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Leadership Breakfast

Delivering infrastructure requires the ability to thrive in the rapidly changing world of work. Featuring one of Australia’s most prominent thinkers supporting busy leaders to build safe, resilient and successful teams - Graeme Cowan, Founding Director of R U OK?, host of The Caring CEO podcast and author of Great Leaders Care will deliver a keynote designed especially for senior leaders. He will share practical strategies that build care, resilience and growth, and help you to stop losing your best talent to burnout. Graeme Cowan joined for a fireside chat with our two guest leaders from QAL and Aurecon. Graeme Cowan, Building team psychological safety and resilience speaker - Graeme Cowan Enterprises Amelia Evans, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Airports Limited Todd Battley, Chief Executive Australia - Aurecon

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Welcome to ISC, Opening Keynote and Big Ideas Leaders Panel

Welcome to ISC Connect 2026 Ben Hart – MC, Managing Director - Fireside Agency Keynote Presentation The Hon Matt Kean, Chair - Climate Change Authority IS Council Update Toby Kent, CEO - Infrastructure Sustainability Council Big Ideas Leaders Panel: Infrastructure delivered responsibly and productively today, for a better tomorrow This opening session dived into the big ideas, national and global trends reshaping sustainable infrastructure, highlighting the far‑reaching impact these shifts will have on communities, industries, and the planet. Shahana McKenzie, CEO – Bioenergy Australia Toby Kent, CEO - Infrastructure Sustainability Council Richard Boele, Chief Purpose Officer - KPMG Ali Nezhad, Head of Sustainability and Innovation - Boral

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A Truly Sustainable Energy Transition

A frank look at the design, policy, and market realities required to deliver a genuinely sustainable energy system. Lani Johns, Director, Growth - Indigenous Energy Australia Sabiene Heindl, CEO - The Energy Charter Vanessa Swinson, Sustainability Manager - Energy Queensland Suzie Cai, Senior Associate Investments - Wollemi Capital

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From Strategy to Site: Practical Carbon Reduction Pathways

An exploration of the tools, decisions, and cultural shifts needed to move infrastructure organisations from carbon accounting to true carbon elimination. Joanne Vanselow, Program Manager - Vehicles and Technology, Environment and Sustainability - Austroads Vute Sirivivatnanon, Professor of Concrete Engineering - University of Technology Sydney Jessamine Welsh, Sustainability Manager - Spark NEL David Bell, Manager Sustainability & Insight - InfraBuild

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Procurement as the First Lever for Impact

An exploration of early procurement decisions as the most powerful lever for shaping sustainability outcomes, influencing every stage of a project long before construction begins. Jordan Bennie, National Manager - Zinfra Bec Timmings, Executive Advisor - Connell Griffin Andrew Kovacs, Sustainability Manager - Suburban Connect

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The Data Dilemma: Powering the Digital Beast

A candid discussion on how to balance explosive digital demand with grid constraints, emissions pressures, and community expectations. Adam Beck, Managing Director - NEON.URBAN Pascal Perez, Director - Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN)

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Nature: The Hardest Working Asset We Ignore

A look at how ecosystems can outperform traditional infrastructure when treated as core assets rather than environmental add‑ons. Andrea Vargas, Principal Consultant - Arcadis Sally Wilson, Australian Market Leader – Environment – GHD Jo Jalfon, Chief Operating Officer - The Aotearoa CircleA look at how ecosystems can outperform traditional infrastructure when treated as core assets rather than environmental add‑ons. Andrea Vargas, Principal Consultant - Arcadis Sally Wilson, Australian Market Leader – Environment – GHD Jo Jalfon, Chief Operating Officer - The Aotearoa Circle

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Capabilities for the Future

A forward‑leaning assessment of the emerging capabilities, mindsets, and cross‑disciplinary skills the infrastructure sector must build now. Jamie-Lee Owen, Metro Trains - Network Planning & Change Lead - Public Transport Association Australia and New Zealand Leigh Penney, Technical Director – Sustainability - Arcadis

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Infrastructure Productivity and the role of Disruption

A challenge to rethink productivity through the lens of disruption, innovation, and the uncomfortable changes they demand Angela Moody, Productivity Commissioner & Chair - Queensland Productivity Commission Tracy Mackey, CEO - Infrastructure Association of Queensland Inc Andrew Chapman, CEO - Queensland Major Contractors Association David Norman, Chief Economist, Australia and New Zealand - GHD

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Safer, Smarter Infrastructure: AI, Robotics and the Future of High-Risk Work

A session unpacking how data, automation, and real‑time optimisation are redefining transport and infrastructure operations and efficiency. Michael Manraj Darroch, Product specialist - SiteHive Sally Walkom, Co-Founder, Chief Partnerships Officer - Prenten AI Jeff Sharp, Principal Industry Consultant - Octave Chang Chuol, National Strategic Solutions Manager - Ag & Robotics - C.R. Kennedy Gustavo Bonet, Partnerships & Commercial Lead - Hyperion Systems Shyeon Delnawaz, Co-founder And Coo - Puralink

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Sustainability in transport: Cross River Rail and beyond, Brisbane in Focus & IS Council Update

Sustainability in transport: Cross River Rail and beyond Graeme Newton, Chief Executive Officer - Cross River Rail Delivery Authority Brisbane In Focus Explore how Brisbane is setting the pace in infrastructure sustainability in an engaging conversation designed to inspire strategic action across the full value chain – from asset owners to delivery partners and from suppliers to community. Jen Williams, CEO - Committee for Brisbane David Harvison, The Wave (Rail) Executive Director – Planning And Environment - Department Of Transport And Main Roads Sheree Taylor, Major Projects Manager – Olympics Strategy – Bluescope Steel Limited IS Council Update Toby Kent, CEO - Infrastructure Sustainability Council

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Positive Legacies for People Spotlight

Rapidfire perspectives on how to ensure infrastructure delivers human-centreed outcomes and communities are stakeholders, not afterthoughts Mark Barthel, Head of Standards & Certification - Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) Alex Hooke, Executive Director, Innovation And Impact - Social Traders Niclas Fenton-Wiegleb, Social Value Manager - Social Value Portal Rachelle Cooper Kulkarni, Founder & CEO - Sustainify Arron Wood, Chief Executive Officer - Yurringa Energy

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Investing in Sustainability Spotlight

An insider’s view on where capital is actually flowing, what investors now expect, and how sustainability is reshaping investment decisions Ken Lunty, Technical Director, Sustainability - Arcadis Audrey Van Herwaarden, Manager - Taxonomy Market Development - Australian Sustainable Finance Institute Chris Collins, Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer - Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) Julia Hinwood, Head of Infrastructure, Clean Energy Finance Corporation

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Circularity: The Industrial Reboot

A bold exploration of how circular economy principles are disrupting traditional industry models and redefining material value Mark Barthel, Head of Standards & Certification - Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) Cyril Giraud, Head of Planning, Environment and Sustainability – ANZ - Holcim (Australia) Pty Ltd Hannah Campbell, Commercial Manager - Paintback Seth Scott, Project Manager - Infrastructure Sustainability Council

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Adapt or Fail: When Resilience is no longer optional

A look at how resilience is no longer a future consideration but a present-day necessity requiring smarter decisions across communities, organisations, and infrastructure systems Clare McAuliffe, Manager, Resilience and Risk - Melbourne Water Nicole Blackwell, National Emergency Integration Manager - NBN Co

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The Other E: The Economic Imperative of Sustainability

A deep dive into how sustainability is shifting from compliance cost to a core driver of productivity and economic performance Tanja Conners, CEO - AustStab - Pavement Recycling & Stabilisation Association Fiona Bowie, Director Sustainability, Engineering And Environment - North Western Program Alliance Kris Fumberger, Executive Director of Product Solutions - Infrastructure Sustainability Council Andrew Wear, Author and policy specialist. Founder and principal of Econovation

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