IEEM2025 Master Schedule – Subject to Change (Last Updated: 15 Sep 2025)
All Happening at Level 1, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

Sunday, 7 December 2025 Reg & Badge Pick Up: 3pm to 5pm, Level 1 Foyer 1.7-1.8 Program uses AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) UTC/GMT +11 Hrs
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Ancillary Activity: TBC
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM Registration & Name Badge Pick Up
Venue: Level 1, Foyer 1.7, Foyer 1.8
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Invite Only Committee Dinner: TBC
Monday, December 8, 2025 Reg & Badge Pick Up: 3pm to 5pm, Level 1 Foyer 1.7-1.8 Program uses AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) UTC/GMT +11 Hrs
Room: 103 (132) 104 (132) 105 (234) 106 (234) 107 (57) 108 (57) 111 (70) 112 (70)
AM1
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Opening & Keynote Presentations: Room 109 & 110
Keynote 1: “Transitioning from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: A Human-Centric Approach”
Saeid Nahavandi, Inaugural Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Chief of Defence Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology

Keynote 2: “Public Funding to Cross the Valley of Death: Space as a Laboratory”
Dr Andrea P Beltz, President, IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society TEMS
Vice-Dean of Transformative Initiatives, Research Director, Information Science Institute,
Director, Center for Research in Space Technologies (CREST) and Professor of Practice in Industrial and Systems Engineering,
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, University of South California (USC)
AM Break
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee/Tea Break: Reg & Badge Pick Up Foyer
AM2
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM


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LUNCH
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch Buffet: Reg & Badge Pick Up Foyer
PM1
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM










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PM Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Coffee/Tea Break: Reg & Badge Pick Up Foyer
PM2
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM


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Tuesday, December 9, 2025 Reg & Badge Pick Up: 3pm to 5pm, Level 1 Foyer 1.7-1.8 Program uses AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) UTC/GMT +11 Hrs
Room: 103 (132) 104 (132) 105 (234) 106 (234) 107 (57) 108 (57) 111 (70) 112 (70)
AM1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM


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AM Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee/Tea Break: Reg & Badge Pick Up Foyer
AM2
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM


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LUNCH
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch Buffet: Reg & Badge Pick Up Foyer
PM1
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM


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PM2
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
& Coffee/Tea Break: Reg & Badge Pick Up Foyer Authors Put Up Posters, Latest by 2:30pm
EVE
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Ticket Holders Only - Closing, Award Presentation & Conference Dinner: Room 109 & 110
Wednesday, 10 December 2025 Program uses AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) UTC/GMT +11 Hrs
08:30 AM - 4:30 PM Ancillary Activity: TBC