| MONDAY 3 MARCH |
| Pre Convention Tours |
| Welcome Reception |
| TUESDAY 4 MARCH |
| Convention Open |
| Plenary Sessions |
| Concurrent Sessions |
| Poster Presentations |
| Trade Night |
| WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH |
| Convention Day 2 Open |
| Concurrent Sessions |
| Panel Sessions |
| Explore Hobart |
| THURSDAY 6 MARCH |
| Convention Day 3 Open |
| Concurrent Sessions |
| Convention Dinner |
| FRIDAY 7 MARCH |
| Post Convention Tours |
| Tuesday 24 October | |||
| 0730 - 1700 | Registration Open | ||
| Pre-Conference Workshop | With thanks to our Sponsor |
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| 0815 - 0830 | Workshop Opening - Ryan Cantrill, Convenor Workshop sponsor - Hetal Parmar, Dam Engineering Planning Manager WaterNSW |
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| 0830 - 1000 | Future directions for Dam Safety – Systematic Risk Management and Governance • Dam Ownership – Responsibilities and Governance Issues• A government’s perspective on dam safety • The Dam Safety System • Water supply or mining dams: what’s the difference? • Q&A / Facilitated Panel Discussion Lisa Caffery (Sunwater), David Stewart (ADWC), Chris Nielsen (RDMW), Shane McGrath (SGM Consulting), Mark Arnold (Melbourne Water), Brett Stephens (Archadia Consulting), Genevieve New (ATC Williams), Luke Palmen (KCB Australia) |
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| 1000 – 1030 | Morning refreshments | ||
| 1030 – 1200 | Future Directions for Dam Safety – Emerging Issues • The role of Risk Assessments / Safety Reviews and Safety Cases• Dam Break in mining dams – current practice and uncertainty • Risk based approach to dam safety surveillance • Engineer of Record and role in governance • Q&A / Facilitated Panel Discussion Lisa Caffery (Sunwater), David Stewart (ADWC), Chris Nielsen (RDMW), Shane McGrath (SGM Consulting), Mark Arnold (Melbourne Water), Brett Stephens (Archadia Consulting), Genevieve New (ATC Williams), Luke Palmen (KCB Australia) |
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| 1200 – 1300 | Lunch | ||
| 1300 - 1310 | ANCOLD Guidelines Interfaces • Terms of reference overviewDavid Ryan (Stantec) |
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| 1310 - 1430 | Outlet Works for Dams • Inspection and testing of structural, mechanical and electrical equipment• Rehabilitation and upgrade of mechanical and electrical equipment • Q&A / Facilitated Panel Discussion Marius Jonker (Aurecon), Glen Hobbs (Glenn Hobbs & Associates), Frank Nitzsche (GHD), David Law (Entura) |
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| 1430 – 1500 | Afternoon refreshments | ||
| 1500 - 1630 | Design and Management of Spillways & Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures for Dams • Survey outcomes• Current approaches, recent industry developments and key gaps • Q&A / Facilitated Panel Discussion Maz Mahzari (Stantec), Loretta Agnew (AECOM), Steven Pells (Pells Consulting), Barton Maher (RDMW), Colleen Baker (GHD), James Willey (GHD) |
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| Welcome Reception | With thanks to our Sponsor |
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| 1830 – 2030 | Venue: Salt House, Marina Point | ||
| DAY 1: TECHNICAL PROGRAM Wednesday 25 October |
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| 0800 - 1730 | Registration Open | ||
| 0800 | Exhibition Opens Posters on display |
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| Plenary | |||
| Chair: Michel Raymond, HARC | |||
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| 0900 - 0930 | Conference Opening - Ryan Cantrill, Convenor Welcome to Country - Minjil Executive Welcome - Michel Raymond, ANCOLD Chair |
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| 0930 - 0940 | Diamond Sponsor, Acciona Tino Ferrero, Snr Manager Operations 
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| 0940 - 1025 |  A Fresh Look at TailingsLen Murray, Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd. Len Murray graduated from the University of Durham UK with a Master’s in Engineering Geology in 1974. He worked in the UK until 1981 before moving to Calgary, Alberta to join Klohn Leonoff. Read More → |
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| 1025 - 1030 | Welcome Reception Sponsor, SMEC Yvette Collins, Manager - Dams and Hydropower
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| 1030 - 1100 | Morning Refreshments, with thanks to 
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| Plenary | |||
| Chair: Colleen Baker, GHD | |||
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| 1100 - 1145 |  Dam Stew – A recipe for brewing Master Dam BuildersKiri Parr, Kiri Parr Consulting Kiri is an academic, speaker and consultant in the construction industry in Australia. Driven by a desire to improve outcomes in the construction industry, her mission is to make procurement fascinating. Read More → |
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| 1145 - 1200 | Dam Safety Regulator’s UpdateChris Nielsen Department Regional Development Manufacturing & Water | ||
| 1200 - 1215 | YP Strategy UpdateBrandon Pearce, Erin Hughes National YP Convenor, QLD YP State Representative | ||
| 1215 - 1345 | Lunch, with thanks to
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| Young Professional Mentoring Lunch | With thanks to our Sponsor |
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| 1345 - 1515 | Dam Operations - flood mitigation, business risk, resourcing and measuring good practice, emergency planning & incident management | Securing future resources - design and construction of new and upgraded resilient dams | |
| Chair: Tracey Williamson, GHD | Chair: Zara Bostock, GHD | ||
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With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
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| 1345 - 1400 | Spillway Gate Reliability- Typical Values, Trends and Targets Glen Hobbs & Associates Pty Ltd |
Updating the National Seismic Hazard Assessment: Philosophy and Implications Geoscience Australia |
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| 1400 - 1415 | PMP and Climate Change: uncertainty and implications for dam safety management Sunwater |
Kidston HEP Wises Dam - The rubber hits the road GHD |
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| 1415 - 1430 | Climate Change – Estimating Changes to Design Rainfall Data for Water and Tailings Dams Globally Klohn Crippen Berger |
Below the tolerability line and beyond – A practical contemporary ALARP methodology GHD |
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| 1430 - 1445 | The importance of storm and coincident flow variability for consequence assessments HARC |
Cracked Embankment and Filter Testing U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
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| 1445 - 1500 | Copeton Dam: Performance of the Great Scour Case Study in the floods of 2022 Pells Consulting |
Reliability of geomembranes for optimised dams in new pumped storage schemes Carpi Tech B.V. |
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| 1515 - 1545 | Afternoon Refreshments, with thanks to
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| 1545 - 1715 | Dam infrastructure - installing and managing mechanical, electrical, communication & instrumentation equipment | Sustainable dams - Environmental/Social/Governance (ESG) strategies & planning | |
| Chair: Brett Stephens, Archadia Consulting | Chair: Barton Maher, RDMW | ||
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With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
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| 1545 - 1600 | Single Isolation – only for the brave and foolhardy? GHD |
Maintaining fish health during dewatering and oxygen depletion events SA Water |
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| 1600 - 1615 | The Challenges in Having Assurance that Critical Mechanical Installations Work as Intended AECOM |
Leaky by Name, Leaky by Nature - A Novel Approach to Leakage Reduction at Lake Leake GHD |
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| 1615 - 1630 | The Telescopic Fishway: Case study of an innovative approach to downstream fish passage GHD |
Provision of fish passage for sustainable pumped storage hydropower projects GHD |
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| 1630 - 1645 | Case Study - Gate Vibration on Spillway Radial Gates at Callide Dam Sunwater |
“Excellent” sustainability at Rookwood Weir The Rookwood Weir Alliance - Sunwater | GHD | ACCIONA | McCosker Contracting |
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| Tailings Dams - current and future challenges | Securing future resources - design and construction of new and upgraded resilient dams | ||
| 1645 - 1700 | Climate Change Resilience Assessments for Tailings Storage Facilities WSP |
Design Criteria for Hydraulic Structures on Soil Foundations GHD |
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| 1700 - 1715 | Assessment of foundation liquefaction for a tailings retaining structure ATC Williams |
Optimisation of business cases for dam improvement projects Water Resources |
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| 1730 – 1930 | YP Networking event - Hemingways Brewery Free evening for delegates |
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| DAY 2: TECHNICAL PROGRAM Thursday 26 October |
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| 0800 - 1700 | Registration Open | ||
| 0800 | Exhibition Open Posters on display |
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| Plenary | |||
| Chair: Michel Raymond, HARC | |||
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| 0900 - 0945 |  Challenges and opportunities for adaptive risk management regarding uncertainty in latent conditions (technical and contractual aspects)Arnold Dix, International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association Professor Arnold Dix prides himself on finding technical and regulatory solutions to complex, novel and mission critical challenges in underground spaces. Read More → |
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| Chair: Jennifer Rickaby, GHD | |||
| 0945 - 1030 | Update of the Unified Method for Estimating Probabilities of Failure by Internal Erosion and PipingRobin Fell, UNSW & Mark Foster, Dam Consulting Services The Unified Method for Estimating Probabilities of Failure by Internal Erosion and Piping (AKA The Piping Toolbox) was developed in 2006-2008 by representatives of USACE, USBR, URS and UNSW. Since 2008 there have been many developments in the understanding of the mechanics of internal erosion relating to concentrated leak erosion, backward erosion piping, suffusion, global backward erosion and contact erosion, and experience in the use of the Toolbox. The paper describes the main changes which have been made to the document in a major update. It will be available for trialling by those carrying out risk analyses by the end of 2023. | ||
| 1030 - 1100 | Morning Refreshments | ||
| 1100 - 1230 | Leveraging data and technology innovations | People - continuity & succession planning, capability, certification, regulation, training | |
| Chair: Shayan Maleki, Stantec | Chair: Chris Nielsen, RDMW | ||
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With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
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| 1100 - 1115 | Advanced data-driven model based estimates of dam breach parameters SMEC |
Navigating the challenges of partially decommissioning a multi-purpose water storage Greater Western Water |
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| 1115 - 1130 | Bendora Dam 20 Year Review – a Case Study Updating the Geological Model for a Project Without Intrusive Investigation SMEC |
Graduate Succession Planning in the Dams Industry – A Case Study GHD |
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| 1130 - 1145 | Ground motion modelling updates applicable to seismic hazard assessments for dams in Australia AECOM |
The benefits of real time decision support system using digital twin and machine learning in dams operation Mott MacDonald |
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| 1145 - 1200 | Rookwood Weir – Data Collation and 3D Modelling On The Fitzroy River, Queensland The Rookwood Weir Alliance - Sunwater | GHD | ACCIONA | McCosker Contracting |
RCEM at 10: Why Reclamation is still using an empirical approach to consequence estimation Bureau of Reclamation |
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| 1200 - 1215 | The importance of accounting for the compressibility of water in the seismic analysis of concrete dams SMEC |
Tell me what you want- what you really, really want: feedback from, and to, the NSW Dams Safety regulator Dams Safety NSW |
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| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch | ||
| 1330 - 1430 | Poster session A | Poster session B | |
| Chair: Ryan Cantrill, GHD | Chair: Zara Bostock, GHD | ||
| Door 2 | Door 5 | ||
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
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Climate change and a framework to evaluate its influence on Dam Improvement Projects GHD |
Alternative consequence category screening methodology for large portfolios of small dams Aurecon |
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Recent and future drivers for dam safety regulatory change Mott MacDonald |
Innovation in physical hydraulic modelling (PHM) for dam design UNSW Water Research Laboratory |
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Emergency Response for Urban Stormwater Dams in a Large-scale Flood Event Tonkin + Taylor |
A method for assessing the likelihood of overtopping failure for earthfill embankment dams GHD |
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A methodology to model the cracks and defects in CFRD to assess internal erosion and slope stability GHD |
Rocklea Hydraulics Laboratory Upgrade – Hydraulic Testing Flume Sunwater |
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Does planning give a dam? Including dambreak flood information in overlays (or downstream development at what cost)? GHD |
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| 1430 - 1500 | Afternoon Refreshments | ||
| 1500 - 1630 | Dam Operations - flood mitigation, business risk, resourcing and measuring good practice, emergency planning & incident management | Securing future resources - design and construction of new and upgraded resilient dams | |
| Chair: Zara Bostock, GHD | Chair: Brendan Trebilco, Sunwater | ||
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| With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
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| 1500 - 1515 | The rocsc@r cloud: a novel digital environment for rock scour by 3D fluid-solid coupling AquaVision engineering Sàrl |
Application of Rock Scour Model to Unlined Dissipaters Downstream of Dams and Hydropower Outlets: Real-life Case Studies Stantec |
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| 1515 - 1530 | Dam safety emergency preparedness - lessons from the recent NSW floods Dams Safety NSW, NSW State Emergency Service |
Learnings from deep test pit investigations into the existing filters of a large dam AECOM |
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| 1530 - 1545 | Validation of HEC LifeSim PLL estimates to Australian flood events GHD |
Improving dissipator basin designs by using new knowledge of the fundamental flow processes in hydraulic jumps UNSW Water Research Laboratory |
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| 1545 - 1600 | Improving Emergency Preparedness Through Realistic Practical Dam Safety Exercises WaterNSW |
Impact of Element Size and Frequency Content of Input Earthquake on Dynamic Modelling of Embankment Dams SMEC |
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| 1600 - 1615 | Briseis Reloaded – The renaissance of Derby and the implications for a Small Portfolio Dam Owner Tasmanian Irrigation Pty Ltd |
Case Study - Creating certainty in deliverability and risk allocation through the procurement phase of a fast-tracked dam improvement project in Queensland Sunwater |
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| 1615 - 1630 | Appropriate Dam Management Systems: Dam Safety Monitoring, Compliance, Asset Management, and Informed Decision Making Dam Safety Intelligence |
What is a reasonable timeframe to upgrade a dam? Safety assessments and new reporting requirements for Queensland’s dams Department Regional Development Manufacturing and Water |
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| Conference Dinner | With thanks to our Sponsor |
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| 1830 - 2300 | Venue: Trinity room, Cairns Convention Centre | ||
| DAY 3: TECHNICAL PROGRAM Friday 27 October |
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| 0800 - 1800 | Registration Open | ||
| 0800 | Exhibition Open Posters on display |
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| Plenary | |||
| Chair: Angus Swindon, Tasset Consulting | |||
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| 0900 - 0945 |  Current Considerations for Pumped Hydro DevelopmentChristopher Gwynne, Queensland Hydro An electrical engineer by profession, Chris has 22+ years of experience across the full value chain of a modern electricity generation business, from wholesale and retail operations, asset management, IT, strategy, and business development. Read More → |
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| Chair: Paul Maisano, Sunwater | |||
| 0945 - 1015 |  Construction industry capacity and capability to deliver water infrastructure
Andrew Chapman, Queensland Major Contractors Association Andrew is a civil engineer with a wide diversity of experience covering the entire project lifecycle from planning through design and construction and into operations and maintenance. Read More → |
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| 1015 - 1045 | Morning Refreshments | ||
| 1045 - 1215 | Leveraging data and technology innovations | Dam Operations - flood mitigation, business risk, resourcing and measuring good practice, emergency planning & incident management | |
| Chair: Adam Broit, GHD | Chair: Symon Jackson, Red Earth Engineering | ||
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| With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
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| 1045 - 1100 | The application of ensemble approach in hydraulic modelling on dambreak consequence studies HARC |
US Army Corps of Engineers Audit of Concrete Chute Spillways on Erodible Foundations – Phase II U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
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| 1100 - 1115 | Simulation of collapse settlement in rockfill dams due to initial saturation GHD |
A Mapping Uplift for Sunwater’s Emergency Action Plans (EAP) Sunwater |
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| 1115 - 1130 | Carbon Digital Twins – How Kidston's carbon data is changing the way we design and construct Mott Macdonald |
Optimisation of hydro generation on a multi-function reservoir and assessing the impacts of climate change Mott Macdonald |
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| 1130 - 1145 | Exploring the broader economic consequences of dam failure HARC |
Continuous hydrological modelling to support dam operations: A pilot application for Queensland Sunwater |
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| Low emissions energy - role of dams in facilitating the transition | |||
| 1145 - 1200 | Getting Australian Pumped Hydro moving – what needs to happen after the feasibility study? WSP |
Modelling operational challenges for Scrivener dam during construction HARC |
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| 1215 - 1330 1245 - 1315 |
Lunch ANCOLD Diversity and Inclusion Working Group information session (Door 2) |
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| 1330 - 1500 | People - continuity & succession planning, capability, certification, regulation, training | Dam Operations - flood mitigation, business risk, resourcing and measuring good practice, emergency planning & incident management | |
| Chair: Ryan Cantrill, GHD | Chair: Alexander Scheuermann, The University of Queensland | ||
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| With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
With thanks to our Sustaining Member |
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| 1330 - 1345 | Assessing the effectiveness of technical review process for dam projects Department Regional Development Manufacturing and Water |
Chinchilla Weir Guard Valve Replacement - Innovative Engineering Solutions in Challenging Underwater Zero Visibility Conditions Sunwater |
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| 1345 - 1400 | Are you emergency-prepared? Dams Safety NSW |
Benefits of Flood Event Reporting for Gated Dams, Lessons from February 2022 at Somerset & Wivenhoe Dams HARC |
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| Securing future resources - design and construction of new and upgraded resilient dams | Leveraging data and technology innovations | ||
| 1400 - 1415 | Deep ALARP approach and justification for dams with challenging multiple failure modes Hydrology and Risk Consulting |
Systematic Measurement of Flow Within Physical Hydraulic Model of Dams: How far we should go? Stantec |
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| 1415 - 1430 | Risk-Informed Design from a Government and Consulting Perspective U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Rookwood Weir Project: A Cyclical Approach to Monolith Design The Rookwood Weir Alliance - Sunwater | GHD | ACCIONA | McCosker Contracting |
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| 1430 - 1445 | Consideration of voluntary risks in the determination of regulatory obligations for dam safety Department Regional Development Manufacturing and Water |
Reviewing Catchment Nonlinearity for Extreme Flood Estimates SMEC |
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| 1445 - 1500 | Response of earth embankments to blasting WSP |
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| 1500 - 1530 | Afternoon Refreshments | ||
| Plenary | |||
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| 1530 - 1615 | Conference Close and AwardsYP Best Paper Award People’s Choice Best Poster Award  | ||
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| 1630 – 1800 | AGM | ||
| 1800 - 1900 End of Conference Get-Together |
With thanks to our Diamond Sponsor
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| Saturday 28 Oct 2023 Post-conference Technical Tour |
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| 0700 - 0900 | Departure from Cairns Convention Centre | |
| 0900 - 1100 | Site inspection of Tinaroo Falls Dam hosted by Sunwater, including morning refreshments | |
| 1100 - 1130 | Coach travel | |
| 1130 - 1300 | Howe Farming, tour of avocado and banana packing sheds and Okey Creek Dam | |
| 1300 - 1330 | Coach travel | |
| 1330 - 1415 | Lunch at Mareeba | |
| 1415 - 1500 | Coach travel to Kuranda | |
| 1510 | For those returning to Cairns via rail, leave coach at Kuranda station |
| 1530 | Train departure |
| 1725 | Train arrives at Cairns Station - only a 10-15 minute walk back to the Cairns Convention Centre /your hotel. |
| 1500 | For those returning to Cairns via coach, travel to Holloways Beach |
| 1530 | Afternoon refreshments and a beach/esplanade stroll at your leisure |
| 1630 | Coach departure for Cairns |
| 1700 | Coach drop off if required at Cairns Airport |
| 1730 | Coach return to Cairns Convention Centre |
