Monday, 10 August 2026 · 8.00am – 4.30pm
FBIS 2026 Conference Program
Future Building and Infrastructure Summit
Coffee and networking
Welcome
Welcome and introduction to LCANZ
Keynote
Productivity through collaboration
Matthew Gault · VIDA
Client's role in enabling productivity
Lessons from TMR's lean journey
Chris Lunson · TMR / Roadtek
Client's role in enabling productivity
Productivity Taskforce
Jon Davies · Former CEO, Australian Constructors Association
MMC from a global perspective
Modern methods of construction from a global perspective — key challenges and opportunities
Duncan Maxwell · Monash University
Panel discussion
Reflections on the morning's presentations
Matthew Gault, Chris Lunson, Jon Davies and Duncan Maxwell
Presentation and Q&A · Client's role in enabling productivity
Delivering better health infrastructure: lessons from a global leader
James Pease · UCSF / Lean IPD
OnlineCoffee and networking
Presentation and Q&A · Productivity improvements through lean
How can we improve productivity through healthier project ecosystems?
Dr Mike Rollo · WatermanBurns Associates
10.15am – 3.10pm · runs all day
Building MMC roundtable
Invitees' discussion, facilitated by Duncan Maxwell · Monash University
Infrastructure roundtable
Invitees' discussion, facilitated by Jon Davies · Australian Constructors Association
Both roundtables break for lunch with the main program and conclude at 3.10pm. Findings are reported back to all attendees at 3.20pm.
Presentation and Q&A · Productivity improvements through lean
JHG's approach with Lean
Paul Bradley · John Holland Group
Technology and AI as enablers
Visual Management in Japan: What Industry Can Learn?
Koichi Murata
Modernising the supply chain
VIDA's supply chain information sharing application
Kash Katosh · VIDA
Technology and AI as enablers
Open BIM, meets AI
Eric Bugeja · buildingSMART
Technology and AI as enablers
Asset management, governance and requirements development
Alex Afshar · Dolanto
Panel discussion
How AI will change information management and design production
Koichi Murata, Eric Bugeja, Kash Katosh and Alex Afshar
Lunch and networking
Wellbeing vs productivity
AI with lean construction can improve productivity, alignment and brain health
Jared Chesterman · ProgressAmp
Wellbeing vs productivity
Wellbeing in infrastructure — 2023 research findings, and what that means for your mental health strategy
Bec Dickson · Wellness in Infrastructure
Wellbeing vs productivity
Human rhythms
Katherine Meagher · Elaro
Panel discussion
Why brain health is the new productivity frontier
Katherine Meagher, Bec Dickson and Jared Chesterman · Elaro, Wellness in Infrastructure, ProgressAmp
Break and networking
Presentation and Q&A · Client's role in enabling productivity
What global leaders do differently: the client's role in managing risk
Marton Marosszeky · Marosszeky Associates
Presentation and Q&A · Client's role in enabling productivity
How National Highways improved productivity through the adoption of lean construction
Neal Symmons and Andrew Moore · National Highways (UK)
OnlineMove to the foyer · grab a drink
Plenary
Feedback from the roundtables
Findings and recommendations from the day's roundtable sessions
Closing remarks
Drinks and networking
The two roundtables run alongside the main program from 10.15am to 3.10pm. Attendance is by invitation.
The programme remains subject to change. Provisional sessions, speakers and timings will be updated as further details are confirmed.
