The Modelling Group is involved in various events, such as regional meetings and conferences throughout the year.
Regional Meetings
The Modelling Group holds a number of regional events throughout the country each year. View the Water New Zealand events page to find the latest Modelling event in your region.
Past presentations from the regional meetings can be found here.
If you have any feedback or suggestions for regional meetings, please contact the Modelling Group Liaison.
Modelling Symposium
The Modelling Symposium is held each year in March. Visit the Events Calendar to see when the next Symposium is scheduled for.
The most recent symposium was held in Auckland 2020. A copy of the programme is available here and copies of the presentations are available below:
Day One - Wednesday 11 March
Flow/Flood Forecasting, NIWA
The Future of 2D Hydraulic Modelling, Bill Syme - BMT Global
Bridging the gap between Modellers and Decision Makers, Fatima Bashier - DHI
HEC-RAS Modelling, Courtenay Giles - WSP
Three-Way coupled stormwater model, Girija Mulay - Stantec
Development of city-wide drainage model to assess system performance, Bertrand Salmi - Water Technology
Modelling in infrastructure investment for Sulpher Beach, Hansol Lee & Jackie Zhou - Auckland Council
Making Models work, Brendon Schicker - WSP
Day Two - Thursday 12 March
Banyule Swamp, may neighbour, will you give me a glass of water?, Bertrand Salmi - Water Technology
Complexity in modelling, Ben Davies - Stantec
The use of Dynamic Freeboard, Kristen Stokes - Jacobs
Use of detailed flood models for options analysis, Ivan Kholodov - Wellington Water
Runoff estimation for an ungauged catchment - the Piha flood hazard modelling, Kevin Fan - Auckland Council
Modelling long-term volume retention in a reuse rainwater tank, Jahangir Islam - AECOM New Zealand
Development and assessment of a reservoir sediment management routine for the soil and Water Assessment tool, Jayandra Shrestha - Canterbury University
Detailed 2D modelling for Puhoi, Jorge Astudillo & Link Zhao - Ewaters New Zealand