Meeting History

After more than two years, GFMAM had its first in-person meeting in Bahrain! A big thank you to our friends and colleagues at the Gulf Society for Maintenance & Reliability (GSMR) for hosting our GFMAM Member Representatives during our time in Manama. Eleven of our thirteen-member associations gathered for a full three-day meeting focusing on the affairs of GFMAM, updates from all our member societies, As part of the Face to Face Meeting, the GFMAM Annual General meeting was held. An update on the legal and financial affairs of the Society were presented and reported that all compliances are in place and in good standing. 

In addition to our face to face meeting, several GFMAM representatives presented valuable education sessions during MaintCon 2022 (6th Middle East Maintenance & Reliability Conference) held at the Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain. The Conference theme was: Industry 4.0 – Industrial Innovation & Technologies in the New Normal. GFMAM members in attendance who delivered education sessions, shared their knowledge and expertise with the almost 2,000 conference attendees. All presentations provided valuable information and insights into the Asset and Reliability Management industries, with a focus on the global shift to digitalization. Presenters represented over 20 countries providing a very diverse range of cultural knowledge and specialization.

The face-to-face meeting scheduled for the first half of 2022 was originally intended to be hosted by the Asset Management Council (AMC) in Australia during June 2022. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions on travel, the meeting was held virtually instead with four intensive sessions scheduled over a two-week period in May.

In spite of the challenge with having our society representatives resident in time zones across the globe - from Western Canada on the one side to Eastern Australia on the other - a great rhythm was established in terms of efficiently communicating the GFMAM and member Societies activities. The personal interaction is something that we all greatly miss and we are looking forward to our next planned face-to-face meeting in the second half of 2022.
 

For over 10 years GFMAM has maintained a pace of two major meetings every year which typically span three working days held in conjunction with attendance and contributions to a member’s conference. Due to the “new normal” that has been brought about by COVID-19 the GFMAM intends, going forward, to having at least one of these meetings virtually and the other face to face if possible. Our November 2021 meeting was held virtually with a schedule of 4 x 3-hour meetings over a two-week period accommodating attendees from all global time zones. 

For over 10 years GFMAM has maintained a pace of two major meetings every year which typically span three working days held in conjunction with attendance and contributions to a member’s conference. Due to the “new normal” that has been brought about by COVID-19 the GFMAM intends, going forward, to having at least one of these meetings virtually and the other face to face if possible. Our May 2021 meeting was held virtually with a schedule of 6 x 4-hour meetings over a two-week period accommodating attendees from global time zones. 

We were pleased to welcome a new member: MAPMA – The Malaysian Asset and Project Management Association to the GFMAM.

The face-to-face meeting scheduled for the second half of 2020 was originally intended to be hosted by GSMR in Bahrain during November 2020. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions on travel the meeting was held virtually.

The face-to-face meeting scheduled for the first half of 2020 was originally intended to be hosted in Brighton, UK from June 22 - 26, 2020 concurrent with the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) annual conference.

The meeting plan was adapted to an online environment which came together very well and opened possibilities for new ways of collaborating in the future.

The twentieth face-to-face member meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was hosted in Cape Town, South Africa by the Southern African Asset Management Association from May 13 – 17, 2019 in conjunction with their SAAMA annual conference.

The nineteenth face-to-face Council meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was hosted in Orlando, USA by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals from October 21rst to 26th, 2018 in conjunction with their SMRP annual conference.

The 18th face-to-face Council meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was hosted in Paris, France by the Institut Français d’Asset Management Industriel et Infrastructures (IFRAMI) from February 11 to 15, 2018 after the ISO TC 251 committee meetings. The ISO TC 251 committee is responsible for the development of the ISO 55000 Assset Management standards. On Saturday, February 10, 2018, GFMAM members attended and presented at the Asset Management International Workshop discussing the maturity of Asset Management in the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Argentine, United Kingdom, United States, Middle East, South Africa and Netherlands.

The 17th face-to-face Council meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was hosted in Saskatoon, Canada by the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) from September 24th to 28th, 2017 in conjunction with their MainTrain annual conference.

The sixteenth face-to-face Council meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was hosted in Brisbane, Australia by the Asset Management Council from March 31^st to April 7^th, 2017 in conjunction with their AMPEAK annual conference. 

The fifteenth face-to-face Council meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management was hosted in the Kingdom of Bahrain by the Gulf Society of Maintenance and Reliability from the 11^th – 16^th of December, 2016 in conjunction with their Maintcon conference. Maintcon is held every other year.

The fourteenth face-to-face Council meeting and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management was held in Edinburgh from 18 – 23 June 2016 in conjunction with the IAM Annual Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in the UK. Global Forum members were active in participating in the conference, contributing several presentations and participating in workshop sessions.

The thirteenth face-to-face Council meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management was held in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA from 12th -15th October 2015 in conjunction with the annual SMRP conference. Hosted by the Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals, Global Forum members were active in participating in the conference and contributed with several presentations.

The twelfth face-to-face Council meeting and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 10-16 May 2015 in conjunction with the SAAMA conference, hosted by the South African Asset Management Association. Global Forum members were active in participating in the conference and contributed several presentations to the conference.

The eleventh face-to-face meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management was held in
Bahrain from 6 – 11 December 2014 in conjunction with the 3rd Middle East Maintenance Conference and
Exhibition, Maintcon 2014, hosted by the Gulf Society of Maintenance Professionals (GSMP). Global Forum
members were active in participating in the conference, contributing several presentations and to workshop
sessions.

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) held its ninth face-to-face meeting from the 3^rd to 9^th of May 2014 in conjunction with the European Federation of National Maintenance Societies (EFNMS) in Helsinki, Finland. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to EFNMS for their hospitality.

The ninth face-to-face meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management was held in Calgary, Canada from 18th – 21st November 2013 in conjunction with the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada’s (PEMAC) MainTrain Conference. Global Forum members were active in presenting at the conference, contributing several presentations and sessions.

The eighth face-to-face meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management was held in Melbourne, Australia from 2^nd – 6^th June 2013 in conjunction with the Asset Management Council’s (AMC) Annual Conference. Global Forum members were active in presenting at the conference, contributing several presentations and sessions.

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) held its seventh face-to-face meeting from 9-14 September 2012 in conjunction with Abraman (Brazilian Society for Maintenance and Asset Management) 27th Congress in Rio de Janeiro.

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) held its sixth face-to-face meeting from 17th – 21st June 2012 in conjunction with the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) Annual Conference, Warwick, UK. The theme of the conference was “Building for the Future”. Global Forum members were active in presenting at the conference, giving 4 plenary presentations and 2 streamed sessions.

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) held its fifth face-to-face meeting from 16^th – 20^th October 2011 in conjunction with the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Practitioners (SMRP) Annual Conference, Greensboro, NC, USA.

The theme of the conference was: Educate, Equip, Excel. Throughout the conference, there was a great interaction between the SMRP Board of Directors and GFMAM representatives. GFMAM representatives presented five papers during the conference.

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) held its fourth series of face-to-face meetings from 15-19 May 2011 in alignment with the ICOMS Asset Management Conference, Gold Coast, Australia. Multiple projects were initiated and further developed during the meetings.

The inaugural meeting of the Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) was held at Verona, Italy. The founding members brought the organisation into existence at a formal signing ceremony. GFMAM is now officially an organisation incorporated under Swiss Law. The vision of GFMAM is “To be a worldwide community of organizations providing leadership for asset management & maintenance communities.”