Future-Ready Enterprises: Building Resilient, Data-Driven, and Sustainable Systems
Join us for an engaging Industry–University Engagement Forum bringing together industry professionals, academics, and master’s students from Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, Project Management, and Management Information Systems.
This forum aims to strengthen collaboration, knowledge exchange, and networking between academia and industry. Participants will explore how organisations can build resilient, data-driven, and sustainable systems through innovation, technology, and leadership.
The event will feature short presentations from 7 industry leaders, sharing real-world experiences, success stories, and lessons learned across themes such as:
- Data-Driven Decision-Making in the Enterprise
- Digital Transformation Journeys
- The Future of Transportation and Logistics
- Future Skills and Talent Needs
Whether you are a practitioner, researcher, or student, this forum offers a unique opportunity to connect ideas with action and shape the future of enterprise resilience and innovation.
Speakers
Mr Mark Nold
Digital Transformation Journeys: Successes and Pitfalls
Reece Dempster
Should benchmarking projects be a business advantage or professional leverage?
Reece is an experienced project and risk management professional with over 12 years of industry experience spanning infrastructure, transport, and defence. He currently serves as Project/Risk Specialist and Founder of CycleWise Project Services, where he strives to elevate project management as a noble life pursuit, so that professionals grow, lead and unite to deliver projects that transform communities and leave a legacy of positive impacts. His leadership extends beyond project delivery into advocacy, mentoring, and voluntary roles within Project and Risk management professional associations, where he champions collaboration, inclusion, and professional standards across various projects and engineering endeavours.
Associate Professor Todd Hutchison
Digital Forensics – How Technologists Become Criminologists
Dr Todd Hutchison is an international bestselling author, and listed in the Who’s Who in Business in Australia. He leads the international Peopleistic group with partners in 12 countries of the world and clients in 65 countries. He is also the global Chairman of the International Institute of Legal Project Management, and has spent his career in project management with a technology focus, having led projects in over 260 organisations in 21 countries.
Mrs Jenni Tiernan
At the Edge of the Chain: Building Resilient Logistics in WA
Jenni Tiernan is an experienced Logistics Supervisor with extensive expertise across freight forwarding, container transport, warehousing, and export operations. Over her career, she has built a strong reputation for managing complex supply chain processes from end to end — ensuring the efficient, compliant, and cost-effective movement of goods across domestic and international markets. Her background combines hands-on operational management with a strategic understanding of trade documentation, carrier coordination, and client relationship management. Jenni excels at optimising logistics workflows, coordinating multi-modal transport, and maintaining high service standards under time-critical conditions.
Dr Ross Yates
Agentic AI Systems for Business Process Automation and Enhanced Productivity
Dr Ross Yates is a Chartered Project Professional, Fellow and Certified Practising Project Director (AIPM) with cross-sector expertise in engineering, mining, defence, education, healthcare, government, and non-profits. His current focus is on the convergence of Retrieval Augmented Generative AI systems and project management.
Mr Peter Goyne
Building Future-Ready Project Professionals: How PPDM Supports Emerging Talents
Mr Peter Goyne is an experienced technical and managerial professional with a strong background in geophysical contracting and technology services for the oil and gas exploration industry. He has delivered both international and domestic projects in land and marine seismic acquisition, processing, interpretation, and geotechnical consulting, along with multi-client data sales and marketing.
He offers broad expertise in petroleum exploration and specialised knowledge in E&P Information Management, supported by proven strengths in project management, leadership, and strategic vision. Peter also maintains extensive professional networks across the upstream E&P industry in the Australasian and Asian regions.
Mr Martin Storey
Building Future-Ready Project Professionals: How PPDM Supports Emerging Talents
Mr Martin Storey is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in geophysical contracting and technology services for the oil and gas exploration industry. He has managed international and domestic projects in seismic data acquisition, processing, interpretation, and geotechnical consulting, as well as multi-client data marketing.
With expertise in petroleum exploration and E&P Information Management, Martin combines strong project leadership and strategic insight with a broad network across the upstream E&P industry in the Australasian and Asian regions.