Events

Below is a list of upcoming events:

Tue

Mar

Tue

Mar

Integrated Water Management in Practice

Date: 24th Mar, 2020 - 24th Mar, 2020

Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Venue: Monash Conference Centre

Address: Level 7, 30 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000

Organiser: Clearwater

Phone: 03 9679 7711

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Description:

Integrated Water Management in Practice

Tuesday 24th Mar 2020 8:30AM - 4:30PM

Monash Conference Centre
Level 7, 30 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000

Overview:

Clearwater is excited to partner with the International WaterCentre (IWC) to deliver introduction to integrated water management (IWM) training in Victoria to support the implementation of Water for Victoria.

This full day training will be run in a workshop style with a strong focus on case studies and peer to peer learning to build the understanding and professional networks of water practitioners working on IWM projects in Victoria.

More integrated forms of water management offer a way of approaching the kinds of volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) situations and challenges that we have to manage in our cities and broader, surrounding catchments and landscapes. How? What is an IWM approach and how does it lend itself to dealing with VUCA situations and challenges? How can IWM principles be turned into practice, really delivered on the ground?

Register for and participate in the upcoming Introduction to Integrated Water Management Training day led by Dr. Brian S. McIntosh from the International WaterCentre to find out. Brian will facilitate the day which will involve a mix of learning about the general principles and practices of IWM alongside the specifics of trying to apply these principles in practice through a series of Victorian case studies. The focus will be on learning from real experiences of translating the general into practice including what works and why alongside what doesn’t and why. The day will include a focus on understanding how leadership can play a key role in enabling IWM solutions to come to life.

Why attend?

Get an update from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) on delivering Water for Victoria and the associated IWM Forums
Learn about the IWM approach, drawing upon Victorian government and research literature perspectives
Learn about the implementation of Water for Victoria, including the role of the Integrated Water Management Framework for Victoria and IWM forums
Explore how IWM initiatives have been applied in practice in Victoria by utilities, state and local government and Catchment Management Authorities, and share your knowledge and experience with others
Critically discuss applications of IWM in Victoria to extract lessons learned, success factors and unpack strategies to address challenges
Identify how a range of IWM principles and practices could be applied where you work
Strengthen your networks and connect with key individuals involved in IWM planning

Who should attend?

Practitioners, senior officers and managers from across Victoria (metro or regional) who lead or manage IWM projects or programs and who have a need to deepen their understanding of IWM in both theory and practice.

Inclusions:

Tea & coffee on arrival, lunch and afternoon tea.

RSVP:

18 March 2020

Enquiries:

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Monash Conference Centre, Level 7, 30 Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000

8:30 am

Wed

Jun

Fri

Jun

Stormwater 2020 National Conference

Date: 17th Jun, 2020 - 19th Jun, 2020

Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Venue: Crown Promenade Melbourne

Address: 8 Whiteman Street Southbank VIC 3006

Organiser: Stormwater Australia

Phone: +61 2 9744 5252

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New Frontiers for Stormwater: Into the Next Decade

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of Stormwater Australia and the Conference Working Group, we invite you to join us at STORMWATER 2020, the 6th National Conference on Urban Water Management convened by Stormwater Australia, to be held from Wednesday, 17th to Friday, 19th June at the Crown Promenade Melbourne, VIC.

With over 300 delegates anticipated, it will be the one stop shop for industry professionals looking to keep abreast of contemporary practice, share ideas with their peers and make new contacts that can be invaluable in their everyday work.

The 2020 Conference theme is: New Frontiers for Stormwater – Into The Next Decade.

We face profound challenges to manage our co-dependent urban and rural areas into the next decade. Population growth and climate change is driving rapid changes to the natural and human environment including declining waterway health and increasing flood risks. These challenges involve behaviours, policy settings and society expectations in linked economic, social and environmental systems. A systems approach is needed to transform our science, governance, practice, policy and culture to resolve these continually evolving problems and understand the trade-offs. How can we explain these complex challenges to our colleagues and instigate change within society?

Does increased urban density provide sustainable outcomes or result in declining liveability? Our knowledge, experience and culture are also rapidly evolving into the next decade. Perhaps these evolving opportunities will meet to challenges of the next decade and transform our urban and rural areas. How will this happen? The evolution of systems thinking, recognition of circular economies and the connectivity of scales, increased diversity, better connected networks of people, digital twins and legacy knowledge from our first peoples are the new frontiers. This might influence local actions to deliver global benefits to people and ecosystems.

As with previous years, we will be holding our National Excellence Awards at the Conference Dinner, and will be rounding the event program with a number of social and networking events.

We look forward to working together with all of you "into the next decade". See you in Melbourne in June 2020!

Crown Promenade Melbourne, 8 Whiteman Street Southbank VIC 3006

8:00 am