Conference Program

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM - Tuesday 4th 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

 

Greening the Pipeline: Transforming A Sewer Reserve Into A Vibrant Community Space

 

Dan OHalloran,

Alluvium Consulting

 

 

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 

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

 

 

 

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 5th 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

 

 

Atherton Street Oakleigh - Passive Irrigation Retrofit

 

Ralf Pfleiderer, Ralf Pfleiderer Environmental Consulting, Ari Triskelidis,

City of Monash

 

 

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,  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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