Digital disruption has been the star of many businesses, conferences and presentations lately. Every professional agrees that this topic cannot be disregarded. However, many people disagree on how this affects and will affect the way we work, communicate, share data and, of course, manage projects. This is why PMI Adelaide invited four experts from the field to share their views and experience in a dynamic panel discussion.

Panel:
Michael Macolino
Michael is a technology strategist, focusing on the development of strong business operations that become the foundation for sustainable and scalable companies. Michael spent 13 years building 5 businesses, before joining the BDO Tech Advisory team in 2018. Michael’s focus at BDO is using AgTech to transform the Agribusiness value chain, whilst also being an adviser to the AgTech startup eco-system.

Linda Zeelie
Linda is an experienced domestic and international executive in operations, project management and ICT. A specialist in integration, transition and transformation who has worked across a range of industries including Finance (banking and superannuation), Government, Defence, Energy and various other commercial organisations. Linda is a GAICD board director with 21 years board experience on industry boards, community/not-for-profit boards, technology start-ups and commercial boards.

Sam Harley
Sam is the Global Digital Operations Leader, Project Practice at Aurecon and is responsible for providing leadership to the firm’s digital strategies relating to process and technologies involving digital planning, setup and delivery to Aurecon projects. Having extensive experience in complex business environments, Sam has a strong operational and commercial focus in the implementation of management philosophies and initiatives and is passionate about improving process efficiencies through digital adoption.

Adam da Costa
Adam is currently Principal Consultant at Pernix Pty. Ltd. and is responsible for all phases of client engagement from scoping to delivery. He has significant experience in leading large-scale development and implementation projects in both agile and waterfall environments. Adam’s projects have spanned across business domains such as Social Service, Finance, Health, Compliance, Claims Management, Education, Sports, Manufacturing, Retail, and IoT, with experience in business systems analysis, application development, solutions architecture, and systems integration across multiple platforms.

Make sure you register before tickets are sold out, so you will not miss out on this opportunity!
See you on the 5th of March.

It's a new year and why not doing something new too?

Beers & Brains has the goal to connect everyone who is willing to meet new people and professionals in a more casual environment. The first edition of this event is happening at The Unley in Parkside, where you will be given a complimentary drink (alcoholic or not) to kick off the evening. This is a great opportunity to network with professionals from many different industries.

Carpark is available at The Unley.

PMI Members who register on Eventbrite will receive a FREE standard drink - run before it is sold out!

Anyone is welcome to come and join us in this innovative event, so bring your friends and colleagues and come network!

Description
Visiting the Adelaide Botanic High School, a Vertical School in the heart of Adelaide
https://abhs.sa.edu.au/
During our PMI event in May 2017, the DPTI Lead, Kylie O’Leary, the Lead Architect Adam Hannon from Cox Architecture and the Project Manager, Nathan Hawkes from Turner & Townsend presented the business case and vision for the first vertical school in South Australia.

You now have an opportunity to visit this iconic project in the heart of Adelaide
Tomorrow Today!
The new $100m Adelaide Botanic High School was delivered on budget and on time. They started operations from term 1 2019, providing 1250 students from inner-city suburbs with greater access to high quality secondary learning. The school started with year 8 students initially, growing to 1250 students by 2022.
Adelaide Botanic High School showcases the best of public education and 21 Century learning, catering for the learning needs of all students through its extensive curriculum offerings. Grounded in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), local partnerships and research, our future leaders will also be agile, cooperative, flexible and imaginative. The Adelaide Botanic High School was built around a unique environment explicitly designed to nurture these qualities.

Surrounded by leafy green spaces, botanic gardens and the vibrant Adelaide Zoo, our students will become a vital part of a broader hub of universities, businesses, the museum, state library and performing arts facilities. From this exhilarating vantage point they will unlock the inspiration to view tomorrow as limitless, electrifying and immediate.

Where: The Adelaide Botanic High School
When: Monday 15 April 2019
Time: Meet in front of the building at 4:45. The doors will open specially for us at 5pm sharp. Finish at 6:30pm
The project manager will take us through the school grounds and showcase some interesting facts about the project and the building.
Contact Romildo on 0407 624 424 if you have problems in finding the place.
We look forward to seeing you all there

Event Sponsor: Turner & Townsend

PMI Australia Conference 2019

Gold Coast

27 - 28 May 2019

See https://www.pmiaustraliaconference.org.au/ for further details.