DAY 1 Thursday 11 September
10.15 – 10.30 Doors open and morning refreshments Facilitator/Presenter
10.30 – 10.35 Welcome to Day 1 Tim Lawrence
10.35 – 10.40 ANCOLD Executive Welcome Colleen Baker (GHD)
10.45 – 11.40 Keynote Speaker 1 – Water Infrastructure and Costs Outlook Adrian Hart (Head of Construction & Infrastructure, Oxford Economics)
11.42 – 12.02 Facilitated Discussion – Generational Styles Tim Lawrence
12.05 – 12.40 Lunch All
12.40 – 12.50 Sunwater Sponsor Presentation Tom Ridgway
12.50 – 17.11 Theme 1 – Addressing the shortage of dam engineers Chair: Kristen Sih (Jacobs)
12.52 – 13.32 Presentation 1.1 – Skills Shortage? What is our Industry Telling Us? Brandon Pearce (ANCOLD EP National Convenor), Barton Maher (AECOM)
13.34 – 13.54 Presentation 1.2 – Pathways into the dams industry – insights from the ANCOLD community Erin Hughes (HARC)
13.56 – 14.16 Presentation 1.3 – Supporting Dam Engineers: University Education from Entry to Expertise Alex Scheuermann (UQ)
14.18 – 14.38 Presentation 1.4 – NZGS GeoEducation Action Plan and the Engineering New Zealand Skills Shortage plan Kaley Crawford-Flett (Univ. of Auckland)
14.40 – 15.00 Expert Panel Discussions QA
15.00 – 15.20 Afternoon Refreshments All
15.22 – 15.42 Presentation 1.4 – Industry capability and HR insights into a global approach Jenna Barnes (AECOM)
15.44 – 16.04 Presentation 1.5 – Building Capability in an Owner Environment – Client to Consultant Exchange Helena Sutherland (Seqwater)
16.06 – 16.26 Expert Panel Discussions QA
16.28 – 16.58 Think Tank 1 – Challenges in bringing new engineers into the industry Kristen Sih (Jacobs)
17.00 – 17.05 Close for Day 1
18.00 – 21.00 Social Event All
DAY 2 Friday 12 September
8.00 – 8.03 Welcome to Day 2 Tim Lawrence
8.05 – 8.30 Think Tank 2 – Case Study Kevin Bartlett (Seqwater)
8.30 – 11.45 Theme 2 – International and other industry initiatives for capability building and next generation development Chair: Kevin Bartlett (Seqwater)
8.32 – 9.02 Keynote Speaker 2 – Rail’s approach to supporting a more diverse workforce Natalie Currey (General Manager – Australasian Railway Association)
9.04 – 9.44 Keynote Speaker 3 – Meeting the Demand: Attracting the Next Generation of Dam Engineers Del Shannon (Dams and Hydropower Lead, Knight Piésold and Co, Colorado USA
9.46 – 10.06 Presentation 2.1 Capacity Building in Dam Engineering: Lessons from Spain, the Americas, and Africa — Spotlight on the Nile Centre for Dam Safety Manuel de Membrillera Ortuño (GHD)
10.08 – 10.28 Morning Refreshments
10.30 – 11.00 Keynote Speaker 4 – Developing the Next Generation of Tailings Practitioners: Lessons from 30 Years in the Field Kim Morrison (Chief Technical Officer, ATC Williams)
11.02 – 11.22 Expert Panel Discussions QA
11.24 – 11.54 Think Tank 3 – Shaping industry for the next generation Kevin Bartlett (Seqwater)
12.00 – 12.35 Lunch
12.35 – 12.45 GHD Sponsor Presentation Andrew Reynolds (GHD)
12.47 – 14.30 Theme 3 – How do we enhance the knowledge and skills of dam engineers Chair: Barton Maher (AECOM)
12.50 – 13.10 Think Tank 4 – Knowledge and skills for dam engineers Chair: Barton Maher (AECOM)
13.12 – 13.42 Keynote Speaker 5 – Engineers Australia initiatives for resourcing and development Bernadette Foley (Group Executive, Professional Standards & Engineering Practice, Engineers Australia)
13.44 – 14.04 Knowledge and learning from experiences – Let’s get real Malcolm Barker (GHD)
14.06 – 14.26 Presentation 3.2 A Dams Engineer Journey From Zero to …. Now! Aida Gibbons (Southern Rural Water)
14.28 – 14.48 Presentation 3.3 Experience by Osmosis Katie Dodman (KCB)
14.50 – 15.10 Afternoon Refreshments All
15.12 – 15.50 Facilitated Discussion – Outcomes and direction forward Tim Lawrence
15.52 – 15.57 Close for the event Tim Lawrence