Have you heard about the ANCOLD 2014 Environmental Workshop? 20 October The Environmental Workshop will draw 09:00 – 17:00 upon the recently released ‘Regulation and Practice for the Environmental Management of Dams in Australia’. This workshop seeks to raise awareness on a range of environmental issues that practitioners need to consider at the various stages of planning, constructing, operating and decommissioning. The workshop will include presentation from Stuart Macnish, the chair of the working group that developed the publication, Case studies from around Australia, including on fish passage and a panel discussion on the Guidelines.

Who should attend? This workshop will be relevant for environmental consultants, managers, owners, engineers, scientists and dam practitioners, no matter how long or how little time they have worked in the industry. For more information or to find out more about ANCOLD please visit ancoldconference.com.au/2014/ KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Stuart Macnish Principal Environmental Scientist Stuart has more than 45 years’ experience for several major dam projects including David Dreverman working with the environmental aspects Stage 3, , David Dreverman is the Executive of dams and other major infrastructure Cedar Grove Weir, Bromelton Off Stream Director, River Murray Murray-Darling projects since commencing with the Ord Storage and the Lake Manchester Flood River Dam in 1968. He has a background Capacity Upgrade. Prior to commencing Basin Authority. He provides strategic in natural resource assessment, soils, with he was the design manager direction and leadership for a large scale irrigation and environmental impact for the $70million Flood water management program and for an assessment, with specialist expertise in Capacity Upgrade. asset management program for dams fluvial geomorphology and an ability to and related assets within the basin. David integrate multidisciplinary scientific and Malcolm Hughes has expertise in managing a consulting technical inputs to achieve sustainable Malcolm Hughes joined the Sydney engineering organisation including both project outcomes. He has worked Catchment Authority in 2000 and corporate and project administration for a throughout much of Australia and South currently occupies the position of Senior range of power and water sector projects. East Asia on a wide range of water Manager Planning & Environment. He His role also includes commercial planning projects and has led three international has qualifications in natural resource and management, construction contract conferences on land management in the management and town planning. He has Tropics. Stuart was the Convenor of the been working in catchment management administration, development of systems to committee that produced the current since 1988. Malcolm was a member of support operation and maintenance and Guidelines. the Committee that produced these the civil design of dams, weirs, hydropower environmental Guidelines. stations and associated structures. Saint Rooks David has worked extensively in Australia, Saint Rooks coordinates environmental Fishway Speakers Indonesia, Malaysia, China, New Zealand impact assessment and mitigation advice Martin Mallen Cooper and Fiji. regarding dam construction and water Ivor Stuart allocation proposals for the Assessment Heath Robinson Graeme Hannan Committee for Dam Construction and Tim Marsden Graeme Hannan has 19 years of officers of the Department of Primary Steven Slarke experience in all aspects of water Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Andrew Berghuis resource management at Goulburn- in Tasmania. Saint also develops water Karl Pomorin Murray Water. This includes storage and management policies for Ministerial or river operations and modelling, water Departmental consideration and adoption, and project manages their implementation. policy and entitlement development and He is currently busily involved in the implementation, and natural resource development of a number of water policy Panel Members management. In his present role as reforms to progress the recently elected General Manager Catchment Services, Neil Blaikie Tasmanian Government’s strategic he is responsible for the provision of the directions and priorities. Saint received a Neil has 40 years national and wholesale water supply business including Bachelor of Science from the University international experience in the the management of G-MW’s dams, of Georgia and Graduate Diplomas in both management of major infrastructure water resources and natural resource Environmental Planning and Public Policy assets, predominantly in Hydro Electric management functions and coordination from the University of Tasmania. Saint power generation. Neil has held several of these activities with the Murray Darling resides with his family in Hobart Tasmania, senior engineering positions in Hydro Basin Authority. Prior to his appointment and can often be found enjoying one of Tasmania including Principal Civil Engineer, Tasmania’s beautiful bushwalks or playing at G-MW, he had 16 years’ experience as a Dam Safety Manager and Principal in a community band with his two sons. consulting engineer in the water sector in Engineer – Asset Management. Neil has Australia and overseas. Barton Maher contributed to ANCOLD though his roles Barton Maher Seqwater’s Principal for on the Executive, including as Chairman. Storage Planning responsible for the Neil was a co-author of ANCOLD’s development of the capital upgrade Guidelines on Dam Safety Management For more information program for the 26 referable dams and 50 and is a member of the ICOLD Operations, weirs owned by Seqwater. He has 12 years Maintenance and Rehabilitation Technical or to find out more about of dam design experience with the Dams Committee. Neil is a Fellow of the ANCOLD please visit & Civil Section of NSW Public Works and Institution of Engineers Australia, and over 8 years’ experience working within ancoldconference.com.au a member of the Tasmanian regulatory operations and planning for Seqwater. committee for the approval of dam works. He has been involved as the Seqwater project manager and technical reviewer