BPLF - 2024
SPEAKERS
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​STANFORD HARRISON - Director Commercial Buildings Policy – DCEEW
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Stanford is the Director of the Commercial Buildings Policy Team in the Energy Performance & Security Division of DCEEW. He has responsibility for commercial buildings energy efficiency policy development including commercial buildings initiatives under the Energy Ministers’ Trajectory for Low Energy Buildings.
​GARY RAKE - CEO - Australian Building Codes Board
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Gary is an economist and accountant by profession, and he has previously held Commonwealth roles as Chief Executive of the National Capital Authority and Chief Operating Officer of the Therapeutic Goods Administration, in the NSW Government Office of Sport and the Chief Minister’s, Environment & Planning, Justice & Community Safety, and Community Services Directorates in the ACT Government. He has also worked in the banking industry and as a financial and project performance consultant.
THOMAS KEARNEY - Executive Director - NSW Building Commission
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Tom has extensive experience in leading major policy reform, overseeing program delivery and in leading high performing teams working for NSW, Commonwealth and Canadian Government agencies. He brings significant knowledge of planning and assessment, as well as strong networks across and outside government.
​DYAN JOHNSON - General Manager - Policy and Advocacy - Master Builders Queensland
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Dyan is one of the key instigators of the National Building Products Coalition and for over two years has been working within this industry alliance to help advance the Building Confidence Report towards practical implementation. The latest piece of work for the Coalition - Implementation Guide for the Traceability and Digitalisation of Building Product Information - provides the foundational elements for the sharing of accessible, verifiable, timely and harmonised building product information along the entire supply chain.
​JONAS BENGTSSON - Director & Co-founder - Edge Impact
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Jonas specialises in sustainability strategy, decarbonisation, and circular economy solutions. He works extensively with life cycle assessment, environmental product declarations, embodied carbon, rating tools, and product certifications for a range of building product suppliers.
ALISON SCOTLAND - Executive Director - Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council
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Alison is the Executive Director of ASBEC, a body of peak organisations committed to a vision of more sustainable, productive and resilient buildings, communities and cities. Her passion and expertise lies in collaborating with industry, government and third sector leaders to develop national policy and technical solutions that enhance the built environment.
​KATIE EYLES - Sector Lead | Accelerating Net Zero Buildings - NABERS
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Katie is the embodied carbon lead at NABERS. Her team is developing an embodied carbon rating tool that will measure embodied carbon in new buildings and major refurbishments. A core aspect of this work is collaborating with people across the building industry, to ensure we develop a tool that's trusted, meaningful, and drives behaviour change to reduce emissions.
​ADAM STINGEMORE - Chief Development Officer - Standards Australia
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Adam is responsible for leading Standards Australia’s strategic development through expanding partnerships, partnering, and building Standards Australia’s commercial offerings across a broad range of areas nationally and internationally. Since joining the organisation in 2009, Adam has held various positions across engagement, commercial and standards development.
DR. ANDREW WHEELER - Executive Director - Australasian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels
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Andrew has a demonstrated history of working in the construction industry, specifically in steel and concrete composite structures, steel structures, concrete structures and timber structures, with extensive experience in structural monitoring and testing.
​ANN AUSTIN - Head of Sustainability - Lendlease
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Ann has worked with the Lendlease group since 1992 and in July 2021 was appointed Head of Sustainability, Australia responsible for leading the development and implementation of the sustainability strategy for all Lendlease businesses in the region.
BONDE ILIEVSKI - Regional portfolio Director – Southern Region - Homes NSW
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Bonde has been with NSW Housing for almost 27 years and has professional qualifications in architecture and project management. During that time he has delivered 2021 Covid Stimulus program, been the Program Director Nation Building Stimulus Program NSW, Director Capital Works LAHC and Project Director Cadence Australia.
NICOLE SULLIVAN - Impact Director - thinkstep-anz
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Nicole Sullivan helps support a wide range of companies to evolve their sustainability strategy, improve their impacts, and effectively communicate with the market. Her deep experience with LCA, EPDs, the building products industry, and green buildings bring practical and pragmatic insight to her strategic focus.
NEIL SAVERY - Managing Director, ICC Oceania and former ABCB CEO
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Neil is the Managing Director of ICC Oceania, an arm of the International Code Council, a global provider of building safety solutions, including model building codes and a suite of practical solutions for regulators, practitioners and manufacturers involved in the building sector. He is also engaged by the Insurance Council of Australia as a specialist adviser on matters relating to the built environment, and in particular its intersection with climate change.
GEOFF MITCHELL - Managing Director, GMA Certification Group
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Geoff has been involved in building control for over 45 Years. He worked 12 years in Local Government, went into private practice in 1988 and is now the Managing Director and Principal Building Surveyor for GMA Certification Group which is one of the largest private certification companies based in State of Queensland, Australia.
​DYAN JOHNSON - General Manager - Policy and Advocacy - Master Builders Queensland
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Dyan is one of the key instigators of the National Building Products Coalition and for over two years has been working within this industry alliance to help advance the Building Confidence Report towards practical implementation. The latest piece of work for the Coalition - Implementation Guide for the Traceability and Digitalisation of Building Product Information - provides the foundational elements for the sharing of accessible, verifiable, timely and harmonised building product information along the entire supply chain.
​DAVID A. TOMPOS - LEED AP BC+D
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David is the acting president of ICC Evaluation Service and Executive Vice President of ICC Conformity Assessment Group. As an industry expert with over 20 years of product testing and evaluation experience, he has a thorough understanding of off-site construction testing procedures, inspection, product evaluation, and in-plant quality control.