Please join IWA for these virtual events on Thursday 13 July.
Commencing at 9am with the Plenary Session and followed by the Special Interest Group Meetings from 10am, streaming concurrently throughout the day.
Please register for the plenary session and for each SIG you wish to attend using the single link below.
PROGRAM (pdf)
Tony Wong
Professor of Sustainable Development
Monash Sustainable Development Institute
Plenary Session – 9am – 9:45am
Planning for El Niño and La Niña – ideas for an integrated approach for water corporations
With a return to El Niño predicted (a climate driver for dryer and hotter weather conditions), our attention once again returns to the risk of drought and bushfires. With this shift in climate from the recent La Niña weather patterns which saw significant flooding in Victoria and the East Coast, we find ourselves asking how does our changing climate impact on water scarcity?
We also need to consider complex social and environmental factors such as population growth, urbanisation and regionalisation. How do we plan and manage for long term water security? How prepared are we and are we doing enough?
Tony Wong will provide his perspective on Integrated Water Management, giving us insights from his extensive research and practice in sustainable urban water management, particularly water sensitive urban design.
SIG Meetings – 10am onwards
The following Special Interest Groups will be meeting online.
- Communications
- Corporate Governance
- Customer Service
- Environment
- Energy & Greenhouse
- Executive Assistants
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Technical
- Development Services
