South East Queensland Conference Program, Urangan
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
| 12.30pm | Arrival, registration | Meet at Wide Bay Water, 29 Ellengowan St, Urangan |
| 1.00pm | Technical tour and site visits by coach (BYO hat, sunscreen, water and walking shoes) |
Lenthalls Dam, Burgowan Water Treatment Plant, Nikenbah Wastewater Treatment Plant, Hebblewhite Reuse Farm |
| 5.00pm | Return to Wide Bay Water | |
| Evening | Dinner and drinks - optional | Dinner sponsored by Wide Bay Water Corporation - Cafe Balaena |
Thursday, 14 April 2016
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 8.30am | Tea and coffee on arrival | |
| 9.00am | Dave Cameron, CEO, qldwater | Welcome and introduction |
| 9.25am | Kane Macready, Engineers Plus | Principal Sponsor Address |
| 9.30am | Peter Care, Wide Bay Water Corporation | Welcome and Overview of Wide Bay Water Corporation projects |
| 10.00am | Paul Newman, Dial Before You Dig | Why you should Dial Before You Dig |
| 10.15am | Bilfinger, Lonza, Royce Water Technologies and SPEL Environmental | Silver Sponsors - elevator pitches |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.00am | Nerida Airs, Manager Water and Waste Water, South Burnett Regional Council | Overview of new technologies used at Gordonbrook Water Treatment Plant near Kingaroy |
| 11.30am | Peter Donaghy, General Manager Treatment & Environmental Management Operations, Queensland Urban Utilities | Sustainable sewage treatment business can deliver more for less |
| 12.00am | WaSP Wars | |
| 12.30pm | Lunch | |
| 1.15pm | Ian McArdle, Mackay Regional Council | Innovations in data management to realise value in water businesses |
| 1.45pm | WBBROC Water Alliance | Panel Session: SCADA collaboration and regional challenges |
| 2.15pm | Trevor Dean, Wide Bay Water Corporation | Sewer relining program |
| 2.45pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 3.15pm | Kelly Hopewell, Gold Coast Water, City of Gold Coast | Report on recent Churchill Fellowship trip to USA and South America: International trends of biosolids management: what can we apply back home? |
| 4.00pm | Denis Heron, Wide Bay Water Corporation | Wide Bay Water's approach to THM Management |
| 4.30pm | Networking Drinks | |
| 5.00pm | Conference concludes |
North Queensland Conference Program, Townsville
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am | Arrival | Tea and Coffee provided |
| 9.45am | Keith Parsons, Director Townsville Water and Waste | Townsville City Council - Welcome to Townsville |
| 9.50am | Dave Cameron, qldwater | Welcome and introduction |
| 10.20am | Prof. Paul Simshauser, Director-General, Department of Energy and Water Supply | Principal Sponsor Address - DEWS upcoming work program |
| 10.35am | Jonathan Ham, Cairns Regional Council | Challenges operators of advance WWTPs face in tropical environments (supported by WIOA) |
| 11.05am | Break | |
| 11.30am | Terry O'Keeffe, Dial Before You Dig | Why it is vital to Dial Before You Dig |
| 11.45am | Chris McCallum, Cassowary Coast Regional Council (WIOA) | Challenges for Operators in NQ/FNQ |
| 12.15pm | Bilfinger, Lonza, Royce Water Technologies< | Sponsors - Elevator pitches |
| 12.30pm | WaSP Wars | A water based game of tactical skill and knowledge |
| 12.50pm | BREAK | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | Laura Shiels, Townsville City Council | Managing water quality under drought imposed water restrictions |
| 2.00pm | Damien Sharland & Janice Wilson, Mackay Regional Council | Nutrient analyser feedback control for demonstrated operational savings |
| 2.30pm | Adam Lovell & Jeff Rigby, Water Services Association of Australia | Elevating performance of urban water utilities in Australia |
| 3.00pm | Jason Langue, Townsville City Council | Residential behaviour change approaches to achieving water demand reductions |
| 3.30pm | Break | Afternoon tea |
| 3.45pm | Esther Bank, Townsville Water and Waste | Water reservoir strategy and its implementation for Townsville |
| 4.15pm | Ian Clarke, Charters Towers Regional Council | From Cockroach to Cane Toad - W&S surprises in the transition from Central Coast NSW to NQ |
| 4.45pm | Conference concludes | |
| 6.00pm | Networking drinks at the Riverview Tavern | |
| 6.30pm | Optional dinner (additional cost applies) | The Riverview Tavern, 247-251 Riverside Road, Riverside Gardens, Townsville |
Central Queensland Conference Program, Emerald
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am | Arrival and registration | |
| 9.45am | Cr Kerry Hayes, Mayor Central Highlands Regional Council (CHRC) | Welcome |
| 9.50am | Peter Manning, CHRC | W&S Overview |
| 10.15am | Dave Cameron, qldwater | Welcome and introduction |
| 10.45am | Michael Dalton, Livingstone Shire Council | TC Marcia - the Livingstone Shire Council experience |
| 11.05am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.20am | Terry O'Keeffe, Dial Before You Dig | Why it is vital to Dial Before You Dig |
| 11.40am | George Baker / Ed Dahlheimer, Gladstone Regional Council | Dabbling in electricity supply: lessons learnt from installing a HV network for sewage pump stations on Curtis Island |
| 12.00pm | Hydramet, Bilfinger, Lonza, Royce Water Technologies | Sponsors - Elevator pitches |
| 12.20pm | WaSP Wars | A water based game of tactical skill and knowledge |
| 12.40pm | BREAK | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | Jason Plumb, Fitzroy River Water | Ensuring Rockhampton's water supply security |
| 2.00pm | Anthony Lipsys, Banana Shire Council | Asset Rehabilitation - Manholes or Money Pits? |
| 2.30pm | Toni Stiles, DEWS | DEWS Regulator Update |
| 2.45pm | David Scheltinga, qldwater | Making your SWIM data work for you |
| 3.00pm | Bus departs for Technical Tour | East Nogoa Water Treatment Plant, Emerald |
| 4.30pm | Bus returns to venue |
2016 Innovation Forum Day 1
Technical Tour - Colleges Crossing
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8.50 | Bus to Colleges Crossing | Meet at qldwater office, 4/43-49 Sandgate Rd, Albion. Bus leaves at 9am sharp. |
| 10.00 | Arrive Colleges Crossing Cafe, Mt Crosby | Lodge taste test samples. |
| 10.15 | Seqwater Presentation 1 | Seqwater filter pilot trial - Mathew Clements |
| 10.35 | Morning tea and Ixom Best of the Best Queensland Water Taste Test | Delegates to participate in a blind taste off of all water samples |
| 11.00 | Seqwater Presentation 2 | Bio-filtration pilot trials Capalaba - Deb Gale / Katrin Doederer, Seqwater |
| 11.20 | Taste Test Final | Panel introduction by Glynn Parry, Ixom |
| 11.45 | 'Olympics' activity | Mains tapping competition hosted by Gold Coast Water. Water tanker for the competition supplied by H2Flow Water Services. .jpg){kind=logo} |
| 12.20 |
Lunch | |
| 13.00 | Technical Tour (PPE required: long sleeved shirt, long pants, hi-vis vest, closed in shoes, hat and safety glasses.) |
Proceed to Mt Crosby Westbank WTP |
| 13.30 |
Tour of plant by Yang Zhang, Seqwater | |
| 14.45 | Depart Mt Crosby Westbank WTP | |
| 15.00 |
Tour of Eastbank Pump Station and presentation on coagulant dosing optimisation - Christina Lockett, Seqwater | |
| 15.30 | Depart Eastbank Pump Station | |
| 16.30 |
Bus returns to Albion | Own arrangements for dinner |
2016 Innovation Forum Program Day 2
Riverview Hotel, Brisbane
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8.45 | Arrival | Tea and coffee on arrival. |
| 9.00 |
Welcome Address | Steve Gray, qldwater Technical Reference Group Chair |
| 9.05 | Innovation Principles and Scene Setting | Dave Cameron and Rob Fearon, qldwater |
| 9.20 | Keynote Speaker | Remote Sensing: applications and possibilities for the urban water industry - Dan Tindall, Principal Scientist, Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation |
| 9.40 | Contemporary Disruptors and Trends | Infrastructure planning and financing: asset options and evaluation tools - Raveen Perera, Queensland Treasury Corporation |
| 9.45 | Case Study: Transferring Business, Planned Maintenance - Richard Petterson, Exectuive Leader Operations & Service Delivery, Queensland Urban Utilities | |
| 9.55 | Workforce diversity and strategies to access untapped employment markets - Anthony Lipsys, Manager Water Services, Banana Shire Council | |
| 10.00 | Morning Tea | |
| 10.30 | DEWS Themed Session Chair: David Sheehan, GM Water Quality Performance & Regulation, Coliban Water |
Address from Paul Simshauser, DG, Department of Energy and Water Supply (DEWS) |
| 10.45 | Setting the scene: Trends and issues in water management and regulation - David Sheehan, Coliban Water | |
| 10.55 | Amalgamations at Toowoomba: Evaluating options for infrastructure efficiency - Kevin Flanagan, GM Water and Waste Services, Toowoomba Regional Council | |
| 11.10 | Panel Session | |
| 11.25 | Complexities of Service Planning in a Resource Community - Peter Manning, Manager Water Utilities, Central Highlands Regional Council | |
| 11.40 | Securing Water for Cairns - Steven Porter, Manager Infrastructure, Water and Waste, Cairns Regional Council | |
| 11.55 | 'Round the Traps' Quick Updates: Blackwater Update - Peter Manning, Central Highlands Regional Council MiWater Mackay - Linda Roberts, Mackay Regional Council Joint reservoir and mains cleaning, Outback Regional Water Alliance - Neil Stiles | |
| 12.10 | Panel session continued | |
| 12.30 | Lunch | Sponsored by Ventia |
| 13.15 | DEHP Themed Session Chair: Mark O'Donahue, CEO Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence |
Address from Jim Reeves, DG, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) |
| 13.30 | Strategies for licensing improvements across treatment plants - Cameron Jackson, Queensland Urban Utilities | |
| 13.45 | Diatomix - Blue Green Algae Control - Luisa Magalhaes and Scott Lowe, Unitywater | |
| 14.00 | Panel Session | |
| 14.20 | Mackay sewer management plan and sewer sensors - Linda Roberts, Mackay Regional Council | |
| 14.35 | 'Round the Traps' quick updates: NEREDA Technology: Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant - Nerida Airs, Manager Water and Wastewater, South Burnett Regional Council; Biggenden Rocks - Trevor Harvey, Manager Technical Services, North Burnett Regional Council; Beaudesert Stream Bank Remediation - Cameron Jackson, Leader Water Quality and Environment Planning Group, QUU | |
| 14.55 | DEHP Panel Continued | |
| 15.15 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15.30 | Enabling Innovation Session | QUU Innovation Program Journey - Col Chapman, Innovation Research and Development Manager, QUU |
| 15.45 | QUU CEO Innovation Hour: Live demonstration of project refinement process - Louise Dudley, QUU CEO and WSAA Chair; Scott Mason, CEO Central Highlands Regional Council; Jason Devitt, Director Waste Engineering and Commercial Infrastructure, Mackay Regional Council | |
| 16.30 | Wrap up Session | Synthesis of actions from the day and the plan going forward - Cr Paul Bell, Central Highlands Regional Council |
| 17.00 | Break | |
| 17.30 | Drinks | |
| 18.00 | Dinner | David Snadden, General Manager Strategy and Communications, Yarra Valley Water |
| 21.30 | Close |