International Women’s Day Industry Event 2026
Date: Friday 6 March 2026 | Time: 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM AEST
Venue: Victoria Park, 309 Herston Rd, Herston QLD 4006
The Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA) will host its International Women’s Day Industry Event 2026 in Brisbane.
AfPA welcomes Fulton Hogan as the official sponsor of the 2026 International Women’s Day Industry Breakfast.
Join us for the 2026 AfPA International Women’s Day Industry Breakfast, highlighting this year’s national theme, Balance the Scales. For our industry members, balancing the scales is about ensuring women have fair access to opportunities, career pathways and safe workplaces. The Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA) promotes gender diversity across the flexible pavement sector through recognition, engagement, and capability development. This breakfast brings together leaders, practitioners and emerging professionals to celebrate achievement, share insights, build networks, and explore how inclusive practices strengthen capability across our industry.
Keynote Speaker: Madeleine McManus OAM, FIEAust, NER, CPEng, EngExec, RPEV
Madeleine McManus is a distinguished engineer and leader with over 25 years of experience across diverse sectors. She currently serves as CEO of the Centre for Pavement/Professional Engineering Education (CPEE), Global Director of Robogals, member of the National Pavement Taskforce, and Chair of Yarra Trams – the world’s largest tram network.
Her leadership has been widely recognised, including the John Shaw Medal from Roads Australia in 2024 for “outstanding and innovative leadership in transport and her continuing contribution,” and the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2017 for her services to engineering and education. Madeleine is a long-standing advocate for inclusive practice, and her work demonstrates how equitable workplaces and supportive career pathways strengthen capability and innovation across the industry