Wed 18 Feb - Plenary Speaker 1 - Phil Mitchell

Paper: Flood Risk Management - The New Zealand Perspective
Presentation: Flood Risk Management - The New Zealand Perspective



Wed 18 Feb - Plenary Speaker 2 - Dick de Bruin

Paper: Integrated Flood Management: Bridging the States
Presentation: Integrated Flood Management: Bridging the States



Thurs 19 Feb - Plenary Speaker 1 - Rob Vertessy

Presentation: Measuring up to Manage Water Better



Thurs 19 Feb - Plenary Speaker 2 - Paul Osman

Presentation: USA Flooding in 2008: What a X&%$#@%! Year!



Technical Sessions



Session 1 - Risk Management (NSW)

Neil Benning
Paper: Floodplain Risk Management in Corowa Shire: The Extreme Floods are the Question
Richard Dewar
Paper: How Difficult is it to Predict the Time and Peak of Flood Levels on a Major River System?
Drew Bewsher
Paper: Flood Risk Mapping - What, Why, How?



Session 2 - Climate Change

Rohan Potter
Paper: Geospatial Data Supporting the Climate Change Agenda: A series of case studies from Australia &
New Zealand utilising the latest geospatial technologies

Andrew Gissing
Paper: NSW Tsunami Risk - An Overview of the NSW Risk Assessment Scoping Study
Tony Ladson
Paper: Recent Developments in Climate Science: Implications for Flood Guidelines



Session 3 - Mitigation

John Ellwood
Paper: The South Albury Flood Mitigation Strategy 15 years on.
Mark Babister
Paper: Now where was that levee?
Harry Mansson
Paper: Geodesign Temporary Flood Barriers - Applications in Recent Projects: Charleville, Qld. 2008, Vietnam, etc.



Session 4 - Environmental Management

Glenn Mounser
Paper: Rural Floodplain Management in NSW - Protecting the Environment
Peter Curtis
Paper: The Forgotten Planning
Andrew Falkenmire
Paper: Gingham Wetlands Floodplain Planning - focus on wetlands and the environment.
Geoff Earl
Paper: Managing Out-of-Bank Environmental Flows: The Issues and Conflicts



Session 5 - Risk Management (Cross Border)

Warwick Bishop
Paper: Port Fairy Regional Flood Study - Dealing with Risk in a Coastal Floodplain
Sue Sheldrick
Paper: FloodSmart, bringing the community in under the PPRR flood umbrella
Cameron Druery
Paper: Flood Forecasting - From Rainfall to Emergency Response
Lih Chong & Nilmini de Silva
Paper: When Mainstream and Overland Floodplains Overlap: the Challenges of Managing Flood Information in
Fairfield City



Session 6 - Planning (Victoria)

Nick Ronan
Paper: Future Flood Resilience - Victoria's Next Strategy
Paul Gabriel
Paper: Developing a flood management planning framework for Victoria
Steve Muncaster
Paper: Sharing a floodplain - Murray River Regional Flood Study
Steve Molino
Paper: Unifying Flood Information - The Victorian Flood Web Portal



Session 7 - Planning (Cross Border)

Drew Bewsher
Paper: Land-Use Planning For Floodplains In NSW - It's Time To Change The FRM Process
Lucinda Coates
Paper: Shelter-in-place v. Evacuation in Flash Flood Environments
Amy Smith
Paper: Flood Risk To People - Towards a framework for incorporating life safety risk in Australian floodplain management
Paul Osman & Ian Dinham
Paper: A Tale of Two Graftons



Session 8 - Unified Approach

Duncan McLuckie
Paper: Aims, Objectives and Guidelines for Managing Flood Risk in Australia
Michael Edwards / Duncan McLuckie
Paper: Comparison of Floodplain Management Principles and Practices in NSW and Victoria
Stephen Frost
Paper: The Future Floodplain Risk Manager: A Portrait
Tony Ladson
Paper: On the Floodplain Manager Skills Shortage

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