ISEC 2025 / ASEA SEC 7

Integrating Technology for Advanced Practices in Structural Engineering and Construction
Sydney, Australia, November 17-21, 2025

Technical Program and Keynote Speakers


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Keynote Speakers


Portrait of David Millar.

Keynote Speaker I - David Millar

Chief Executive Officer
Concrete Institute of Australia

David Millar is the Chief Executive Officer of the Concrete Institute of Australia. He is a civil engineering graduate from the University of Sydney, and began his career in the concrete aggregates industry, before expanding into precast concrete, construction chemicals, and concrete materials. With a great appreciation of what industry and professional associations can provide to the concrete industry, David has been, and is still, an active member on a number of concrete related committees as a volunteer. He was also the Executive Director of the Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia from 2005 to 2013 before commencing his current role with the Concrete Institute of Australia in 2014.

In his time as CEO with the CIA, David has convened 5 major conferences for the Institute, been at the forefront of the transition to online education products, introduced focus groups related to NEXGen, and overseen significant growth in membership, particularly with Young Professionals. He has had numerous positions on Standards and technical committees and currently is the CIA representative on BD10 Portland and Blended Cements, as well as being an elected member of the Standards Australia Membership Committee. David is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the Australasian Society for Association Executives.

Through his 30 years experience in the construction industry. he understands the importance this most traditional, but ever evolving, material has on society and the environment.


Title: TBA
Wednesday, November 18, 2025



Portrait of Takashi Yamane.

Keynote Speaker II - Takashi Yamane

President
Kyokuto Kowa Corporation

Takashi Yamane is the President of Kyokuto-Kowa Corporation, a Japanese company specializing in the construction of prestressed concrete bridges. He graduated from Kure National College of Technology and joined Kyokuto-Kougyo Corporation, which is now called Kyokuto-Kowa Corporation, in 1980. Mr. Yamane earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1995. His work experience includes the design and construction of various types of prestressed concrete bridges, such as box girder bridges using balanced cantilever construction, cast-in-place hollow slab bridges using span-by-span construction and composite I-section girder bridges. Mr. Yamane led the engineering and sales departments of the company before becoming president. He was a member of the Japan Prestressed Concrete Contractors Association and chaired the committee on design guidelines for precast/prestressed concrete splice-girder bridges. He has published numerous technical papers and holds several patents in the field of bridge engineering.


Title: Construction of Sustainable Concrete Structures Using FRP as Reinforcement and Prestressing Tendons
Tuesday, November 19, 2025