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The program for the 2018 qldwater Annual Forum, Technical Tour and   Best of the Best Queensland Water Taste Test is below.

Technical Tour hosted by City of Gold Coast- 5 September is included in the registration fee. Places on the bus are limited, so registrations for the tour must be pre-booked. The dinner attracts a separate fee.


Wednesday, September 5, 2018

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tour - Departing from Gold Coast Turf Club. Gold Coast Disaster Management Unit, Broadwater Parklands/ Commonwealth Games Aquatic Centre. Presentations on water and sewerage projects and operations during the Games.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Ixom Australia State-wide Best of the Best Queensland Water Taste Test
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Welcome to Gold Coast
Paul Heaton, Director Gold Coast Water and Waste
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Planning, implementation and execution of CoGC's water quality management strategy for the Commonwealth Games period.
Kris Pardoe-Matthews, Coordinator Product Quality, Gold Coast Water and Waste
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Vendor pitch session-3 presentations with proceeds going to QWRCIP Scholarships
Aqseptence Group, Royce Water Technologies, DCM Process Control
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon tea including voting for best pitch
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Meter Services Management and CoGC's Holistic Metering Contract - one year on
Scott Emmonds, Coordinator Metering, Gold Coast Water and Waste
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
qldwater 2019 activities
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Break (drinks)
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM Optional Dinner-Gold Coast Turf Club
Dinner Speakers - Ian Roberts, Supply Chain & Technical Director Australia and New Zealand, Lion Beer and Gary Faulkner, Director of Craft Breweries. Lion's journey from manual plants to state of the art - leveraging data, assets and renewables to create some of Australia's finest drops.
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tour - Departing from Gold Coast Turf Club. Gold Coast Disaster Management Unit, Broadwater Parklands/ Commonwealth Games Aquatic Centre. Presentations on water and sewerage projects and operations during the Games.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Ixom Australia State-wide Best of the Best Queensland Water Taste Test
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Welcome to Gold Coast
Paul Heaton, Director Gold Coast Water and Waste
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Planning, implementation and execution of CoGC's water quality management strategy for the Commonwealth Games period.
Kris Pardoe-Matthews, Coordinator Product Quality, Gold Coast Water and Waste
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Vendor pitch session-3 presentations with proceeds going to QWRCIP Scholarships
Aqseptence Group, Royce Water Technologies, DCM Process Control
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon tea including voting for best pitch
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Meter Services Management and CoGC's Holistic Metering Contract - one year on
Scott Emmonds, Coordinator Metering, Gold Coast Water and Waste
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
qldwater 2019 activities
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Break (drinks)
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM Optional Dinner-Gold Coast Turf Club
Dinner Speakers - Ian Roberts, Supply Chain & Technical Director Australia and New Zealand, Lion Beer and Gary Faulkner, Director of Craft Breweries. Lion's journey from manual plants to state of the art - leveraging data, assets and renewables to create some of Australia's finest drops.

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Tour - Departing from Gold Coast Turf Club. Gold Coast Disaster Management Unit, Broadwater Parklands/ Commonwealth Games Aquatic Centre. Presentations on water and sewerage projects and operations during the Games.
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Ixom Australia State-wide Best of the Best Queensland Water Taste Test
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Welcome to Gold Coast
Paul Heaton, Director Gold Coast Water and Waste
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Planning, implementation and execution of CoGC's water quality management strategy for the Commonwealth Games period.
Kris Pardoe-Matthews, Coordinator Product Quality, Gold Coast Water and Waste
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Vendor pitch session-3 presentations with proceeds going to QWRCIP Scholarships
Aqseptence Group, Royce Water Technologies, DCM Process Control
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon tea including voting for best pitch
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Meter Services Management and CoGC's Holistic Metering Contract - one year on
Scott Emmonds, Coordinator Metering, Gold Coast Water and Waste
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM
qldwater 2019 activities
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Break (drinks)
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM Optional Dinner-Gold Coast Turf Club
Dinner Speakers - Ian Roberts, Supply Chain & Technical Director Australia and New Zealand, Lion Beer and Gary Faulkner, Director of Craft Breweries. Lion's journey from manual plants to state of the art - leveraging data, assets and renewables to create some of Australia's finest drops.

Thursday, September 6, 2018

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival, tea, coffee
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Welcome and overview - qldwater TRG Chair
Trevor Dean, Fraser Coast Regional Council
9:05 AM - 9:10 AM
Introduction to Keynote
9:10 AM - 9:35 AM Keynote - National Water Reform Inquiry Report
Keynote - National Water Reform Inquiry Report - Associate Commissioner John Madden
9:35 AM - 10:15 AM Strategic Sector-Wide Investment - panel discussion
Background - qldwater, panellists including Cr David Schefe, Maranoa Regional Council, John Madden, State Government rep
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Morning Tea
Emerging Leaders to meet with Productivity Commissioner
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Data transforming the water sector-The future of Queensland benchmarking (presentation/ case studies/ workshop)
Background - qldwater, panellists including Shaun Johnston (Burdekin Shire), Paul Harris (Marchment Hill), and Jason Zinetti (Unitywater).
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Catchment resilience in a changing environment-Future STP stewardship - a panel discussion including DES
Background - qldwater, panellists including Chris Mooney, Ian Ramsay, Megan Bickle (DES) and Lynne Powell (Cairns RC)
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Next gen water - Big Data Applications
Richard Savage, James Skene (GHD)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch including Sponsor Welcome TBC
Lunch including lunch sponsor address - Chris Owen, City of Gold Coast
1:45 PM - 2:55 PM Resource recovery and renewables - range of speakers including presentations on energy recovery, viability of reuse options including biosolids and recycled water
David Brooker (Queensland Urban Utilities), Chengrong Chen (Waste to Fertiliser CRC) Meta-analysis of the value of waste by-products for new fertilisers and other soil treatments, Cr Anne Maddern (Fraser Coast Regional Council) Biosolids, Peter Zemek (Zemek Environmental) Viability of energy production.
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM Understanding and exceeding customer expectations-- Shaping a Water Sensitive Townsville: our transition starts now
Chris Manning (Townsville City Council) and Katie Hammer (CRC for Water Sensitive Cities)
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Report from scholarship recipients
Cliff Caton, Mark Caon, Nick Hall
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Small, remote and nimble - Sustainability for regional communities, with DNRME.
Dinesha Emmery (DNRME), Peter Manning ( Central Highlands R.C.)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing address from Dial Before You Dig on behalf of sponsors, raffle draw
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM
Close
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival, tea, coffee
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Welcome and overview - qldwater TRG Chair
Trevor Dean, Fraser Coast Regional Council
9:05 AM - 9:10 AM
Introduction to Keynote
9:10 AM - 9:35 AM Keynote - National Water Reform Inquiry Report
Keynote - National Water Reform Inquiry Report - Associate Commissioner John Madden
9:35 AM - 10:15 AM Strategic Sector-Wide Investment - panel discussion
Background - qldwater, panellists including Cr David Schefe, Maranoa Regional Council, John Madden, State Government rep
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Morning Tea
Emerging Leaders to meet with Productivity Commissioner
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Data transforming the water sector-The future of Queensland benchmarking (presentation/ case studies/ workshop)
Background - qldwater, panellists including Shaun Johnston (Burdekin Shire), Paul Harris (Marchment Hill), and Jason Zinetti (Unitywater).
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Catchment resilience in a changing environment-Future STP stewardship - a panel discussion including DES
Background - qldwater, panellists including Chris Mooney, Ian Ramsay, Megan Bickle (DES) and Lynne Powell (Cairns RC)
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Next gen water - Big Data Applications
Richard Savage, James Skene (GHD)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch including Sponsor Welcome TBC
Lunch including lunch sponsor address - Chris Owen, City of Gold Coast
1:45 PM - 2:55 PM Resource recovery and renewables - range of speakers including presentations on energy recovery, viability of reuse options including biosolids and recycled water
David Brooker (Queensland Urban Utilities), Chengrong Chen (Waste to Fertiliser CRC) Meta-analysis of the value of waste by-products for new fertilisers and other soil treatments, Cr Anne Maddern (Fraser Coast Regional Council) Biosolids, Peter Zemek (Zemek Environmental) Viability of energy production.
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM Understanding and exceeding customer expectations-- Shaping a Water Sensitive Townsville: our transition starts now
Chris Manning (Townsville City Council) and Katie Hammer (CRC for Water Sensitive Cities)
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Report from scholarship recipients
Cliff Caton, Mark Caon, Nick Hall
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Small, remote and nimble - Sustainability for regional communities, with DNRME.
Dinesha Emmery (DNRME), Peter Manning ( Central Highlands R.C.)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing address from Dial Before You Dig on behalf of sponsors, raffle draw
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM
Close

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival, tea, coffee
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Welcome and overview - qldwater TRG Chair
Trevor Dean, Fraser Coast Regional Council
9:05 AM - 9:10 AM
Introduction to Keynote
9:10 AM - 9:35 AM Keynote - National Water Reform Inquiry Report
Keynote - National Water Reform Inquiry Report - Associate Commissioner John Madden
9:35 AM - 10:15 AM Strategic Sector-Wide Investment - panel discussion
Background - qldwater, panellists including Cr David Schefe, Maranoa Regional Council, John Madden, State Government rep
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Morning Tea
Emerging Leaders to meet with Productivity Commissioner
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Data transforming the water sector-The future of Queensland benchmarking (presentation/ case studies/ workshop)
Background - qldwater, panellists including Shaun Johnston (Burdekin Shire), Paul Harris (Marchment Hill), and Jason Zinetti (Unitywater).
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Catchment resilience in a changing environment-Future STP stewardship - a panel discussion including DES
Background - qldwater, panellists including Chris Mooney, Ian Ramsay, Megan Bickle (DES) and Lynne Powell (Cairns RC)
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Next gen water - Big Data Applications
Richard Savage, James Skene (GHD)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch including Sponsor Welcome TBC
Lunch including lunch sponsor address - Chris Owen, City of Gold Coast
1:45 PM - 2:55 PM Resource recovery and renewables - range of speakers including presentations on energy recovery, viability of reuse options including biosolids and recycled water
David Brooker (Queensland Urban Utilities), Chengrong Chen (Waste to Fertiliser CRC) Meta-analysis of the value of waste by-products for new fertilisers and other soil treatments, Cr Anne Maddern (Fraser Coast Regional Council) Biosolids, Peter Zemek (Zemek Environmental) Viability of energy production.
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM Understanding and exceeding customer expectations-- Shaping a Water Sensitive Townsville: our transition starts now
Chris Manning (Townsville City Council) and Katie Hammer (CRC for Water Sensitive Cities)
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Report from scholarship recipients
Cliff Caton, Mark Caon, Nick Hall
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Small, remote and nimble - Sustainability for regional communities, with DNRME.
Dinesha Emmery (DNRME), Peter Manning ( Central Highlands R.C.)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Closing address from Dial Before You Dig on behalf of sponsors, raffle draw
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM
Close

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