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PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER

9:30 - 4:30

Field Trip – 3 or 4 stops focused on Nelson/Tasman flooding/rivers

17:30 - 19:00

Welcome Function

19:00 Onwards

Free night for dinner in Nelson

THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER

8:00 - 9:00

REGISTRATION 

8:30 - 9:00

CONFERENCE OPENING

9:30 - 10:30

Prof. Ian Rutherfurd University of Melbourne 

10:30 - 11:00

MORNING TEA 

10:30 - 12:30

Chris Dolley Hawkes Bay, Murry Cave Tairawhiti, Toby Kay Nelson What have we learnt from recent events?

12:30 - 13:30

LUNCH 

1:30 - 15:30

Open Presentation Session

15:30 - 17:30

POSTER SESSION

18:15

Bus departs Rutherford Hotel for dinner

18:30

Conference Dinner at the Granary, Founders Park 

FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER

9:00 - 10:00

KEYNOTE SPEAKER 

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10:00 - 10:30

MORNING TEA 

10:30 - 12:30

Alex Cartwright Emergency Management, Emily Lane (NIWA) How do we make our communities resilient?

12:30 - 13:30

LUNCH

13:15 - 14:00

AGM

14:00 - 16:00

Panel Discussion - What's next for urban rivers? 

16:00 - 16:30

CONFERENCE CLOSING 

Conference Registrations are open

KEY DATES

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Call for abstract & special session
topics close: 31 March
Abstracts open: 2 May
Registrations open: 12 May
Abstracts close: 2 Aug
Author notification: 10 September
Draft programme released: 30 September
Earlybird ends: 10 October
Conference: 1– 4 December

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

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Issie Barrett (Chair) - Waterways Centre

Chris Meijer - Environment Canterbury

Lauren Hitt - University of Canterbury

St John-Ives, Georgina - ChCh City Council

Katie Noakes - ChCh City Council

Angue Webb - AFSS President

Helen Warburton - University of Canterbury

Duncan Law - Tonkin Taylor

Jenny Webster-Brown - Outgoing NZFSS President

Anthony Gillis - University of Canterbury

Jonathan Tonkin - University of Canterbury

Raymond Chang - BECA

Stuart Caird - BECA

Shannan Crow - NIWA

Jay Hepi - NIWA

Channell Thoms - Environment Canterbury

Naomi Heller - University of Canterbury

Ryan Burrows - University of Melbourne

Katie Kerr - ChCh City Council
Dr Charuni Jayasekara - University of Melbourne

Shelley Haring - OnCue Conferences

Lea Boodee - OnCue Conferences

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CONFERENCE CONTACT

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Shelley Haring & Lea Boodee, OnCue Conferences

shelley@on-cue.co.nz

03 928 0620 / 0211170916

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