2019 National Forum - Melbourne
Operational Excellence | Reliability & Maintenance | Supply Chain

It was exciting to have our 2019 SIRF National Forum in Melbourne this year, at Bayview Eden, with 170 people attending from across Australia/NZ, USA and Israel. The event was more a celebration of the SIRF network so thank you to the whole SIRF team who made the event run like clockwork. To everyone who presented, exhibited & attended, thank you for being part of a fantastic couple of days.

We were delighted to have keynote presentations from Nicholas Curtis (Global head of LEAN for Vistaprint), Tasha Broomhall (Mental Health & Wellbeing) and Steve Simpson (Corporate Culture Change – UGR’s Unwritten Ground Rules). All outstanding presenters in their own right who did a magnificent job, thank you everyone! However, the biggest decision would be who we would get to open up the forum for us. We really wanted to ensure attendees were set up for success with strategies about how to capture the most key takeaways possible.......
Enter Lynne Cazaly and her ‘Cognitive Load Coping’ keynote presentation. She was awesome and this keynote presentation fitted perfectly with the brief, thank you Lynne!

To our trusted exhibitors, a huge thank you for agreeing to be part of our 2019 National Forum for without your support these events would likely not happen, we would love to see you again next year!

To the thirty five people who put themselves out there to present at our National Forum this year, you absolutely did yourselves proud, with feedback scores revealing an average ‘subject expertise’ of 9.2 out of 10 and average ‘value of content presented’ 9.0 out of 10. Outstanding!
Here is a link to what presenters said about the forum post event.

To Ductmakers, Nissan Castings and Davey Water, thank you for backing up the forum with site tours the day after. Fantastic to have these tours available at such great sites.

So there you have it, another great SIRF Roundtables forum is done and it’s time to pass the baton over to Gary Silversides and his team for 2020. To potential keynotes, presenters and exhibitors; let Gary know with an expression of interest.


Thank you everyone involved in this event.


Kind regards,
Jeff Naylor

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In case you missed it........

27th - 28th August SIRF's 2019 National Forum

For those who missed out on our event of the year, here is a recap...

Four inspirational keynote speakers plus over 30 engaging presenters sharing a wealth of knowledge across the three streams of Operational Excellence, Reliability and Maintenance, and Supply Chain. We also had the pleasure of talented exhibitors showcasing their products and skills. The 2019 SIRF National Forum was a successful, exciting two days, with networking and learning opportunities at every moment. The feedback we have received has been overwhelmingly positive, we thank everyone involved. We are already looking forward to next years!

29th August - Nissan Castings site tour - part of SIRF National Forum 2019 Our sincere thanks to Brian from Nissan Castings for his valuable time and excellent hosting of the SIRF Nissan Castings site tour as part of SIRF’s 2019 National Forum. This tour showcased the manufacturing operational excellence that has allowed the NCAP site to compete with the best on the world stage and be an integral player in the Nissan Electric Vehicle program as well as providing castings for standard internal combustion vehicles for the Nissan Renault Alliance group. Brian gave an overview of the Nissan company and the history of the Nissan Casting Dandenong South NCAP site. Nissan Castings is much smaller than sister Nissan Casting plants but has the ability to run complex product mix with short runs and quick change over, making it ideally suited for new product development.      You can see all of our events in Victoria and Tasmania that are open for registration on Eventbrite.   View Full VIC-TAS Calendar   If you need any assistance regarding events, please don't hesitate to contact me. Alain Le Bon | Vic/Tas State Manager | 0439 612 620 Brian Niven | Vic/Tas State Manager | 0439 612 609   SIRF Roundtables - Smarter Together SIRF Roundtables |, SIRF NSTVW P/L, PO Box 7361 Brighton VIC 3186 |, SIRF Roundtables QN, PO Box 7241 Redland Bay QLD 4165 |, Smarter Together |, Network with the best