The 5Th IWA/AWA Young WATer Profess IonAl …...International YWP presentation Diana Gonzalez Botero, Project Officer, IWC 15.30 – 15.55 Break 15.55 – 17.10 sessIon 5 - Collaborate

Connect . Collaborate . Accelerate

22-24 February 2018 | Melbourne

The 5Th IWA/AWA Young WATer ProfessIonAl

ConferenCe

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Thursday 22nd February 2018

9.00 – 9.30

Opening Ceremony

» Welcome to Country (TBC) » Felicity Gould (Conference Chair) » Jonathan McKeown (CEO, Australian Water Association) » Lindsey Brown (Victorian Branch President, Australian Water Association) » Tom Mollenkopf (Vice-Chair, International Water Association)

9.30 – 10.00 » Keynote 1 – Kathryn Silvester, Process Engineer, Sydney Water

10.00 – 10.30 » Keynote 2 – Mark Gobbie, GM Asset Operations, SA Water (invited)

10.30 – 11.00 Morning Tea Break

11.00– 12.20 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 Asset Investment Planning Regional, Water Corporation

11.30 – 11.40SMART MONITORING FOR MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT (invited)

Sarah Aucote, Honours Student, SA Water/Water Research Australia

11.40 – 11.50PREDICTING THE REMAINING SERVICE LIFE OF WATER BORES

Sean Ding, Field Services: Inspection & Refurbishment Services, Water Corporation

11.50 – 12.00REAL TIME CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS MAPPING … WITH EXCEL

Julien Anese, Centralised Systems Support Manager, Allwater

12.00 – 12.20 Q&A

12.20 – 13.00 Lunch Break

13.00 – 14.30 sessIon 2 - Collaborate

13.00 – 13.15

COMPARISON 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, University of NSW

13.15 – 13.30DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS CASE FOR THE FISHERMANS BEND INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

Jessica Saigar, Senior Consultant, RM Consulting Group | Jeddah Breman, South East Water

13.30 – 13.45IMMOBILISATION OF ALGAE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY (invited)

Matthew Kube, PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering, RMIT University

13.45 – 14.00USE OF MICROALGAE TO TREAT MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATE AND RECOVER ENERGY

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

14.00 – 14.15 CONTRIBUTION 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

14.15 – 14.30REDUCING ENERGY COST IN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS: FROM SITE AUDITING TO ENERGY SAVING INITIATIVES IMPLEMENTATION

Elena Mejia Likosova, Senior Process Engineer, Stantec Australia

14.30 – 15.00 Poster session

15.00 – 15.30 Afternoon Tea Break

15.30 – 17.00 Workshop: Professional Development – IWC (Declan Hearne) (invited)

17.00 – 17.15 Recap

17.30 – 19.00 Social Networking - Hosted by RMIT

19.30 - late Conference Dinner (More details to be announced soon)

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Friday 23rd February 2018

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

9.30 – 10.00 Keynote 4 – Jillian Kenny (invited), Cofounder, Power of Engineering

10.00 – 10.30 sessIon 1 – Accelerate

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

Pia Francisca Weber Salazar, International Director, Futaleufu Riverkeeper Foundation

10.15 – 10.30CRANFORD BASIN ACTIVE MANAGEMENT

Richard James Bruere, Graduate Water Engineer, GHD

10.30 – 11.00 Morning Tea break

11.00 – 12.15 sessIon 2 – Panel Discussion

Panel style Q & A, focussed around sDgs

Facilitator: Lindsey Brown

Panel members:

» Mark Balla, Founder and Director (‘We Can’t Wait’ charity) (invited) » John Thwaites (Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute) (invited) » Anthony Stickland (Lecturer, Melbourne University) (invited)

12.15 – 13.10 Lunch Break

13.10 – 14.25 sessIon 3 – Workshop

Workshop focussed on WASH/SDGs

Facilitators: Huy Nguyen (Humanitarian Engineer, Enabler Interactive) and Lachlan Guthrie (RMIT University, AWA YWP VIC committee member) (invited)

14.25 – 15.30 sessIon 4 - Connect

14.25 – 14.40CONFLICT ON TAP: PROPERTY RIGHTS, WATER AND THE SYRIAN CRISIS (invited)

» Madeline Byers, MSc Candidate, The London School of Economics and Political Science

14.40 – 14.55JUMP IN: LESSONS FROM AN IMMERSIVE CAMBODIAN-AUSTRALIAN WATER STUDY TOUR

Casey Jane Magee, Senior Process Engineer, GHD

14.55 – 15.10

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

15.10 – 15.30International YWP presentation

Diana Gonzalez Botero, Project Officer, IWC

15.30 – 15.55 Break

15.55 – 17.10 sessIon 5 - Collaborate

15.55 – 16.10 Keynote 5 - TBA

16.10 – 16.20USING HUMAN CENTRED DESIGN IN CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SMALL TEAMS

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

16.20 – 16.30

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

Jack Sharples, Environmental Engineer, Decentralised Water Consulting

16.30 – 16.40LEVERAGING IOT FOR DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT (invited)

Kylee Gilbank, Business Communication Officer, Mackay Regional Council

16.40 – 16.50“Australian Youth Water Parliament: A PLATFORM FOR ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION”

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

16.50 – 17.10 Q&A

17.00 – 17.15 Recap + Best Paper Award

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

IWA/AWA Young WAter ProFessIonAl ConFerenCe 4

Saturday 24th February 2018

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.

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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