Come and join us for FutureNet’s fourth event of 2012 – network with young professionals and hear from your fellow peers on some interesting projects where they have broken conventional thinking to problem solve, open up possibilities, create opportunities, or expanded their professional capabilities. 

Registrations now open! Earlybird prices until 10 August.  Download registration form

Speakers will include:

Daniel Innis a Land Use/Transport Planner from MWH Global who has been seconded to develop and coordinate the Gold Coast City Council’s (GCCC) Active Transport Strategy. Daniel’s presentation will focus on how he developed a trusting relationship with GCCC officers and how this can benefit young professionals to exceed their professional expectations. 

Tina Patrick a Senior Consultant - Stakeholder Engagement, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Dominic Byrne a Project Manager, Baulderstone who worked together on the Gold Coast Rapid Transit – Roadworks South. Tina worked alongside Dominic to assist the engineering team achieve project deliverables by reducing project impacts on the community, which, in turn reduced the impact of the community on the project.

Felicity Briody a Water Resource Engineer at AECOM will discuss how her role as Co-Founder of the Power of Engineering project has expanded her professionalism. This role has allowed Felicity to work outside the ‘box’ of her everyday role to empower other young engineers around Queensland to develop their own teams and become inspired to make the difference they want to see around them.

Liam Murray the Queensland ESD Technical Leader with ARUP will share his experiences from his role as the Lead Building Services Engineer on the Thameside Prison (UK). Liam played a pivotal role in achieving the world’s First BREEAM Outstanding for a Prison building. The Prison is now able to operate with 45% of the energy demand of a typical building and achieved an 80% reduction in carbon emissions.