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CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Tuesday 4^th June 2019

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8.00 am	Conference Registration – Tea and Coffee on Arrival
	All Plenary Sessions will be held in the Steavenson Ballroom (1, 2 and 3)
9.00 am	Welcome to Delegates Elizabeth Smolinska Conference Chair, Stormwater Victoria
9.10 am	Opening Address Chris Beardshaw President, Stormwater Victoria
9.15 am	Platinum Sponsor Presentation
9.20 am	Keynote Presentation Christine Nixon Former Chief Commissioner, Victoria Police
10.00 am	Keynote Presentation Associate Professor Ian Rutherfurd School of Geography, The University of Melbourne
10.40 am	Morning Tea
	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation	Collaboration and Integration
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room	Kooringa Room
11.15 am – 11.45 am	VC154: A Planner’s Perspective (How Did We Get Here and What Does It Mean?) Esther Kay, Environment & Land Management	Travelling Through Yarra Ranges’ WSUD Transformation Patrick Jeschke, Matthew Pilcher, Yarra Ranges Shire Council	Unlocking the Superpowers of Street Trees: Green-Blue Infrastructure for Healthy Streets & Waterways Dale Browne, Jarrod Luxton, Steven Buck, E2Designlab	Mitigation of Risk, Creation of feature: Simpson Street Stormwater Management Ronak Rahimi, Adele Faraone, Ragini Prasad, Calibre Professional Services, Rohan McKinnon, Warrnambool City Council
5 minutes to change rooms

	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation	Collaboration and Integration
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room	Kooringa Room
11.50 am – 12.20 pm	Understanding the Key Construction Hold Points for Bio-Retention Systems and Wetlands Katrina Hawkins, Clearwater, Rachelle Adamowicz, Melbourne Water	Complexities in Flood Modelling and Mitigation for Large Infrastructure Projects – Rosanna Level Crossing Removal Elizabeth Smolinska, Jacobs	Stormwater Management to Save the Rivers and Contribute to Integrated Water Management Professor Veeriah Jegatheesan, RMIT University, Ashantha Goonetilleke, Queensland University of Technology, John Van Leeuwen, University of South Australia Jaya Kandasamy, University of Technology Sydney, Douglas Warner, University of Hertfordshire, Baden Myers, University of South Australia	Improving Management for Water Sensitive Areas, A Rural Setting Matthew Gaite, Storm Consulting, Rowan Hore, Melbourne Water
	Lunch

	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation	Collaboration and Integration
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room	Kooringa Room
1.20 pm – 1.50 pm	Melbourne Water Drainage Schemes: Friend or Foe? Jamie Tainton, LDeng	Monbulk Creek: Retrofitting Energy Dissipation Techniques to Improve Waterway Health in Steep, Existing Urban Catchments Joshua Paris, Spiire, Beth Wallis, Yarra Ranges Council	Combining Stormwater Treatment and Frog Conservation Objectives in a Wetland with an Industrial Catchment Angela Ganley, Hume City Council	Water Sensitive Drainage and Flood Management Strategy for Fishermans Bend Philip Joyce, GHD Sam Innes, City of Port Phillip
5 minutes to change rooms

	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation	Collaboration and Integration
	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room	Kooringa Room
1.55 pm – 2.25 pm	ARR2016 Temporal Patterns for Urban Drainage and Flood-Modelling. Do We Need To Run Them All? Glenn Ottrey, Engeny Water Management	Innovative Stormwater Management Approach to Reduce Flooding Impact Sainath Tavate, Knox City Council	Assembling High Resolution Spatial Datasets for Robust Effective Imperviousness Modelling Dr Joshphar Kunapo, Grace Detailed-GIS Services, Dr Christopher Walsh School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne	Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster: IWM Precinct Scale Strategy Sarah Hollis, Water Technology
5 minutes to change rooms
	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation	Collaboration and Integration
	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room	Kooringa Room
2.30 pm – 3.00 pm	Who Let the Economists Into the Decision Making Tent? Insights From Urban Waterways in Victoria Lili Pechey, Dr Buyani Thomy, Natural Capital Economics	Wetland Peninsular - Wetland Saviour or Erosion Point Chris Beardshaw, Afflux Consulting, Colette Newcome, Melbourne Water	Seasonal Eco-Hydrological Regimes and Local Catchment Modelling to Protect High Value Ecosystems in Urbanizing Catchments. David Carew, Andrew John, Dom Blackham, Alluvium Consulting, Prof Barry Hart Water Science Pty Ltd	Monitoring and Evaluating Stormwater Targets in the Port Phillip and Westernport Healthy Waterways Strategy Sharyn Rossrakesh, Andrew Grant, Melbourne Water
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Afternoon Tea

	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation	Collaboration and Integration
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room	Kooringa Room
3.30 pm – 4.00 pm	A Framework to Map Social Values of Waterways and Target Areas for Investment Milos Pelikan, Jacobs	Banyule Swamp, My Neighbour, Will You Give Me A Glass of Water? Cintia Dotto, Bertrand Salmi, Sarah Hollis, Water Technology Sarah Gaskill, Melbourne Water Sian Gleeson, Robert Powell, Banyule City Council	Way Beyond Best Practice: Grassed Based ZAM-WSUD Profiles Demonstrate Up To 80% Total Nitrogen Removal Dr Harsha Fowdar, Monash University, Prof Ana Deletic, University of New South Wales, Simon Brink, Manningham Council	Selling Flood Mapping Results to a Sceptical Public Stephen D'Agata, City of Boroondara
5 minutes to change rooms
	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation	Collaboration and Integration
	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room	Kooringa Room
4.05 pm – 4.35 pm	Lot Scale Rainwater Harvesting and Future Flood and Drought Risks in the City Of Whittlesea Dr Edmond Lascaris, Sultana Baby, Bradley Byrne, Stephen Comben, Peter Ali, Simone Chetwynd-Brown, Ben Harries, City of Whittlesea, Nahlah Abbas, Central Queensland University	‘Fixing the Gaps’ for Successful WSUD Asset Management Jamie Comley, J Comley Consulting, Stuart Joyce, Morphum Environmental	Stormwater Treatment, Harvest and Reuse--A Winning Trifecta at Moonee Valley Julia Baumann, DCE (Dalton Consulting Engineers)	Reimagining Arnolds Creek – A Social Perspective Jenny Butcher, Stuart Cleven, Alluvium Consulting, Jon Shinkfield, REALM Studios, Neil Featonby, Fin Adamson, Melbourne Water
4.45 pm	Close of Day 1
6.30 pm – 10.30 pm	Stormwater Victoria Conference Dinner

CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Wednesday 5^th June 2019

8.00 am	Conference Registration – Tea and Coffee on Arrival
	All Plenary Sessions will be held in Ballroom 1
8.30 am	Welcome to Day 2 Jamie Tainton, Vice President, Stormwater Victoria
8.35 am	Gold Sponsor Presentation
8.40 am	Keynote Presentation Associate Professor Rory Nathan The University of Melbourne
9.20 am	Waterway Connections - An Exploration of Place Zinta Lazdins Urban Designer – Strategic Liveability Planning, Melbourne Water
10.00 am	Stormwater Victoria – Open Forum Chris Beardshaw, President, Stormwater Victoria Jamie Tainton, Vice President, Stormwater Victoria
10.45 am	Morning Tea
	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room
11.15 am – 11.45 pm	Implementing WSUD In The Planning Scheme: Lessons Learnt At Moreland Vaughn Grey, Kathryn Skidmore, Moreland City Council	Innovative Passive Irrigation Soak Wells in Moonee Valley Ralf Pfleiderer, Ralf Pfleiderer Environmental Consulting	Flood Storages and Peak Flows in Moonee Ponds Creek – Is More Storage Always Better? Paul Clemson, Vanessa Wong, Engeny Water Management
5 minutes to change rooms

	Strategy, Policy and Education	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room
11.50 am – 12.20 pm	Living Alongside the Growling Grass Frog in the Urban Jungle Adele Faraone, Ronak Rahimi, Ragini Prasad, Calibre Professional Services Pty Ltd	Stormwater for Urban Forests: Is it a Good Fit? Geoff Connellan, G&M Connellan Consultants	The Future of Wetlands for Waterway Protection Simon Roberts, Jarrod Luxton, Dr Dale Browne, Gary Walsh, Dr Peter Breen, E2Designlab, Hugh Duncan, Prof Tim Fletcher, The Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, Sarah Watkins, Melbourne Water
12.25 pm	Lunch
	Strategy, Policy and Education	Collaboration and Integration	Science and Innovation
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room
1.20 pm – 1.50 pm	Highway Design, Stormwater Planning and Local Waterways Sheridan Blunt, Loci Environment & Place Inc	Maryborough IWM Plan: Delivering Real Community Benefits Through the Water Cycle Celeste Morgan, E2Designlab	Peaking Too Soon: A Case Study of Updating River Hydrology for a Latrobe River Tributary Steve Clarke, Streamology Jacqueline Woodlock, Beveridge Williams
5 minutes to change rooms
	Strategy, Policy and Education	Collaboration and Integration	Science and Innovation
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room
1.55 pm – 2.25 pm	Stormwater and Outflow Planning Controls for Waterway Health: Applying the Urban Streamflow Impact Assessment (USIA) Dr Geoff Vietz, Streamology Pty Ltd, Carl Tippler, CTEnvironmental, Dr Stephanie Kermode, Michele Cassidy, Hannah Lockie, Sydney Water Professor Tim Fletcher, The University of Melbourne	Unlocking Colac’s Future Development Potential via Engagement Scott Dunn, Engeny Water Management	The Edithvale Integrated Stormwater Solution Jeanne Rossouw, Alan West, City of Kingston
5 minutes to change rooms

	Strategy, Policy and Education	Collaboration and Integration	Science and Innovation
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room
2.30 pm – 3.00 pm	Implementing the Integrated Water Management Victorian Planning Provisions - Case Studies from Melbourne Councils Ian Adams, Organica Engineering	Assessing Large Scale Stormwater Harvesting Alex Walton, Sarah Watkins, Melbourne Water, Nigel Corby, Western Water	Mean, Median or the Central Vibe. Some True Urban Examples of Applying ARR2016. Peter Woodman, Greg Eaton, Rushiru Kanakaratne, Gavin Hay, GHD
3.05 pm	Afternoon Tea
	Science and Innovation	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room
3.30 pm – 4.00 pm	Irrigating Food Crops with Stormwater: A Review of Potential Risks Dr Belinda Hatt,Jacobs Vaughn Grey, Moreland City Council	All The Things We learnt - Dandenong Council Stormwater Quality Audit Hugh Williamson,Optimal Stormwater, Pralhad Khanal, City of Greater Dandenong	Contaminated Industrial Stormwater Networks - Live Monitoring and Pollution Detection Heath Baker, Melbourne Water
5 minutes to change rooms
	Science and Innovation	Infrastructure Management and Operations	Science and Innovation
Room	Keppel Room	Marylands Room	Cumberland Room
4.05 pm – 4.35 pm	Flood Risk Assessment In Australian Urban Areas Dr Roozbeh Hasanzadeh, Mardi Medwell-Squier, GHD	Development of a City-Wide Drainage Model to Assess System Performance Celine Marchenay, Warwick Bishop, Water Technology Pty Ltd, Nigel Pugh, Melbourne Water	Disconnecting A Catchment to Save the Creek - Lessons Learnt - Dobsons Creek Disconnection Project Matt Potter,Knox City Council, Michael Godfrey, Melbourne Water, Daniella Gerente, Knox City Council
5 minutes to change rooms
4.45 pm	Conference Acknowledgements, Thanks and Prize Draw Elizabeth Smolinska, Conference Chair Jamie Tainton, Colin McLeod, Bahman Esfandiar, Conference Sub-committee Close of 2019 Stormwater Victoria Conference

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