Be part of a movement that’s redefining what infrastructure means for people, places and the planet.
We invite project case-studies, data insights, lived experience of community engagement, and capability-boosting workshop content that can help us all to lift our game. Prepare to share your provocative ideas, mindset shifting research and real-world examples that challenge and shape the future of sustainable infrastructure.
Abstract Submission Themes
- Brisbane Olympics – putting infrastructure sustainability on the world stage
- Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chains – practical applications and best practice case studies, local vs global
- Quo Vadis Net-Zero and Sustainability – where do popular culture, policy and the business case point?
- Carbon in Infrastructure – accounting, reporting, reducing
- Resilience and adaptability – building future proof infrastructure
- Nature and Infrastructure – beyond carbon, TNFD, regeneration and nature-based solutions
- Circularity – resourcing, recycling, re-using, re-purposing in infrastructure development
- Infrastructure pipelines and budgets – what is the outlook for Australia and New Zealand
- Connected Infrastructure – systems approach, First Nations perspectives, best practice examples: waste to energy, intermodal transport systems and other solutions
- Infrastructure productivity - policy, technology, data, best practice and sustainability
- The ROI of sustainable infrastructure – does doing the right things pay off?
- Technology and AI – impact on planning, design, construction, operations, costs and workforce. Are there unintended consequences and costs from the use of AI?
- Data - Digital infrastructure, tools, governance, decision making, case studies
- Truly Sustainable Energy transition – infrastructure, social license, supply chain challenges, decommissioning
- Water infrastructure – asset adaptation and resilience, customer expectations for sustainability, circularity (e.g. waste to energy, water recycling)
- Capabilities for the future – evolving role of sustainability managers, what skills will be required
- Wild card – Pitch an idea that advances the sustainable infrastructure conversation. We welcome provocation, debate and out-of-the-box thinking.
Enquiries
Madalena Lottering
Program Coordinator
+61 (7) 3255 1002
program@isc-connect2026.com.au