Tuesday, 6 September

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival & Registration
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
qldwater Welcome
9:10 AM - 9:15 AMIntroduction to Session
Grenof, Principal Sponsor
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM
Keynote 1 - Climate Change in Queensland
Impacts on Water Resources
Chris Lane, Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
Panel 1 - Flying Cars and Robots
What to keep an eye on!
Jason Mingo, Water Services Association of Australia
10:10 AM - 10:30 AMKeynote 2 - Real World Grounding
Small/Remote Community Technology Needs
Charles Dyer, Winton Shire Council
10:30 AM - 11:00 AMBreak - Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Duncan Middleton, Seqwater
11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
Moving Bed Bioreactors
Deb Gale, Seqwater
11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Seqwater's Autonomous Motorised Monitoring Instrument (SAMMI)
Deb Gale, Seqwater
11:50 AM - 12:05 PMWater Pipe Relining Technologies
James Gardner, Water Services Association of Australia
12:05 PM - 12:20 PMUsing Satellite Imagery to Detect Leaks
Dushyant Patel, Mackay Regional Council
12:20 PM - 12:35 PMSimple Stuff - Managing NRW using Acoustic Technologies
Murray Evans & Steve Young, Logan City Council
12:35 PM - 12:40 PMConclusion of Session
Endress+Hauser, Silver/Lunch Sponsor
12:40 PM - 1:40 PMBreak - Lunch
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Transforming Wastewater Treatment in Regional Australia CRC Project
Jason Dwyer, Urban Utilities
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Development of an Online Receiving Environment Digital Twin (REDiT)
to Support Environmental Effects-Based Planning
Cameron Jackson, Urban Utilities
2:20 PM - 2:35 PMInflow and Infiltration
Dominique Keirens, City of Gold Coast
2:35 PM - 2:50 PMWaste ID and Trade Waste Management
Bill Turnham & Julian Brown, City of Gold Coast
2:50 PM - 3:05 PMAmmonia Recovery from Anaerobic Digester Filtrate/Centrate
Garry Henderson, Dreamtime Technologies for Fraser Coast Regional Council
3:05 PM - 3:25 PMBio2Lab: Trial of LAMP to Improve Response to Sewage Spills
and Re-purposing Hydro Soil Project
Grant Powell, Greater Western Water
3:25 PM - 3:45 PM
Break - Afternoon Tea
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Options Analysis - getting a Council Comfortable in Investing in Innovation                
Kathy Baker, City of Gold Coast
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Putting Industry in the Driving Seat of a Research Agenda
From Academia to Application
Linda Roberts, qldwater
Dale Watson & Jason Mingo, Water Services Assocation of Australia
5:00 PM
Conclusion of Day

Wednesday, 7 September

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival & Registration
HOTA - Home of the Arts
9:00 AMTour Departure by Bus from HOTA - Home of the Arts
(Bus will depart promptly at 9:00am)
9:00 AM - 1:00 PMTours - Tugun Desalination Plant & Merrimac Recycled Water Facilities
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Break - Lunch at Kurrawa Surf Club
(Best of the Best Taste Test Competition)
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
City of Gold Coast - Challenges and Cool Stuff
Paul Heaton, City of Gold Coast
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Vendor Pitch Presentations - in support of Queensland Water Scholarships
Royce Water Technology
Taggle
SUEZ
Concept Environmental Services
3:45 PM - 4:10 PM
Setting the Scene for Strategy Session 8 September
David Cameron, qldwater
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMDepart Kurrawa Surf Club to HOTA, Home of the Arts
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Network Dinner - HOTA, Home of the Arts
Calibre - Gold/Dinner Sponsor
A beer and a chat with the Elder Water Professionals
Designing Water and Sewerage Systems to deal with our future Challenges
Rod Lehmann, Kevin Flanagan, Ted Gardner

Thursday, 8 September

8:30 AM - 9:00 AMArrival and Registration
9:00 AM - 9:10 AMWelcome and Purpose
Chris Owen, City of Gold Coast
David Cameron, qldwater
9:10 AM - 9:15 AMIntroduction to Session
Veolia, Platinum Sponsor
9:15 AM - 9:45 AMKeynote 1 - Three Waters New Zealand
Ray McMillian, Taumata Arowai (NZ Water Services Regulator)
9:45 AM - 9:55 AMqldwater Introduction, Purpose
David Cameron, qldwater
9:55 AM - 10:40 AMPanel 1 - Developing Industry Priorities with the Queensland Government                   
Linda Dobe, Deputy Director General
Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water
10:40 AM - 11:10 PM
Break - Morning Tea
11:10 AM - 11:40 AMTweaking the Roadmap
Rob Fearon, Urban Utilities
11:40 AM - 12:05 PMPlanning in Uncertain Times
How will the ripple impact our Urban Water Industry
Facilitator: Linda Roberts, qldwater
Trevor Dean, Fraser Coast Regional Council
Cameron Jessup, Mackay Regional Council
Kathy Baker, City of Gold Coast
Ivan Beirne, Unitywater
12:05 PM - 12:35 PMPanel 2 - Reshaping the Sector's Approach to Regulation,
Risk and Investment to Address it
Facilitator: Chris Owen, City of Gold Coast
Narelle D'Amico, Bundaberg Regional Council
Lynne Powell, Cairns Regional Council
Shaun Johnston, North Burnett Regional Council
12:35 PM - 12:40 PMConclusion of Session
Simmonds & Bristow, Silver/Lunch Sponsor
12:40 PM - 1:35 PMBreak - Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:50 PMWorkshopping the Roadmap
Facilitator: David Cameron, qldwater
Troy Pettiford, Whitsunday Regional Council
Chris Mooney, Department of Environment and Science
Trevor Dean, Fraser Coast Regional Council
Narelle D'Amico, Bundaberg Regional Council
Desire Gralton, qldwater
2:50 PM - 3:20 PMPanel 3 - A Focus on Operations / Reality Check
Facilitator: David Cameron, qldwater   
Neil Frieberg, City of Gold Coast
Ben Pennell, City of Gold Coast
Kevin Wallace, City of Gold Coast
Steve Tansley, Fraser Coast Regional Council
Richard Mann, Redland City Council 
                         
3:20 PM - 3:50 PMBreak - Afternoon Tea
3:50 PM - 4:30 PMPanel 4 - The Mock Executive Leadership Team
Lessons to take home for adapting your business to the 'new normal'
Chair of the Board: Narelle D'Amico
Chief Executive Officer: Daryl Ross
Executive Manager People and Capability: Kenan Hibberd
Executive Manager Operations: Stuart Cassie
Chief Financial Officer: Troy Pettiford
Chief Innovation Officer: Linda Roberts
Executive Manager Customer/Community: Chris Owen
4:30 PMConclusion of Day