| DAY 1 - Tuesday 21 October | |
| 0830 | TSF Operation and Surveillance Training |
| 1530 | TSF Training Tour |
| 1700 | Debrief and refreshments |
| 1730 | Registration closes |
| DAY 2 - Wednesday 22 October | |
| 0730 | Registration opens |
| 0830 | Tailings Forum Welcome |
| 0845 | Tailings Forum presentations |
| 1730 | Tailings Forum concludes |
| 1800 | Registration closes |
| 1830 | Forum Dinner |
| DAY 3 - Thursday 23 October | |
| 0730 | Registration opens |
| 0830 | Tailings Forum site tour commence |
| 1400 | Site visit concludes, return to Townsville |
| 1630 | Arrive in Townsville (airport drop off) |
*Please note that this program is a preliminary outline and is subject to change. We recommend allowing extra time for potential flight delays when making your travel arrangements for the forum.
Preliminary Program
| DAY 1 - Monday 16 June | |||
| 10.00 | 11.00 | Pre-forum giraffe feeding (optional) (Bus from town will be organised) |
Taronga Western Plains Zoo |
| 11.00 | Bus pick up in town | BLUEGUMS / QUEST | |
| 11.10 | 11.40 | Registration | Taronga Western Plains Zoo |
| 11.40 | 11.55 | Welcome to the Dam Operators Forum | Geoff Watson & Yvette Collins |
| 11.55 | 12.05 | Welcome to Country | |
| 12.05 | 12.15 | Icebreaker Activity | Geoff Watson & Yvette Collins |
| 12.15 | 12.25 | Platinum Sponsor | |
| 12.25 | 13.25 | Lunch | |
| EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT | CHAIR: GEOFF WATSON |
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| 13.25 | 13.37 | DAMIEN BRYAN I Water NSW Dam Safety Emergency Management Specialist Practical Dam Safety Exercises - Operator Focus |
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| 13.39 | 13.51 | INGER SHIMELL I Dams Safety NSW Senior Dams Safety Regulation Officer - Education Are you emergency prepared? |
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| 13.53 | 14.05 | GRACE KENNEDY I Acmena Group Principal Consultant Human Factors in Dam Safety Emergencies |
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| 14.05 | 14.15 | Group Q&A | |
| 14.15 | 14.55 | GROUP ACTIVITY: ROUNDTABLE BRAINSTORMING | |
| 14.55 | 15.10 | Scenario wrap-up | |
| 15.10 | 15.40 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15.40 | 16.25 | Keynote Speaker DAVID WRIGHT Director Lake and Dam National Capital Authority |
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| DAM SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT | CHAIR: HETAL PARMAR |
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| 16.27 | 16.39 | NICHOLAS OSTROVSKY I Water NSW Dam Engineering Risk Specialist Old dams, new tricks: A modern risk-based approach to dam safety for aging dams in the Town Water Risk Reduction Program. |
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| 16.41 | 16.53 | LIAM TURNER I WaterNSW Asset Investigations Engineer Mechanical Radial Gate Hoist Assessments |
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| 16.53 | 17.03 | Group Q&A | |
| 17.10 | 19.10 | Networking Drinks | |
| 19.15 | 19.30 | Bus into town | |
| DAY 2 - Tuesday 17 June | |||
| 8.10 | Bus pick up from town | BLUEGUMS / QUEST | |
| 8.30 | 8.35 | Welcome to day two | GEOFF WATSON |
| 8.35 | 8.45 | Platinum Sponsor | |
| 8.45 | 9.30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER TOM BUGDEN Dam Safety and Assets Engineer, Dam Safety, Cooma |
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| INNOVATIONS IN MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE | CHAIR: YVETTE COLLINS |
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| 9.32 | 9.44 | SAM WEATHERITT I Lombardi Engineering Australia Senior Civil/dams Engineer A modern approach to dam surveillance and monitoring using an integrated interpretation platform |
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| 9.46 | 9.58 | HUON WILSON I IntelliSpatial Monitoring Lead Monitoring - An Integrated Approach |
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| 10.00 | 10.12 | RAZIB RAHMAN I WaterNSW Asset Investigation - Project Manager Advancing Tunnel Inspections with ROV Technology: Lessons from the Upper Nepean Scheme |
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| 10.12 | 10.24 | Group Q&A | |
| 10.25 | 10.55 | Morning Refreshments | |
| 10.55 | 11.40 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER MICHELLE YEAMAN General Manager Regional Operations North Operations |
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| OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT | CHAIR: JOANNA LINEHAN |
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| 11.42 | 11.54 | MARK QUODLING I WaterNSW Asset Investigations Manager Asset Planning - Project Strategic Assessment |
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| 11.56 | 12.08 | TEGAN ABBOTT I Murray Darling Basin Authority River Operator For The River Murray Adaptive Management of the River Murray System: The Annual Operating Outlook (AOO) |
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| 12.10 | 12.22 | MATHEW GARDNER I Goulburn-Murray Water Senior Storage Officer Bringing our aging infrastructure up to current OH&S standards |
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| 12.22 | 12.34 | Group Q&A | |
| 12.35 | 13.35 | Lunch | |
| 13.35 | 14.15 | GROUP ACTIVITY: WICKED PROBLEMS | |
| 14.15 | 14.25 | Scenario wrap-up | |
| 14.27 | 14.57 | JUSTIN CAIRNS Renewable Energy – Program Director Burrendong Dam – Pumped Hydro |
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| ENGINEERS AND OPERATORS – SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE | CHAIR: YVETTE COLLINS |
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| 14.59 | 15.11 | MATTHEW FOWLER I Seqwater Southern Dam Operations Supervisor Competency management and succession planning |
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| 15.13 | 15.25 | ADRIAN PEARSE I Goulburn-Murray Water Senior Storage Officer Operations and operational risk management - Operators and Engineers working towards a common-sense solution. |
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| 15.25 | 15.30 | Q&A | |
| 15.30 | 16.00 | Afternoon Refreshments | |
| 16.00 | 16.40 | GROUP ACTIVITY: LOCAL ISSUES | |
| 16.40 | 16.55 | Scenario wrap-up | |
| 16.55 | 17.05 | Preparing for Burrendong Dam Site Visit | Joanna Linehan |
| 17.05 | 17.15 | Forum Wrap-up | |
| 17.20 | 17.30 | Bus into town | |
| 18.20 | 18.30 | Bus transfer from town to the Forum Dinner | |
| 18.30 | 22.30 | Forum Dinner Devils Hollow Brewery 3-course seated |
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| DAY 3 - Wednesday 18 June | |||
| 07.45 | Bus Pick up from town | BLUEGUMS / QUEST | |
| 09.15 | Arrive at Burrendong Dam | ||
| 09.15 | 09.35 | Induction and morning tea | Joanna Linehan |
| 9.40 | 10.55 | Site Visit: Part A | Joanna Linehan |
| 10.55 | 11.10 | Tour swap | |
| 11.10 | 12.25 | Site Visit: Part B | Rod Wilson |
| 12.40 | 13.20 | BBQ lunch | |
| 13.30 | Bus departs Burrendong Dam | ||
| 14.55 | Bus arrives at Dubbo Airport | ||
| 15.15 | Bus arrives in town | ||
