hear local reflections from the recent AMPEAK 2026 conference, as Adelaide-based practitioners share their key takeaways, emerging themes, and practical insights from across the program. Featuring:

Michael Sinclair is the Assets Lead at Infrastructure Consulting in Adelaide, helping asset owners turn condition, risk and cost into decisions executives can defend and delivery teams can act on. With 18 years across contracting, consulting and client-side roles, he has coordinated Hastings District Council’s 268-bridge network through Cyclone Gabrielle, served as Deputy Team Leader on Waka Kotahi’s Structures Management Contract for Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne, and contributed to the Design and Construction Supervision of the 128m Puketapu super-tee bridge rebuild. He currently leads condition and structural assessment programs across bridges, culverts and marine structures for state government, regulators, councils, and private clients. Michael is a Chartered Professional Engineer and is a member of the Asset Management Council (Committee member and CAAM), IPWEA and PMI. His focus is the space between strategy and delivery and building the systems, conversations and prioritisation that link condition data to capital decisions, across bridges, marine and civil structures today and other critical infrastructure portfolios over time. Outside work, Michael loves to run (2:40 marathon time), 2-handicap golfer and ice hockey captain. Open to conversations with asset owners and executives looking for sharper decisions out of their structures portfolios.

Gerry Mavrogiannis is National Lead – Operational Readiness at Lucid Consulting and an asset management consultant specialising in the mobilisation of asset management functions across infrastructure and capital projects. He brings a strong foundation in financial modelling, economic analysis, and strategic decision support, with experience spanning FMCG, property, infrastructure, and technology sectors. Gerry has led commercial modelling for large-scale capital projects and now focuses on bridging strategy and delivery—ensuring asset management functions are established to operate effectively from day one. His work centres on operational readiness, including governance, processes, systems, and stakeholder alignment, enabling a smooth transition from project delivery into business-as-usual operations.

Leading Through Complexity: Queensland Government uplift on Government-Wide Asset Management Practices
This presentation provides an update on lessons learned following a 2025 industry presentation that explored the complex interplay between cost, risk, and performance in developing effective maintenance and replacement programs within high‑risk, operationally constrained asset portfolios.
The portfolios examined comprise diverse facilities operating under sustained utilisation pressures, limiting access for proactive maintenance, condition assessment, and renewal activities. These constraints significantly increase operational risk and necessitate a more deliberate, risk‑based approach to Asset Management decision‑making.
The presentation outlines the evolution of a criticality‑led framework that balances safety, service continuity, and asset integrity with lifecycle cost considerations. It reflects on implementation challenges, including data quality, contractor engagement, and operating within restricted environments, and identifies the leadership and governance mechanisms that enabled broader adoption across multiple public‑sector organisations.
By reframing Asset Management in terms of business outcomes rather than technical metrics, the approach demonstrates how risk‑informed Asset Management can support productivity, financial sustainability, and long‑term value creation in complex operating environments.
From Design to Disposal: Managing Asset Data Across the Lifecycle with ISO 19650 and ISO 55013
This presentation articulates the importance of managing Asset data through the entire lifecycle of an asset by adopting the principals of ISO 19650 and ISO 55013.
In an era of increasing complexity and digital transformation, the ability to manage asset data effectively across the entire lifecycle – from planning and design through to operation and disposal – is critical to achieving strategic asset management outcomes.
This presentation will explore the convergence of two international standards: ISO 19650, which governs the organisation and digitisation of information about buildings and infrastructure using Building Information Modelling (BIM), and ISO 55013, which provides guidance on the Management of Data Assets By adopting the principles of ISO 19650, organisations can ensure structured, interoperable, and accessible Asset Information from the earliest stages of a project.
When integrated with ISO 55013, this approach supports a robust Asset Management Framework that aligns data governance with organisational objectives, risk management, and value realisation.
The presentation will highlight practical strategies for embedding these standards into Asset Management practices, emphasising the importance of data continuity, stakeholder collaboration, and digital workflows.
The purpose is to provide a clear understanding of how to leverage ISO 19650 and ISO 55013 to build a resilient, data-driven asset management ecosystem that delivers long-term value. Case studies and implementation insights will demonstrate how this integrated approach enhances decision – making, reduces lifecycle costs, and improves asset performance.

Phil Kowalczyk has built his career on a strong commitment to collaboration, working closely with clients to share knowledge, apply strategic thinking, and unlock greater value from their asset portfolios. He brings a unique blend of strategic insight and operational expertise, enabling smarter decision-making across the asset lifecycle. Phil is passionate about building empowered teams—creating opportunities for individuals to develop their skills, strengthen their capabilities, and contribute meaningfully to the evolution of the asset management industry. This aligns with his purpose of supporting others to advance their careers while driving progress across the sector. He draws on a diverse background in property management, asset and facilities management, and capital project delivery. Phil is known for translating complexity into clear, actionable strategies, combining human insight with commercial precision to deliver practical, high-impact outcomes. He focuses on connecting insight with execution to drive meaningful change for clients, teams, and the broader industry.

Melbourne - Managing Ageing Infrastructure at Scale: A Local Government Perspective
2026-05-21 12:30 - 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Level 10 / 550 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Join the AMCouncil Melbourne Chapter in the Melbourne CBD on 21 May, from 12.30pm to 1.30pm, for a technical presentation exploring the challenges local government faces in managing large volumes of ageing assets — both physical and digital.
Presented by Tze-Sian Hor, Coordinator Asset Management & Systems, Environment & Infrastructure at the City of Stonnington, this session will share practical insights from asset-focused, enterprise-wide business process mapping across key asset classes. Tze-Sian will discuss current and future state mapping, AMIS requirements development, governance uplift, data standards, asset hierarchy considerations, and the importance of aligning asset processes with finance, works management and broader corporate systems.
The presentation will also highlight real-world lessons around system limitations, change management and cross-department alignment, offering valuable takeaways for anyone involved in asset management, digital transformation or local government infrastructure planning.
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Tze-Sian Hor is the Coordinator Asset Management & Systems within the Environment & Infrastructure division at the City of Stonnington. He has over 15 years’ experience with the organisation, beginning his career in the Project Management and Infrastructure Design team as an engineer. Over this time, Tze-Sian has worked across a range of functions, including Transport and Parking, as well as Infrastructure Maintenance, building a broad understanding of local government asset operations. In recent years, he has focused on strategic asset management, leading the development of asset management plans and overseeing asset management systems.

Perth - Women Creating Value: Aligned and Assured Leadership in Asset Management
2026-05-21 17:30 - 20:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth, WA, 6005, Australia
Women Creating Value brings together five speakers to share their perspectives and experiences under the theme Aligned and Assured Leadership in Asset Management. Spanning leadership, sustainability, artificial intelligence, operational excellence and reliability, this session highlights the many ways women are contributing to value creation in asset-intensive industries. Through practical insights and real-world reflections, attendees will gain a broader view of how leadership, technical capability and innovation come together to shape stronger organisations and better outcomes.
Date: 21 May 2026Time: 5.30pm (for 5.45pm start) – 8pmVenue: City West Lotteries House Conference Room, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth 6005Cost: Free for AMC members. Non-members: $35, or $30 early bird until 11 MayCPD: 4 CPD points available
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Featuring

Natalia Bustamante – Maintenance Superintendent, Hancock Iron OreLeading Through Complexity: Asset Management Leadership in Dynamic Industrial Environments
Daniela Rivas-Aybar, PhD – Sustainability and Carbon Solutions Analyst, Clear CarbonManaging Sustainability like an Asset
Dr Eunice Sari – Director and Co-Founder, Customer Experience Insight and Western Australian AI HubFrom Data to Decisions: How Humanity-Centred AI is Redefining Value Creation in Asset Management
Jacinta Barnett – Manager Operational Excellence, Dampier Salt, Rio TintoLeadership skills for today’s dynamic workplace environments
Shereya Parashar – Senior Reliability Engineer, Woodside EnergyThe Accidental Reliability Engineer: Turning Difference into Strength

Abstract and speaker bios:

Natalia Bustamante
Maintenance Superintendent, Hancock Iron OrePresentation: Leading Through Complexity: Asset Management Leadership in Dynamic Industrial Environments
Abstract:
Effective asset management in pit-to-port operations demands more than technical expertise — it requires leaders who can navigate ambiguity, build credibility across diverse stakeholder groups, and drive organisational change from within complex, high-stakes environments.
Drawing on over 15 years of experience across the mining Industry in Australia, this presentation explores how the integration challenges faced by new leaders in complex organisations and the multi-level responsibilities of transcendent leadership play out in real-world asset management contexts.
Three key themes will be examined through practical examples: how credibility is built incrementally through performance before transformational change becomes possible; how external pressures — regulatory, operational, and technological — can be leveraged to shift organisational interpretive schemes; and how leading self, others, and organisation simultaneously is essential to delivering safety, reliability, and cost outcomes in large-scale industrial portfolios.
The presentation challenges the “romantic” view of the all-powerful leader, offering instead a grounded perspective on how influence is earned, governance is embedded, and lasting operational improvement is achieved in organisations where authority is shared and expertise is distributed.
Speaker bio:
Natalia Bustamante is an engineering leader with over 15 years of experience across the full asset management lifecycle in Australia’s mining resources sector. Her career traces a deliberate path from the operational front line in asset integrity, maintenance reliability, and engineering governance through to strategic investment planning and capital project delivery, giving her an end-to-end perspective across mining, processing, port, and rail environments.
Spanning both the technical and strategic dimensions of asset management, her experience bridges governance, operational performance, and long-term investment planning. A Senior Practitioner in Asset Management and MBA graduate, Natalia combines deep technical expertise with a strong track record of leading diverse teams and driving measurable outcomes in complex, high-value operations.

Daniela Rivas-Aybar, PhD
Sustainability and Carbon Solutions Analyst, Clear CarbonPresentation: Managing Sustainability like an Asset
Abstract:Sustainability is often treated as a reporting requirement, disconnected from how organisations create value. Drawing on her experience at Clear Carbon, Daniela shares her perspective on how improving data integrity, governance, and alignment enables more confident, value-driven decisions across asset-intensive industries. Through this lens, she highlights how managing sustainability like an asset can strengthen leadership, reduce risk, and unlock long-term value.
Speaker bio:Daniela Rivas Aybar is a Sustainability and Carbon Solutions Analyst at Clear Carbon and holds a PhD from Curtin University. She works with asset-intensive organisations to improve the quality, governance, and alignment of carbon and operational data, enabling more reliable reporting and better decision-making.

Dr Eunice Sari
Director and Co-Founder, Customer Experience Insight and Western Australian AI HubPresentation: From Data to Decisions: How Humanity-Centred AI is Redefining Value Creation in Asset Management
Abstract:
AI is changing asset management, but technology alone doesn’t create value. The organizations that achieve the best returns are the ones that put people, governance, and purpose at the heart of their AI strategies.
Drawing from her leadership of the Western AI Hub and over 25 years of experience in human-centered AI, digital transformation, and responsible innovation, Dr. Eunice Sari will explain how organisations in asset-intensive sectors, such as critical minerals, infrastructure, government, and defence, can fully realize the potential of AI while ensuring human judgment, fairness, and accountability remain central.
Key themes include:
– Why “human-centered AI” is essential for governance, not just an afterthought, and what ISO 55000 aligned leadership looks like in the era of agentic AI.
– Real-world examples of AI-driven value creation in mining, infrastructure, and government, where inclusive design principles resulted in more reliable, auditable, and trusted outcomes.
– How women leaders are shaping more resilient, ethical, and high-performing AI systems, and why diverse leadership gives a competitive edge in asset-intensive industries.
– Practical steps for boards, CxOs, and asset managers to transition from AI pilots to consistent, assured, and sustainable AI adoption.
This presentation connects with the event’s three main goals: strengthening leadership skills, promoting governance in line with ISO 55000, and raising the visibility of women leaders in asset-intensive fields.
Speaker bio:Dr Eunice Sari is a globally recognised pioneer in humanity-centred AI and responsible innovation, with over 25 years of experience leading digital transformation across government, industry, and academia in Australia, Southeast Asia, the USA, and Europe. As Co-Founder and Director of Customer Experience Insight Pty Ltd and Co-Founder of the Western AI Hub, the Western Australia’s most active grassroots AI community, she advises governments, enterprises, and startups on building AI that is accountable, equitable, and human-first. The first Asian female Google Mentor in Product Design and Strategy, she has mentored 500+ startups through Google for Startups and global accelerators, helping founders scale responsible AI products. Eunice holds adjunct academic appointments at UNSW, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, Charles Darwin University, and the University of Indonesia, where she teaches and researches AI, Human-AI Collaboration, and Responsible AI governance. Winner of the Belmont Migrant of the Year Award 2025 and CCIWA D&I Small Business Finalist, she is also the Co-Founder of Marginpreneur, championing diversity, equity, and inclusion across WA’s innovation and business ecosystem. Eunice’s life’s work is a single conviction: that the most powerful AI systems are the ones designed around people, not the other way around.

Jacinta Barnett
Manager Operational Excellence, Dampier Salt, Rio TintoPresentation: Leadership skills for today’s dynamic workplace environments
Abstract:In a workplace defined by constant change, agile problem-solving has become a critical leadership capability. This presentation will explore the leadership skills required to unlock the full potential of teams, identify hidden talent, and enhance performance. A key focus will be the importance of recognising and developing capability across the workforce, particularly among women, who continue to be underrepresented in leadership roles. By embracing diverse perspectives and fostering inclusive leadership, organisations are better equipped to navigate complexity, respond to challenges, and succeed in today’s dynamic work environment.
Speaker bio:
Jacinta Barnett is an executive mining and industrial leader with more than 23 years of experience across operations, maintenance, asset renewal, business improvement, operational readiness and large-scale transformation in the resources sector. Her career spans mining, rail, ports, chemical processing and facilities, giving her a strong whole-of-value-chain perspective on asset management and operational performance.
Jacinta currently holds the role of Operational Excellence Manager for Dampier Salt Ltd at Rio Tinto and previously served as Acting General Manager, where she helped lead the business through cyclone recovery while maintaining safety focus and production performance. Across her leadership roles, she has been responsible for major operational and capital budgets, business strategy, contract negotiations, licence-to-operate matters and the leadership of large multidisciplinary teams.
Her experience in asset-intensive environments includes leading rail network renewals across track and civil assets, overseeing large contractor workforces and budgets exceeding $500 million, improving rerail productivity, and strengthening safety performance across internal and partner teams. She has also led cultural and performance transformation in operations, including measurable improvements in safety maturity, people experience and productivity across maintenance and production teams.
Jacinta brings a practical and credible leadership voice to asset management, grounded in real operating environments where reliability, safety, people capability and long-term business value must work together. With qualifications in Minerals Process Engineering, Project Management, Business Leadership and the AICD Company Directors Course, she combines technical depth with executive, strategic and governance capability. She is also a current Vice Chairperson of the Pilbara Kimberley University Centre.

Shereya Parashar
Senior Reliability Engineer, Woodside EnergyPresentation: The Accidental Reliability Engineer: Turning Difference into Strength
Abstract:What starts as an unexpected career turn can become a defining strength. Shereya reflects on her journey from mechanical engineering into reliability, and how she learned to use difference as advantage rather than setback. She shares the lessons that helped her build credibility, simplify decision-making with data, and inspire others to lead from exactly where they are.
Speaker bio:
Shereya is a mechanical engineer by degree and a reliability engineer by pure chance. She entered the field of reliability engineering seven years ago, and what began as an unexpected career path quickly grew into a genuine passion. Today, she can’t imagine doing or being anything else.
She is deeply passionate about connecting people to data to enable informed, confident decision‑making. Shereya has spent much of her career specialising in the development of digital tools and products that support maintenance strategy optimisation, improve asset performance visibility and translate complex data into practical reliability insights.
Beyond the workplace, Shereya applies reliability principles in her day‑to‑day life as a mother, using root cause analysis, continuous improvement, and data‑driven thinking to navigate the beautifully unpredictable realities of family life. Through both her work and her lived experience, she brings a grounded, human perspective to reliability, leadership, and asset management.
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Webinar - AI in Asset Management and Municipalities
2026-05-28 08:00 - 09:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online – Register to be sent your link
Join us to explore AI in Asset Management and Municipalities, featuring:

Dean Trumbley, Chief Administrative Officer, Greenwood, BC, and Christina Benty, Founder, Strategic Leadership Solutions, will present on their Award-Winning project. Resilient Greenwood – Building the Future Together won a Union of British Columbia Municipalities Excellence in Asset Management Award for implementation of a transformative approach to infrastructure planning by integrating strategic asset management with proactive community engagement. This forward-thinking initiative, led in partnership with Strategic Leadership Solutions and LandInfo Technologies Inc., is redefining how municipalities sustain essential services like water, roads, and waste management – and how they shift the narrative from talking about taxes to focusing on services.

Stephen Lothrop is an Electrical Engineer with PAE Engineers and leader of an AI innovation project with the Linux Foundation’s Coalition for Smarter Buildings and the Asset Leadership Network. Mr. Lothrop will outline the ways AI for Assets was introduced to the award-winning PAE headquarters building in Portland, Oregon. The building was purposefully built to publicly demonstrate advanced technology tools and processes that can advance management of all facility assets. However, the smart assets in the building were not communicating effectively with each other. The AI innovation project allowed visibility to photovoltaics charging battery storage assets in a way that improved combined use of these assets, which mimic a utility grid and is therefore advantageous beyond facility asset management. Other repeatable innovations will be shared.

Wendy McPate, Chair, Asset Management Council will provide a brief overview of her recent trip to Washington, D.C. for the Global Asset Management Summit: Repeatable Success Stories, which promoted this VBAM web series.

The presentations will be followed by a Discussion Panel with Dean Trumbley, Christina Benty, Nick Phillips, Mike Bordenaro and Wendy McPate to answer your questions!

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Christchurch - Growing Asset Management Capability (Hybrid Event | Technical Presentations & Exclusive KiwiRail Tour)
2026-06-11 16:00 - 18:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | KiwiRail Waltham Maintenance Hub, 67 Mowbray Street, Waltham, Christchurch
Join the Asset Management Council New Zealand Chapter in Christchurch for an afternoon focused on growing asset management capability through practical industry insights, followed by an exclusive behind-the-scenes technical tour of KiwiRail’s new rolling stock and maintenance facilities.
This hybrid event will feature two technical presentations from industry leaders, exploring asset management capability uplift, regulatory-driven transformation, rolling stock investment, and ISO 55001 implementation.
Following the presentations, attendees joining us in person will have the opportunity to participate in an exclusive technical tour of KiwiRail’s new rolling stock and maintenance facilities.
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Please note: In-person attendance is capped at 30 and priority will be given to AMCouncil members. The KiwiRail technical tour is available to in-person attendees only and requires mandatory PPE, including suitable safety footwear.

Event format
4:00 pm – 5:15 pmTechnical presentations (available in person and online)
5:15 pm – 6:30 pmExclusive KiwiRail technical tour (in-person attendees only)
Please note:

Online attendees are welcome to dial in to the presentation session and will be disconnected following the presentations.
The KiwiRail technical tour will not be broadcast online.
No photography or video recording is permitted onsite during the technical tour.

Due to site restrictions, in-person attendance is strictly capped at 30 participants, with priority given to AMCouncil members.
Presentation 1
Transpower’s Regulatory Journey and Asset Management GrowthJames Collinson-SmithAsset Planning Manager – HVDC and Reactive, Transpower
Across four regulatory control periods, Transpower has built the asset management capability required to justify long-term grid investment.
This presentation explores how RCP3 represented a step-change in capability, including the introduction of new health models, criticality modelling across 10 asset classes, and forensic life-extension investigations.
Looking ahead, RCP4 (2025–2030) builds on this foundation through modern data platforms, Python-based modelling, lidar and drone-enabled risk management, and structured workforce development — all underpinned by a regulatory framework increasingly focused on service-measure accountability as New Zealand prepares for the energy transition.

James Collinson-Smith brings over 40 years of experience across New Zealand’s electricity sector, spanning generation, transmission, wholesale markets, and trading. Over the past decade, he has led the establishment and maturation of asset management systems aligned to ISO 55000 at Transpower. His experience includes asset planning and portfolio management for complex grid assets, including HVDC Converter Stations and Subsea Cables, reactive assets, protection systems, and substation systems, as well as the successful development and delivery of regulatory proposals to the Commerce Commission.

Presentation 2
Overview of KiwiRail’s New Rolling Stock and Maintenance Facilities, and ISO 55001 CertificationSteven RosserRolling Stock Organisational Standards Lead, KiwiRail
Major investments in rolling stock and maintenance capability across New Zealand’s South Island are reshaping how rolling stock is maintained.
This presentation provides an overview of KiwiRail’s recently developed maintenance facilities and how their design, capability, and workflow integration are enabling safer and more efficient maintenance outcomes.
Steven will also discuss the introduction of new DM locomotives and the opportunities and challenges they present for asset management — including reliability improvements, condition monitoring, skills uplift, lifecycle planning, and integration with KiwiRail’s asset management systems.
Supporting these developments is KiwiRail’s implementation of ISO 55001, including the recent certification of its Major Plant and Equipment Asset Management team. The presentation will highlight lessons learned, practical implementation steps, and how the standard is helping embed consistency, governance, and continuous improvement across rolling stock asset management.

Steven Rosser is the Organisational Standards Lead based in Christchurch, where he plays a key role in strengthening Asset Management practices across Rolling Stock. Steven leads the Rolling Stock ISO 55001 certification programme, implementing systems and processes, and delivering training and coaching to meet the standard. His work is focused on driving the adoption of a risk-based, aligned approach that enhances asset integrity and reliability.

Important PPE Requirements for In-Person Attendees
As this event includes access to an operational workshop environment, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is mandatory.
Attendees must wear:

Safety footwear (minimum requirement: covered footwear suitable for a workshop environment)
High-visibility clothing
Safety glasses
Bump cap or hard hat

KiwiRail can provide high-visibility clothing, safety glasses, and bump caps onsite if required. However, safety footwear cannot be provided, and attendees must bring their own suitable footwear.
Registration Information
In-person registrations close: Thursday 5 June

AMCouncil members: Free (priority access for in-person attendance)
Non-members: Registrations open from 1 June, subject to availability, $50 per person

Those unable to attend in person are encouraged to register for the online presentation session.

Asset Management Fundamentals - Virtual Classroom
2026-10-12 09:00 - 2026-10-13 13:00, 2026-11-12 09:00 - 2026-11-13 13:00, 2026-12-07 09:00 - 2026-12-08 13:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online – Register to be sent your link
This training course run over two half-days, each from 9am until 1pm AEDT (Melbourne time) and delivered in a live interactive online setting, offers a thorough overview of asset management. The purpose of the Asset Management Fundamentals program is to understand the fundamentals of asset management and how they can provide benefits to the organisation.
Click here to register

Course learning objectives:

Define asset management within the context of ISO 5500x suite, the Asset Management Landscape and AMBoK
Identify the principles that underpin asset management
Identify available asset management tools and techniques that are applicable within organisational context
Identify opportunities to apply these learnings to improve individual and organisational performance.

Course materials provided in conjunction with online course:

Asset Management Fundamentals Workbook: covering the modules and learnings on the course
Living Asset Management, by J Lafria and J Hardwick: whilst touched-upon during the course, this book focuses on the subject of people and the need for good leadership and strategies for developing a high performance culture which ensures excellence in asset management. Click here for more information on Living Asset Management.
Asset Management Council Framework Book: Defines the strategic concepts of which the AM Council’s Asset Management Body of Knowledge (AMBoK) comprises.
AMBoK Publication 001; Companion Guide to ISO 55001

The Online Exam
To recognise and quantify your learning, an online exam is initiated on the day of the course. Should you choose to take and complete the exam, pass the exam, and agree to comply with a Code of Ethics, you will be certified as a Certified Associate in Asset Management (CAAM) – enabling you to offer evidence to your current and future employers of your personal asset management capability and present them with the knowledge that you have a deeper understanding of asset management related topics and issues. Your CAAM is a great step towards furthering your career in asset management.
Course flyer available for download here.
