Agenda - Thursday 28 May 2015 TIME ITEM SPEAKER 8:30am Welcome/Introductions ANCOLD Executive Member 8:40am Legal Issues for Owners and Operators of Large Dams – Royal Commissions and Class Actions Justin McDonnell Partner, King & Wood Mallesons 9:20am The Weather and Large Dams – including recent experiences from Cyclone Oswald and Cyclone Marcia Rob Webb Regional Director, Bureau of Meteorology Queensland 10:00am 10:30am MORNING TEA Emergency Services and Large Dams – including recent experiences from Cyclone Oswald and Cyclone Marcia Wayne Hepple Director, Queensland State Disaster Coordination Centre 11:10am Aiming for dam upgrade cost savings by better quantifying dam failure flood risks Dr Rory Nathan Technical Director, Jacobs SKM Michel Raymond Senior Engineer, Seqwater 11:50am Decommissioning Large Dams - Issues and Case Studies Bill Steen Principal Engineer, Department of Energy and Water Supply Mick Drews Principal, Asset Capability, Seqwater 12:20pm 1:20pm LUNCH Competency Based Training for Dam Operators in managing emergencies and undertaking routine dam safety activities Reducing Dam Surveillance costs and still meeting ANCOLD Guidelines Tusitha Karunaratne O&M Coordinator, Goulburn-Murray Water David Wightman Hydro Tasmania 2:15pm Dam Surveillance Instrumentation – Why do we have to have it and how should we use it? Hinze Dam Case Study Chris Dann Senior Principal, URS Australia 2:55pm AFTERNOON TEA 3:25pm Sustainable Recreation at Dams and communicating with stakeholders 1:35pm Donna Gregory Acting General Manger, Seqwater Liz Kearins Corporate and Community Relations Manager, Seqwater 4:00pm Developing maintenance programs for dams by considering risk and asset condition Rob Keogh Manager, Service Delivery, SunWater 4:40pm Closing remarks ANCOLD Executive Member 4:45pm Question Time and Forum Feedback ANCOLD Executive Member 5:00pm CLOSE