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22-24 February 2018 | Melbourne

The 5Th IWA/AWA Young WATer ProfessIonAl

ConferenCe

ProgrAM

Platinum Sponsor

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Thursday 22nd February 2018

9.00 – 9.30

Opening Ceremony

» Welcome to Country » Felicity Gould (Conference Chair) » Lindsey Brown (Victorian Branch President, Australian Water Association) » Darryl Day (Chair, IWA Australia Committee)

9.30 – 10.00 » Keynote 1 – Tom Mollenkopf, Senior Vice President, International Water Association

10.00 – 10.30 » Keynote 2 – Felicity Furey, Co-Founder, Power of Engineering

10.30 – 11.00 Morning Tea Break

11.00– 12.10 sessIon 1 - Accelerate

11.00 – 11.10WATER VS POWER – HOW WATER INFLUENCES SOLAR FARM DESIGN

Nicholas Convery, Experienced Engineer - Water Resources, SMEC

11.10 – 11.20AN 80 GHZ SHORT RANGE SENSOR NETWORK FOR WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

Adam Drenoyanis, Project Engineer - Control Systems, Shoalhaven Water - Shoalhaven City Council

11.20 – 11.30TRAINING AND TRIAL OF A DOG FOR NON VISIBLE LEAK DETECTION

Nicola Lazaroo, Associate Planner - Integrated Water Cycle, Water Corporation

11.30 – 11.40SMART MONITORING FOR MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT

Sarah Aucote, Honours Student, SA Water/Water Research Australia (SA 2017 Student Water Prize Winner)

11.40 – 11.50PREDICTING THE REMAINING SERVICE LIFE OF WATER BORES

Sean Ding, Graduate Mechanical Engineer, Water Corporation (WA 2017 Student Water Prize Winner)

11.50 – 12.10 Q&A

12.10 – 12.50 Lunch Break

12.50 – 14.05 sessIon 2 - Collaborate Sponsored by:

12.50 – 13.05COMPARISON OF FLOC PROPERTIES OF FIVE ALGAL AND CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES UNDER SIMILAR COAGULATION CONDITIONS

Narasinga Rao Hanumanth Rao, PhD candidate, bioMASS Lab, School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW

13.05 – 13.20

DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS CASE FOR THE FISHERMANS BEND INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

Jessica Saigar, Senior Consultant, RM Consulting Group Jeddah Breman, Environmental Asset Planner, South East Water

13.20 – 13.35USE OF MICROALGAE TO TREAT MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATE AND RECOVER ENERGY

Arash Mehrab Mohseni, 1st year PhD student, RMIT University

13.35 – 13.50CONTRIBUTION OF ALGAE TO THE NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER POOL; IMPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING AND TREATMENT

Sara Imran Khan, PhD student, School of Chemical Engineering/Faculty of Engineering, University of NSW

13.50 – 14.05 REDUCING ENERGY COST IN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS: FROM SITE AUDITING TO ENERGY SAVING INITIATIVES IMPLEMENTATION

Elena Likosova, Senior Process Engineer, Stantec Australia

14.05 – 15.30 Poster Session & Afternoon Tea Break

15.30 – 19.00 sessIon 3 - Professional Development Workshop

15.30 – 17.00 Sponsored by: – Vicki Barmby, Team Leader, City of Melbourne

17.00 – 17.15 Recap

17.30 – 19.00 Networking Event - Hosted by RMIT (Jim Styne Room, MCG)

19.00 - 21.30 Conference Dinner (Jim Styne Room, MCG)

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Friday 23rd February 2018

8.55 – 9.00Welcome AddressFrancois Gouws, National President, Australian Water Association

9.00 – 9.30 Keynote 3 – Rob Vertessy, Enterprise Professor at University of Melbourne

9.30 – 10.00 Keynote 4 – Kathryn Silvester, Process Engineer, Sydney Water

10.00 – 10.45 sessIon 1 – Accelerate

10.00 – 10.15INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR COOPERATING ON WATER & CLIMATE CHANGE

Pia Francisca Weber Salazar, Member of the World Commission on Environmental Law

10.15 – 10.30CRANFORD BASIN ACTIVE MANAGEMENT

Richard Bruere, Graduate Water Engineer, GHD

10.30 – 10.45REAL TIME CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS MAPPING … WITH EXCEL

Julien Anese, Centralised Systems Support Manager, Allwater

10.45 – 11.15 Morning Tea break

11.15 – 12.15 sessIon 2 – sDg Panel

Panel style Q & A, focussed around sDgsFacilitator: Lindsey Brown

Panel members: » Tony Slatyer, Special Advisor on Water, DFAT » Rosie Wheen, CEO, WaterAid Australia » Mark Pascoe, CEO, International WaterCentre

12.15 – 12.45 Keynote 5 – Matt Hyatt, Group Executive – Victoria, pitt&sherry

12.45 – 13.30 Lunch Break

13.30 – 14.15 sessIon 3 – Connect

13.30 – 13.45JUMP IN: LESSONS FROM AN IMMERSIVE CAMBODIAN-AUSTRALIAN WATER STUDY TOUR

Casey Magee, Senior Process Engineer, GHD

13.45 - 14.00

CONNECTING AN INTERGENERATIONAL WORKFORCE: CHANNELLING WATER KNOWLEDGE THROUGH AN ENGINEERING COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

Emily Ryan, Process Engineer, Sydney Water | Luke Walsh, Process Engineer, Sydney Water

14.00 - 14.15IMPROVING ACCESS TO WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE: EXPERIENCE FROM THE PACIFIC.

Diana Gonzalez Botero, Project Officer, IWC

14.15 – 15.45 sessIon 4 – Integrated Water Management Workshop

Facilitated by Dr Dale Brown, Senior Environmental Engineer, E2Designlab

15.45 – 16.00 Afternoon Tea Break

16.00 – 17.00 sessIon 5 - Collaborate

16.00 – 16.15USING HUMAN CENTRED DESIGN IN CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SMALL TEAMS

Lachlan Guthrie, PhD Candidate, RMIT University & Centre for Sustainable Water

16.15 – 16.30

DECENTRALISED OPPORTUNITIES AND LEARNINGS UNDER THE YARRA VALLEY WATER COMMUNITY SEWERAGE PROGRAM

Jack Sharples, Environmental Engineer, Decentralised Water Consulting

16.30 – 16.45IMMOBILISATION OF ALGAE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY

Matthew Kube, PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering, RMIT University

16.45 – 17.00“Australian Youth Water Parliament: A PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION”

Jake Robson, Water Engineer, WSP | Julia Bauer, Masters Student, University of Queensland

17.00 – 17.30 Recap / Best Paper Award Sponsored by: | Best Poster Award Sponsored by:

18.30 – late Social informal dinner (Please note this is not included in the price of your registration)

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Saturday 24th February 2018 - Now aT Full CaPaCiTy

site tours:

sITe 1 – Yarra Valley Water’s Waste to Energy (WtE) plant

This is the first Waste to Energy plant in Australia. This plant converts organic waste otherwise bound for landfill, into renewable energy. This plant will produce enough electricity to run the adjacent sewerage treatment plant as well as exporting electricity to the grid.

sITe 2 – MCG’s recycled water facility

MCG water recycling facility, built underground, produces water for irrigation to the surrounding Yarra Park.

Time Group 1 – 40 people Group 2 – 40 people

8.30 Meet at MCG Meet at MCG

9.00-10.00 Drive to Waste to Energy (45 min drive) MCG tour

10.00-11.00 Waste to Energy presentation (15 min) and site tour (45 min) Tours will be run in groups of 20-25 people

Drive to Waste to Energy (45 min drive) + morning tea

11.00-12.00 Drive to MCG (45 min drive) + morning tea Waste to Energy presentation (15 min) and site tour (45 min) Tours will be run in groups of 20-25 people

12.00-13.00 MCG tour Drive to MCG (45 min drive)

13.00 Lunch Lunch

Important Information

• Please be at the MCG by no later than 8.15am. Tours will depart at 8.30am sharp• Attendees must wear long pants, long sleeved shirt and covered in shoes• Morning tea & lunch will be provided