[Aqualist] FW: Request for Assistance in Promoting the 2010 Urban Salinity Conference

[Leah.Moore]

Hello all - this meeting in early June will bring together a really interesting bunch of practitioners who are focussing on managing dryland salinity in urban and peri-urban areas. A lot of the work has its roots in Quaternary studies elsewhere in NSW and Australia. We hope you can come along.
 
Associate Professor Leah Moore
University of Canberra
 

2010 UrbanSalt Conference - Dealing with Salinity in Urban Environments

8th and 9th June, 2010

The Sebel Hotel, Parramatta, NSW

 

 

Conference Registration Available at www.gemsevents.com.au/urbansalt

 

Early Bird Registration will end on Friday, 30th April

 

 

The 2010 UrbanSalt Conference "Dealing with Salinity in Urban Environments" will take place at The Sebel Parramatta, NSW on the 8th and 9th June, 2010.  This conference follows on from the extremely successful previous UrbanSalt Conferences held in 2005 and 2007.

 

The conference will provide an opportunity to learn from the experts in urban salinity from around Australia.  The conference will be attended by key decision makers from local government, state and federal government agencies, representatives of catchment management authorities, environmental scientists, geotechnical officers, landscape architects, builders and developers, engineers, damp proofing contractors and building repairers. 

 

Conference registration is now available online at:  www.gemsevents.com.au/urbansalt <http://www.gemsevents.com.au/urbansalt> 

 

Presentations at the 2010 UrbanSalt Conference will include:

 

Keynote Presentation

Dr John Williams, Commissioner, Natural Resources Commission 

 

Furthering the Knowledge on Urban Salinity Management 

Allan Nicholson, Principal Salinity Officer - Statewide Programs, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water 

 

Mapping Hydro-Geologic Landscapes in Flat Lying Sydney Basin Sediments 

Dr Leah Moore, Associate Professor - Earth Sciences, University of Canberra 

 

Modelling Concepts in Urban Areas 

Mark Littleboy, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water

 

Concrete Pipe in Tidal and Saline Ground Conditions 

David Millar, Executive Director, Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia 

 

Application of Requirements - BCA and DCP 

Julie Rudnicka, Senior Building Codes Officer, NSW Department of Planning (invited) 

 

Building Standards and Urban Salinity 

Eric Lume, Engineer - Technical Services, Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia

 

Effluent Reuse and Assessments 

Dr Andrew Krause, Principal Environmental Engineer, EnviroAg Australia Pty Limited 

 

Salt - Pinpointing the Problem 

Catherine Hird, Director, Agsol Pty Ltd and Ian Foreman, Senior Consultant - Environmental Services, GHD Dubbo 

 

Biofiltration Media - Experiences in Saline Environments in Western Sydney 

Geoff Hunter, Environmental Engineer, J Wyndham Prince

 

Salt Attack and Rising Damp - The Problem of Salinity in Existing Buildings 

David Young, Heritage Consultant

 

Salinity Management in Dubbo 

Debbie Archer, Sustainability Coordinator, Dubbo City Council

 

Urban Salinity Investigations and Management in Forbes 

Andrew Glasson, Catchment Officer - Water Management, Lachlan Catchment Management Authority 

 

Urban Salinity: Reading the Soils and the Landscape 

Greg Chapman, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (invited)

 

The Use of Chrystallisation Inhibitors to Minimise and ultimately Control Salinity-induced Deterioration of In-situ Masonary Eoin O'Keeffe, Salinity Consultant, International Specialised Skills Institute

 

Durability of Fired Clay Products 

Phil Morey, Research and Development Manager, Austral Bricks 

 

Groundwater Salinity Issues and Management Options for the Pakenham Area 

Tim Anderson, Senior Hydrogeologist, GHD 

 

Durability Design of Concrete Infrastructures 

Dr Vute Sirivivatnanon, Research Manager, Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia

 

Urban Design Implications for Urban Salinity Management - Case Study of Wagga Wagga Council 

Dr Andrew Krause, Principal Environmental Engineer, EnviroAg Australia Pty Limited 

 

What do the Numbers mean? 

Dr Pam Hazelton, Senior Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney 

 

Reviewing Salinity Investigation Reports 

Mitch Perry, Environmental Health Officer, Camden Council

 

Climate Change and Soil Science 

Dr Andrew Rawson, Climate Change Science, Scientific Services Division, NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water

 

Need more information?

 

If you have any questions about participating in the 2010 UrbanSalt Conference, please call either Julie McGraw or Sarah Donnelley at GEMS Event Management on ( 61 02 9744 5252 ) or email jmcgraw at gemspl.com.au

 

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2010 UrbanSalt Conference. 

 

Yours sincerely
Julie McGraw

Conference Manager - 2010 UrbanSalt Conference

www.gemsevents.com.au/urbansalt