Simone Wilkie – DEECA
The Process of Policy Making Policy context, science in policy and policy development and evolution
Ray Ahmat – Parks Victoria
Lunch on Country – Aboriginal Heritage Identification and Communication
Terry McCormack
Professor Nick Bond
Professor Nick Bond is the Director of the Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems and Research Theme Lead for Resilient Environments and Communities, at La Trobe University. Nick has over 20 years’ experience working on river and catchment management, with a focus on Australia’s water-stressed regions. He has strong connections across the water sector and currently sits […]
Keynote Testimonial : Sonia Cooper & Mitch Jones
Keynote Address: Water County, Law and Knowledges Sonia Cooper Sonia Cooper, a proud Yorta Yorta woman, was raised by her grandmother on Cummeragunja, NSW. Deeply connected to her culture, Sonia lives and works on Country, dedicating her career to a rights-based approach and the intersection of various protections but extends that knowledge to bring others […]
Professor Andrew Boulton
Tying it All Together Andrew has researched river and groundwater ecology for over 25 years, with particular interests in invertebrate ecology, river/groundwater health assessment, temporary streams and effects of drought and environmental flow allocations. He has lectured in several universities in Australia and the US and carried out ecological research on diverse rivers in France, New […]
Dr Jane Roots
Jane has been working in catchment management and river restoration In Australia since 1995. She worked for the Murray-Darling Basin Commission in Canberra for seven years where she was Manager of the Lake Victoria Project and later, Executive Officer of the Community Advisory Committee of the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council. In 2002 Jane work for […]
Dr Ewen Silvester
Dr Ewen Silvester: Associate Professor in the Centre for Freshwater Ecosystems (CFE) based at the Albury-Wodonga Campus of La Trobe University. Ewen’s research interests are in understanding biogeochemical processes in rivers and wetlands, particularly the patterns and responses of these systems to seasonal changes and climatic events. He has broad interests in the development and application […]
Ben Tate
Go with the Flow (Hydrology / Hydraulics) Ben is Water Technology’s National Practice Lead of Flooding. Ben has many years of experience in urban and rural floodplain management, working to protect the natural values of our rivers and floodplains and help flood prone communities to live safely on the floodplain. Ben often helps VICSES to […]