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8:40

OPENING | Opening remarks from the Chair

Lisa Davies, Editor, Sydney Morning Herald

8:50

PREMIER’S ADDRESS |

The Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP, Premier of New South Wales

9:20

KEYNOTE | A Record Infrastructure Pipeline for New South Wales

• Fostering public confidence in infrastructure investment
• Delivering bigger and more complex projects

Simon Draper, CEO, Infrastructure NSW

9:50

PANEL | Keeping Society Functioning: Delivering Critical Infrastructure

• Swiftly building hospital, schools and transport links for a rapidly expanding population
• Challenges in the delivery of critical infrastructure
• Future hospitals, schools and transport

Rebecca Wark, Chief Executive, Health Infrastructure
Anthony Manning, Chief Executive, School Infrastructure NSW
Moderator: Matt Wade, Senior Economics Writer, The Sydney Morning Herald

10:30

Morning Tea

11:00

Fireside Chat | Sydney 2050

Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney

11:30

PANEL | Privately Sourced Financing of NSW’s Infrastructure

Amy Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Investment NSW
Malcolm MacIntyre, Managing Director, Capella Capital
Meg Redwin, General Counsel, Multiplex
Moderator: David Donnelly, Partner – Sector Lead Infrastructure & Transport, Allens

12:15

The ACT Government’s Infrastructure Plan and Pipeline

• Health Infrastructure
• Transport Infrastructure
• Educational Infrastructure
• Other Projects

Duncan Edghill, Chief Projects Officer, Major Projects Canberra

12:35

Lunch

13:30

PANEL | Current and Future Major Transport Projects

• Linking Sydney’s growing suburban areas to future business hubs
• Collaboration between government and industry

Mike Cush, Project Director, Program Enabling – Inland Rail
Simon Hickey, CEO, Western Sydney Airport
Joe Barr, CEO, John Holland
Moderator: Matt O’Sullivan, City Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald

14:20

The future of transport is electric, but Australian governments are putting up barriers

• Financial, logistical, and charging barriers to electrification
• Transforming to zero-emissions mobility in major cities by 2030 and globally by 2040
• Taxes on electric vehicles: Why is Australia positioning itself to be one of the only jurisdictions to place a net disincentive for the transition to electric transport?

Dom Taylor, General Manager, Uber Australia & New Zealand

14:40

Afternoon Tea

15:00

PANEL | Future Cities: What will Sydney Look Like for Future Generations?

• Distributing population growth throughout the wider Sydney Metropolitan area

Elizabeth Mildwater, CEO, Greater Sydney Commission
Marion Terrill, Transport & Cities Program Director, Grattan Institute
Gabriel Metcalf, CEO, Committee for Sydney
Moderator: Matt O’Sullivan, City Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald

15:50

Australian Construction Playbook

Construction’s challenges have been put under the microscope with governments around the world relying on the construction industry to help rebuild economies. The construction industry is not sustainable. It is time to set out a new approach to projects to promote innovation, reduce costs, improve diversity and reduce the impact of construction on the environment. It’s time for an Australian Construction Playbook.

Jon Davies, CEO, Australian Constructors Association

16:10

PANEL | Regional New South Wales Infrastructure and Development

• Major infrastructure projects outside of Sydney
• Distribution of spending around the state
• How will population growth and future lifestyles impact regional infrastructure
• Disaster recovery

Greg Conkey OAM, Mayor of Wagga Wagga
Chris Hanger, Deputy Secretary, Department of Regional NSW
Moderator: Matt Wade, Senior Economics Writer, The Sydney Morning Herald

16:50

Closing remarks from the chair

Lisa Davies, Editor, Sydney Morning Herald