Leigh Cunningham
Chief Executive Officer
Leigh.Cunningham@ipweaq.com
07 3632 6810
Title
Enhancing the
quality of life for all Queensland
communities
2018 Great Debate
Tradition has no place in a modern workplace.
Winners: Negative Team
Team for the Affirmative:
Ged Brennan, Managing Director, GenEng Solutions
Jimmy Scott, General Manager, Operations, QRA
Cate Fennell, Cadet Engineer, Parkes Shire Council
Team for the Negative:
Matthew Brennan, Civil Engineer,
George Bourne & Associates Consulting Engineers
Kym Murphy, Regional Director | Downs South West Region, Program Delivery And Operations Branch | Infrastructure Management and Delivery Division | TMR
Mark Lamont, Director, Information & Resources, IPWEAQ
2017 Great Debate
Smart cities are not that smart
Winners: Negative Team
Team for the Affirmative:
Bruce Gardiner, General Manager Infrastructure Services, Cairns Regional Council
Sandra Burke, District Director (FNQ), Program Delivery & Operations
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Ren Niemann, Partner, McCullough Robertson
Team for the Negative:
Jenny Hill, Mayor, City of Townsville
Andrew Ryan, Principal, Sabre Management Solutions
Alton Twine, Director City Infrastructure
City of Gold Coast
2016 Great Debate
Women make better engineers than men
Winners: Affirmative Team
Team for the Affirmative:
Angela Fry, Principal Project Manager, GHD
Stephen Hegedus, Senior Asset Manager, Shepherd Services
Gavin Blakey, Principal Engineer, Strategic Asset Management | Asset Management Branch, Brisbane City Council
Team for the Negative:
Julie Mitchell, Chief Engineer, TMR Dawson Wilkie, IPWEAQ Past President, Director all.PM
Gerhard Joubert, General Manager Infrastructure & Utilities, Central Highlands Regional Council
2019 Great Debate Topic
Rural (public works) engineers are more adaptable than their city counterparts
Would you like to participate in the 2019 Great Debate?
The
IPWEAQ Great Debate was launched at the 2016 annual conference in Brisbane with
the topic, ‘women make better engineers than men’. This inaugural debate was
highly successful and has become a key part of the annual conference, bringing the event to a close on the third
day.
The debate is intended to be entertaining and lighthearted but it also offers an opportunity to address key, niggling or divisive issues. Political correctness should be observed at all times.
Delegates vote for the winner using the conference app.
Enquiries please contact:
