Capitalise on your Utilities' Assets

Why is this event important to you?

1. Today, utility companies are facing a number of problems arising from poorly mapped assets, with incomplete, inaccurate or non-existent records being kept for pipes and cables.
2. These companies are now realising that they must produce more cost efficient and effective measures to find and manage these assets or risk public scrutiny, fines, regulatory action, costly network outages and public endangerment.
3. Your company can potentially save millions in time, effort and unutilised revenue by accurately recording the positions of your buried assets.

IQPC's Utilities Uncovered '09 conference will provide utility professionals with efficient, innovative, asset management methods, discuss future technology to help locate underground assets and provide solutions to enhance your current geospatial system.

Featuring Expert Presentations from Utilities Mapping Specialists

Utilities Uncovered '09 will feature many pressing issues relating to utilities INCLUDING best practise presentations from:

	Craig Dowling Team Leader, Network Integrity TELSTRA
	Mark Volz CAD Manager ERGON ENERGY
	John Papamichael Network Safety Manager CITIPOWER

ALSO other leading case studies including:

Sven Wittchen Manager Business Support ACTEWAGL Andy McKoy GIS Administrator BARWON WATER CORPORATION Danielle Roche Asset Manager CITY WEST WATER George Jakins Senior Surveyor HYDRO TASMANIA

James Uziallo Surveyor HYDRO TASMANIA Richard Twisk GM Demand and Network Management ETSA UTILITIES Jason Clarke GIS Manager THIESS Jeff Sangster Director, GIS BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL

AND Industry Experts:

• Mark Binks, State Manager, DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG
• Brad Spenser, Director, AUSTRALIAN SPATIAL INFORMATION BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
• Kevin McDougall, Associate Professor in Surveying and Land Information, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND
• Stewart Burn, Stream Leader, CSIRO
• Jayantha Kodikara, Associate Professor, MONASH UNIVERSTIY
• Samsung Lim, Senior Lecturer, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

To download the full agenda, please click here.

5 Strategies you will Gain from Attending:

1. Better Plan and Control the Integrity of Your Data
2. Maximise the Potential of your Data Internally and Externally
3. Overcome Potential Damages to your Assets
4. Improve your Risk Management Strategies
5. Strengthen your Knowledge of Interoperability and Maximise on its Potential

Benchmark your GIS and Asset Management Strategies Against our 2009 Highlight Speakers

	TELSTRA Telstra has a unique position as the largest, most widespread and most complex utility in Australia. Telstra has a vested interest in protecting underground assets from damage and minimising network relocations. During 2007-08 there were 482,465 referrals for plans from Telstra, who first ventured into GIS with its Cable Plant Records system, the aim of which was to transfer location of almost every cable and asset in the Telstra network from hard copy plans to a single electronic database. Today, Telstra is among the highest regarded respondents to the DBYD service.
	BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL The largest local government in the Asia-Pacific region, Brisbane City Council (BCC)covers an area of 1367 square kilometres, with a resident population of almost one million people - more than 24% of Queensland's total population. BCC's GIS system looks after major infrastructure projects and community based initiatives as well as water pipes and storm water drain pipes. BCC strive for excellence in currency - quicker updates, spatial position accuracy, data access method and data quality - better consistency and quality control of data.
	BARWON WATER CORPORATION People often take strategies from the big players; however Barwon Water is setting an industry-leading pace. They have been using their existing GIS system since 1987 and over the years Barwon Water has been consistently exceeding their limits and benchmarking themselves amongst the best of the rest. At present, their absolute accuracy is no less than a foot and their air assets are within milimeters of their position. Barwon Water has many strategies to develop their mapping system including scrutinising contractors to give an accurate, read as standard.

Network and Share Ideas with your peers:

You will meet your peers from Utilities Management, Government and Contractors within:

• Asset
• GIS
• Spatial
• Data
• Maintenance
• Surveying
• IT
• Intelligence
• Systems

Book early to take advantage of our $500 Early Bird Discount. Team discounts also available. Click here for details.

If you are not yet ready to register, feel free to request a reminder nearer the time.

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