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Conference Program

TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER, 2005

5.30 pm - 7.00 pm Welcome Reception - Drinks and Nibbles
Sponsored by Alldos Oceania

WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER, 2005

8.00 am Registration Desk and Trade Exhibits Open
9.30 am Conference Opening -
Welcome:
Mr Gordon McKern - Chairman - Coliban Water
To Be Advised

WIOA Goes National: Mr George Wall - Executive Officer - WIOA
Trade Display Opening: Mr Ron Bergmeier - Trade Co-ordinator - WIOA
9.35 am Opening Address by: Mr Barry Norman - Managing Director - Earth Tech Asia Pacific
9.55 am Keynote Address by: Mr Dave Neru - Opus International Consultants NZ, Mr Les Collins - LCS NZ - Operational Experiences in Aceh Province
10.15 am WIOA Goes National: Mr George Wall - Executive Officer - WIOA
10.35 am Trade Exhibition Opening: Mr Ron Bergmeier - Trade and Sponsorship Coordinator - WIOA
10.40 am Trade Exhibition Viewing, Competition & Morning Tea
11.30 am

Technical Paper Session 1:
1. Ms Anna Kelliher - "Reclaimed Water Irrigation - A Risk Based Approach to Management"
2. Mr Jeff Nock - "Chlorination at Aqwest - An Operational Success"
3. Ms Suzie Hatch & Colum Kearney - "Nitrogen Removal Using Tertiary Filtration" - (Best Paper NSW 2004)

12.30 pm Lunch
1.15 pm Technical Paper Session 2:
1. Mr Darren Key - "Composting Biosolids"
2. Ms Peta Maddy - "Pump Efficiency Monitoring and Management at Melbourne Water"
3. Mr Stephen Bluett - "Reline & Rehabilitation of Service Pipelines"
2.15 pm Afternoon Tea, View Trade Exhibition and Competition
3.40 pm Technical Paper Session 3:
1. Mr Jason Whittaker - "A New Information System for Operational & Laboratory Data"
2. Mr John Hooper - "On-Site Generation of Sodium Hypochlorite: Basic Operating Principles and Design Considerations"
3. Mr Adam Glasson - "Goulburn Valley Water's Field Staff Training Strategy"
4. Mr Peter Gebbie - "A Dummy's Guide to Coagulants"
5.00 pm End Paper Session - Day 1
6.30 pm Pre dinner savouries and drinks - Sponsored by Iwaki Pumps
7.30 pm

"Meet the Trade" Dinner - Sponsored by Peerless Industrial
** Presentation of Kwatye Prize (inaugural) - Sponsored by Environmental & Process Technologies
Trade Dinner Refreshments - Sponsored by KSB Ajax Pumps
Entertainment by Elliot Goblett - - Sponsored by G-Tech

10.30 pm End Day One

THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 2005

8.30 am Registration Desk Opens
9.00 am Inspection of Open Poster Papers (Authors requested to be present)
9.30 am Technical Paper Session 4:
1. Mr Sean Wise - "Melbourne Water's Eastern Treatment Plant - The HACCP Journey"
2. Mr Neil Dennis - "Hazardous Areas for Water & Wastewater Treatment Plants"
3. Ms Sue Lefebvre - "Pigging the Lobethal Rising Main" - (Best Paper SA 2005)
4. Mr Tony Sennitt - "Emissions and Economics of Biogas and Power"
10.50 am Trade Display Inspections, Competition plus Morning Tea
including demonstrations of equipment / products
12.15 pm Lunch
1.00 pm Judge "Operator Poster Papers" for Water Industry Training Centre Prizes in Poster Paper Area
1.45 pm Technical Paper Session 5:
1. Mr Mark Jarvis - "Filter Optimisation at Victoria's largest Water Treatment Plant"
2. Mr Chris Speight - "ADWG Compliance in Regional Victoria"
3. Mr Craig Newton - "Air Scouring - Planning and Execution"
2.45 pm Presentation of Certificates in Water Industry Operations
3.15 pm Afternoon Tea
3.50 pm Technical Paper Session 6:
1. Mr Tony Davies - "Operation of an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor (UASB)"
2. Mr Jarrah Feather - "Sewer Pump Station Fall Prevention System"
3. Mr Adrian Harper - "Odour Control Strategies on the Regional Outfall Sewer"
5.00 pm Close of Paper Sessions
6.30 pm

Pre Dinner Savouries and Drinks - Sponsored by IDEXX Laboratories
Announcement of all trade competition winners in meals area

7.30 pm

Conference Dinner - Sponsored by ITT Flygt
** Presentation of Hepburn Prize for "Best Paper Overall"
** Presentation of Actizyme Prize for "Best paper by WIOA Member"
** Presentation of WITC Prize for "Best Operator Poster Paper"
** Presentation of "Operator of the Year" as judged by AWA.
MC - Mr Gavin Wood - Sponsored by LV Rawlinson & Ass.
Conference Dinner Refreshments - Sponsored by Davey Products
After dinner port - Sponsored by Earth Tech

11.30 pm End of Conference

 

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