Summary
Day 2 of DUC2023 has come to a close! Our day began with a welcome and Day 1 recap from Rob Piane, President of Deighton Associates Ltd. Dr. Theuns Henning, Infrastructure Decision Support NZ, kicked off our sessions with a keynote presentation on "New Zealand Status and Focus for the Future”. This was followed by “The dTIMS Experience - dTIMS OM” session by Deighton’s Chris Chau, VP of Engineering and Menan Nagulendran, Product Manager. The afternoon brought us a panel discussion of global industry experts and a dTIMS Doctor & Support Tips and Tricks webinar.
Keynote Highlight
Dr. Theuns Henning, Infrastructure Decision Support New Zealand, brought us an engaging keynote entitled “New Zealand Status and Focus for the Future”. He began by covering both the new trends and the challenges the industry is faced with from a New Zealand perspective and applied those trends on a global scale.
Dr. Theuns Henning, IDS NZ, presenting at Day 2 of DUC2023.
Session Highlights
After the keynote, our Day 2 agenda kicked off with diving into “The dTIMS Experience - dTIMS OM” session, learning from the Global Trends in Asset Management panel, and diving deeper into dTIMS with “The dTIMS Doctor and Support Tips & Tricks” session.
The dTIMS Experience - dTIMS OM – Deighton’s Chris Chau, VP of Engineering, and Menan Nagulendran, Product Manager, brought us an in-depth look at dTIMS Operations Management (OM). This session began with a product interview where Chris talked about Deighton’s maintenance management journey and where OM falls into place. The session ended with a dTIMS OM product video covering both the history and current state of the product.
Deighton’s Chris Chau (left) and Menan Nagulendran (right) brought us an in-depth look at dTIMS Operations Management (OM).
Global Trends in Asset Management Panel – Nick Rushall, VP of Operations at Deighton Associates Ltd., and Dr. Gustav Rohde, CEO at Zutari hosted this panel of global industry experts. Our global panel included Dr. Theuns Henning, Infrastructure Decision Support NZ (IDS); Erany Robinson, Georgia Department of Transportation; Stephen Smyth, Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII); Jake Bumgarner, West Virginia Department of Transportation; and Michael Ebbesen, Vejdirektoratet (Danish Road Directorate - DRD).
Our panel of experts from left to right: Michael Ebbesen, Stephen Smyth, Dr. Theuns Henning, Jake Bumgarner, Erany Robinson, Nick Rushall, and Dr. Gustav Rohde.
dTIMS Doctor and Support Tips & Tricks – In this session, a panel of our global dTIMS Doctors answered questions for clients on all things dTIMS. The doctors included members of our global support team and Jeff Zavitski, Technical Director of Asset Management at Deighton.
Deighton’s Jeff Zavitksi presenting during the dTIMS Doctor and Support Tricks & Tips session.
Thank you to everyone who attended both in-person and virtually. We are excited to share this dTIMS experience with you and look forward to seeing everyone again tomorrow.
Interested in learning more about any of the dTIMS products featured in these sessions? Book a demo with a member of the Deighton team today to learn more!