Foundations and Frontiers – FF24
On 8 August 2024, to close the Foundations and Frontiers (FF24) event, 75 industry leaders signed a communique recognising the importance of the industry to Australia’s economy, the challenges that are being faced by the sector and agreement to increase collaboration to overcome them.
Australia’s construction industry is at a crossroads. The foundations for a more sustainable future are there but the challenges we face require us to push beyond our current limits – our frontiers. That’s why we set our sights high with Foundations and Frontiers, a new annual event inspired by the COP Summits and the World Economic Forum for Australia’s construction industry. The Foundations and Frontiers forum is about uniting the entire construction industry, setting targets and driving meaningful progress.
Why
The need for the forum stems from the growing gap between the available workforce and the demand for infrastructure. In its current form, the construction industry is not able to deliver the infrastructure and projects that are needed, when they are needed and at a price that can be afforded. These challenges require a coordinated national response, which led us to design an action-oriented forum that brings together government, industry, unions and academia to address the sustainability of construction in Australia.
Event format
This one-day forum comprised both open and exclusive discussions on four key themes: 1. What does good look like, 2. Skills and culture, 3. Financial sustainability, 4. Data-rich future. The plenary sessions commenced with keynote addresses in the style of TED talks followed by facilitated discussions involving industry leaders.
FF24
Our inaugural Foundations and Frontiers forum (FF24) brought together 600 participants, including 100 influential leaders who took part in focused roundtable discussions. The broader plenary session welcomed input from all attendees. To engage a wider audience, we released discussion papers before the event, inviting submissions on key topics. Importantly, this feedback was used to guide the leader’s roundtable discussions at FF24.
Movement
In the lead-up to FF24, we unearthed voices from every corner of the industry.
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