INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
KEY TAKEAWAY CRITICAL INFRA SUMMIT The inaugural Critical Infrastructure Summit featured five Virtual Conferences running every Wednesday in September, thousands of delegates tuning in, and a speaker lineup of leaders from across the infrastructure sector offering their expertise on current challenges, major construction projects, asset and disaster management, and future industry predictions.
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t was a huge month, kicking off with Critical Infrastructure: State of play; then Construct 2020; Asset Management for Critical Infrastructure; Disaster Management; and wrapping up with The Future of Infrastructure. Each Virtual Conference in the Summit had more than 1,000 people register and featured important discussions on the most pressing issues facing Australia’s infrastructure industry. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: STATE OF PLAY Romilly Madew, CEO of Infrastructure Australia (IA), opened the Summit with her keynote presentation outlining ten infrastructure principles IA has agreed upon with its counterparts in the states and territories as part of the postCOVID recovery. Romilly wrote an article to go alongside her presentation, which you can read on page 18 of this issue. We also had Mark Crosweller AFSM, Head of National Resilience Taskforce at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, share his expertise in developing resilience in an increasingly complex global environment. Delegate Scott Ryall said it was “one of the most thought-provoking presentations I have seen". We were also extremely lucky to be joined by three industry leaders for the panel session
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