Dave Daines Director & Past Chair of Board, Asset Management Council, Australia About: An Asset Management professional with significant experience in all aspects of Asset Management at an operational and corporate level within the Resource Sector. Dave has an extensive background that has always involved working in demanding and challenging roles, drawing on strengths in leadership, strategy development, decision-making, and financial management to deliver solid results. Dave has continued to enhance his professional qualifications and personal development throughout his career to build capability in an ever-changing environment. He remains committed to learning and sharing his knowledge and experience with individuals and organisations. Since leaving the Resource sector in 2015 Dave has worked across many industry sectors providing • Review/development of Strategic Asset Management activities and plans for organisations. • Development & delivery of Asset Management training. • Provision of Asset Management assessments and audits. • Management System Auditing His professional associations and scope of work afford him with a unique insight into the international stage of asset management across a broad spectrum of industries. Topic for Lecture: "People do Asset Management"
Assoc. Prof. Gopi Chattopadhyay Senior Lecturer, Post Graduate Program Coordinator for Maintenance and Reliability Engineering Federation University Australia About: Assoc. Prof. Gopi Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. (Operations Management, University of Queensland, Australia), B.E (Mechanical, Gold Medallis, India), M.E(Industrial Engineering, Gold Medallist, India), MBA (Operations Management, Silver Medallist, India) has over 40 years of experience in industries and Universities. He is Coordinator for Postgraduate courses in Maintenance and Reliability Engineering (MRE) in Federation University Australia (FedUni). These programmes have been running since 1980s with enrolments in units by over 300 managers and engineers from reputed global companies. He was Professor of Strategic asset management, Director of Postgrad Studies and Head of Engg. Postgrad Programmes in Central Qld University (CQU) and Head of Engineering Management programmes in Qld University of Technology, (QUT), Australia. He Co-created the Engineering Management postgraduate course at QUT, Asset Management in Power Generation course and futher enhanced Maintenance Management course in CQU and Maintenance and Reliability Engineering coursess in FedUni. He was Principal Consultant in Asset Management, Cardno, Australia. He has supervised 21 PhD and Master research degree students to successful completion, secured over 2.5 Million Australian dollars of funding for industry based research projects and published over 200 papers in reputed international journals and conferences. He is current Chair of Asset Management Council (AMC) Australia, a technical society of Engineers Australia, Gippsland and International Chair of Asset Management Society India (AMSI). He was past Chairs of Brisbane and Gladstone of Asset Management Council (AMC) Australia, past President of Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR, Qld) and Vice President of Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia (MESA, Qld), industry reviewer of ISO55000 series of standards on Asset Management, Total Asset Management Plan (TAMP) of Queensland Government and one of the reviewers of Asset Management Landsca document for Global forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM). He is founding Chair of International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management (ICMIAM, 2020-2024). Topic for Lecture: Asset Management: Integrating Ancient Philosophies.
Prof. Rakesh Mishra Professor and Head of Research, Department of Engineering, School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield, U.K About: Prof. Dr. Rakesh Mishra has made significant contributions across various domains, establishing himself as a distinguished academic and researcher. His expertise spans knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs), research supervision, funding acquisition, and scholarly publications. Nationally, he ranks as the second highest contributor to KTPs over the past decade. His guidance has led to the successful supervision of 18 KTPs, including Accelerated KTPs, a record at his university. Notably, he has been nominated twice for the prestigious Best KTP Academic Awards, placing him among the top three academics in this field. In the field of research and education, Prof. Rakesh has mentored 32 PhD students, shaping their academic journeys. His research endeavours have secured funding exceeding £4 million, supporting critical investigations and advancements. His publication record boasts over 275 research papers, disseminating knowledge and contributing to scientific literature. He also holds Visiting Professorships at prestigious institutions, including IIT Delhi (Qs100) and MNNIT Prayagraj, India. His initiatives as the REF Co-Ordinator for UOA 12 enhance research quality and impact. As a trusted evaluator and leader, Prof. Rakesh serves as a reviewer for esteemed bodies such as the EPSRC, Finland Council, and Cyprus Council. He has examined more than 30 PhD theses, providing valuable insights and maintaining academic standards. His expertise extends globally, as he has served as an external examiner for three UK universities and two international universities. Prof. Rakesh is also a Fellow of IMeChE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) and a member of the CMI (Chartered Management Institute). He has chaired and co-chaired several international conferences, fostering knowledge exchange and scholarly dialogue. Topic for Lecture: Digital Twins of Energy Systems
Prof. Syed Islam Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation), Federation University, Australia About: Prof. Syed M Islam received the B.Sc. MSc and PhD degrees all in Electrical Engineering in 1979 (BUET), 1983 (UPM), and 1988 (KFUPM) respectively. He is currently the Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) and previously the Executive Dean for the Institute of Innovation Science and Sustainability at Federation University Australia. He is also the founding Director of the Centre for New Energy Transition Research at Federation University. Prior to joining Federation University, he was the John Curtin Distinguished Professor in Electrical Power Engineering and the Director of Centre for Smart Grid and Sustainable Power Systems at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He received the Dean’s medallion for research at Curtin University in 1999. He received the IEEE T Burke Haye’s Faculty Recognition award in 2000. He received the Curtin University inaugural award for Research Development in 2012. He received the Sir John Madsen medal in 2011 and 2014 for best electrical engineering paper in Australia. He has published over 400 technical papers in his area of expertise. His research interests are in Distributed Energy Resources, Condition Monitoring of Transformers, Wind Energy Conversion, and Smart Power Systems. He has been a keynote speaker and invited speaker at many international workshops and conferences. He has been a Visiting Professor at Shanghai University of Electrical Power and Xian Jiatong University, China. He is a Fellow of the Engineers Australia, a Life Fellow of the IEEE, IEEE PES, IEEE IAS, and IEEE DEIS, a Fellow of the IET and a chartered professional Engineer in Australia. He is a founding Editor of the IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy and an Associate Editor of the IET Renewable Power Generation. He was the Guest Editor in Chief for the IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy special issue on Variable Power Generation Integration into Grid. He is a member of the C4NET Board. Topic for Lecture: Asset Management of Distribution Transformers Contaminated with PCBs
Mr. Martin Kerr Managing Director, Structured Change & Applying Asset Management About: Martin Kerr is a passionate Asset Management and Change Management professional. During the day, with Structured Change and Applying Asset Management, he assists organisations develop their Asset Management Systems, prepare them for ISO Certification, provide Asset Management training and provide change management road maps to adopt asset management. Martin recently became the ISO Convenor for ISO55001:2024 and the Technical Director for the World Partners in Asset Management (World Partners in Asset Management) (CAMA and Global Certification Scheme) Topic for Lecture: Integrated Management Systems (Value vs Compliance)
Glenn “Shoey” Schumacher Head of Engineering, Energy Australia-EA, Australia About: Glenn (Shoey) Schumacher, holds a Bachelor Engineering – Mechanical (UTS), Master of Engineering – Power Generation (UQ), Master of Business Administration (Deakin), Graduate Certificate of Human Resource Management (USQ), Doctor of Engineering [Honorius Causa] (CQU). Shoey is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, a Chartered Professional Engineer, a NPER3 Registered Engineer, an Executive Engineer (IEAust), a Registered Professional Engineer - Queensland, a Registered Professional Engineer – Victoria, a Member of the College of Mechanical Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute of Energy Australia, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMMM). Member of the Asset Management Society of India (AMSI) International Advisory Committee. Shoey is currently Head of Engineering, EnergyAustralia (EA) based in Melbourne, Australia. Shoey has held this role since October 2018. Shoey served as AGL Energy Ltd.’s Chief Engineer from November 2013 to September 2017. In that period AGL doubled its Generating capacity to over10,000 MW and covered technologies such as Brown and Black Coal Fired Plant, Brown Coal Mining, Open Cycle Gas Turbines, Hydro, Gas Fired Boilers, Wind and Grid Scale PV Solar along with developments around Grid Scale Storage technologies. Shoey was heavily involved in the Technical Due Diligence undertaken by AGL into the acquisition of the then Macquarie Generation and then lead the AGL Macquarie Operations Integration Team after acquisition. Shoey has been involved in development and deployment of seven (7) Asset Management Programs since the mid 1990’s and the Program developed at Gladstone Power Station (GPS) in the late 2000’s won national acclaim for its success in changing the culture and performance of the GPS business. Topic for Lecture: (to be announced later)
Ashay Prabhu Co-Founder, Modelve About: Ashay is passionate about capacity building in governments and is an International Advisor to GFOA (Govt Finance Association of USA) and Co-Founder of Modelve - a strategic asset modeling platform. He is passionate about the art of storytelling in long term asset plans - so finance, engineering and climate scientists collaborate to bring their combined stories to life. Stories that articulate how the community may choose to live in future by simulating multiple scenarios they choose- based on their choices -for costs, climate, livability, comfort, risk and well-being. It’s their infrastructure after all. Ashay spends a vast majority of time now globally providing masterclasses and workshops on training in Strategic Asset Management. In the hope that younger practitioners embrace this art of SAM storytelling, so future dots can join our communities. Topic for Lecture: Scenario Planning for long life infrastructure- balancing risk, climate and performance with cost.
Prof. Harekrishna Misra Professor, School of Management, BML Munjal University, Delhi NCR, India About: Prof. Harekrishna Misra (Ph.D., Information Systems) has around 40 years of experience in the industry (Industrial Automation, Signalling, and Control) and academia in IT infrastructure management, database management, communication systems, and networks. His current research interests include software engineering (process modeling), e-governance, ICT for Development, information systems management in development organizations, e-business for rural enterprises, and ICT-enabled value chains in rural enterprises. He has widely published in nationally and internationally reputed and referred journals. He has been on the editorial board of two international journals as well. He has also participated in technical and program committees and presented papers at national and international refereed academic conferences. His works have been awarded as best papers in various conferences. In the past, he has been a member and Chairperson of the advisory committee of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (GoI). He was also Chair Professor, Verghese Kurien Centre of Excellence at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). He is member, board of governors of Sahaj Retail Limited, Kolkata, India, channelling e-government services in India. He was also a member of the Expert Committee that formulates the National Cooperation Policy, GoI. He is an Associate Editor of Springer's International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management. He was organizing Chair for the ICMIAM-2022. Topic for Lecture: Digital Assets, Digital Transformation and LOSI Reflections: Rurality Perspectives
Prof (Col) Aditya Parida, PhD (Veteran) Professor (Retired), Luleå University of Technology, Sweden About: Prof (Col) Aditya Parida, MTech (IIT Kgp), ME (MS University), PhD (Sweden), is a retired Professor from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. With experience in teaching Masters and PhD courses, he has contributed to research for Swedish National foundations, industries, and EU projects. He served 23 years as an Operation and Maintenance Engineer in the Indian Army, retiring as Director Management Studies, Army HQs. He has worked as a senior Consultant and Advisor in Business Development and was a visiting Professor at several institutes in India and abroad. He is a member of various committees and has published over a hundred peer-reviewed papers and authored two books and four book chapters (Springer’s Asset and Maintenance Performance Measurement). Prof Parida's work spans Operation & Maintenance, asset engineering, and performance measurement. He has been an International Chair, Keynote speaker, and Guest-editor for multiple conferences and journals. Notable awards include the Outstanding Paper Award-2007 from Emerald, Best European PhD Thesis Award Supervisor (2015-16), and Eminent Alumni Award from VSSUT, Odisha (2017). He is a Member of International Advisory Committee of Asset Management Society of India since 2021 and has been a reviewer for academic programs and publications globally. Topic for Lecture: Intelligent Asset management: Issues and Challenges
Dr Anne Gibbs Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Council, Australia About: Dr. Anne Gibbs is the CEO of the Asset Management Council, Australia. She is an executive engineering management professional with a strong focus on infrastructure management to enhance community quality of life. Anne has extensive international experience, having worked with a diverse range of communities in both developing and developed countries. Her projects have spanned aging water and waste assets, transport, and social infrastructure across nations like the UK, Denmark, and Russia. She has also managed the transition of a water authority in Argentina, handled municipal engineering for both remote and urban communities across Australia, and undertaken humanitarian engineering assignments in Tanzanian refugee camps, as a responder to an Indonesian earthquake, and for capacity building in East Timor municipalities. Additionally, Anne provided her expertise as a Disaster Resilient Infrastructure Project Expert to the CDRI Secretariat. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering, a Graduate Diploma in Municipal Engineering and Management, a Masters in Business Administration, and a Doctorate in Business Administration. Topic for Lecture: Maintenance Matters: Ensuring Safety and Ecosystem Balance Through Asset Management
Prof. Iven Mareels Pro-Vice Chancellor, Innovation and Executive Dean, Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability. Federation University, Australia. About: Iven Mareels is the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Innovation, and the Executive Dean, Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability. He's also Director of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and Non-executive Director of Rubicon Water (ASX listed). Previously, he was a partner in IBM Consulting and Director of the Centre for Applied Research, IBM Australia (2021–2022), Director of IBM Research in Australia (2018–2021) and Dean of Engineering at the University of Melbourne (2007–2018). Iven received his PhD in Systems Engineering from the Australian National University in 1987 and his Master of Engineering (Electromechanical, ir) from Gent University in 1982. He has co-authored over 500 refereed publications, including 5 monographs. He is a co-inventor of a suite of patents related to the automation of large scale, gravity fed, irrigation systems (with Rubicon Water). Iven has received a number of awards, including the IBM Research Achievement Award (bronze level) in 2021, the Harold Chestnut Control Engineering Textbook Prize in 2017, the IEEE Control Systems Society Technology Award in 2014, the Asian Control Association Wook Hyun Kwon Education Award in 2013 and the Clunies Ross Medal for the automation of irrigation in 2008. He has received two civil awards. He is a commander in the Order of the Crown of Belgium and received the Centenary Medal of Australia for contributions to engineering education and research. Iven is a culture champion, an experienced R&D manager and research team leader who has managed up to 1,000 employees (counting PhD students as junior employees) and an annual budget well in excess of A$300M. He has worked in a consulting and research capacity with the water, electrical power, electronics and defence industries as well as other research organisations. The majority of his experience was in the university sector (1977–2018 and 2022–present). Iven enjoys developing talent and shaping organisational culture. He feels immensely rewarded when people reach their full potential after being well placed in an organisation. Iven’s personal research focuses on large-scale and learning systems (from mathematical modelling to organisational management) such as computational networks, the electricity grid, water distribution networks, and the (human) brain. Topic for Lecture: to be announced
Dr. Khanindra Pathak Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India About: Dr. Khanindra Pathak is a Professor and Ex-HOD of the Department of Mining Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He graduated in Mining Machinery from ISM Dhanbad in 1983, and worked at Neyveli Lignite Corporation before returning to ISM as a lecturer in 1987. He received training at OIL, Duliajan in 1988 and later earned a Commonwealth Academic Staff fellowship. Dr. Pathak completed his PhD at the Royal School of Mines in 1996. He joined IIT Kharagpur in 2000 and became a professor in 2003. With over 100 publications and two technical books, his research focuses on Remote Sensing and GIS for resource management. He has been involved in numerous pedagogic research projects and has received multiple awards, including the National Geoscience Award in 2014. Prof. Pathak has served on various committees and contributed to the Encyclopedia of Life Support System under a UNESCO project. His accolades include the National Scholarship (1976-1983), Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship (1993-1996), Smt Bala Tandan award (2007-2008), Sir John Dunn Medal (2008-2009), and the Life Time Achievement Award for teaching and research (2014) and National Geoscience Award (2014) by the President of India. Topic for Lecture: to be announced
Dr. Sanjay Bahl Director General, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team About: Dr. Sanjay Bahl, with nearly four decades of experience in the ICT industry, is currently the Director General of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India. His expertise spans technology, business, global trade, and policy in both the private and public sectors, as well as academic, public policy, and legal areas. He has served as the Global Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt Ltd, and as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Hughes Tele.com (India) Ltd on secondment from TCS. At PT Infotimur Sistimatama, Jakarta, and CMC Ltd, New Delhi, he managed large complex software and turnkey projects. As a resource person for UN-APCICT, Dr. Bahl has delivered security and privacy training for government leaders. He is a member of various national and international security committees and has won numerous awards at both levels. Topic for Lecture: Digital Asset Management
