Forum AGENDA

Wednesday, 28th July

8:00 AM - 8:40 AMWelcome and Housekeeping
Bernadette Hogan, Office of the Great Barrier Reef
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM
Purpose, Objectives and Format of the Forum   
Facilitator                    

8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Overview of water and wastewater infrastructure investment challenges in Queensland
David Cameron & Ryan Cosgrove, qldwater
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Building capacity through collaboration: Queensland Water Regional Alliance Program (QWRAP)
and other urban water activities

Dinesha Emmery & Raquel Esteban, Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM
Examples of wastewater and stormwater management capacity building initiatives led
by the Office of the Great Barrier Reef
Jamie Corfield, Office of the Great Barrier Reef
9:20 AM - 10:20 AMPolling questions and panel discussions regarding opportunities to ‘build on’ current
capacity building programs 
Facilitator and Panel
10:20 AM - 10:45 AM
Break - Morning Tea
10:45 AM - 10:55 AMCase Study example of a stormwater improvement-based point source offset scheme in the
Bohle River Catchment

Chris Manning & Alana Lorimer, Townsville City Council
10:55 AM - 11:05 AMCase Study example of a potential farm nutrient management improvement-linked offset scheme
Cameron Jessup - Mackay Regional Council
11:05 AM - 12:05 PMPolling questions and panel discussions regarding opportunities to expand the
‘whole of catchment management’ approach to water and wastewater management

Facilitator and Panel
12:05 PM - 12:30 PM
Summarise Forum Outcomes
Facilitator, Panel and Bernadette Hogan
12:30 PM - 1:30 PMBreak - Lunch