2025 Conference Presentation Slides

All presentations that have been approved by presenters to share with delegates are provided below.

Wednesday 15th October

Keynote: Climate Change Impacts on Rainfall Intensity

Dr Tomas Remenyi, Acclimatised

Keynote: Integrated Catchment Management Governance for Healthy Waterways: The Ultimate Aspiration for NSW

Dr Louise McKenzie, DCCEEW

Panel Session: What Does AR&R Mean for Managing Stormwater

Prof Jason Evans, UNSW, Panel Session Introduction

Anna Wilson, Hobart City Council, Panel Session Introduction

Panel Session: From Fragmentation to Resilience: Uniting Industry to Transform NSW's Stormwater Future

David Nixon, et. al., Stormwater Services Australia

Estimating "Reasonably Practicable" Contributions to Stormwater Flow Targets Across Development Types and Scale (Melbourne Water)

Shaw Abrey, Alluvium

Thirty-Two Percent - That is the Average Functionality of GPTs in Australia. How Can We Do Better?

Justine Barrett, CSIRO

NSW Integrated Water Cycle Management Framework: Focus on Stormwater Integration

Emma Brunton, et. al., DCCEEW

Framework for Waterway Restoration and Revitalisation Through Physical Form Typologies

Frankie Coen, Arup

Integrated Stormwater Planning for a New City - the Western Sydney Aerotropolis

Dan Cunningham, Sydney Water

From Low-Hanging Fruit to the Pick of the Bush: Prioritising Urban Waterway Improvement Opportunities Across the Parramatta River Catchment

Alexi Gilchrist, Parramatta River Catchment Group

Coarse Sediment - The Forgotten Fraction. Will Capturing it All in GPTs Cause Hungry But Clear Water?

Oliver Light, Alluvium

Climate Change Impacts on Flooding: Implications of the 2024 Update to Australian Rainfall and Runoff

Dr Angela Maharaj, DCCEEW

Contamination and Biofilters

Craig Naughton, Hornsby Shire Council

A Future-Proof Drainage Upgrade to Alleviate Flooding at Ree Place, Bidwill

Thanh Nguyen, Blacktown City Council

From Factories to Front Yards: Investigating Microplastics in Urban Stormwater

Sofia Payel, et. al., UNSW

Bathurst - The Largest Stormwater Harvesting Scheme in the Southern Hemisphere

Murray Powell, Optimal Stormwater

Smart Partnerships, Smarter Assets: Passively Irrigation and Digital Innovation for Long-Term Urban Resilience

Dr Harsha Sapdhare, Space Down Under

Turning Runoff into Resilience: Integrating Passively Irrigated Street Trees in Urban Planning

Shreyaa Sundararaghava, Sydney Water

Nepean River Restoration

Aditi Verma, Camden Council

Framework for Planning Nature-Based Solutions to Meet Long-Term Catchment Scale Pluvial Flood Mitigation Targets

Wenhui Wu, UNSW

Selecting Climate Change Factors for Stormwater and Flooding Management

Anna Wilson, Hobart City Council

Thursday 16th October

An Assessment of Incorporating Trees into Bio-Retention Basins

Nigel Bosworth, SLR Consulting

WSUD Implementation on Linear Transport Infrastructure: How Are We Doing?

Yuna Chen, Aurecon

Are Stormwater Wetlands 'Ecological Traps'?

Brad Dalrymple, Ocean Protect

Climate-Resilient Stormwater Management in Urban Areas

Dr Hamed Esfahani, Stantec

Beyond the Planting: Keeping WSUD Systems Functional Over Time

Eric Lin, Stantec

Water Sensitive Urban Design - Monitoring and Managing Privately Owned Systems

Kate Murphy, Blacktown City Council

Catchment GIS for Dummies (Like Me)

Craig Naughton, Hornsby Shire Council

Square 1 Asset Management - The Challenges and Lessons of Doing Asset Management at 3 Separate Councils

Craig Naughton, Hornsby Shire Council

Love the SQID You're With

Murray Powell, Optimal Stormwater

Transition Pathways Towards Blue-Green Infrastructure: Adopting a System's Approach

Somayeh Sadegh Koohestani, University of Technology Sydney

Using LGA-Wide MUSIC Models to Plan, Justify, Predict and Track WSUD Projects on a City-Wide Drainage Network

Adrian Smit, City of Sydney

Climate Change Rainfall Data Algorithm for Continuous Modelling of Stormwater

Mircea Stancu, Cleanstormwater

Holistic Catchment Management: Combining Real-World and Modelled Flood and Water Quality Analysis for Prospect Creek

Sumari Veal, Stantec

Is Your Tender Specifications 'Specific, Certain and Enforceable'?

John Weaver, Interflow

Smarter Systems, Cleaner Water: Improving Biofilter Performance with Real-Time Control

Jiadong Zhang, UNSW