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Technical Program

Field Trip

Keynote Speakers

eWater CRC Workshops

Other Scheduled Workshop

Social Program

Technical Tour & Networking Afternoon

Technical Program

Over 230 technical papers have been invited following a rigorous technical review of submitted abstracts. Submitted papers will be subjected to international peer review. The papers invited cover all aspects of the themes listed opposite, reflecting a rich and diverse documentation of research and applications of innovative technologies and practices in the field of water management in the urban environment. A Technical Tour will be organised for the last day of the conference.

UDM Themes

Flooding and risk management

Impacts of urban climate variability and change

Modelling pollutant generation, transport and sewer processes

Modelling socio-economic and human health impacts

Data requirements, optimisation and uncertainty

Advances in decision support and software tools

Real-time control systems

WSUD Themes

Application of novel technologies - their design and performance

Integration into the urban landscape and built environment

Overcoming institutional and socio-economic impediments to WSUD

Non-structural measures

Environmental impacts

Case studies and lessons learned (a) Greenfield & (b) Retrofit

Construction, maintenance and lifecycle costs

Modelling for Integrated Urban Water Management (scaling and multi-criteria approaches)

Capacity building and policy programs

Field Trip

WSUD Field tour (e.g. Aurora Development, Docklands, Hampton Park, Inkerman Oasis, 60L). This will present an opportunity to see and discuss interesting examples of WSUD and integrated urban water management in Australia, where a diverse range of constraints had to be overcome.

Keynote Speakers

The Local Organising Committee is delighted to announce the participation and contributions of the following distinguished Keynote Speakers:

Dr Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski
Professor Peter Droege
Dr Govert D. Geldof

Dr Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski

Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski is Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering and Urban Planning Department of INSA de Lyon, France (National Institute for Applied Sciences). His main research topics are related to urban hydrology, and especially hydraulic and pollutants transport modelling in sewer systems, field monitoring and metrology, integrated approach for urban water systems and infiltration/exfiltration in sewer systems. He is chairman of the international Sewer Systems and Processes Working Group within the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage, where he has been elected Committee member since 2002. He is also Chairman of the 'Urban Hydrology' working group of the French Hydrotechnical Society (ie. French partner of IAHR) and co-chairman of the 'Wet Weather Discharges' working group of the Scientific and Technical Association for Water and Environment (ie. French partner of IWA).

Professor Peter Droege

Professor Peter Droege has twenty-five years of experience in the practice, teaching and research of urban planning and design, working with government, industry and universities. Professor Droege is also an author and public speaker on urban design, sustainable development and urban environment policies. He inaugurated and chairs the Urban Design Chapters of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) at both the national and New South Wales State levels. Over the past two decades, Professor Droege has developed a special focus on the urban design and planning aspects of major infrastructure changes, in energy and information technology.

Dr Govert D. Geldof

Dr Geldof, Senior Consultant, studied Civil Engineering at the University of Technology in Delft. From 1986, Dr Geldof worked at Tauw, where he started to develop ideas about integrated urban water management, both in new and existing urban areas. Dr Geldof introduced source control techniques in the Netherlands. He supported the writing of the 4^th Dutch Policy Paper on Water Management, in which source control in urban areas is one of the spearheads of policy. To build the bridge between the technical and social sciences, Dr Geldof uses insights from complexity science.

eWater CRC Workshops

As part of the WSUD/UDM conference, our principal sponsor, the eWater Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), is offering delegates the opportunity to participate in urban modelling workshops delivered by some of Australia's leading catchment modellers.

Participants will be engaged at the leading edge of strategic, technical and development issues in urban water management. All workshops include presentation notes, case studies, and user manuals where appropriate, as well as lunch and morning and afternoon teas.

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MODEL FOR URBAN STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT CONCEPTUALISATION (MUSIC) VERSION 3

Date: Sunday, 2 April - Monday, 3 April 2006
Time: 08:30 - 17:00
Location: Cliftons, Level 1, 440 Collins Street, Melbourne
Cost: AUD1100 per person
Presenters: Tony Weber (WBM Oceanics) and Hugh Duncan (Melbourne Water and Monash University), Andre Taylor (Monash University)

MUSIC is designed to simulate urban stormwater systems operating at a range of temporal and spatial scales. It is used by urban stormwater and environmental engineers, scientists, planners, policy staff and managers in consultancies and state, regional and local government agencies, Australia wide. During this two-day course, participants will learn how to apply the MUSIC software - no prior training is required. Participants will learn the theory and assumptions behind the model, and how to simulate and evaluate the performance of stormwater treatment measures, either singly or in treatment trains.

The workshop will discuss calibration, and the use of local monitoring data, and will take users through the application of the model with several case studies based on real examples. During the course, users are encouraged to discuss their own applications of MUSIC and the presenters will draw on their own experiences in applying MUSIC across numerous WSUD projects within Australia, including pitfalls and problems for new users, and 'tricks of the trade' to watch out for if assessing MUSIC modelling by others. As part of the course, users will also gain knowledge of the theory and use of the Life-Cycle costing elements in MUSIC and how they can be used to assist in the overall decision making process for WSUD.

Please visit http://www.toolkit.net.au/music for further information or to obtain the MUSIC software.

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CANCELLED - MODELLING USING E2

Date: Sunday, 2 April - Monday, 3 April 2006
Time: 08:30 - 17:00
Location: The University of Melbourne (A Short Tram Ride from the Conference Venue)
Cost: AUD1100 per person
Presenters: Dr Robert Argent (The University of Melbourne), Professor Rodger Grayson (The University of Melbourne)

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INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT MODELLING: CHALLENGES AND DEVELOPMENTS
(in conjunction with the International Working Group on Data and Models, IWA/IAHR)

Date: Monday, 3 April 2006
Time: 08:30 - 17:00
Location: Engineers Australia, Rooms A&B, Engineering House, 21 Bedford Street, North Melbourne
Cost: AUD330 per person
Presenters: Dr Grace Mitchell (Monash University) and Guest Presenters from Ewater CRC and The International Working Group on Data and Models, IWA/IAHR

National and international experts in integrated urban water management (IUWM) will discuss new modelling needs that IUWM approach creates and the technical and practical challenges which we are facing. A selection of models will be showcased and their strengths and weaknesses debated.

Topics such as uncertainty, input data, spatial and temporal resolution and scaling, and model integration will be featured in the day's discussions. The workshop will be of interest to those involved in modelling sustainable urban water resource management, particularly consultants, local government professionals and researchers.

Other Scheduled Workshop

INTER-DISCIPLINARY URBAN WATER RESEARCH: LESSONS IN HOW TO INTEGRATE THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Date: Monday, 3 April 2006
Time: 10.00 - 17.00
Location: Mayfair 3, Grand Hyatt Melbourne
Cost: AUD180 per person
Convenor: Dr Rebekah Brown (Monash University)

This is an activity of the International WSUD working group under the auspices of the IAHR /IWA joint committee on urban drainage. It is now well accepted that advancing interdisciplinary approaches is essential for pursuing more sustainable urban water outcomes. Case studies from Australian and international interdisciplinary urban water research projects will be used for workshopping commonly experienced difficulties with integrating the social and physical sciences. This workshop will promote active and open discussions and it is expected that participants will improve their capacity for interdisciplinary thinking and research.

Social Program

WELCOME RECEPTION
Proudly sponsored by eWater CRC

Date: Monday, 3 April 2006
Time: 17:00 - 18:30
Venue: Grand Hyatt Melbourne
Tickets: Inclusive in Full Registration
Guests: AUD50 (per additional ticket)
Dress Code: Smart Casual

An invitation is extended to all delegates to attend the Welcome Reception. This informal function will be a great opportunity to network with old friends and new acquaintances. The evening includes light refreshments.

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ACCOMPANYING PERSONS MORNING TEA

Date: Tuesday, 4 April 2006
Time: 09:30 - 10:30
Venue: Grand Hyatt Melbourne

An invitation for all accompanying persons to meet for morning tea on the first day of conference and discuss touring and social plans whilst visiting Melbourne. A tour representative will also be available to provide further information on tourist attractions in Melbourne and the local region and to assist with any tour bookings required.

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WINE AND CHEESE POSTER PAPER SESSION
Proudly sponsored by the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration

Date: Tuesday, 4 April 2006
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Venue: Lumina Room, Grand Hyatt Melbourne

An invitation to all delegates to view poster papers and discuss with authors whilst enjoying fine Australian wine and cheese and some light refreshments. This informal function also provides further opportunities for networking and discussion of the day's proceedings and an opportunity to meet up for pre-dinner drinks with your respective party group.

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CONFERENCE GALA DINNER
Proudly sponsored by Wallingford Software

Date: Wednesday, 5 April 2006
Time: 19:30 - 23:00
Venue: National Gallery of Victoria International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Tickets: Inclusive in Full Registration
Guest: AUD100 (per additional ticket)
Dress Code: Lounge Suit

Enjoy the fine Australian food and wine with our friends and colleagues at the Gala dinner at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). The NGV International on St Kilda Road is an iconic Melbourne building, fusing the modernist Australian architecture of Roy Grounds with a stunning renovation in 2003-2004 by the renowned Mario Bellini. NGV International, a favourite special event location in Melbourne for decades, contains the magnificent Great Hall, which is famous for its stained glass ceiling by Leonard French.

Technical Tour & Networking Afternoon

A journey through the development of Water Sensitive Urban Design in Melbourne

Date: Friday, 7 April 2006
Time: 09:30 - 19:00
Cost: AUD100

The field tour itinerary has been designed to give participants a tour through the development of Water Sensitive Urban Design in Melbourne, starting at Lynbrook Estate, an outer-suburban greenfields site (the first high-profile implementation of WSUD in Victoria), and ending up at Docklands Park, a large-scale inner-city renewal involving treatment and recycling of stormwater. The tour will focus not only on the technologies used in each case, but will examine the approaches used to overcome impediments to each project. Key players in each project will outline their role in championing the adoption of WSUD.

Lynbrook
Lynbrook Estate is a large greenfield development 40 km to the south east of Melbourne with a projected yield of 1700 blocks. It was one of the first examples of the implementation of water sensitive urban design in Australia and was significant in changing attitudes to new methods for stormwater quality improvement. The tour will examine the integration of bioretention swales into the road corridors and the treatment train concept which includes a wetland and pond, and the use of treated water for preserving soil moisture levels for a cluster of remnant river gum trees. Presenters from Melbourne Water will describe their role in underwriting the project, to ensure it success, despite industry nervousness.

Sandhurst
The Sandhurst Club is a 300 hectare integrated residential and golf course greenfield site currently being developed. A third pipe system is being constructed in all residential areas to allow residents and street landscaping to use recycled wastewater for landscape irrigation. The golf courses also use recycled wastewater for irrigation, supplied from one of Melbourne's major wastewater treatment plants. A range of measures have been included to treat the stormwater using bioretention and wetland systems.

Inkerman D'Lux
Inkerman D'Lux is an inner city 1.223 ha high density residential development containing 236-apartments. It is located on the former St Kilda municipal depot site and was a joint venture between the developers and the local city council. It incorporates a range of passive and active sustainable design principles, and was the first Australian example of integrating grey and storm water recycling for irrigation and toilet flushing within a high density residential development.

Docklands
Melbourne Docklands in Australia's largest urban renewal project, covering 200 hectares of land and water. VicUrban has taken a lead role in working with developers to incorporate ecologically sustainable principles into the Docklands site. The tour will highlight examples of integration of WSUD with key buildings and the surrounding landscape. This includes biofiltration systems that include wetlands, bioretention planter boxes, street tree bioretention, water-based public art features, and stormwater harvesting for landscape irrigation.

Picnic @ Docklands
The tour will conclude with a picnic at the Docklands site.