8.00am

REGISTRATIONS OPEN

8.30am

WELCOME AND CONFERENCE OPENING [VENUE: THEATRE]

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: TINA POROU, POIPOIA – TE MANA O TE WAI AND 3 WATERS

10.00am

MORNING TEA  [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

ENGAGING COMMUNITIES

[VENUE: THEATRE] 

[SESSION CHAIR: CLARE FEENEY]

RAINFALL AND RUNOFF

[VENUE: SUITE 1 & 2]

[SESSION CHAIR: KATE PURTON]

DESIGN

[VENUE: SUITE 3]

[SESSION CHAIR: DAVID BATTENSHAW]

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

[VENUE: SUITE 4]

[SESSION CHAIR: WOLFGANG KANZ]

11.00am

OPEN-SOURCE COMMUNITY-BASED

MONITORING OF FRESHWATER CATCHMENTS

Ed Clayton – University of Auckland

PEAK FLOW VS VOLUME – A

PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF

COMMONLY USED RAINFALL RUN-

OFF MODELS

Mark Groves – WSP

SUPER-CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS

FOR STEEP STREAM DESIGN Laura Newman-Watt – WSP

PUT A “LID” ON IT

Dorcas Adjei-Sasu – WSP & Pete Thomas

– Tauranga City Council

11.30am

NZFLOODPICS: ENGAGING

COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT FLOOD

RESILIENCE

Jon Rix – Tonkin + Taylor

RATIONALISING THE UNIT

HYDROGRAPH IN A WEB APPLICATION

Andrew Tipene – Atcon

SAFETY FACTORS FOR DESIGN OF STORMWATER PONDS?

Bill Noell – Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd

IS NO INCREASE IN FLOODING PRACTICAL?

Iain Smith & Mhiari Rademaker – Beca

12.00pm

A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO

FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF THE SEADOWN DRAIN, TIMARU

Sophie South – Davis Ogilive & Partners Ltd

ASSESSMENT OF TP108 CURVE

NUMBER FOR RAINFALL DURATIONS

LESS THAN 24 HOURS

Jahangir Islam – Auckland Council

PRACTICAL INSTALLATION

DESIGN OPTIONS AND SAFETY IN

DESIGN FOR DEEP EMBANKMENT STORMWATER CULVERTS

Americo Dos Santos – Hynds Pipe

Systems Ltd

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

AND ECOLOGICAL OUTCOMES FOR AQUATIC FAUNA – THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION?

Claire Webb – Beca

12.30pm

LUNCH [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

1.30pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NICKI GREEN, BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL TOI MOANA – LOCAL PERSPECTIVE [VENUE: THEATRE]

2.00pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: WALLY POTTS, TAURANGA CITY COUNCIL – LOCAL PERSPECTIVE [VENUE: THEATRE]

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

[VENUE: THEATRE]

[SESSION CHAIR: CHRIS MAGUIRE]

INTEGRATED DESIGN –  FISH PASSAGE

[VENUE: SUITE 1 & 2]

[SESSION CHAIR: WOLFGANG KANZ]

WATER QUALITY – TREATMENT

[VENUE: SUITE 3]

[SESSION CHAIR: NOEL ROBERTS]

WORKSHOP STREAM

[VENUE: SUITE 4]

2.30pm

THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US

Roger Seyb – Beca

FISH PASSAGE – DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES

Pushpaka Rabel – Tonkin + Taylor

VARIATION IN PERFORMANCE

OF MEDIA BASED STORMWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

Forrest Bilek – University of Canterbury

MAKING AN INFORMED CHOICE

WHEN USING HIRDS RAINFALL ESTIMATES

Cameron Oliver & Mike Law – Beca,

Trevor Carey-Smith – NIWA

3.00pm

URBAN WATERWAYS, WATER

SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN, AND THE LAW

Mark Christensen – Natural Resources Law Ltd

FISH PASSAGE – WHERE TO FROM HERE?

Jeremy Boxall – WSP

EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT

LOW-COST FILTER MATERIALS

FOR REMOVAL OF ORGANIC AND

INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS FROM STORMWATER

Narges Esfandiar – Temple University

3.30pm

AFTERNOON TEA [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

CLIMATE CHANGE

[VENUE: THEATRE]

CASE STUDIES

[VENUE: SUITE 1 & 2]

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

[VENUE: SUITE 3]

RAINFALL AND RUNOFF

[VENUE: SUITE 4]

[SESSION CHAIR: ELLIOT TUCK]

4.00pm

A FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS CLIMATE

CHANGE IMPACTS AT CATCHMENT

SCALE: VULNERABILITY, RISK AND

ADAPTATION NEXUS

Saleem Akhter – Aecom

MAHINGA KAI VALUES AND

ATTRIBUTES – WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR SUCCESS?

Wolfgang Kanz – Awamoana Limited

& Ian Ruru – Maumahara Consultancy Services

MITIGATING FLOOD RISKS:

ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT TYPES

AND QUANTITY OF GREEN

INFRASTRUCTURE

Juliana Reu Junqueira – University of Waikato

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A

DECADAL RAINFALL RADAR RECORD

FOR AUCKLAND COUNCIL

Luke Sutherland-Stacey & 

Beatriz Rebroedo Viso – Weather Radar

New Zealand

4:30pm

CARBON PORTAL

Cheilo Manalo – Auckland Council

ACHIEVING WATER QUALITY

OBJECTIVES IN A FUTURE OF

RISING TIDES: A CASE STUDY

FROM THE 36TH AMERICA’S CUP INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

Richard Wilson – Wynyard Edge Alliance

UPDATING TAURANGA’S FLOOD MAPS

Kate Dawkings & Claudia Hellberg– Tauranga City Council

ASSESSING THE ERRORS INVOLVED

IN ESTIMATING RAINFALL FROM RAIN GAUGE RECORDS

Brook Keats – Weather Radar 

New Zealand

5.00pm –

6.00pm

INTERGROUP WELCOME FUNCTION [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

8.30am

REGISTRATION OPENS

9.00am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HOLLY GREENING, CO-FOUNDER, COASTWISE PARTNERS [VENUE: THEATRE]

9.30am

INNOVATION SHOWCASE [VENUE: THEATRE]

10.30am

MORNING TEA [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

WATER QUALITY – POLLUTANTS

[VENUE: THEATRE]

[SESSION CHAIR: GRETEL SILYN ROBERTS]

RESILIENCE

[VENUE: SUITE 1 & 2] 

[SESSION CHAIR: WOLFGANG KANZ]

CASE STUDIES

[VENUE: SUITE 3]

[SESSION CHAIR: ALLAN LEAHY]

WORKSHOP STREAM

[VENUE: SUITE 4]

11.00am

11.30am

CALIFORNIA DREAMING.

CALIFORNIA’S STORMWATER

TRASH LEGISLATION - A ROAD MAP TO STOP MARINE PLASTIC

Mike Hannah – Enviropod International

MIND THE (DATA) GAP: MACRO- AND MICRO-PLASTIC POLLUTION IN STORMWATER

Darren Tiddy & Braden Van Leer – Stormwater360

THE EFFECT OF HYDROLOGICAL

CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN

CATCHMENTS ON RESILIENCE

OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMS: A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH

Nariman Valizadeh – University of Auckland & CKL Ltd

TCC’S MULTI-HAZARD APPROACH

TO BUILDING RESILIENCE IN STORMWATER ASSETS

Johann Van Wyk – Stantec & Steve

Raynor – Tauranga City Council

LEARNING TO APPRECIATE

THE VIEW IN THE VALLEY: THE

KARAPIRO GULLY STREAM

CROSSING HDD INSTALLATION

Josy Cooper – Waipa Civil Ltd

INCREASING FLOOD RESILIENCE

ACROSS AOTEAROA PROJECT

– HOW TO GET INVOLVED/

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT

Dr Graeme Smart & 

Paula Blackett – NIWA

Associate Professor Silvia SerraoNeumann & Professor Iain White -

University of Waikato

Liam Foster – WSP

Jon Rix – Tonkin + Taylor

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR

MANAGING GROUNDWATER IN PEAT

Jesse Peeters – Auckland Council &

Rodolfo Piccolotto Domenico – GHD

12.00pm

MACROPLASTICS TO

MICROPLASTICS; FINE TUNING

THE TREATMENT TRAIN APPROACH

TO ADDRESS A CONTAMINANT OF EMERGING CONCERN

Linda Norman – ACH Consulting Ltd

CLIMATE-DRIVEN IMPACTS ON

FLUVIAL INUNDATION HAZARDS IN COASTAL KAIAUA

Jonathan Chambers – Harrison Grierson

THE EVOLUTION AND LESSONS

LEARNED OF A 20-YEAR

STORMWATER MONITORING

PROGRAM IN KITCHENER, CANADA

David Arseneau - GHD

12.30pm

LUNCH [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

MODELLING

[VENUE: THEATRE]

[SESSION CHAIR: THOMAS NIKKEL]

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

[VENUE: SUITE 1 & 2]

[SESSION CHAIR: DARREN TIDDY]

INTEGRATED DESIGN

[VENUE: SUITE 3]

[SESSION CHAIR: EMILY AFOA]

WORKSHOP STREAM

[VENUE: SUITE 4]

1.30pm

FWMT ADVANCES IN WATER

QUALITY MANAGEMENT: FUTURE & OPTIMISED SCENARIO MODELLING Hana Judd – Morphum Environmental

CREATING A TOOL TO OPTIMISE

WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

AND SMARTER INFRASTRUCTURE

INVESTMENT

Sally Be – Auckland Council

GREEN TRACKING OF LIGHT RAIL:

ACHIEVING ECOLOGICAL NET-GAIN MOBILITY

Ed Clayton – University of Auckland

FISH PASSAGE

Mark Groves – WSP

2.00pm

2.30pm

WAIMAKARIRI DISTRICT WIDE STORMWATER MODELLING

Greg Whyte – DHI Water & Environment

CASE STUDY - URBAN

STORMWATER MODELLING

APPROACHES IN NZ AND THE UK

Michael Arthur – Metis Consultants Ltd

TACKLING STREAMBANK EROSION

IN AUCKLAND - YOU CAN’T

MANAGE WHAT YOU DON’T MEASURE

Hannah Brightley – Healthy Waters, Auckland Council

THE INFLUENCE OF GROUNDWATER

CONDITIONS ON NUTRIENT DYNAMICS IN WATERWAYS

Fabio Cabral Silveira – Canterbury

University

STORMWATER TREATMENT:

MAINTENANCE-LED DESIGN - PUTTING THE RIGHT DEVICE IN THE RIGHT PLACE

Cathy Bebelman – Auckland Transport

TE PAPA THREE WATERS

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING

Alex Fullerton - Beca

3.00pm

AFTERNOON TEA [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

WATER QUALITY – TREATMENT

[VENUE: THEATRE]

[SESSION CHAIR: DAVID BATTENSHAW]

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

[VENUE: SUITE 1 & 2]

[SESSION CHAIR: GRETEL SILYN ROBERTS]

TRAINING & GUIDELINES

[VENUE: SUITE 3]

[SESSION CHAIR: EMILY AFOA]

CASE STUDIES

[VENUE: SUITE 4]

[SESSION CHAIR: DARREN TIDDY]

3.30pm

PERFORMANCE OF HIGH FLOW RATE BIOFILTRATION SYSTEM

Kevin Jonathan – Stormwater360,

Forrest Bilek – Canterbury University

& Linda Shamrock – Pattle Delamore Partners

CREATING DETAILED DEMS

OF DEPTH USING ‘OPTICAL

BATHYMETRY’ SURVEY

TECHNIQUES

Matthew Gardner – Land River Sea

Consulting Ltd

HOW TO MEASURE AND MONETISE

THE OUTCOMES OF YOUR

ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING: A

PORTAL INTO THE WORLD OF

SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT AND

BROADER OUTCOMES

Clare Feeney – Environmental

Communications Ltd

STORMWATER POLLUTION

RISK MITIGATION IN A HIGHLY

INDUSTRIALISED CATCHMENT – LOWES PIT CASE STUDY

Wageed Kamish – Tonkin + Taylor

WATER QUALITY – TREATMENT

[VENUE: THEATRE]

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

[VENUE: SUITE 1 & 2]

[SESSION CHAIR: GRETEL SILYN ROBERTS]

TRAINING & GUIDELINES

[VENUE: SUITE 3]

[SESSION CHAIR: EMILY AFOA]

CASE STUDIES

[VENUE: SUITE 4]

[SESSION CHAIR: DARREN TIDDY]

4:00pm

APPLICATION OF RADIO-FREQUENCY

IDENTIFICATION (RFID) SENSORS

FOR SEWER AND STORMWATER NETWORKS MONITORING

Sundra Tatiparthi – University of

Auckland

TECHNICAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

FOR STORMWATER SOAKAGE AND

GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN THE AUCKLAND REGION

Amir Montakhab – Auckland Council

THE JOURNEY OF INTEGRATED

CATCHMENT PLANNING IN

WHANGĀREI

Damian Young – Zealandia Consulting &

Shelley Wharton – Whangarei District Council

4.30pm –

5.00pm

STORMWATER GROUP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING [VENUE: THEATRE]

7.00pm –

11:00pm

STANTEC CONFERENCE DINNER

8.30am

REGISTRATION OPENS

9.00am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: HON NANAIA MAHUTA, MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT [VENUE: THEATRE]

9.30am

CLOSING SPEECH WATER NEW ZEALAND [VENUE: THEATRE]

10.00am

MORNING TEA [VENUE: EXHIBITION AREA]

10.30am –

  2.00pm

SITE VISITS

Site Visit One – Success Stories/Case Studies – Waterways

Site Visit Two – Stormwater Management – Design Approach Innovation & Technology Site Visit Three – Naturalising Te Ao Māori values