Summary

With Dave freshly back from attending the Pacific Business Opportunities Seminar (PBOS) in Nadi, Glen and Dave discuss the key themes from PBOS, focusing on localization, community development, and regional collaboration. While he was at the conference Dave had a couple of Talanoa and highlights how infrastructure procurement is changing with local empowerment. This episode features Talanoa with Titi Tutuvanu-Schwalger who is the Pacific Quality Infrastructure Principles Advisor to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary and with Jay Bartlett CEO of Hatanga Construction.

Keywords

Pacific infrastructure, localization, community development, regional collaboration, Pacific Islands, infrastructure projects, local businesses, community impact

Key  topics

Localization in infrastructure projects

Regional collaboration and partnership

Pacific Quality Infrastructure Principles

Sound bites

"Increasing localization in the region"

"Contributing to community outcomes"

"Great to see this initiative growing"

Chapters

00:00 Podcast Introduction

03:40 Introduction to the Pacific Infrastructure Business Opportunities Seminar

06:56 Introduction to Titi

08:23 Understanding the Role of Titi in Pacific Infrastructure

10:25 Exploring the Pacific Quality Infrastructure Principles

12:50 Local Content and Its Importance in Infrastructure Projects

14:15 Building Relationships for Effective Localization

15:50 Challenges and Opportunities in the Pacific Infrastructure Sector

21:45 Jay Bartlett from Hatanga Construction

35:35 Conclusion and the week ahead

Resources

Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2026 - https://example.com/pacific-infrastructure-2023

Pacific Quality Infrastructure Principles - Pacific Quality Infrastructure Principles.pdf

Hatanga Construction - Hatanga - Solomon Islands Construction & Infrastructure

By Group – https://www.bygroup.com.au