Tuesday, September 1, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
AEST
Registration, Playground & Refreshments
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
AEST
Welcome to Country
10:05 AM - 10:10 AM
AEST
Welcome Speech
Presented by Pierre Marchadier, Global Value Engagement Industry Consultant VP, Dassault Systèmes
Pierre MARCHADIER
Vice President, Value Engagement Industry Consultant
Dassault Systèmes
10:10 AM - 10:20 AM
AEST
Keynote Speech – INCOSE
Presented by Stephen Cook, President-Elect, INCOSE
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
AEST
3D UNIV+RSES: Turning IP into a Sovereign Generative Growth Engine
We will share our vision for the future of engineering, innovation and industry transformation, highlighting how virtual twins, AI and collaborative platforms c...
Pierre MARCHADIER
Vice President, Value Engagement Industry Consultant
Dassault Systèmes
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
AEST
Engineering In The Age of AI: How Virtual Twins & Agentic AI Change the Way Engineers Work
Presented by Dr. Gan Wang, VP, Systems Engineering Ecosystem, Dassault Systèmes
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
AEST
Presentation – MBXperts
Presented by Andrew Bonica, Chief Executive Officer, MBXperts
11:40 AM - 12:25 PM
AEST
Panel Discussion – Where Mission Engineering Meets Model-Based Systems Engineering: Integrating Cyber Systems for Sovereign Defence
This panel will explore how model-based engineering and cyber systems can accelerate the development of secure, resilient, and interoperable defence capabilitie...
Dr. Gan WANG
Vice President, Systems Engineering Ecosystem
Dassault Systèmes
Dr. Quoc DO
Asia-Oceania Director
International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
Michael NINNESS
Chief Executive Officer
Kompozition
David AKISTER
Chief Engineer
KBR
May TAING
Senior Systems Engineer
Leidos Australia
Dr. Philipp SENN
Senior Electronics Engineer
Australian Missile Corporation
12:25 PM - 12:30 PM
AEST
Concluding Remarks
Presented by Dr. Gan Wang, VP, Systems Engineering Ecosystem, Dassault Systèmes
Dr. Gan WANG
Vice President, Systems Engineering Ecosystem
Dassault Systèmes
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
AEST
Lunch
Buffet Lunch, Playground & Networking
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
AEST
Afternoon Breakout Tracks
After lunch, attendees will split into four breakout tracks based on their topics of interest.
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
AEST
[A] Model-Based Systems & Mission Engineering
View the full agenda by clicking on 'Learn more'. Explore how SysML v2, simulation and model-based approaches can support the development of complex, mission-re...
Dr. Gan WANG
Vice President, Systems Engineering Ecosystem
Dassault Systèmes
Tommie LIDDY
Director & Principal Systems Engineer
Turen
Dr. Samuel HILTON
Systems Engineer
Australian Missile Corporation
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
AEST
[B] Assurance, Traceability & Lifecycle Sustainment
View the full agenda by clicking on 'Learn more'. Examine how digital assurance, AI-enabled traceability and lifecycle management can strengthen confidence and...
Dr. Gan WANG
Vice President, Systems Engineering Ecosystem
Dassault Systèmes
Prashanth MYSORE
Senior Director: Global Strategic Business Development
Dassault Systèmes
Dr. Quoc DO
Asia-Oceania Director
International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)
Keith PAULSON
Digital Engineering Lead
MITRE Australia
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
AEST
[C] Sovereign Defence from ConOps to Ops Powered by AI and MBSE
View the full agenda by clicking on 'Learn more'. Discover how sovereign AI and MBSE can accelerate the delivery of secure, resilient and mission-ready capabili...
Habibi Husain ARIFIN
Defence Industry Process Consultant Senior Manager
Dassault Systèmes
Firas MAHMOUD
Industry Process Expert Senior Manager
Dassault Systèmes
Pierre MARCHADIER
Vice President, Value Engagement Industry Consultant
Dassault Systèmes
Dr Dan POWELL
Co-founder and Chief Scientist
Kompozition
Venkat Srivatsn BALASUBRAMANIAN
Industry Process Consultant Director
Dassault Systèmes
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
AEST
[D] Human Systems, Digital Skills & Future Engineering
View the full agenda by clicking on 'Learn more'.Discuss the skills, workforce development and human-centred engineering approaches needed to build Australia’s...
Justain OFLAHERTY
Senior Manager Industry Business Consultant
Dassault Systèmes
Dr. Braden MCGRATH
Professor of Practice - Digital Engineering, School of Systems and Computing
UNSW Canberra
Nirajit SYAMAL
Asia Pacific South Education Leader
Dassault Systèmes
Associate Professor Toh Yen PANG
Deputy Head (L&T) Biomedical Engineering
RMIT University
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
AEST
Networking Drinks & Canapes