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Allan, Don
Don is the Director of the Building Policy Unit of the Qld Department of Public Works. In this capacity he is responsible for building policy and advice, government and industry relationships and industry supplier base development. The Building Policy Unit of the Department works to establish and enhance strong and effective links with the building and construction industry to foster innovation and industry improvement. Don is his Department's representative on the Board of the CRC-CI.

Anderson, John
John Anderson is the Managing Director of ABE Services Pty Ltd. He has over 25 years experience in the building and engineering construction industry (including 5 years in the IT industry), and has worked in the contracting, consulting and government sectors. In recent years he has worked in the IT sector and consulted in project management. He has also spent over ten years implementing and managing quality systems in both the public and private sectors within the building and construction industry. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, and the President of the Canberra Division of Engineers Australia. He has had continual involvement with Standards Australia since 1991 in the development of quality system guidelines for the construction industry initially through QR/1 (AS/NZS 3905.2 1993 and 1997) and recently as a member of a select working group for the preparation of their publication "HB90.3-2000, The Construction Industry Guide to ISO 9001:2000".

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Baggs, David
David is a director of Natural Integrated Living Pty Ltd, a multidiscipline green architecture & sustainable development consultancy - he is an award winning chartered architect, sustainability and energy-efficiency consultant with 25 years experience. David was sustainability, energy and eco-product consultant to 10 Olympic projects including the Olympic Village and the Sydney SuperDome and more recently the Green Square Town Centre, the AMP Global Headquarters and Brisbane City Council Headquarters fitouts, Holsworthy and Canungra Army Base Re-developments and residential projects totalling over 6000 dwellings. David is on the National Technical Committee for the Building Code of Australia's Energy amendments and is Technical Director of Ecospecifier, a website of over 1000 eco-preferable products created by Natural Integrated Living originally in Joint venture with RMIT University. David and Natural Integrated Living were also the 2003/04 HIA National GreenSmart Professionals of the Year.

Ball, Michael
Michael Ball is the Project Director Research House, Manages the Government Buildings Water Conservation Program and is located in the Built Environment Research Unit, Department of Public Works, Queensland. Michael has over 37 years experience in the building construction industry in a variety of roles from tradesperson, foreman, supervisor, health and safety professional and more recently 13 years in BERU working in research, policy and advice on a range of built environment issues (indoor air quality, building remediation, asbestos policies and management and reduction of volatile organic chemicals). For the past 5 years or so, Michael has been the Project Director for the Towards Healthy and Sustainable Housing Research House project, more commonly referred to as "Research House". This is a joint project managed by the Department of Public Works in partnership with the Department of Housing and provides an opportunity for research in government to be integrated into other industry research. Michael has been involved with the CRC-CI for 3 years and brings his wealth of practical building experience to the projects he is involved with.

Ballesty, Stephen
Stephen is a Terotechnologist with science, engineering, environmental and management qualifications with over 20 years of experience in property, construction and facilities consulting predominantly in Australia and the USA. Stephen is well known FM industry leader, having been an active member of the FMA Australia since 1994. This has included having been a NSW Committee member from 1996 and serving as the NSW Chair during 1999 and 2000, before joining the FMA's Board of Directors in 2001. On the Board he has been instrumental in a wide range of knowledge, advocacy, governance and alliance initiatives including working with IFMA since 2003 on global issues. In addition to being FMA Australia's current Chairman, Stephen was appointed by the Australian Government as a member of the Strategic Industry Leaders Group for the FM Action Agenda in 2004 and chaired the Innovation Working Group. He currently serves as the Deputy Chair of the FM Action Agenda Implementation Board and Project Leader on the Sydney Opera House - FM Exemplar Project .

Bellicini, Lorenzo
Lorenzo Bellicini is currently Technical Manager and member of the Board of Directors of Cresme, the leading research institute in Italy for the study of the construction sector. He is also Cresme's representative for the Euroconstruct network (19 research institutes specialising in economic analyses of the construction sector in Europe). He is Professor under contract to the Faculty of Architecture of Rome's Third University where he holds the course of Urban economics. He was professor to the Faculty of Architecture of Chieti where he held the course of Planning and implementing public works. Lorenzo has been holding seminars and lessons at several Italian and international universities. He is currently consultant to the Municipality of Rome's Special Town Planning Scheme Service Directorate and an external member of the Istat (Italian National Statistical Institute) working group on the construction sector. Lorenzo has directed several research projects on the most innovative aspects of Italian construction. Since 1995, he has been studying the development of the facilities management market in Italy, editing the keynote research report at Proseg Italia (the most important facilities management and outsourcing summit). He acts as consultant to numerous institutions including the Studies Department of the Chamber of Deputies, Ministries, Regions and Municipalities, and he is author, co-author or editor of many papers, books and other publications.

Bookogianne, Con
Con Bookogianne is the Alliance Manager for Brisbane Water Enviro Alliance. Outside of the Alliance, he is also Construction Manager for John Holland Northern Region. Con has worked in the industry for 25 years primarily in Construction. Con's experience is in Project Management of large infrastructure projects. Major achievements include the construction of two 130 metre cooling towers at Stanwell Power Station, Electrification of Kuala Lumpur Railway System, and Collie Power Station and presently the BWEA Alliance.

Brandon, Peter
Professor Peter Brandon recently completed his term as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for research at the University of Salford, UK - the only UK university to be awarded a 6 star rating in the Built Environment within the independent UK research assessment exercise. Peter is currently Director of Salford's 'Thinking Laboratory', a cross university laboratory for exploring the application of information and communication technologies across all disciplines. He is also Director of Strategic Programmes in the School of Construction and Property Management and University Orator. Peter has managed projects worth several million pounds and has played a significant role in UK Construction Research Policy and chairs the Ross Priory Group which includes all the major research organisations in the UK. Peter founded 'Construct IT', the UK National Centre for Construction IT (which won the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education), and has established six other University Centres which work with industry on research and innovation issues. He has chaired and organised a number of national and international symposia and provided over 200 papers in 30 countries as well as being author, co-author or editor of seventeen books. He has provided keynote addresses at many international conferences throughout the world and recently completed a study for the Australian construction industry providing a vision for the Year 2020.

Brown, Kerry
Kerry Brown is a Professor in the School of Management and Director of the Work and Industry Futures Research Program in the Faculty of Business at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Professor Brown's areas of research interest include change management, networks, work-life balance, gender and careers in the public sector, public management and policy, government-community relations and public sector employment relations. She has co-authored two books, one examining the interrelationships between government, business and society and the other relating to managing change and innovation in the public sector, co-edited a book on Innovation in the Construction Industry and published over 40 articles in scholarly journals. She is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Small Business and Globalisation and the Queensland Editor of Public Administration Today.

Brown, Stephen
Dr Stephen Brown is a Principal Research Scientist with CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology, where he leads research on Air Quality Control Sciences. His tertiary education and expertise are in the areas of analytical and industrial chemistry, occupational hygiene, building and material sciences and air quality, areas in which he has been involved for over 30 years. He has carried out research into smoke and toxic gases in building fires, control of asbestos hazards in buildings, indoor air exposure to volatile organic pollutants (and other pollutants such as respirable particles, house dust mites, oxidants), assessment of pollutant emissions from manufactured products, and guidelines for indoor air quality and sustainable buildings. Most of his current research and consulting activities fall into the last three of these.

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Carney, Mark
Mark has 25 years experience in heavy industry project management which has moved into risk and innovation management for major projects in the past 3 years. Previous roles include Project Manager for projects including turnkey design and construct hydrometallurgy plants, gas turbine power station and pipeline, roller coaster installation, food processing and coal. In a Business development role, Mark also managed proposals for power stations, chemical plants and mine development. His interests are the development of the risk management systems in major projects, the promotion of innovation in the development of projects and in supporting staff to deliver their best.

Carter, Dayv
Dayv Carter is a Principal Policy Officer with the Queensland Department of Public Works, Works Division's Building Policy Unit. The Building Policy Unit is responsible for developing policies that promote an efficient and competitive building industry and an improved client-supplier relationship between Government and industry, particularly through polices that:
* improve industry responsiveness to government priorities;
* lead to meeting high standards of technical, cost and time performance; and
* engender innovation, environmental sustainability and the use of technology.
Building Policy Unit contributes to the development of consistent national policies and to the development of industry policies by other agencies. The Unit also administers the whole-of-Queensland government Prequalification (PQC) System, which supports the Government's capital works program and policy by providing a comprehensive central register for the selection of prequalified building industry consultants and contractors.

Choy, Richard
Richard Choy is the Chief Executive Officer of NATSPEC, publisher of the National building specification of Australia. An engineer by profession, he has been involved in the design and construction industry for over 30 years and prior to joining NATSPEC was an Associate Director with the Asia-Pacific architecture and interior design firm HBO+EMTB. Richard has been involved with most building types and building materials and was the inaugural Executive Director of the Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia, past Federal President of the Concrete Institute of Australia, and is currently Vice-President of the Building Science Forum of Australia.

Chevez, Agustin
Agustin was born in Mexico City 1971. In 1990 he went to Europe where his passion for Architecture began. Years later, and back in Mexico he obtained the title of Architect, parallel to courses on intelligent buildings and electronic engineering. After a couple of years in his small architectural practice, he experienced the challenges involved in the management of construction projects and came to Australia to complete a Masters in Project Management at RMIT in 2003. While a scholar at the CRC Construction Innovation 2004 Conference, he was impressed by presentations of his peers about the way technology is changing the built environment and commenced his PhD at RMIT in such topic. Simultaneously, Agustin works in an Architectural Firm in Melbourne.

Connor, Tom
Dr Tom Connor AO currently holds the position of Director Engineering & Technology Asia Pacific within Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd (KBR). Since graduating from the University of Queensland, his experience spans 30 years in management and engineering, research and development and most recently in his current role he leads the use of innovation and technology to improve the KBR business across all disciplines. He has been National President of Engineers Australia and currently undertakes appointments by the Queensland Government as a Director of SunWater and Chair of the Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Council. Awards he has received include Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to engineering, Queensland Engineer of the Year, the PNR Medal by the Engineers Australia and the Australian Government's Centenary Medal.

Crawford, John
Until 2004, John Crawford was a Principal Scientist with the Integrated Design and Construction team at CSIRO Highett. After over 30 years in research, John continues to work with the architecture, engineering and construction industries and CSIRO as a director of Allor Consulting. A founding member of the 1990 "Centre of Expertise in GIS" (one of Telstra's six key centres) and with seven years subsequently collaborating with Telstra Research Laboratories, John was later an associate investigator in a successful ARC Large Grant with Melbourne University - focused on modern representation and collaborative design issues. In 2002-04, John contributed to the new CSIRO-wide "Emerging Science" initiatives in both Tele-collaboration and in Smart Spaces, and to an industry initiative regarding geometric data interchange for the Australian defence and aerospace industries. More recently, he has been heavily involved in several research projects for the AEC design professions concerning On-Line Remote Construction Management (ORCM), High-bandwidth Collaborative Design; Wayfinding in the Built Environment; and on Parametric Modelling.

Creedy, Garry
Garry is a holder of a CRC-Construction Innovation PhD Scholarship and commenced his PhD research studies at the Queensland University of Technology in March 2003. Garry is presently on leave from the Department of Main Roads Queensland where he held the position of Director (Roads Information) in the Department's Road System and Engineering Group. Garry has qualifications in Civil engineering and also in business. Garry's PhD research project is primarily focused on the study of risk factors relating to cost growth in highway construction projects by researching historical risk factors which contribute to excessive cost estimate over-runs for design-bid-build highway construction projects in Queensland. Garry's research effort also aims at developing linkages between the severity of budget cost overruns and project attributes for various highway project types. It is hoped that the research findings will assist clients in improving their accuracy in construction budget estimate predictions for highway construction projects.

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Dalrymple, John
John Dalrymple is a physicist with a BA from the University of Stirling and a Doctorate from the University of Strathclyde. John moved back to the University of Stirling to the Department of Management Science teaching quantitative methods and materials science. As a management academic, John began to work on projects with industry, firstly taking interest in the manufacturing sector. Along with colleagues, John established the Scottish Quality Management Centre at the University of Stirling to underpin the teaching and consultancy activities of the Department with research. He was awarded more than one million pounds sterling to conduct research in companies in areas related to operations and quality management. John moved to Australia to take up the Computing Devices Professorship of Quality Management and Directorship of the proposed Centre for Management Quality Research at RMIT in November 1997. The Centre has subsequently developed an international reputation as a focus for research in quality management and has attracted significant research funding and recognition by industry commerce and public sector organisations.

de Wulf, Geert
Geert Dewulf, Ph.D. is professor of Planning and Development and head of the Department of Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Twente. Geert Dewulf is President of the Scientific Committee of PSIBouw, the Dutch Rethinking Construction Consortium and a program leader of the Netherlands Research School Integral Design of Structures. He is member of scientific advisory committees at Imperial College, Greenwich University, Sintef Norway, TSM Business School, and Helsinki University of Technology. He has written many publications on Public Private Partnerships, real estate and urban planning and lectures at several universities. His most recent book is "Strategic Issues in Public-Private Partnerships" (with M. Bult-Spiering; Blackwell Publishers, 2006). He holds a Ph.D. in social sciences from Utrecht University. Before he joined Twente University he has been working at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Organisation of Applied Scientific Research, Harvard University and University of Utrecht.

Ding, Lan
Dr Lan Ding is a Research Scientist with CSIRO and a Project Leader of CRC for Construction Innovation. Lan received a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Science at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and a PhD at the University of Sydney. Her expertise is in the areas of automated code compliance checking, object-oriented database and rule base, building information modeling and IFC, virtual environment, multi-agent system application, evolutionary systems and artificial intelligence in design and facilities management. Since joining CSIRO Lan has led collaborative projects including Code Checking - Phase 2 (DesignCheck) of CRC for Construction Innovation. She was awarded one of 16 Fresh Innovators 2005.

Dingsdag, Don
Dr Don Dingsdag has extensive experience in OHS, industrial relations and HRM in various aspects of these areas. His experience includes researching, teaching, training, report writing in OHS as well as negotiating and implementing OHS, IR and HRM strategies. He has conceptualised, developed and delivered over eighty OHS adult education and training modules at four universities in OHS law, occupational health practice, safety management, risk assessment/management, auditing and safety systems. Since 1999 he has been conducting investigations, researching and developing expert witness reports for common law workplace injury and public injury claims in the NSW Supreme Court and District Court jurisdictions as well as factual investigations for plaintiff and defendant matters. Together with a wide breadth of experience in operational management roles in the manufacturing and retailing sectors he has also achieved success in the policy development of OHS, risk management, behavioural competencies and training strategies in the coalmining, energy, construction and public transport industries.

Donaldson, Ivan
Ivan Donaldson is Executive Director of the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB.) The ABCB is a Commonwealth, State and Territory body supported by industry and local government to oversight the Building Code of Australia and to progress regulation reform in the building industry as it relates to the design and construction of buildings. Ivan and his team that support the Board's work are based in Canberra. In addition to being the CEO of the ABCB, he is Chairman of the ABCB's Building Codes Committee which provides technical advice to the ABCB and State and Territory administrations about code development. Ivan has been closely involved in all of the major Code development and reform issues affecting building regulation nationally over the past 10 years, including for example access to buildings for people with a disability, energy efficiency for buildings and other sustainability issues. He is also closely involved in a range of regulatory reform initiatives affecting the building industry, including in providing advice to the Board in Building Regulation Ministers on the future direction of building regulation reform in Australia.

Doyle, Jim
Jim Doyle is qualified and experienced as an engineer, economist and lawyer. He is a partner of Doyles Construction Lawyers which has offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and specializes in advising and representing major players in the engineering, construction and development industries. Jim's particular interests are in project structuring, documentation and contract management. He acts for professionals, principals, contractors and subcontractors in all areas of construction law. He has represented parties in a wide range of Courts and in arbitration and in some of the largest and most complex disputes under the Building & Construction Industry Security of Payment Act in NSW and Vic.

Drogemuller, Robin
Robin Drogemuller is the Team Leader for the Integrated Design & Construction Systems team in the CSIRO Division of Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology. He is also Director of the Information and Communications Technology Platform in the CRC for Construction Innovation. Robin is a visiting professor at the University of Salford (UK). He has been a member of the IAI Australasian Chapter Board (defining body for the Industry Foundation Classes (IFCs)) since its formation in 1997 and has played various roles in IAI International since 1998.

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Eddington, Noela
Noela is the Director, VET Strategy and Research, Department of Employment and Training, in Queensland. She has been investigating the nature of skills shortages for several years, and is collaborating with the Department of Education and Training in NSW in piloting industry 'ecosystems' as a process through which skills issues may be addressed. She also collaborates closely with other researchers in Australia, the UK, Europe and Scandinavia on matters relating to VET policy. Her current interest is in linking skills development to industry contexts, economic and social development, not simply providing public training funds to training providers to provide a pool of skills - which may or may not support industry productivity.

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Fernando, Sam
Sam Fernando is a civil engineer with over 25 years experience, currently working as a Senior Advisor for the Queensland Department of Main Roads. Sam is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a member of the Queensland Division Committee of Engineers Australia and holds the portfolio of education, assessment and professional development. Sam was instrumental in establishing the first dedicated committee to promote innovation in Engineers Australia, i. e. the Innovation Subcommittee, and is the current Chair. Before migrating to Australia, Sam held top management positions in large organisations in Sri Lanka including CEO of a large engineering company which he transformed to a highly successful venture. He also played a vital role in promoting innovation as a board member of the national organisation created for this purpose. Sam has published and presented over 20 papers and publications in many countries such as Australia, England, Sri Lanka, America, Vietnam, France, Malaysia and South Africa.

Fischer, Martin
Current Appointments: Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and (by Courtesy) Computer Science; Director, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering; Visiting Professor, School of Construction and Property Management, University of Salford, UK; Visiting Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology; Founder and Chief Scientist, Common Point, Inc. Education: Ph.D. in Construction Engineering and Management, Stanford University; M.S. in Industrial Engineering - Engineering Management, Stanford University; Dipl. Ing. Civil from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne. Major Activities and Awards: Leader in the application of building information modeling for design and construction of facilities; pioneered the application and further development of 4D modeling for constructibility improvement and construction planning and management; over 70 refereed and invited publications, and over 200 invited and conference presentations; recipient of several publication, research, and university awards, including the CAREER Award from NSF, the Top 25 Newsmaker Award from ENR, and best paper awards from the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering and from the AID (Artificial Intelligence in Design) Conference.

Foliente, Greg
Greg is Principal Research Scientist and joint science leader of the Urban Systems Integration Capability at CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to this, he worked at the University of California at Berkeley and at Virginia Tech in the US. Greg is the coordinator of CIB Working Commission W60 (Performance Concept in Building and Construction), and principal author of the CIB report 'Performance Based Building R&D Roadmap' to the European Commission. Considered one of the world's leading experts in performance approach in architecture, engineering & construction (AEC), he was the international coordinator of the CIB Proactive Program on Performance Based Building (1998-2001), and is currently Program Director of the Australian Performance Based Building (Aus-PeBBu) Network (2003-2006) - linking Australian research and industry with a parallel program in Europe. His R&D interests include construction innovation, sustainable buildings and cities, infrastructure and asset management, risk and reliability analysis, service life prediction and scenario modelling. Greg has an extensive publication record and is active in professional organisations worldwide. His commitment to innovation and excellence has been recognised through numerous international awards, including the 1997 George Marra Award of Excellence (SWST, USA) and the 2003 James Croes Medal (American Society of Civil Engineers).

Forghani, Paul
Paul Forghani was born in Iran in June 1955, and lived in Denmark & Spain before settling in Australia in 1971 with his parents. Paul obtained his Bachelor of Building from University of NSW in 1977 and has worked in the construction industry since in various roles. He has worked in many parts of Australia as well as Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Indonesia. Paul has worked as Project Manager on Building Projects and managed his own construction company for 4 years. Paul obtained his Masters of Science (Master of IT Management in Construction) degree from the University of Salford in May 2003. Paul is currently the Manager of Project Service Dept in Thiess. The Group is responsible with the provision of technical/systems training through out Thiess as well as conducting project reviews and development, management and support of site based systems.

Foulis, Nathan
In 2004, at the age of 21, Nathan Foulis completed the four year undergraduate program for the Bachelor of Construction Management and Economics at the University of South Australia with Honors and a number of Australian and international awards, including the CIOB Undergraduate Dissertation Award and the Australian Institute of Building South Australian Chapter Medal. Having been awarded his degree, Nathan is pursuing a career in Construction Management as a Graduate Builder with Hansen Yuncken, working on the construction of the new Adelaide International and Domestic Airport Terminal. Having recently completed a two-month overseas adventure trekking through parts of Asia, Nathan now aims to gain valuable 'on the job' experience to combine with his academic knowledge of the building industry. This he hopes will involve managerial tasks and onsite coordination for construction projects both in Australia and abroad.

Frazer, John
Professor John Frazer is International Research Co-ordinator for the Gehry Technologies Digital Practice Ecosystem. He has pioneered the development of intelligent and interactive building design systems and evolutionary design computation. His research in this field has been developed at Cambridge University, the Architectural Association in London, the University of Ulster where he was awarded a personal Chair, and at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he was Swire Chair Professor and Head of School of Design. He holds honorary Professorships from the Universities of Beijing, Dalian, Fudan and Shandong and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers.

Furneaux, Craig
Craig Furneaux holds a Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Teaching, a Bachelor of Education and a Master of Arts by Research from Griffith University. He is currently completing his PhD through the School of Management, at Queensland University of Technology. Craig has extensive experience in building organisational capability, training, curriculum design and development, and management consulting. A particular emphasis of the consulting practice was assisting organisations comply with government regulations. More recently he has engaged in a number of research projects that analyse public policy, particularly the impact public policy has on organisations and industries. Craig's own research interests include public policy; learning - both individual and organisational; trust, power and identity in organisations; and organisational theory.

Futcher, Keith
Keith Futcher is the newly appointed CEO of ISS EastPoint, now the largest provider of fully integrated property and facility services in Hong Kong, Greater China and Asia with over 9,300 personnel in Hong Kong alone. Keith has more than 25 years of both public and private sector experience across all aspects of property and facilities management. Prior to the acquisition of Eastpoint by ISS, Dr Futcher was Managing Director of the EastPoint Group, a post he had held since 1999. Under his management the Company was transformed both strategically and operationally to become one of the largest providers in the property and facilities management sector in Hong Kong with a solid reputation for service delivery. The EastPoint Group managed more than 250 contracts in more than 350 properties, covering over 70 million square feet of Residential Commecial and Industrial property, in Hong Kong. His professional affiliations are numerous and include: Institution of Civil Engineers, UK; Institution of Structural Engineers, UK; Hong Kong Institution of Engineers; Association of Project Managers, UK; and the International Facility Management Association (IFMA).

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Gannon, Geoff
Geoff Gannon is currently Systems Manager for John Holland's Northern Region of Operation, which includes Queensland and Nothern Territory. He is responsible for ensuring alignment between contracted requirements, JH governance and the workspace of the project team. His role also includes ensuring procedural efficiency in achieving project objectives. His past experience includes Project and Technical Management of Projects with individual values ranging from $AUD25M to in excess of $AUD500M, covering: Building Design and Construction; Heavy Industrial; Telecommunications; Power Transmission and Distribution; Water and Wastewater and Railway Signalling.

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Hall, Dorothea
Dott Hall has spent over 25 years in the services sector in a range of senior management, sales and consulting roles. This practical experience gained across a range of industries enables her to deliver both practical and strategic advice to clients. Dott currently lectures to Masters students in Project Management at QUT in the Graduate School of Business and recently developed a new Contract Management course with Professor Paul Davidson. Dott regularly conducts workshops for the Institute of Public Administration and other organizations. Workshops include, Contract Management, Building and Sustaining Effective Client Relationships, Business Analysis, Business Improvement and Project Recovery. Dott is highly regarded for her passion and commitment to productivity improvement and is acknowledged as a highly skilled project manager able to make the most of any team and recover a project from difficult situations!! One of the most exciting aspects of her work is the coaching and change management activities with senior executives.

Hayles, Carolyn
Dr Carolyn Hayles is a Research Fellow in the School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Carolyn's current research interests are in decision making for sustainable construction and green building; particularly issues surrounding the provision of sustainable and affordable housing. Carolyn is also involved in a university-wide project, embedding sustainability teaching across curricula. Carolyn has worked as a researcher and consultant for the past ten years. Trained as a geologist, Carolyn spent 8 years with the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in the UK (1995-2003), where she worked on a large number of diverse projects, ranging from building technology and performance problems to construction process and management issues. Carolyn is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and member of the UK's Institute of Value Management, an accredited facilitator and Professional in Value Management (Europe), and a member of the Australian Institute of Value Management.

Hood, David
David Hood is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over thirty years experience in business, engineering, education, project management, and senior executive positions in both the public and private sectors. David was a Founding Director of the Australian Construction Industry Forum (ACIF), and of the Australian Council of Building Design Professions (BDP), and was for six years a Councillor, and for three a Director of Standards Australia International. David is currently Chairman of his own consulting engineering practice specialising in the areas of sustainability in the built environment, "green projects", energy efficiency policy, engineering education and global engineering infrastructure. David is actively involved with industry and professional associations promoting the improved energy performance of buildings, being Deputy President of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC), Project Champion of The Warren Centre's Low Energy High Rise (LEHR) Project, and Deputy Chairman of Engineers Australia's College of Environmental Engineers. David is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of the Built Environment and Engineering at QUT.

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Jakovich, Joanne
Joanne Jakovich graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Design from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Environmental Studies at the University of Tokyo on a Japan Ministry for Education Research Scholarship. In Japan she worked for architect Fumihiko Maki and organized several international digital urbanism events. Currently she is doing a PhD in Architecture at the University of Sydney and is a CRC for Construction Innovation scholar. Her research focuses on the development of tools that enable gestural interaction as the primary means for designing interactive spaces. Recently her interactive soundspace Sonic Tai Chi was exhibited at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

Jensen, Colin
Colin has worked in various engineering and executive positions in the fields of Urban Planning, Transport Modelling, Strategic Planning, Road Program Development, and Policy within the Queensland Department of Main Roads since 1987. Until recently, Colin has worked as the Executive Director of Strategic Policy where he identified and set the strategic direction for policy in response to Government, industry and community needs. Colin's current role with the Queensland Department of Main Roads is as the General Manager of Road System & Engineering, where he ensures that Main Roads has the systems and people capability to meet the current and future demands and risks associated with the management of $23 billion of road infrastructure. Colin has also been heavily involved in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) both internationally and domestically where he has held many positions including Chair of the Board of Directors for the World Congress on ITS, and President of ITS Australia.

Jones, Delwyn
Del's work in supply chain eco-profiling includes developing:
" eco-profiles for building design, supply contracts and Homebush bay In 1995,
" an building products eco-database for the CRC CI LCADesign since 2002
With colleagues her achievements include:
" 3 reference books, many book chapters and numerous papers.
" Banksia Environment Awards in 1997 and 1998 and a Facilities Managers Association Research Award in 2000.
A current focus is on 3D Building Information Models for product design and facility management applications.

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Khan, Shahed
Dr Shahed Khan is the Head of Program (Planning) and senior lecturer at University of Western Sydney, specialising in environmental planning. Earlier, Shahed worked as an independent architectural and planning consultant overseas and also taught in architecture and planning programs at the tertiary level. He holds an undergraduate degree in Architecture and Masters and PhD degrees in Planning. His current research interests include sustainable cities, Local Agenda 21 and waste minimization.

Kiviniemi, Arto
Arto Kiviniemi has Master of Science in Architecture with honors and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 1996 Arto started at VTT (Technical Research Center of Finland) in ICT research for Real Estate and Construction (RECC) industry. During 1997-2002 Arto worked as the Program Director for the Finnish "Vera - Information Networking in the Construction Process" program consisting of 161 R&D projects with the total budget of 47 M€, which established Finland's position as one of the leading countries using product model technology in the RECC industry. Currently Arto leads the Building Informatics research team and is a member of a Strategic Technology Steering Group for Technologies in Community at VTT. Arto has been a member of scientific or organizing committees in 12 international conferences since 2000, and he has presented 41 keynote and invited lectures and several other papers in international seminars and conferences around the world since 1996.

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Lai, Anthony
Anthony Lai is a Lecturer in the City University of Hong Kong. He teaches mainly building surveying subjects such as building control & maintenance. He has been qualified as a building surveyor in the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for more than ten years. He is now pursuing a PhD studies in the University of South Australia, Australia. His research interests, in addition to building control and maintenance, also include management and quality assurance and management. Recently he has published a book chapter "Control on unauthorized Building Works in Hong Kong" in Building Design and Development in Hong Kong which was published by the City University of Hong Kong Press in 2003.

Lingard, Helen
Dr Lingard holds a Ph.D. in field of occupational health and safety in the construction industry. She has considerable industry experience, having
worked as Area Occupational Health and Safety Adviser for Costain Building and Civil Engineering (Hong Kong), during which time she worked on major infrastructure projects, including the Hong Kong international airport and the Tsing Ma Bridge. Dr Lingard has co-authored two books and has extensive research and consulting experience in the fields of occupational health and safety and human resource management, specialising in the construction sector.

London, Kerry
Dr Kerry London is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle Australia. She is an emerging international leader, a national and University leader in the area of supply chain economics and management. She also conducts research in design management. She was recently awarded the Chartered institute of Building (CIOB) award for research excellence for her research into supply chain economics. She is currently leading the University of Newcastle CRC-CI node.

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Mahbub, Rohana
Rohana Mahbub is a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, before being awarded a scholarship by her employer to pursue her PhD at the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology. She obtained a BSc (Hons) degree in Quantity Surveying from University of Reading and MSc in Construction Project Management from University of Manchester. In 1999, Rohana spent a year at Concordia University, Montreal as a visiting researcher under the Canadian Government Scholarship and Fellowship Programme, studying the Safety Aspects of Automation and Robotics in Construction. Her research interests include Construction Robotics, Building Automation and Assembly, Innovative Construction Methods and Education in Construction. Her previous research projects include studies on construction education and courses in Malaysia commissioned by the Board of Quantity Surveyors, Malaysia and the Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia.

Maher, Mary Lou
Professor Mary-Lou Maher is Professor of Design Computing at The University of Sydney. She has a joint appointment in the Faculty of Architecture and the School of Information Technologies in the Faculty of Science. In the Faculty of Architecture she is a co-director of the Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, and the Program Coordinator for the Bachelor of Design Computing. In the School of Information Technologies she is part of the Information Visualisation Group and the IMAGEN program at the National ICT Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering at Columbia University in 1979, and a Master of Science and PhD at Carnegie Mellon University, completing my PhD in 1984. Her research interests span a broad area of design computing, specifically virtual environments and representation of design knowledge.

Manley, Karen
Karen is BRITE Project Leader with the CRC for Construction Innovation and a Senior Research Fellow with the School of Urban Development at Queensland University of Technology. She is an economist with over 10 years experience as an academic and private consultant, specialising in the analysis of innovation and industry growth. Her most influential work adopts a national perspective on industry performance, with reports such as The High Road or the Low Road - Alternatives for Australia's Future having considerable impact on Australian national policy.

Marchant, David
David Marchant is the Global IT Manager for Woods Bagot. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Design Computing in the Faculty of Architecture, University of Sydney. He has been a Board member of the International Alliance for Interoperability Australasian Chapter for a number of years and is a contributing member of a number of ISO technical committees on digital information standards in building and construction. He is Woods Bagot liaison/participant in the CRC for Construction Innovation. And, fundamentally he is a practising architect, even though he has largely expressed this through writing software for the last 10 or more years.

Mian, Daniyal
Daniyal Mian is a Senior Project Manager with Arup and is based in their Brisbane office. He has a bachelor degree in electrical engineering and a masters degree in engineering management. He has extensive experience in design, estimation and project management of electrical services for construction projects. He has worked in different capacities as a senior estimator and project manager in Australia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Pakistan. He was the leading researcher on Project Diagnostics.

Miller, Anne
Anne Miller is a Brisbane based environmental scientist with CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology. In 2005, she completed the Cooperative Research Center for Construction Innovation (CRC-CI) Project, Sustainable Sub-divisions: Energy Efficient Design, undertaking the research, analysis and reporting of the case studies, and preparing the final report and a range of publications. Anne is currrently leading and acting as principal researcher for another CRC-CI project, Sustainable Sub-divisions: Ventilation. Before joining CSIRO in April 2004, Anne was a researcher with the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI). She focused on a range of social housing and urban development issues and the project outcomes informed policy makers at the local, state and federal level. Prior to graduating from QUT in 2000, Anne had some twenty years experience with the Australian Government in a range of property related areas including project management, commercial property management and construction administration.

Mills, Thomas
Thomas Mills is an Associate Professor of Building Construction at Virginia Tech University and is a registered architect. He has an extensive design and construction experience in commercial and residential construction in addition to maintaining extensive industry contacts. Professor Mills has worked with, businesses, the state of Virginia, and the federal government in the area of process mapping and efforts to re-engineering current operational processes and their transference into the organization's current business practices. He teaches construction related courses in information technology, means, methods, and materials; construction economics and cost management, principles and practices of construction, production process and planning, and a course in advance construction techniques. He is also on the leadership committee for the Virginia Tech based Center for Innovation in Construction Safety and Health.

Murphy, Martina
Martina Murphy RIBA qualified as a chartered architect before practicing for 10 years in the UK, Europe and the Far East. She specialised in new build commercial work, with an interest in the use of new technologies and concepts, within the design. Martina is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Ulster. She sits on the Council of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects as Education Convenor, and is active in promoting architectural mentoring between the regions two universities. She also sits as representative council member for the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland. Martina writes extensively for architectural journals and associated media. She is married with 3 young children and lives in County Down. Currently, Martina is currently researching material for a book about the origins of nursery rhymes!

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Ness, David
Dr David Ness is an Adjunct Research Fellow with the School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, where he is involved with teaching, research and supervision of PhD students one of whom is Jian Zuo from China. David is a strong adherent of collaborative approaches, and Jian's research on the effect of project culture on performance of construction projects is of particular interest. David is also a Project Manager with the Infrastructure Division of the South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, and sees alliance and relationship contracting as benefiting both building and infrastructure projects. He believes that the research at the University of SA involving Jian Zuo, who is conducting further investigations in China at present, can open up opportunities for Australian companies to export their know-how to aid the booming construction industry in that country.

Newton, Peter
Dr Newton is Chief Scientist in CSIRO's Division of Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology in Melbourne and has been Director of the CRC for Construction Innovation's Program on Sustainable Built Assets since the CRC's inception in 2001. Prior to being appointed Chief Scientist at CSIRO, Dr Newton also directed its research program on Sustainable Built Environment Technologies. He is recognised as Australia's leading expert on state of environment reporting and is the author of both the 2001 and 2006 Federal State of Environment Reports on Australian Human Settlements (www.deh.gov.au/soe). His books "Re-Shaping Cities for a More Sustainable Future" , "Population Shift" and "Cities in Competition" published when he was Associate Director of the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute reflect Dr Newton's long term commitment to creating more productive and sustainable built environments.

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Paramor, Greg
Greg Paramor was appointed Managing Director of Mirvac Group following the acquisition of the James Fielding Group (JFG) in January 2005. He has been involved in the real estate and funds management industry for the past 30 years. He has participated in forming property vehicles for public investment since 1981 and was the co-founder of Growth Equities Mutual, Paladin Australia and JFG. He has been directly involved in the organisation of approximately $6 billion of commercial, retail and industrial projects and property securities. He is a past president of the Property Council of Australia and past President of Investment Funds Association and a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute. He is a director of a number of organisations and companies including the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Leighton Properties Pty Ltd.

Peng, Wei
Wei Peng is currently a PhD researcher in the Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney, focusing on building computational models that enable design tools to learn by their use. He has worked as a research assistant in two CRC-CI research projects. His research interests include situated learning agents, computer-aided design tools, design optimization and applying ICT to construction processes.

Pham, Lam
Lam Pham is currently an Honorary Research Fellow at CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers. He retired from the position of Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO at the end of 2005 and is now working as a consultant and part time lecturer in Sustainable Construction at Swinburne University of Technology. His current activities include development of linkage with Asia, International Harmonisation of Codes and Standards, Performance-Based Criteria for Building Construction and Ecologically Sustainable Construction. He has been working in performance-based design and regulation for the last ten years.

Piyatrapoomi, Noppadol (Anthony)
Noppadol Piyatrapoomi obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Melbourne. He has practiced as a civil and structural design engineer for ten years before he joined the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation. His research interests include the application of risk and reliability in decision-making for infrastructure asset management; assessment of public risk perception on engineering investments; risk and reliability assessment of structures; seismic risk and reliability assessment of structures; the application of an evolutionary method for data analysis.

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Quick, Roger
Roger practises in construction law on projects involving public and private infrastructure in construction and energy industries with expertise in drafting and negotiating contracts through to the resolution of claims through litigation, mediation or arbitration. Roger's assignments include:
* Department of Public Works - Drafted 2 stage Managing Contractor contract.
* Department of Main Roads - Drafted first alliance contracts and acting for alliance to complete Package 4 on Pacific Motorway Project.
* Drafted new form of contract addressing early contractor involvement in response to skill shortages.
* Cairns City Council - Drafted EPCM contract and documentation for upgrade of four Waste Water Treatment Plants.
* Tarong North - Drafted EPC contract for principal and advised on sell-down by principal of the existing station.
*Starfish Wind Farm - Drafted EPC contracts for wind farm construction and transmission supply.
* Gove - Drafted alliance contract for process plant expansion.
Roger is co-author of "Quick on Costs" authoritative cost efficient provision of legal services.

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Riese, Martin
Martin Riese is an Architect licensed in Canada and the United States. He worked at London-based Foster and Partners for 10 years, where he was a Project Director. He then became a Partner at Front Inc., a New York City based Architecture and Engineering practice. He is currently the Director of GT Asia in Hong Kong, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gehry Technologies Inc., that provides Building and Construction Information Modelling consulting services to the Asia-Pacific region. Gehry Technologies (GT) was established in 2002 with the mission to transform the construction industry through the commercial application of digital technology. GT brings 15 years of experience in technology and process innovation to its clients, leveraging the very best in digital tools for building design and construction. For more information about Gehry Technologies, please visit www.gehrytechnologies.com.

Riley, Frank
Frank has enjoyed a successful career in asset management, property and facility management and business development in both the private and public sectors. Since 1998 Frank has been the Manager City Assets with the Brisbane City Council and more recently, as a result of internal restructure Frank has been appointed as the Manager City Property with the Corporate Services Division. In coming months this will see his role extend from a Corporate Real Estate (CRE) focus to take the responsibility for all of Council's land and building management, with the exception of environmental and recreational parkland. He has had extensive experience in managing large property portfolios and associated issues such as the alignment of strategic asset planning, 'value-based' operational asset performance and facilities management. Frank is a former Member of the PCA's Queensland Executive, Former Chairman of the PCA's CRE Committee and he is an accredited Facility manager (AFM3), Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a member of CoreNet Global and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ryan, Neal
Professor Ryan is Head of the School of Management at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia and is responsible for leading the operational and strategic directions of the School. He is also Director of Program A (Business and Industry Development) of the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation. Professor Ryan has published extensively and has presented numerous papers in the areas of public policy, organisational change, knowledge management, procurement and outsourcing, in addition to science and technology policy. He remains committed to ongoing consultancy work with a variety of organisations from both the public and private sectors and is especially concerned with delivering real-world outcomes to industry.

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Schwarz, Gwen
Joining the Building Commission as a Director in 2001, Gwen guided the development of the Commission’s long term strategic direction. One of her key initiatives was the development of Pulse, an industry measurement tool that collects building industry data and provides information to the Commission and stakeholders to enable strategic decision making. Previously, Gwen held roles in business development and corporate planning with the Victorian Departments of Infrastructure, Treasury and Finance and the Office of Building - all with significant change management agendas. Gwen was also involved in the management of capital works including the Southbank project and Bicentennial Commemorative program in Melbourne. Gwen is a qualified company director and has worked in Israel and Australia. Gwen Schwarz’s responsibilities include corporate and annual planning, stakeholder partnering and Pulse - industry measurement.

Scott, Graham
Graham is an organizational psychologist with over ten years experience in his own consultancy. He is also a licensed builder in Queensland. Prior to studying psychology, Graham worked in the construction industry at trade, construction and project management levels. A major driver to study psychology was the number of unresolved disputes that led to huge problems in project delivery. Grahams' main focus now is on interpersonal processes in projects and how these impact on project outcome. In short - effective relationship management. As such he consults to a number of infrastructure projects as well as others on managing relationship risk. Through the presentation you will appreciate Grahams' passion for what he does and the benefits to projects.

Setunge, Sujeeva
Sujeeva Setunge is an Associate Professor in Infrastructure Engineering at RMIT University. She is currently leading five industry funded research projects at RMIT University in the areas of innovative construction materials, analysis and design of structures built with high performance materials and infrastructure asset management for buildings and bridges. She has published more than 75 technical papers on her research work in these areas.

Shah, Ashish
Ashish is Asset Management Engineer at Management Services in Cardno Qld Pty Ltd headquarters in Brisbane. He has over 3 years of experience in asset management. His capability covers pavement, road, bridge and building infrastructure. He has broad experience on asset management covering planning, maintenance & repairs, data analysis, modelling of deterioration trend and programming. He has demonstrated expertise and thorough knowledge in optimised data collection and manipulation, residual service life assessment, condition assessment and project management through research and consulting projects.

Shen, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Shen is an active researcher in value management and related fields. He has managed a large number of research projects with total funding over HK$12 million, and has produced more than 200 publications including papers in refereed journals and international conferences, books, and reports. He also teaches extensively in these fields at both postgraduate and degree levels, and has successfully supervised a large number of PhD and MPhil candidates. He is a member of the Institute of Value Management in the UK and a founding council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Value Management (HKIVM). He has been serving the HKIVM as the Secretary, Councillor, Editor, and Member of the Executive Committee since its formation in 1995. As a certified Value Management Facilitator (List A) recognised by the Hong Kong Government, he has professionally facilitated a large number of value management and partnering workshops for a variety of large client organisations in both the public and private sectors in Hong Kong. He is the Vice-President of China Association of Value Engineering and Vice-President of the Value Engineering Institute of China Association for Tertiary Education.

Slavenburg, Silvester
As the General Manager of Slavenburg Construction Company, Silvester Slavenburg is a chairman that splits his time almost equally between his customers, his personnel and seeking out new ideas and potential innovations. He is the 4th generation of a family owned company. His great grand father founded the company in 1906. Silvester Slavenburg took over the leadership in the company in 1997. He was inspired by and international conference he attended in 1995 and found out that his ideas about changing construction in favour of the client where in fact shared by more people. In that period the company was facing a tough financial time and performance had too improve. When he came back he decided just to go for one goal - ultimate client satisfaction - and start to guide the company to a higher professional level. Furthermore Silvester Slavenburg has developed his passion for acting into making films with producing his first movie 'Paid'. With doing this he found out that making films and buildings have a lot in common: you start with a creative idea and organise and inspire capable people to realise it. www.paidthemovie.com

Smit, Debbie
Debbie Smit is a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and is currently undertaking higher degree studies on "IT Enabled Business Strategies". Debbie lectures in construction, building services and statutory law in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) and Quantity Surveying at QUT. Her qualifications include construction management, hydraulics, building fire safety and she has 2 subjects left to finish a law degree. She has recently returned from a three month academic staff exchange with John Wall, an academic from Waterford University in Ireland.

Smith, Max
Max Smith is the Deputy Director-General of the Queensland Department of Public Works. Max is responsible for the Works' Division incorporating units involved in the development of government building policy, built environment research, property portfolio management and government office accommodation; and two commercialised business units involved respectively in the project management and the construction and maintenance of government building projects. Max is a Civil Engineer by profession and is accountable for the successful delivery of a Works Programme in the order of $2 billion p.a., with over 3,500 Staff.

Stapledon, Tony
An economist and architect who also has qualifications in industrial relations and human resource management, Tony specialises in the application of sustainability principles within organisational strategy and built environments. He is particularly interested in how knowledge-based organisations can use sustainable built environments to achieve competitive advantage. In addition to leading the development of the Your Building web portal he is a project and organisational change manager who works with firms to deliver high performance workplaces. This requires an appreciation of how topical issues faced by firms, including learning and innovation, identity and image, change, and corporate social responsibility translate into measurable performance. Prior to undertaking his PhD, Tony was, for 17 years, a director of an international architecture practice with offices in Australia, South East Asia and the UK.

Szental, Peter
Peter Szental is the founder and owner of the Szencorp Group, delivering sustainability through green property development, water and energy efficiency and waste-to-energy projects. Peter has a technical background based on over 20 years' experience in electrical and electronic engineering and first hand experience in Asia, including joint ventures in Thailand and Malaysia. Peter has numerous industry roles in sustainable energy, including as President of both the Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) and the Australasian Energy Performance Contracting Association (AEPCA), and Treasurer for both the Renewable and Sustainable Energy ROUNDTABLE and the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC). Peter currently serves as the NSW Government's 2006 Green Globe Ambassador for Water and Energy and is a member of various advisory committees for the AGO Greenhouse Challenge Plus, Australian Building Codes Board and Standards Australia. Peter holds degrees in science, politics and philosophy and a Master's degree in business.

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Tan, Teng Hee
Teng Hee TAN is the Principal Policy Manager, Building Policy Unit of Department of Public Works, Queensland. In this role he is responsible for developing, monitoring and reviewing whole-of-Government building asset management policies and guidelines. An electrical engineer by training, he has over 30 years Australian and overseas experience in facilities management and maintenance. He has also presented papers, guest lectures and workshops on asset management and maintenance in Australia and overseas. He is a member of the Technical Committee of the CIB Working Commission 70 Facilities Management and Maintenance and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Facilities Management, UK.

Taylor, Claudelle
Claudelle Taylor works for John Holland Group in the area of Commercial and Risk. She manages the implementation of Optus inCITE, a web-based
collaboration tool throughout John Holland's businesses. Claudelle has worked for several years developing the company's integrated management
system and has an in depth understanding of management systems and communications for the construction industry. Claudelle won John Holland's
Peter Allen Memorial Award for the most outstanding individual in the Group during 2005 which acknowledges success in achieving technical and
commercial excellence.

Thorpe, David
Dr David Thorpe is Senior Lecturer in Engineering/Technology Management at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), which he joined in October 2002, from the Queensland Department of Main Roads. Prior to joining the Queensland Department of Main Roads, he worked in a number of engineering positions in Brisbane City Council. He is responsible for the development of the Master of Technology Management program at USQ, the first courses of which were offered in 2004. He also delivers the Technology and Society undergraduate engineering course. His research interests include innovation and technology management, life cycle infrastructure development and management, project and contract management and delivery processes, and engineering education. David is involved with Engineers Australia through the Toowoomba Local Group and other committees, enjoys his family and collects fountain pens, stamps, books and antiques.

Trigunarsyah, Bambang
Bambang Trigunarsyah is currently the Head of Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Indonesia. He joined the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Indonesia in 1996, at the completion of his master degree in Construction Management, while maintaining his professional activities as Senior Project Engineers for Kondur Petroleum S.A. In 1998, Bambang started his PhD degree in Engineering Project Management at the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, the University of Melbourne, Australia, and completed the program in 3 years. After the completion of his PhD program, Bambang started his full time tenure at the Civil Engineering Department, University of Indonesia as the course coordinator for postgraduate construction and project management program. In 2002 Bambang was appointed as the Deputy Head of Civil Engineering Department, and promoted to the Head Department position since November 2004. He has co-authored two books and over fourty technical papers in the areas of construction management and road construction on soft soil.

Tucker, Selwyn
Dr Selwyn Tucker is currently a Research Consultant and Research Leader, Asset Performance and Sustainability, CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology. He was the project leader for the Automated Eco-efficiency Assessment of Commercial Building project which developed a prototype environmental assessment tool for commercial buildings direct from 3D CAD for the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation. Dr Tucker has a long experience in research leadership and development on a wide range of other topics such as greenhouse efficient housing design, analysis of embodied energy in construction and recycling of building material, energy and operation costs budget levels for non-residential building, and development of performance indicators for building assets (including a national housing stock condition indicator implemented in the Queensland Department of Housing). His current work is on whole-of-life analysis of infrastructure, sustainable construction, automatic eco-efficiency assessment tool and construction process performance.

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van Erp, Gerard
Gerard is the Executive Director of FCDD, a Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia. He has been involved in fibre composites research, development and design for more than ten years. During this time he has developed a range of innovative fibre composite structures for use in civil engineering, including Australia's first fibre composite road bridge and a range of structural components for Brisbane's floating riverwalk. In 2002 he was awarded the IEAust Queensland Professional Engineer of the Year award and in 2004 Gerard received the pre-eminent National ATSE Clunies Ross Award for an "outstanding contribution to science and its application for the economic, social and environmental benefit of Australia". Gerard has published more than 90 papers and supervised 7 PhD students in the area of fibre composites. In March 2002, the QLD State Government announced a $7.5 million capital advance from its Smart State Research Facilities Fund, to establish a World Class Centre of Excellence in Fibre Composites in Toowoomba at USQ. This support is recognition for the Centre's ground braking work in civil engineering composites.

van Ree, Hermen
Hermen Jan van Ree is a senior research fellow at the Workplace Innovation Centre at University College London. This independent research centre conducts multidisciplinary research, develops innovative products and services, and transfers evidence-based knowledge on workplace related innovations. His main fields of expertise are performance measurement of work environments, modelling facility services and resources and programming office buildings. Currently he is working on 'World-class service delivery' - a model to assess and benchmark Real Estate organisations and 'FM service quality indicators' - a method to lower costs of service delivery while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Hermen Jan has written various reports and papers for national and international journals and magazines; and has presented his research findings at various conferences in the Netherlands, Canada, South Africa, Germany and Australia. Previously, Hermen Jan worked as a project manager and researcher at the Center for People and Buildings in the Netherlands and as a post graduate researcher at the Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics in the United States.

Venkatesan, Srikanth
Srikanth Venkatesan is presently working as a Researcher at RMIT for CRC CI projects. He obtained a Bachelor's degree from India in 1995 and was a Senior Design Engineer in an international consultancy firm for 6 years. He undertook his PhD in Earthquake Engineering at the University of Melbourne in 2001. He has about 10 publications in the field of Earthquake Engineering in Journals and conferences. His recent research interests include developing Residual Service Life models for buildings and bridges and infrastructure asset management.

Verwer, Peter
Peter Verwer is Chief Executive of the Property Council Australia, which is the nation's leading advocate for investment property interests. As well as pursuing its core business of advocacy and public affairs, the Property Council also operates learning, research, publishing and networking businesses. Peter's current priorities are tax reform, economic growth, eco-efficiency and regulatory reform. Peter is a member of many public and private sector bodies. He recently retired as chair of the Development Assessment Forum and is helping lead the establishment of a global real estate policy alliance. The Property Council employs 80 people around the country and has an annual turnover of sixteen million dollars.

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West, Shane
Shane is the Head of School of the Applied Technology Institute, Unitec, Auckland , New Zealand. He was formerly Associate Head of School (Research &External) at the University of Technology, Sydney, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. Shane has a research background in Indoor Environment, Ventilation and Daylighting with several patents and new innovative product developments in these fields such as most recently the Wind Directional Skylight Vent. Shane has contributed to the debate of making economic sustainability a key component of sustainable building assessment schemes. Having designed and project managed several large community sustainable building projects he is a member of design advisory groups nationally and internationally.

Widén, Kristian
Kristian Widén is currently working at the Division of Construction Management at Lund University. He is a PhD student who is in the final stages of his Doctoral thesis, the title is "New forms of cooperation that encourage innovation". He is a member of the Swedish research school "Competitive Building". His main research interests are issues concerning innovation in construction, increasingly on issues on national and sectoral levels. Apart from his thesis work he has been engaged in TG 47, Innovation Brokerage, and is currently involved in TG 58, Clients and Construction Innovation. Nationally he has been taking part in the development on a national R&D program for the civil side of Swedish construction.

Winter, Cath
Cath Winter is a qualified lawyer and also holds an honours degree in sociology and a graduate diploma in legal practice from the Australian National University in Canberra. Cath has worked in the public sector for over ten years and has a strong interest in disability issues, including the prevention of work related disability. It was this interest that saw Cath join the Australian Safety and Compensation Council in 2005 (previously the National Occupation Health and Safety Commission) to continue work on the development and review of national standards for construction, manual handling and the occupational noise in 2005. Prior to joining the ASCC, Cath worked for the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services developing policy and programs for the effective provision of social security payments and services. In recent years her work has focussed on developing effective support and workforce opportunities for people with a disability and their carers.

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Yoon, Ji Soo
Ji Soo is a CRC-CI PhD candidate at the School of Architecture, Design Science and Planning, University of Sydney. He completed a double degree in Computer Engineering (Hons) and Computer Science & Mathematics at the University of Sydney. His current research is aimed at developing virtual guides to assist users to wayfind in dynamic virtual worlds. He hopes this knowledge will facilitate the uptake of Internet Construction Technology in the construction industry.