Chief Executive Officer
ARES PRISM
Melbourne Cricket Ground
23-25 November 2026
Australia
Australia
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| The Future of Project Controls: How the Next 5 Years Could Redefine Mega Projects and Project Controls |
Omer Iqbal
- Senior Portfolio Manager - Investment PMO, Sydney Water
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| Planning at Scale: Lessons from Megaprojects |
Kelvin Kumangai
- Account Manager, Aphex
Mak Elfar
- Senior Planning Manager, John Holland
Andre Montauban
- Planning and Controls Manager, Acciona
Ming Xu
- Director of X&L Engineering and Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, X&L Engineering
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| Evolution of Project Controls in next 5 years. (Role of AI, Data Driven insights, and its influence on mega projects) |
Manjeet Hoodaa
- Senior Director, Envision Energy Group, Australia,Sydney Water
Omer Iqbal
- Senior Portfolio Manager - Investment PMO, Sydney Water
Indika Dias
- Cost Engineer, Energy Queensland
Ahmed Baig
- Senior Manager, Project Controls
Paul Schmidt
- Program Director (Program Management), Department of Transport and Main Roads
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| Navigating Uncertainty: Lessons from Managing Innovation in Defence Projects |
Dr. Anh Pham
- Director of Guided Weapon and Explosive Ordnance Costing, Australian Department of Defence
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| Before We Die Out: Engaging New Blood in Project Controls |
Abhi Datta
- Chair, Australian Cost Engineering Society / Engineers Australia
Joel Booker
- Senior Digital Advisory Consultant, Project Advisory Group
Michelle Jory
- Manager, Diversity and Employment Programs, Level Crossing Removal Project
Sam Gibbs
- Senior Estimator, VIDA Rail - Level Crossing Removal Project
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| Beyond Guesswork: How Monte Carlo Simulation Transforms Risk into Actionable Insight in Project Controls |
Amin Jalili
- Associate Director, HKA
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| The Capability Trap in Megaprojects — Adapting to Complexity Before It’s Too Late |
Marcos Tolmos
- Senior Consultant, TBH
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| How do you capture and share hard-won productivity gains across a massive, multi-year rail program? |
Kevin Chen
- Manager, Project Controls & Analytics, VIDA Rail
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| Maturity in Client-side Controls: From Spreadsheets to BI |
Paul Schmidt
- Program Director (Program Management), Department of Transport and Main Roads
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| Evolution of Project Controls in next 5 years. (Role of AI, Data Driven insights, and its influence on mega projects) |
Manjeet Hoodaa
- Senior Director, Envision Energy Group, Australia
Omer Iqbal
- Senior Portfolio Manager - Investment PMO, Sydney Water
Indika Dias
- Cost Engineer, Energy Queensland
Ahmed Baig
- Senior Manager, Project Controls
Paul Schmidt
- Program Director (Program Management), Department of Transport and Main Roads
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| The vital role of clients in making their projects successful |
Peter S.P. Wong
- Associate Dean - Construction Management, RMIT University
Jesse Amato
- Principal Consultant, Turner & Townsend
Linda Stevens
- Head of Client Development, The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
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| Metro Tunnel: One Year Ahead of Schedule - How We Turned It Around |
Edmund Chew
- Deputy Director - Planning, VIDA Metro
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| Achieving Program Completion Certainty: A Maturity Model Approach to Performance Measurement |
Seenivasan Ramasubbu
- PMO Senior Programme Planner, KiwiRail
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| Introduction |
Anil Godhawale
- Founder and CEO, Project Controls Expo
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| Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Gladys Liu
- Councillor, City of Melbourne
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| Keynote : |
Fiona Griffith
- Senior Connections Cost Engineer, Energy Queensland
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| Headline Partner Remarks |
Neil Burlison
- General Manager APAC, Contruent
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| Industry Standards, Automation, and AI: Navigating the Shift from Automation to Intelligence |
Vinny Sharma
- General Manager, Cloud & Managed Services, Prescience Technology
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| The impact of AI and Emerging Technologies in Project Automation |
Daniel Smith
- National Digital Technologies & Development Manager, Hansen Yuncken
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| Enhancing Project Controls through First Principles Estimating and Robust Coding Structures |
Venkateshwaran Ramalingam
- ICT Business Analyst, RIB Software
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| Data science in construction's project control |
Erick Flores Mendoza
- Project Control Engineer, John Holland
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| Panel Discussion: AI in Complex Construction Projects: Boon or Curse? |
Prachi Kathuria
- Associate Consultant / Academic Tutor, Skeiny Projects Pty Ltd / UNSW
Ish Ahuja
- Director - Planning & Project Controls, PT&I Pty Ltd
Prajwal Belagal
- Academic, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney (University of New South Wales)
Saeed Shalbafan
- Practitioner and Researcher in Project Management and Controls
Laetitia Callegari
- Director, Academic Outreach and Professional Development, Project Management Institute - Sydney Chapter
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| Harnessing AI for Smarter Project Controls: Practical Use Cases from Major Construction Projects |
Abhi Datta
- Project Director, Infrastructure, Turner and Townsend
Ish Ahuja
- Director - Planning & Project Controls, PT&I Pty Ltd
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| Leveraging 4D Project Controls for Enhanced Digital Delivery in Construction Projects |
Sandeep Chinnobaiah
- Senior Consultant, Construction, Projects & Assets, FTI Consulting, Singapore
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| Demonstrating Project Controls Relevance to Executives: Quantifying the Business Impact of Speed and Accuracy |
Ryan Kubacki
- Chief Executive Officer, ARES PRISM
Karl Vantine
- Chief Customer Officer, ARES PRISM
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| Finding Your Project’s Single Source of Truth |
Ken Damon
- Product Manager PMWeb, Inc.
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| Project Chain Control Tower |
Matt Sullivan
- Enterprise Account Executive, Cora Systems
Andy Yawn
- Sr. Solutions Consultant, Enterprise Accounts, Cora Systems
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| PPM Case Study: How McKinstry adopted an end-to-end solution for Project Financials, Resource Management, and Portfolio Management |
Karen Firmaniuk
- Director of Product Management, McKinstry
Gilles Almeras
- VP of Sales - Project Controls & Engineering, Planisware
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| Owning Uncertainty. Embracing Risk and Change in Projects |
TC Newbill
- Sr. Industry Consultant, Hexagon
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| How Deltek Can Help Maintain Schedule / Cost Integration |
Mary Major
- Senior Principal Solutions Engineer, Deltek
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| “I paid for cost management software. Why are they still using spreadsheets?” Recognizing Mistakes that Break Cost Tool Implementations |
Jason Kimbrell
- Project Controls Specialist, Omega 365
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| Project Controls Maturity - Technology's Role |
Rik Falch
- Director, Services APAC, Contruent
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| Project Xenon: A Fast-Tracked, Business-Led Transformation in Project Controls |
Andrew Harris
- Senior Vice President, InEight
John Tobin
- Customer Solutions Manager, InEight
Mark Young
- Co-Founder and Managing Director, Prescience 3PO
Michael Jackson
- Executive General Manager - Commercial, Performance & Risk, Downer Group
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| Evolution of Project Controls in next 5 years. (Role of AI, Data Driven insights, and its influence on mega projects) |
Manjeet Hoodaa
- Senior Director, Envision Energy Group, Australia
Omer Iqbal
- Senior Portfolio Manager - Investment PMO, Sydney Water
Indika Dias
- Cost Engineer, Energy Queensland
Ahmed Baig
- Senior Manager, Project Controls
Paul Schmidt
- Program Director (Program Management), Department of Transport and Main Roads
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| The Past, Present and Future of Project Controls |
James Crowell
- Senior Industry Consultant, Hexagon
Chris Davies
- Associate Director, Turner & Townsend
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| Reimagining Project Delivery - The Power of Connected Intelligence |
Adam Zantis
- Managing Director, Zancon Pty Ltd
Maxwell Perkins
- Planning and Analytics Manager, Daracon Group
Steven Perez
- PMIS Consultant, Compass Consult
Sandeep Chinnobaiah
- Senior Consultant, Construction, Projects & Assets, FTI Consulting, Singapore
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| Transparency Through Technology |
Christian Chandler
- Managing Director, Consilium Solutions Pty Ltd
Shane Waldron
- Director - Projects & Construction, Consilium Solutions Pty Ltd
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| From Chaos to Control: The 8 KPIs Transforming Project Schedules Forever |
John Jackson
- Founder/CEO, Schedule Validator
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| Navigating divergent imperatives: A multi-level project control framework for owners and deliverers in capital works |
Rogier Roelvink
-Industry and Customer Engagement Director, Oracle
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| Effective Schedule Risk Management using the Risk Driver method - a case study from Rozelle Interchange on the Safran Risk |
Santosh Bhat
- Director, Australasian Project Planning
Robert Turner
- Schedule Risk Specialist, Australasian Project Planning
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| Women in Project Controls – Importance of Mentors, Sponsors and Coaches |
Maria Koutsimpiris
-Project Controls Manager, ACCIONA
Alyson Denise Behm Torrejon
-Project Controls Manager, Bechtel
Gretchen Gagel
-Greatness Consulting \ Founder & CEO, Womne in Thriving in Construction (Global Institute)
Ken Edwards
-Head of Project Controls - Australia & New Zealand, Acciona
Priyanka Bansal Kapoor
-Lead Project Controls Cost Engineer, Bechtel Australia
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| The Language of Control - Why Words Matter |
Kareem Khattab
-Vice President/ Planning & Interface Manager, AACE / Ventia
Arend Kok
-Board member, AACE\ New Bearing \ Dig-PCS
Don Darke
-Operational Improvement Manager, Essential Energy
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| Integrated Project Controls The Easy Way To Achieve It |
Mark Woodhouse
- Director, Data and Performance, HKA
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| Leadership Impact on Project Controls and Decision Making |
Vijay Sha
- Director, Hill Riches Academy
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| Advancing the Project Controls Profession: Diploma Graduation Celebration |
Edmund Chew
- Deputy Director - Planning, VIDA Metro
Abhijnan Datta
- National Chair, ACES / EA
Anil Godhawale
- Founder and CEO, Project Controls Expo
Suresh Karanjeet
- Executive Director, Project Controls Institute, Australia
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| Using Business Intelligence Dashboards for Project Reporting |
Daren Maynard
- Training & Operations Manager, Solid Support Pty Ltd
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| Bridging Portfolio Delivery & Enterprise Oversight |
Jack Flynn
- Director of Product Management - PPM, Riskonnect
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| AI-Powered Planning: How ConstructMind is Transforming Project Controls |
Girish Bhatia
- Director, Compass Consult
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| Chaos to Clarity -Project Control using Spatial Scheduling |
Wayne Greenwood
- Managing Director, Priority Management Australia
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| AI-First Project Controls: Lessons from Chevron, Exxon, LXRP and the Transpennine Route Upgrade |
Dev Amratia
- Co-Founder and CEO, nPlan
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| AI Is Here—Now What? Preparing Program Controls for the Next Era |
Aidhean Camson
- Vice President Program Controls, AECOM
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| Beyond Gantt Chart: Enabling Data-Driven Strategic Planning in Capital Portfolios |
Mikail Khajavi
- Manager - Infrastructure Program Management Office, Wyndham City Council
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| From Chaos to Clarity: The Power of Commercial & Project Controls Integration |
Esam Elmekawy
- Cost Expert, Webuild
Mohy Elkayal
- Head of Cost Management, MACA (Thiess Group)
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| Commercial Controls in Alliances and JVs working on Mega Projects |
Mark Heath
- CEO and Founder, UniPhi
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| Getting it Right from Day One: The Critical Role of Early Contract and Commercial Management for Project Success |
Craig Scott
- Senior Programme Manager, BAE Systems (speaking on behalf of APM)
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| NEC and the Human Side of Collaboration on Major Projects |
Kestrel Stone
- CEO, Elemental Projects
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| Who owns the float? Navigating Float Ownership for Dispute-Resistant Project Delivery |
Arkady Karamyan
- Project Controls Director, Transgrid
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| From Risk to Resilience: AI-Powered Contract Management in Projects |
Supriya Arora
- General Manager Enterprise Project Management Office, Aussie Broadband
Vikki Kapoor
- PMO Manager, Ericsson Australia
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| Contract: Bridges - not Walls |
Youssef Mouzahem
- Senior Associate Director- Commercial and Contracts, Jacobs
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| Securing QLDs Water future: Sunwater's Journey to a cloud-based Alliance delivery platform |
Kerri Jacoby
- Project Lead, Prescience Technology
Matt Killen
- GM Commercial & Project Controls, Sunwater
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| Demystify the itys phenomenon |
Alex Wong
- PMO Director / Head of Planning and Project Control, KPMG Australia
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| Evolution of Project Controls in next 5 years. (Role of AI, Data Driven insights, and its influence on mega projects) |
Manjeet Hoodaa
- Senior Director, Envision Energy Group, Australia
Omer Iqbal
- Senior Portfolio Manager - Investment PMO, Sydney Water
Indika Dias
- Cost Engineer, Energy Queensland
Ahmed Baig
- Senior Manager, Project Controls
Paul Schmidt
- Program Director (Program Management), Department of Transport and Main Roads
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| From Plan to Reality: How Project Managers Keep Delivery on Track |
Corey Briffa
- Senior Project Manager, BMD Group
Dan Semenjuk
- Project Manager, Seymour Whyte
Sam Hanisch
- Account Executive, Aphex
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| Developing Delivery and Governance Frameworks to Align Strategy and Delivery – A Case Study |
Louise Gardner
- Managing Director, Pledge Consulting
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| Practical Considerations for Substantiating Disruption Claims |
Kareem Khattab
- Vice President/ Planning & Interface Manager, AACE / Ventia
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| AI in Melbourne Public Transport Projects |
Tasfin Ahmed
- Research Assistant, RMIT University
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| Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Next Generation PMOs - Combining People and Machines |
Greg Lawton
- CEO, Nodes & Links
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| Earned Value Management (EVM) |
Michael Nosbisch
- Director, Project Controls, Strategic Management Solutions, LLC (SMSI)
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| Introduction |
Abhi Datta
-Chair, Australian Cost Engineering Society / Engineers Australia
John Paterson
-Chair Victoria, Australian Cost Engineering Society / Engineers Australia
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| Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Sara Fargher
- Senior Specialist, Enterprise Systems, Victorian infrastructure Delivery Authority (VIDA)
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| Keynote: Optimising Program Management with TNDD and SAPIENCE |
Paul Schmidt
- Program Director (Program Management), Department of Transport and Main Roads
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| Headline Partner Remarks |
Neil Burlison
- General Manager APAC, Contruent
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| Winning the War on Resources: Inclusion Strategies to Reduce Churn in capital and construction |
Natasha Manley
- Group Planning Manager, McConnell Dowell
Robert Turner
- Group Planning Manager, CPB Contractors
Gail Creighton Davies
- Executive Consultant, Governance and Transformational Strategy
Jo Farrell
- General Manager (ACT), Kane Constructions
Richard Tester
- Managing Director, RASP Australia
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