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More than 230 attendees joined us in Gladstone for BizOps2025. Guided by the theme Oceans of Opportunity, the conference explored some of the breakthroughs in sustainability, engineering and safety, as well as some of the innovative projects shaping our port sector.
BizOps is a chance for those critical to the function of our ports to connect, collaborate and share ideas. With several networking functions on the agenda, this year’s BizOps was one of our biggest and best yet.
A special thank you to our Major Sponsor and hosts Gladstone Ports Corporation.
Watch the highlights below!
Sponsors
Our Sponsors play a key role in BizOps every year. Not only do they help us create a buzzing atmosphere of knowledge sharing and one-of-a-kind networking, but they also bring a wealth of sector knowledge with them. A huge thank you to our 2025 sponsors and exhibitors for their generous contribution.
Port of Gladstone Tour
To kick off the conference, BizOps delegates embarked on a tour of Gladstone Port, sponsored by Smit Lamnalco. It was smiles and sunshine from attendees coming from all around Australia as we welcomed them to beautiful Gladstone. Thank you to tour guide Ged Melrose, who stepped us through the unique operation behind this impressive multi-commodity port.
Women in Ports Breakfast
Off the back of our inaugural iteration in 2023, this year’s Women in Ports Breakfast explored the topic Powering Opportunity through Diversity, facilitated by OneStop CEO Sam Askin.
With almost a full house in attendance, Sam opened the session with an interactive conversation on mentoring, asking audience members to share some of ways people have benefited from being both a mentee and mentor, and some advice for those wanting to get involved in the process. “Having clear ideas on why you want that relationship, what you’re going to achieve and being structured around it has been useful,” one participant shared.
Logistics & Project Cargo Manager at Port of Brisbane, Nicola Murray, reflected on how her own curiosity helped unlock her career path in supply chains, and how following your interests can take you to some extraordinary jobs. “If you’ve got that drive, you can come into this industry and there’s a lot to do.”
The panel also unpacked some career challenges and some ways that organisations are working to create more diverse workforces.
“It’s important to note that we have progressed, but we still have a long way to go,” shared Jane Blackbourn, Executive General Manager People at Gladstone Ports Corporation. “I think we’ve got an untapped resource in increasing women’s participation, particularly in senior leadership roles.”
Electrical Apprentice Ella Green shared some of her experience as a young person working in the sector, with this advice for others like her: “Don’t let anything restrict you, give it everything you have, because there’s so many different careers in this industry that women do amazing at.”
Thank you to all those who joined us for the breakfast this year.
Photo Gallery
View the BizOps photo gallery here.
Program sessions
Safety First
Governments and Markets in Oceania and Beyond
Maritime Decarbonisation: Now and Next
Harnessing Data and Technology
Innovative Engineering
Across the Sector: Showcasing Impactful Work
Connected and Optimised
Securing the Supply Chain
Port Preparedness: Lithium Batteries
Speakers
Hon Brent Mickelberg MP, Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads
Patrick Pulis - Senior WHS Business Partner, Flinders Port Holdings
Monica Birkner - Chief People & Sustainability Officer, Southern Ports
Daina Matthews - Business Risk Specialist, Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal
Brendan Curtis - Chief Commercial Officer, OMC International
Maree Adshead - Chair, Gladstone Ports Corporation
Guy Reynolds - Executive Advisor - Maritime Economics, GHD
Vajira Piyasena - CEO, Fiji Ports Corporation
Renee McGlashan - Sustainability Manager, North Queensland Bulk Ports
Jorge Martin Gistau - Director Energy Infrastructure Transition ANZ, Ricardo
Munaf Shaikh - Chief Maritime Officer, Blue Visby
Daniel Wilson - Vice President Commercial, CSL Australia
Anja Urban - ESG Specialist, Gladstone Ports Corporation
David Phillips - Chief Operating Officer, Svitzer
Matthew Michalewicz - CEO, Complexica
Eric Lacroix - Business Intelligence Analyst, Flinders Port Holdings
Keith Wilks - CEO, Southern Ports
Prema Shree Bhautoo - Head of Digital Port Services, DHI
Lucy Bauld - Naval Architect and Project Engineer, AMC Search
Wade Greenaway - Marine & Coastal Engineer, Mid West Ports Authority
Dr Andrew Pomeroy - Principal Engineer, FSC Range
Jordan Butler - Group Digital Engineering Lead for Maritime, WGA
Sam Askin - CEO, OneStop
Nicola Murray - Logistics & Project Cargo Manager, Port of Brisbane
Ella Green - Electrical Apprentice, Gladstone Ports Corporation
Jane Blackbourn - Executive General Manager People, Gladstone Ports Corporation
Daniel Culpitt - Director, Synergies Economic Consulting
Renuka Ranaweera - Technical Lead, Brightly
Ryan O'Connor - Maritime Asset Engineer, Ventia
Dr Andrew Higgins - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
Cam Tran - Global Trade Advisory Director, Ernst and Young
Captain Allan Gray - CEO, Sentient Hubs
Stephanie Warren - Assistant Director Information Security, Port of Seattle
Laith Shahin - CEO & Founder, Secolve
Captain Savio Fernandes - Harbour Master, Fremantle Ports
John Thomson - Senior Claims Executive, TT Club
Adam Best - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
Emma Sutcliffe - Director, EV Fire Safe
