Asset Management Council

Webinar - Building Strong Regional Ports and Strong Regions through Deployment of a World Class Asset Management System and a Digital AMBoK (AM in Action - a 2025 Excellence Award Submission)
2025-10-28 13:00 - 13:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online – Register to be sent your link
Discover how Southern Ports has turned around its ageing asset base and modernised its operations by implementing a world-class asset management system—backed by a digital Asset Management Body of Knowledge (AMBoK). This session will explore how embedding asset knowledge across the organisation has improved resilience, service delivery, and efficiency, while supporting over $21 billion in trade. Learn how this transformation is not only strengthening port operations, but also driving broader economic value across regional Western Australia.
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Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2025 Excellence Awards.
Presenter:
Johan Snyman, Assets System Specialist, Southern Ports

With over 30 years of dedicated service in the mining and utilities sectors, Johan Snyman specialises in the strategic development and operational execution of asset management systems, including ISO 55000-compliant frameworks. His expertise encompasses leading significant asset management initiatives, major maintenance operations, and shutdowns across multi-million-dollar portfolios. He is proficient in leveraging digital technologies, applying LEAN principles, and employing agile methodologies to significantly optimise resource utilisation, reduce operational costs, and boost overall performance. Recent highlights of his career include the successful development and implementation of a Port Asset Management system aligned with ISO 55000 standards, SMART transformation roadmaps, and the Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365F&O) Enterprise Asset Management system. He possesses a solid foundation in strategic asset management, project management, and leadership, supported by advanced credentials in digital transformation and asset management. His approach to management is centred on empowering teams, fostering innovative solutions, reinforcing robust systems, and driving operational excellence — all aimed at aligning with and advancing corporate strategic objectives.

Webinar - Commercial Asset Performance Infrastructure Tailoring And Lifecycle (AM in Action - a 2025 Excellence Award Submission)
2025-11-11 13:00 - 13:30
Explore how the CAPITAL framework is setting a new benchmark in long-term infrastructure management through a commercially innovative, risk-aware approach. Applied to major projects like the Western and Sydney Harbour Tunnels, this 30-year fixed-fee model integrates asset management, operations, and maintenance to deliver sustained performance and value. In this session, learn how CAPITAL aligns customer needs with design, incentivises innovation, and uses commercial levers—like lane-rental fees and lifecycle funding—to safeguard asset condition and community outcomes for decades to come.
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Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2025 Excellence Awards.
Presenter:
Jeff Dusting, Director Whole of Life and Innovation, Transport for NSW

Jeff Dusting is an infrastructure leader who combines technical expertise with strategic innovation to transform asset management outcomes. As architect of the award-nominated CAPITAL Model (Commercial Asset Performance, Infrastructure Tailoring And Lifecycle), Jeff has pioneered a revolutionary approach that integrates ISO 55001 and ISO 44001 standards to optimise infrastructure performance. The CAPITAL Model has delivered extraordinary results across NSW’s critical infrastructure, including $290 million in validated savings, significant reductions in operational costs, and transformed planned facility closures from 108 to 27 annually. This innovative framework has received comprehensive endorsement from NSW Treasury and key government stakeholders. With a distinguished background spanning military flight test engineering (DJ Knight Award recipient), board-level commercial experience, and advanced qualifications including an MBA with distinction, Jeff brings unique insights to asset management transformation. His international thought leadership includes presentations at ITS World Congress and executive programs at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and INSEAD.

Webinar - Asset Lifecycle Optimisation for Plain Track and Turnout Resurfacing Programs (AM in Action - a 2025 Excellence Award Submission)
2025-11-18 13:00 - 13:30
Dive into the future of rail maintenance with this session on a cutting-edge, data-driven Asset Lifecycle Optimisation (ALO) framework. Learn how integrating decades of track condition, maintenance, and environmental data has enabled a shift from reactive to predictive strategies for track and turnout resurfacing. The framework empowers rail operators to prioritise interventions based on performance, criticality, and cost-effectiveness—reducing disruptions, extending asset life, and maximising value. If you’re looking to make smarter, more sustainable maintenance decisions, this is a session you won’t want to miss.
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Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2025 Excellence Awards.
Presenter:
Bing Liu, Asset Lifecycle Manager – Track, Sydney Trains

Dr. Bing Liu is an accomplished Asset Lifecycle Optimisation Manager at Sydney Trains, specialising in track infrastructure since 2022. Prior to this role, he worked as a data scientist at Sydney Trains, where he focused on complex data modelling and predictive maintenance, contributing to data-driven solutions that enhanced rail asset performance and safety. With a Ph.D. in Computer Science, his expertise encompasses machine learning, information processing, and the integration of heterogeneous data sources to derive actionable insights. He also holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Information and Communication Engineering, along with a Postgraduate Certificate in Mathematics and Statistics, which provide him with a strong and versatile technical foundation. Bringing over 15 years of research experience, Dr. Liu has excelled in sophisticated data analysis and the development of advanced algorithms to uncover insights across diverse fields. His career spans academia, government, and industry, where he has successfully delivered end-to-end projects and commercial-grade products using cutting-edge technology. He is passionate about leveraging data-driven strategies and innovation to optimise asset management processes, contributing to the sustainability and efficiency of critical infrastructure systems.

Webinar - Navigating a Rewarding Career in Asset Management
2025-11-19 12:30 - 13:30
A career in asset management provides an exciting professional journey and the opportunity to make a meaningful, lasting impact on society. With its diverse areas of practice and specialisation, the industry provides immense potential for professional growth. However, its vast scope can sometimes feel overwhelming when planning the next steps in your career.
This webinar is designed to empower young asset management professionals by providing an overview of the various areas of practice, offering practical guidance for informed career planning. Additionally, it will demystify the professional certification options and share valuable learnings, strategies and resources. Drawing on over 13 years of industry experience, the presenter will offer actionable insights that can serve as strength multipliers to help accelerate your career growth.
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Brought to you by the Asset Management Council’s Young Asset Management Professionals (YAMP) group.
Presented by:
Rory Gibbons is a Senior Strategic Asset Management Consultant at Brightly, where he leads asset investment planning projects for Australian clients. As a chartered asset management & engineering professional with over 13 years in the industry, Rory has extensive experience working with infrastructure, throughout all lifecycle stages and across a broad range of sectors, including local government, ports, energy, transport and water. Rory is passionate about supporting the next generation of practitioners and presented his research ‘Bridging the Gap: Unlocking untapped talent to overcome the skills shortage and how we can support the careers of young professionals’ at this years AM Peak.

Webinar - Transportation and Higher Education: Learning from Moving Objects
2025-11-20 08:00 - 09:00
Join us to explore transportation and higher education: learning from moving objects, featuring:
Douglas Crombie is Senior Planner at Transdev Sydney Ferries, where he has worked for more than a dozen years. Mr. Crombie started his career in the Royal Australian Air Force and has more than 40 years combined asset management experience in aerospace, military, telecommunications, transport and other industries. The past 17 years have been focused on maritime asset management. He advocates data-driven decision making, structured communication and teamwork. Mr. Crombie has a proven track record in leading digital transformations – optimizing EAM systems, integrating analytics platforms and fostering cross-functional collaboration.
Kenny Seeton, Director of Central Plant Operations, California State University Domingo Hills, manages a team of ten employees responsible for heating, cooling, and maintaining approximately 1.5 million square feet of classroom and office space on campus. He also oversees Central Plant equipment. As the campus energy director, he leads initiatives in sustainability, lighting retrofits, MBCx on buildings, and HVAC optimization and controls. In July of 2024 we installed the largest heat pump project on the west coast (630 tons). This system reduced our Central Plant gas usage by 95%. He works with staff and students to develop innovative ways to increase comfort and reduce energy consumption. His efforts have helped reduce CSUDH’s GHG emissions by over 50% and earned 5 CHESC Best Practice Awards. Mr. Seeton will present annual energy cost savings of US$250,000 from an AI approach to asset management.
The presentations will be followed by a Discussion Panel with Douglas Crombie, Kenny Seeton, Nick Phillips, Mike Bordenaro and Peter Kohler to answer your questions!
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Webinar - Safe to Run from Day One - Process Safety Underpinning Asset Management in Operational Readiness (AM in Action - a 2025 Excellence Award Submission)
2025-11-25 13:00 - 13:30
Bringing a new power station online isn’t just about infrastructure—it’s about ensuring it’s safe, reliable, and ready to perform from day one. In this session, discover how the Tallawarra B Operational Readiness Team embedded process safety and asset management principles into every step of commissioning Australia’s first emissions-offset peaking power station. Learn how proactive planning, safety integration, and operational foresight supported a seamless transition from construction to operation—delivering fast-start capacity for 180,000 homes and supporting Australia’s energy transition.
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Part of the Asset Management in Action Webinar Series – showcasing submissions from the 2025 Excellence Awards.
Presenter:

Ryan James has over 20 years’ experience working across the full asset lifecycle primarily in the energy sector, through management, technical and consulting roles. He is currently providing technical management consulting services to asset-intensive businesses, with a particular focus on asset management, engineering and process safety in the high-hazard industries. Furthermore, Ryan has an electrical engineering background and has been responsible for engineering and asset management across a 6000MW power portfolio, and the engineering of over $500M in electrical infrastructure.

Webinar - Intelligent Predictive Maintenance 4.0: System Architecture, AI Integration, and Asset Management Implications
2025-12-03 13:00 - 13:30
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a revolutionary technology and its application across disciplines is noteworthy. AI can help in predictive maintenance by further enhancing decision making with data driven, dynamic, real-time, and an automated approach for risk informed decisions. This session is on Intelligent Predictive Maintenance (PdM 4.0): System Architecture and AI Integration applicable to Asset Management.
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Presenter:

Dr Jhareswar Maiti, P C Mahalanobis distinguished Educator and Suresh & Vidya Nair Chair Professor, is currently Professor & Head, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He is the founder chairman of the Centre of Excellence on Safety Engineering and Analytics at IIT Kharagpur. He has more than 23 years of experiences in teaching, research, and consulting, guided 23 PhD students, executed over 35 funded projects and conducted over 25 training programs for industry. He authored over 200 publications and is in the Editorial Board of Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Safety Science, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, and Safety & Health at Work. Prof Maiti’s research interests include safety analytics, risk assessment, AI and data science, quality management, and engineering ergonomics. He authored the textbook “Multivariate Statistical Modeling in Engineering and Management,” published by CRC Press. Prof Maiti works with world leading companies like Tata Steel Limited, Adani Group, Coal India, Haldia Petrochemicals, etc. He is Fellow Member of Royal Statistical Society, UK and Institute of Engineers (India). He is also member of INFORMS, IISE, IEEE, etc. He will be delivering keynote address and workshop on data analytics in ICMIAM2025 (www.icmiam.com) in Berwick campus, Federation University Australia 10-12 December 2025.

Webinar - Fleet Asset Management For the Lifecycle
2026-02-26 08:00 - 09:00
Join us to explore Fleet Asset Management – For the Lifecycle, featuring:

Rachel Scott, Director, Asset Management Associates, will unpack the meaning of “value” in the context of a major Defence program, framing it as measurable improvements in cost, time and quality across the asset lifecycle. Drawing on her work on the $46 billion Hunter Class Frigate Program, Rachel will demonstrate how a disciplined application of asset management principles delivers real financial savings, reduces schedule risk and strengthens engineering governance, while improving the reliability and availability of complex naval systems. She will show how data-driven planning, life-cycle optimisation and integrated logistics strategies translate directly into cost avoidance, increased materiel readiness and higher-quality sustainment outcomes. With a background as a Royal Australian Navy Weapons Electrical Engineering Officer and a career supporting large acquisition and sustainment programs, Rachel brings practical, evidence-based insights into how value is created — and protected — when asset management is well embedded.

Mark Mackenzie, Director, One North, will present a case study on how Kumba Iron Ore measurably improved fleet uptime through an approach that calculated savings and improvements with a high degree of accuracy. Both modelling and simulation were employed to project fleet availability targets. Mark has had a distinguished career in the Australian Army and has worked extensively in Australia and overseas across a variety of roles and industries. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Engineer, and a Certified Fellow of Asset Management. He is also a Fellow of Engineers Australia and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia.

The presentations will be followed by a Discussion Panel with Rachel Scott, Mark Mackenzie, Nick Phillips, Mike Bordenaro and Peter Kohler to answer your questions.
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Webinar - Squirrel Stores - why do they exist and options for removal
2026-02-26 12:00 - 13:00
A “squirrel store” is, as the name suggests, a store of spares kept outside the main stores system and warehousing program. These stores are not measured or controlled for quantity and, depending on storage practices, may also be lacking in quality. The use of spares from these stores remains a hidden cost and can mask the true cost of maintaining plant and equipment.
There are many reasons squirrel stores come into being. These will be discussed, along with how these extraneous stores can be eliminated.
The webinar will also cover real-world examples and solutions that may assist others in addressing the issue of squirrel stores.
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About the speaker: Tanya Viano is currently taking a hiatus from engineering. She holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Master of Maintenance and Reliability Engineering. Tanya has spent 30 years working in industry, predominantly in the oil and gas sector, in roles across projects and operations, and as a consultant. This has given her a wealth of experience. Tanya is passionate about reliability and asset management, and she led the Enhanced Problem Solving Team within QGC (Shell), which tackled some of the most difficult reliability issues in the business. As a result, Tanya was awarded a Shell Global Excellence Award for replicating the process across QGC.

This session forms the first in a webinar series presented by MRiAM – Challenges Associated with Spares Management During the Operational Phase – Webinar Series. In 2024, MRiAM presented a webinar series on managing spares, including guidance on quantities and related considerations. Since then, several forums have raised questions and prompted discussion about how to manage spares once they have been identified in the maintenance system and warehoused during the operational phase of a project. There has also been growing interest in related topics such as managing obsolete spares, “squirrel stores”, and maintaining spares holdings. The objective of this series is to address these topics and provide practical solutions from speakers who have identified these issues and can share proven approaches. Registering for this session will register you for all four sessions in the series.

Webinar - Spares Analysis Process Review Supporting Capital Investment Program
2026-03-12 12:00 - 13:00
The review of the Capital Program Spares Assessment process identified significant gaps that led to incorrect outputs and, at times, incomplete assessments. These issues resulted in inadequate spares being handed over at project completion, placing additional pressure on Operations and Maintenance teams to identify and procure requirements post-handover, causing delays and increased operational costs.
To address these shortcomings, the process needed to be redesigned to improve:

accuracy
consistency
accountability.

Integrating reliability engineering principles and clarifying team responsibilities were critical to strengthening decision-making.
The objective is to establish a framework that enhances asset performance, reduces operational risk, and supports cost-effective outcomes across capital projects.
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Ian is Lead – Reliability Engineering for the Water Corporation of Western Australia. He has been at the Water Corporation WA for over 14 years concentrating in the reliability engineering and management. He has 38 years industry experience involving paper manufacturing and packaging, food manufacturing and packaging and water utility industries covering the following asset management functions: reliability engineering and management; tactical and strategic asset maintenance management; maintenance and operations support, and process optimisation. Ian is an accredited Engineer with the Engineering Council UK and an Affiliate of the Australian Asset Management Council of Australia, Institute of Plant Engineers and Society of Operation Engineers in the UK.

Kevin is a Chartered Professional Engineer with 17+ years in asset management and reliability. He has an FMCG background with responsibility for maintenance, project delivery, and process optimisation. He has spent five years at Water Corporation responsible for improving asset health and reliability, and is responsible for condition monitoring, capability assessments, compliance strategies, spares analysis, and root cause analysis.

This session forms the third in a webinar series presented by MRiAM – Challenges Associated with Spares Management During the Operational Phase – Webinar Series. In 2024, MRiAM presented a webinar series on managing spares, including guidance on quantities and related considerations. Since then, several forums have raised questions and prompted discussion about how to manage spares once they have been identified in the maintenance system and warehoused during the operational phase of a project. There has also been growing interest in related topics such as managing obsolete spares, “squirrel stores”, and maintaining spares holdings. The objective of this series is to address these topics and provide practical solutions from speakers who have identified these issues and can share proven approaches. Registering for this session will register you for all four sessions in the series.

Webinar - Spares Management through Project Transition Phase
2026-03-19 12:00 - 13:00
The webinar focuses on some of the typical challenges faced by Asset Engineers, Reliability & Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Managers and Maintenance staff associated with Spares Management during the project transition phase into the project operation and maintenance phase.
The webinar will explore some of the key elements during this phase of a project and highlight a number of pivotal activities and drivers for successful spares management through the project transition phase including;

Contract Type – Understanding the framework and type of service contract as it will impact your Spares Management strategy i.e., PPP, Comprehensive, Pass- Through etc.
Risk Based Methodology – ensuring that there is an integrated approach to contract risk such as KPI’s, Financial, Reputation, WHS&E.
Project Phase – Which stage of the project lifecycle are you at?
Stakeholders – have you identified who the key stakeholders are for spares management,
Spares Selection – What level of maturity has been undertaken in relation to Spares requirements and associated analysis using FMECA, RAMS or other process?
Type of Site – Different spares management strategies for Greenfield Sites v Brownfield Sites
Multiple Storage Locations – How do you optimize effective Spares Storage with multiple storage facilities and multiple work sites?
Inventory Management – Selection of suitable process i.e., part of the CMMS?

Spares Procurement Lead Time – challenges with alignment to Asset Performance requirements.
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Craig is the principle of Casmat Engineering a Facility & Asset Management Company providing a range of inspection, maintenance, auditing and technical consultancy services to companies in Australia and New Zealand over the last 32 years. He has multidisciplined skills across a variety of industries including Defence, Water & Sewage Treatment, Power Stations, Prisons, Construction, Health Sector, Educational Sector and the built environment. The services he provides to industry include asset management strategy; inspection, auditing and reporting; management of performance tests; asset lifecycle strategy; development of operation and maintenance strategy and cost modeling; and industrial maintenance services. Craig has a trade background and is a Charted Professional Engineer with areas of practice in Mechanical Engineering and Asset Management. He is a member of the Asset Management Council and a CAMA to ISO55001 and a member of the AMC special interest group, MRiAM.

This session forms the fourth and final in a webinar series presented by MRiAM – Challenges Associated with Spares Management During the Operational Phase – Webinar Series. In 2024, MRiAM presented a webinar series on managing spares, including guidance on quantities and related considerations. Since then, several forums have raised questions and prompted discussion about how to manage spares once they have been identified in the maintenance system and warehoused during the operational phase of a project. There has also been growing interest in related topics such as managing obsolete spares, “squirrel stores”, and maintaining spares holdings. The objective of this series is to address these topics and provide practical solutions from speakers who have identified these issues and can share proven approaches. Registering for this session will register you for all four sessions in the series.

Webinar - Managing Spares for Corrective Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance and End-of-Life
2026-03-26 12:00 - 13:00
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.

Webinar - AI in Asset Management and Municipalities
2026-05-28 08:00 - 09:00
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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Webinar - Systems Thinking for Land Maintenance: Integrating Digital Engineering, Analytics and Machine Learning for Sustainment Optimisation
2026-06-10 12:00 - 13:00
Modern sustainment environments are becoming increasingly complex, requiring organisations to move beyond siloed maintenance approaches toward integrated, enterprise-wide systems thinking. This webinar explores how Systems Thinking principles, combined with Digital Engineering (DE), Machine Learning (ML), and advanced analytics, can support smarter and more effective land maintenance and sustainment outcomes.
The session will present a high-level model-based approach to maintenance optimisation, demonstrating how data-driven decision-making and integrated digital ecosystems can improve operational effectiveness while maintaining technical integrity and assurance.
Key themes will include:

Applying Systems Thinking to maintenance and sustainment environments
Leveraging Digital Engineering and Machine Learning to improve maintenance decision-making
Reducing inefficiencies, delays, and wastage across sustainment processes
Enhancing visibility, governance, and enterprise integration through data and analytics
Balancing cost optimisation with technical integrity and capability assurance

The webinar will also discuss the growing importance of integrated engineering ecosystems, enterprise data alignment, and advanced analytics in shaping the future of Defence and complex asset sustainment.
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Presenters:

Manas Dhiman is a Systems Engineer with a biomedical engineering background and experience across defence health capability, vehicle sustainment, and enterprise systems. She holds a degree in Biomedical Engineering and has developed her career working across complex, integrated Defence programs. She spent three years in Land Division supporting JP2060 Phase 3 – Deployable Health Facilities, contributing to the delivery and sustainment of deployable health capability. She also worked within PMSPO Bushmaster, supporting sustainment activities for a critical land capability. She subsequently moved into Engineering Technology and Materiel Logistics (ETML) Division, where she works as a Systems Engineer on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) programs, with responsibilities including standards management, systems integration, and assurance across enterprise-level capabilities. Her experience spans across systems engineering, standards governance, sustainment support, and capability integration across multidisciplinary teams, with a focus on delivering reliable and scalable solutions in complex operational environments.

Sandeep (Sunny) Jadhav is an accomplished Electrical Engineer and senior Defence leader with extensive experience in Army project delivery, through-life support, Defence reform, and continuous improvement. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of Engineers Australia, and Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, with multiple master’s degrees and a strong publication record in systems engineering, organisational excellence, and data analytics. He is also an active educator, mentor, and advocate for STEM, agile thinking, and digital transformation across Defence, industry, and academia. Currently, he serves as Director Systems Engineering – CASG (ETML), having also led Digital Twins, IoT, and Defence analytics initiatives within Defence ERP.

Webinar - ISO/IEC 19770-11: 2021 Systematic Review
2026-07-16 13:00 - 13:30
This presentation outlines the current 5-year systematic review of ISO/IEC 19770-11:2021, the global standard that defines how organizations are audited and certified for IT Asset Management (ITAM) systems. The primary objective of this session is to gather vital industry feedback on the relevance of the standard, potential gaps or risks, and whether a local AS/NZS adoption is needed to support ITAM certification in high-value environments. By participating, attendees will help shape the future of local auditing consistency and determine how closely ITAM should align with broader asset management standards like ISO 55001.
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Ashley Choy has over 20 years of global experience in data analytics and visualization in the asset management and engineering sectors. She is a Certified Project Management Professional (PMI) and Certified Practitioner of asset management (CPAM). For the past 9 years till now, she has worked for Aurecon to help the digital transformation and increase operation efficiency by at least 30% of an average effort. She is keen on picking technology to develop efficient business processes and data analytics, big data processing, which in turn help improve the business continuity. She has been nominated as the technical committee on behalf of Asset Management Council on IT-015 (Software and System lifecycle) in Standard Australia.

Webinar - Data to decision making
2026-07-23 18:00 - 19:15
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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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 Technical Director – Water Services Advisory / Regional Director – Queensland with BetterAIM. Cam is a chartered civil engineer (CPEng/RPEQ) and Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, he also holds a Master in Business Administration and a Master in Project Management. He has a particular focus on asset and project lifecycle management and the importance of front-end planning in the delivery of successful projects. Cam has spent 20+ years in the water sector working with utility service providers including irrigation boards, water utilities, local government, state government and regulatory agencies across Australia to develop robust asset and project lifecycle management methodologies and tools and helped organisations increase maturity in asset decision making and delivery. Cam has also worked across the full project and asset lifecycle for a variety of asset classes and service types including municipal waste, roads and drainage and buildings, facilities and parks. He has helped clients develop system and asset strategies and plans and to measure and understand asset performance and risk. He has a reputation for delivering projects and solutions that cost effectively address service provision challenges.

Adam Gornall is a Manager Asset Lifecycle at Aqwest.

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.
