CIBSE ANZ | Executive Leadership Breakfast - Melbourne

Join senior leaders, industry influencers and forward‑thinking practitioners for the 2026 CIBSE Executive Leadership Breakfast, in Melbourne. This high‑impact morning brings together two keynote addresses that explore the global forces shaping our profession—and the leadership behaviours that will define its future.

In a rapidly evolving engineering landscape, organisations are navigating global talent shortages, accelerating digital and sustainability demands, and rising expectations for competence, accountability and purpose.

This breakfast event offers a rare opportunity to step back from day‑to‑day pressures and engage with the strategic issues influencing the future of building services engineering—locally and globally.

1. Paying It Forward – Building a Legacy for the Profession

Vince Arnold – 2025–2026 CIBSE President

2. The State of the Engineering Nation

Ruth Carter – CEO, CIBSE & Richard Goldsbrough – Membership Director, CIBSE

Through two powerful keynote talks, attendees will gain insight into:

• The global state of the engineering profession
• The pressures and opportunities shaping talent, capability and mobility
• The role of professional institutions in supporting competence, standards and community
• How leaders can build resilient, future‑ready teams
• The impact of mentoring, volunteering and knowledge‑sharing on long‑term industry health

CIBSE Update

The event also offers a chance to hear from CIBSE’s Membership Director, Richard Goldsbrough, on the latest membership and registration initiatives designed to support building services organisations and strengthen professional development across the region.

Agenda:

7:45 am Arrival and registration

8:00 am Welcome, John Mihalinac, CIBSE VIC Vice Chair

8:10 am Hot Plated Breakfast Service

8:30 am The State of the Engineering Nation

Ruth Carter – CEO, CIBSE & Richard Goldsbrough – Membership Director, CIBSE

9:00 am Paying It Forward – Building a Legacy for the Profession

Vince Arnold – 2025-2026 CIBSE President

9:15 am Networking

10:00 am Close

CIBSE Australia and New Zealand provides members and the greater building industry with progressive leadership and knowledge. The institution promotes competence that forges new standards of excellence in design, science and engineering of the built environment.

Our vision is to be the predominant Professional Association for building services engineers in the ANZ region.

www.cibse.org.au

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CIBSE ANZ events are proudly supported by Seber Recruitment Group — Australia’s specialist recruitment partner to the design engineering sector.

Seber provides permanent and contract recruitment solutions across all Building Services and Civil & Structural disciplines, from Junior through to Director level.

Backed by over 12 years of industry experience, their specialist team is driven by one goal: connecting exceptional engineering talent with leading consultancies across Australia.

www.linkedin.com/company/seberrecruitment