Delivery Summit

The Delivery Summit’s key objective is to spotlight great delivery across the market, featuring guest speakers and participants in an interactive day of discussions and insights. We’re delighted to announce that Seven Consulting’s 6th Annual Delivery Summit will be back in Melbourne on Thursday, 29th of May, 2025. This year’s theme, “Insight to Impact,” focuses on moving beyond theoretical knowledge to real outcomes.

Agenda

	MORNING AGENDA
08:00AM	Coffee and Breakfast
08:45AM	Welcome to Summit, Introduction to Seven Consulting & Overview of Agenda – Andrew Marshall (Seven Consulting) & Temre Green, PhD (Seven Consulting)
09:00AM	KEYNOTE: EPMO: Key Lessons for a high performing portfolio – Presented by Declan Boylan (Seven Consulting) and special guest clients
09:50AM	PANEL: The Evolution of Program Delivery: Has it truly improved? – Anna Boyd (ANZ), Darren Abbruzzese (NAB), Glenn Waterson (AGL), Jane Harford (Melbourne Girls Grammar) & Andrew Marshall (Seven Consulting) (Facilitator)
10:45AM	Morning Tea
11:10AM	Introduction to Seven Consulting’s Portfolio Optimisation, Pathfinder and Matilda Tools – Declan Boylan (Seven Consulting)
11:25AM	BREAKOUT SESSION: Breakout 1: Maturing an Enterprise Change Function for Improved Impact – Temre Green, PhD (Seven Consulting) Breakout 2: Why Metrics Matter: Drive Performance, Accountability, and Informed Decision-Making – Louise Ford (Seven Consulting) Breakout 3: To be announced

	AFTERNOON AGENDA
12:10PM	LUNCH
1:05PM	High performance lessons: World No. 2 ranked Seven Consulting Opals – Declan Boylan (Seven Consulting) & Trish Fallon (Seven Consulting Opals)
1:30PM	Creating pathways for women in project delivery – Louise Ford (Seven Consulting)
1:40PM	KEYNOTE 2: TO BE ANNOUNCED
2:35PM	Afternoon Tea
3:00PM	BREAKOUT SESSION: Breakout 1: The loss of critical path management – Gareth James (Seven Consulting) Breakout 2: Rethinking Project Risk – an integrated approach – Rob Thomsett (Seven Consulting) Breakout 3: Creating Pathways for Women in Project Delivery: Driving Gender Diversity in Projects – Cindy Vandecasteele (Alinta), Margaret Wilde (NAB) & Louise Ford (Seven Consulting)
3:55PM	KEYNOTE: Insights of great sponsors – Mick O’Brien (EQT), Cameron McLean (GMHBA) & Rob Thomsett (Seven Consulting), facilitated by Andrew Marshall (Seven Consulting)
4:45PM	Summit Closing Thoughts – Temre Green, PhD (Seven Consulting)
5:50PM	Networking Drinks