International supply chain issues have affected Australian industries during the pandemic. A halt to immigration due to COVID has resulted in labour shortages in the construction industry. Stimulus measures such as HomeBuilder and large infrastructure projects have exacerbated these issues. While we have seen some major construction companies going into administration recently, can these be said to result from skills and materials shortages? We discuss these and related issues.

James Cameron

Australian Construction Industry Forum

Nick Wakeling MP

Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Workplace Safety, and Trade

Hayley Jarick

Supply Chain Sustainability School Limited

Geoff Dart

Harris HMC

Covid-19 has seen a major disruption in how and where we work. How will this impact office and commercial spaces, and the economies of our CBDs? We discuss what changes are likely to be permanent, and what it will take to bring people back to the office.

Ric Navarro

Cundall

Jerad Tinnin

Hassell

Elly Dalziel

Mirvac

Jack Noonan

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)

Balder Tol

WeWork

Caitlin Guilfoyle

PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting

How we can attract and retain the best talent with a more inclusive, safer, smarter, innovative industry. Here we discuss the key changes issues facing our workplaces, and why this is crucial for our industry to survive.

Gabrielle Trainor

Construction Industry Culture Taskforce

Lisa Hogben

NAWIC / Metro Trains Melbourne

David Broadhurst

Codesafe Solutions

Chris Lockwood

Mates in Construction

Nikki Blair

Interbuild

Rebecca will discuss the key requirements for a business to develop a strategy around the implementation of Digital technology and process. This session will focus on enabling a business to be digitally skilled in order to support the future requirements of the Construction industry. This is especially important for those who work across the built environment with the uptake of digital becoming more and more crucial across our sector. Digital by default was documented in the 2021 Infrastructure plan, and many government and private clients are already looking for support when it comes to developing a strategic approach toward the implementation of BIM and Digital Engineering.

Rebecca De Cicco

Aurecon / Women in BIM

Private and public sector organisations are being urged to implement net-zero targets. Renewable energy can assist, but another 45% of global emissions can be addressed by reconsidering materials and production. This panel of experts will discuss the opportunities from circular economy collaboration to deliver economic and climate benefits.

Usha Iyer-raniga

RMIT University

Maree Marshall

WSP

Nicole Garofano

Planet Ark

Chris Nunn

AMP Capital

Embodied carbon refers to the greenhouse gas emissions arising from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and disposal of building materials. Embodied carbon is a significant percentage of global emissions and requires urgent action to address it. Overall, buildings accounted for 36% of global energy demand and 37% of energy-related CO2 emissions in 2020. This panel of industry leaders will take you beyond the rhetoric and spotlight how we can dramatically reduce embodied carbon in our built environment.

Stephen Ballesty

Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)

Steven Peters

Ispt

Jeff Robinson

Aurecon

Sarah Slattery

Slattery

Stephen Mitchell

EPD Australasia

There is no doubt the future is digital for Australia's built environment - but what exactly does this mean for the industry and what does it look like? With the emergence of software such as BIM, Blockchain, AI and the rapid development of IoT, our panel will take a closer look into how technology has impacted the way we design and build, and what we can do to capitalise on this growing tech field to better our businesses, projects and cities.

Andrew Curthoys

Cross River Rail Delivery Authority

Belinda Hodkinson

Spiire

Benny Cheah

Cundall

Damien Crough

prefabAUS

Matt Bien-Izowski

Autodesk Construction Solutions