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Brisbane Conference 2026

29-30 October 2026
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Standley Place, South Brisbane, QLD
Cinema B

Agenda
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  • 8:00am - 9:00am (60 mins) | Arrival & Registration
    Visitor Information Desk, GOMA Foyer
    Park view Terrace

    9:00am - 9:05am (5 mins) | Conference Safety and housekeeping briefing

    Grant Kulmar

    9:05am - 9:10am (5 mins) | Welcome Address
    Grant Kulmar
    Chairperson, Protection of Australasian Cultural Assets (PACA)

    9:10am - 9:20am (10 mins) | Official Conference Opening


    Chris Saines CNZM
    Director, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)

    9:25am - 09:30am (5 mins) | Program review

    Grant Kulmar
    Chairperson, Protection of Australasian Cultural Assets (PACA)

    9:35am – 10:05am (30 mins) | International threats facing museums and cultural venues

    Andy Davies (MSc., CSyP, FSyl, CPP)
    Managing Director / Chair
    Trident Manor Limited/CSSC UK

    10:10am - 10:40am (30 mins) | Morning tea

    GOMA Restaurant Park View Balcony

     

    10:45am - 11.45am (60 mins) | Crowded Places and Asset Protection Security

    Sir Ken McKenzie
    Managing Director and Lead Consultant, KM HSSR Consulting Limited, NZ

     

    11:50am - 12.35pm (45 mins) | Sustainability at QAGOMA

    Ari Fuller
    Sustainability and Facilities Manager
    Facilities and Environment
    QAGOMA

     

    12:40pm – 1:25pm (45 mins) | Lunch

    GOMA Restaurant Park View Balcony

     

    1:30pm – 2.30pm (60 mins) | Hostile Vehicle Mitigation and Flood Resilience at the Queensland Cultural Centre 

    Joanna Roxburgh
    Manager, Cultural Infrastructure
    Operations & Services, Arts Queensland

    James Slattery
    Director, Operations & Services
    Arts Queensland

     

    2:35pm – 3.05pm (30 mins) | Afternoon tea

    GOMA Restaurant Park View Balcony

    3:10pm – 3.55pm (45 mins) | The Future of Work Health and Safety: Contemporary Approaches and Emerging Practice

    Adam Samuelson
    Founder and Principal Consultant
    Culture Collab

    4:00pm – 4.45pm (45 mins) | Contemporary Risk Management: Building Safer, Smarter and More Resilient Workplaces

    Grant Kulmar
    Head of Protection & Visitor Services
    QAGOMA

     

    4:50pm – 6:00pm (70 mins) | Drinks and networking

    GOMA Restaurant Park View Balcony

    6:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner at “Clarence” Modern French Restaurant, South Brisbane

  • 8:00am - 9:00am (60 mins) | Arrival & Registration

    Visitor Information Desk, GOMA Foyer

    9:05am – 9:10am (5 mins) | Program review

    Grant Kulmar
    PACA Chair

    9.15am: 10:15am (60 mins) | Heritage Meets Modern Performance: The Glasshouse Theatre Project at Queensland Performing Arts Centre - QPAC

    Megan Neagle
    Executive Project Director
    Major Projects, Public Works
    Department of Housing and Public Works

    10:20 – 10:50am (30 mins) | Morning tea

    GOMA Restaurant Park View Balcony

    10:55 – 11:25am (30 mins) | UK’s approach to Countering Terrorism in Crowded Places – The Impact of Martyn’s Law.

    Andy Davies (MSc., CSyP, FSyl, CPP)
    Managing Director / Chair
    Trident Manor Limited/CSSC UK

    11:30am – 12:40pm (80 mins) | Tour of GOMA Wurlitzer Organ Chamber & Film Screening

    Rosie Hays
    Associate Curator
    Australian Cinémathèque
    QAGOMA

    12:45pm – 1:30pm (45 mins) | Lunch

    GOMA Restaurant Park View Balcony

    1:35pm – 2:00pm (25 mins) | Closing Business

    Strategic planning session
    PACA 2027

    2:00pm | Conference officially closes

    Complimentary viewing of “Make, Believe, Magic
    The Worlds of The Jim Henson Company” at GOMA

Gold sponsor

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Sponsors

Trident Manor logo featuring a stylized trident symbol and the words 'Trident Manor'
'Culture Collab.' logo.
HSSR logo with the words Health, Safety, Security, and Risk underneath.

Key speakers

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Andy Davis (MSc., CSyP, FSyl, CPP)

Managing Director / Chair
Trident Manor Limited/CSSC UK

Andy Davis is the Managing Director of Trident Manor and the Chair of IAASF. He is a Security Risk Management expert having operated within international government organisations and senior corporate positions around the world. He has been involved in the audit, review, and design of museums and other cultural venues for several years, and his training programmes on Cultural Property Protection have benefited hundreds of people operating in the sector. He is the former Chair of the ASIS International Cultural Properties Community and sits on the UK Standards Committee specifically for cultural heritage.

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Sir Ken McKenzie

Managing Director and Lead Consultant, KM HSSR Consulting Limited, NZ

With over 48 years of experience, Ken has built an outstanding reputation as a leader in safety, security, and risk management. His career spans transport infrastructure, construction, emergency management, and cultural institutions, including nine years as Head of Security, Health & Safety at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Ken specialises in driving organisational resilience through the integration of safety, security, risk, and human-centred practices.

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Adam Samuelson

Founder and Principal Consultant
Culture Collab

Adam Samuelson is a trusted advisor to Australia’s cultural institutions, specialising in security, safety, risk, and organisational resilience. As Founder of Culture Collab, he works exclusively with galleries, libraries, archives, and museums, helping them strengthen their protective security and risk management capabilities through collaborative, evidence-based approaches. His work is underpinned by the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and Commonwealth Risk Management Policy, and informed by extensive hands-on experience across the sector.

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