Pursuing Net-Zero Conference & Exhibition Program
Tuesday 17th October
Ballroom Conference Hall
| Premium Chapter 1 - Advancing the Telecommunications Industry | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 9.00am | Frank Jaffer & Paul Stathis & Mick Joslin | FTTH Council APAC & BICSI South Pacific & AFCOM Brisbane | Introduction & Welcome to Country |
| 9.10am | Simon Smart | Associate Professor, University of Queensland - Net-Zero Australia | Keynote: Pursuing Net-Zero in our Industry |
| 10.00am | John Greenhough | Chief Technology Officer at Crown Fibre Holding Limited | Fiberising New Zealand: Lessons Learned |
| 10.45am | Morning Tea | ||
| 11.15am | Matthew Schultz | Gravelroad Group Partner & Company Director | Smart Cities |
| Premium Chapter 2 - Technology & Innovation for a Greener Network | |||
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 12.00pm | Vimal Kothandraraman | Head of Fixed Networks Business Centre APAC, Nokia | Development of New Technologies to Achieve Net-Zero |
| 12.45pm | Lunch | ||
| 1.30pm | Kiran Solipuram | Business Development Leader, CIENA | Networks for the Era of AI, Cloud and Edge Transformation |
| 2.15pm | Dr. Michio Imai | Chief Research Engineer, Kajima Corporation | Infrastructure Sensing Technology: What is next? |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| Premium Chapter 3 - Operator Leadership in Sustainability | |||
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 3.30pm | Sothis Palaniyappan | General Manager Fibre Operations and Access Networks, TPG Telecom | Construction Issues in Delivering Technology |
| 4.00pm | Akter Ul Alam | CIOO, FIBER @ Home Ltd Bangladesh | How Bangladesh is shaping its digital infrustructure for the future |
| 4.30pm | Roland Montagne | Principle Analyst FTTH , Broadband Markets, IDATE DigiWorld | Fibre & 5G Panaroma Asia-Pacific |
| 5.00pm | Conference Close | ||
Wednesday 18th October
Ballroom Conference Hall
| Premium Chapter 4 - Smart Cities | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 8.50am | Paul Stathis & Frank Jaffer & Mick Joslin | BICSI South Pacific & FTTH Council APAC & AFCOM Brisbane | Introduction |
| 9.00am | Farukh Aslam | President, Sinclair Holdings | DC Powered Buildings: A Leap Towards Net Zero |
| 10.00am | Krishna Gopal RCDD | Principal – ICT Consultant, LCI Consultants | ICT Infrastructure & Carbon Reduction |
| 10.45am | Morning Tea | ||
| 11.15am | Lahiru Wimalasuriya | Associate Director - Net Zero ANZ, Turner & Townsend | Delivering on Net Zero for buildings & other sustainability considerations |
| 12.00pm | Brook Dixon | Group CEO, Delos Delta | Smart City Transformation - Net Zero Hero or Hindrance? |
| 12.45pm | Lunch | ||
| Premium Chapter 5 - Data Centre Strategies | |||
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 1.30pm | Gary Gilbert RCDD | National BDM, Wesco Anixter | Platinum Sponsor Presentation: IoT Infrastructure Considerations for Smart Buildings |
| 2.15pm | Craig Scroggie | CEO & Managing Director, Next DC | The Acceleration of Mega-Trends in the 4th Industrial Revolution |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3.30pm | Roger Samuel | Senior VP, Telecom, Media, Technology Research; Jefferies (Aust) | Financial Implications of Sustainable Data Centres |
| 4.15pm | Ajanta Moitra | Practice Lead, RPS Australia Asia Pacific | How IoT and AI Will Shape Tomorrow's Sustainable World |
| 5.00pm | Conference Close | ||
Wednesday 18th October
Lyon Conference Hall
| Local Chapter 1 - Data Centre Sustainability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 10.00am | Althea Cousins | Project Director, Turner & Townsend | Carbon Accounting |
| 10.45am | Chris Molloy | CEO, Digital Infrastructure Associates | How data centres can accelerate the renewable energy transition |
| 11.30am | Darren McSorley | National Data Centre Lead, ADP Consulting Pty Ltd | Data Centre Hyper Cooling |
| 12.15am | Lunch | ||
| Local Chapter 2 - ICT Supporting Health in QLD - Sponsored By Stowe Australia | |||
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 1.45pm | Tim Mullins (Stowe Sponsored) with Craig Frosio | Director of Digital Infrastructure, Mater Hospital QLD | Digital Network Upgrade - Case study in Brownfield Implementations |
| 2.30pm | Corey Nussey | Program Director, Queensland Health | Best Practices in Undertaking an ICT Infrastructure Program in a Live Hospital |
| 3.15pm | Roneel Singh (FIEAust, CPEng, EngExec) | Director of Technology Systems, WSP | Healthcare Digitisation |
| 4.00pm | Conference Close | ||
Thursday 19th October
Ballroom Conference Hall
| Local Chapter 3 - Pursuing Net-Zero Outcomes - Sponsored By SENKO | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 8.50am | Paul Stathis & Frank Jaffer & Mick Joslin | BICSI South Pacific & FTTH Council APAC & AFCOM Brisbane | Introduction |
| 9.00am | Pablo Sepulveda | Associate, Sustainability & Integrated Design, Aurecon | Sustainablity In our industry |
| 9.45am | Yuki Nishiguchi | General Manager, Fiber Optics at Senko Advanced Components | Innovation in Creating a Greener Future for all |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea | ||
| 11.00am | John Siemon | CTO and VP Global Operations, Siemon (USA) | ESG in the ICT Industry |
| 11.45am | Carl Solder | CTO, Cisco Australia | Smart Buildings & Sustainability |
| 12.30pm | Lunch | ||
| Local Chapter 4 - Preparing the Workforce for the Future | |||
| Time | Presenter | Title & Company | Presentation Topic |
| 1.30pm | Panel Discussion: -Murray Teale -Stephen Elston -Warren Makings Moderator: Paul Stathis |
Technical Director VTI Services & BICSI representative of CT-001 Standards Committee; Former Engineering Manager, Downer EDI; Technical Officer, FPAA; CEO BICSI South Pacific |
What’s holding our industry back in Queensland? We need to fix standards and education |
| 2.30pm | Gillian Mailman + Julia Curtain | Indigenous Wealth Hub, BICSI South Pacific | Diversity in our Industry driving the Next Generation |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3.30pm | Anthony Ryan | CEO at Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA) | Closing Keynote: Brisbane’s Unstoppable Momentum |
| 4.00pm | Conference Close | ||