Today is Global Maintenance Day — a timely reminder of the important role maintenance, reliability and asset management play in keeping organisations, infrastructure and communities running.
It also happens to be Research & Industry Day.
In collaboration with Federation University Australia, the Asset Management Council is hosting RAID 2026 today — a free virtual event bringing together academia and industry through rapid-fire presentations from final-year students undertaking maintenance and asset management research projects.
It’s not too late to register and join in.
You can attend the full event or tune in for the presentations most relevant to you, with topics covering:
🔹 Reliability improvement and fire risk mitigation in mining
🔹 Train software reliability in the maintenance stage
🔹 Control systems asset monitoring in alumina production
🔹 Risk-based maintenance decision making for light rail
🔹 Total cost of ownership for fatigue testing equipment
🔹 Digital modernisation for manufacturing assets
🔹 Asset life extension using maintenance data
🔹 Bayesian decision-making for complex long-life assets
🔹 KPIs and preventive interventions in rail
🔹 OEE and total productive maintenance in meat manufacturing
This is a great opportunity to support emerging professionals, hear current research, and explore how new thinking can be applied in practice.
📅 Today — Tuesday 9 June 2026
💻 Online
💰 Free for all guests
🔗 Register here: www.amcouncil.com.au/raid
