Pocket Program www.landscapeirrigation.com.au MAJOR SPONSOR HOSTED BY PARTNER ORGANISATIONS Conference & Exhibition Program Tuesday 18 June 7.30 AM – 9.00AM Networking Breakfast - Exhibition Hall 9.00AM – 9.05AM Acknowledgement of Country | Bryan Ward, CEO Irrigation Australia 9.05AM – 9.15AM Welcome and Introduction of Minister | Andrew Ogden, Chairman Irrigation Australia 9.15AM – 9.30AM Minister’s Address | The Hon Mark Furner MP, Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries 9.30AM – 9.35AM Irrigation Australia Welcome | Bryan Ward, CEO Irrigation Australia 9.35AM – 9.50AM Seqwater Presentation | Neil Brennan, CEO Seqwater 9.50AM – 10.30AM IRRIGATING A CHANGING WORLD: How Our Choices for Planning, Designing, Constructing and Maintaining Landscapes can Lead to a New and Sustainable Story Costa Georgiadis, Host of ABC Gardening Australia 10.30AM - 11.00AM Morning Tea - Exhibition Hall 11.00AM – 12.30PM CASE STUDIES (BLUE ROOM) WORKSHOPS (GREEN ROOM) CHAIRPERSON Carl Walters 11.00AM – 11.45AM Recycled Water Network Expansion Project Irrigation Australia Training & Certification KEVIN PAGE, CITY OF GOLD COAST GEOFF HARVEY, IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA This project will be rolled out in the next 2-3 Irrigation Australia’s training & certification grants you a point years and will target the cities greenspace for of difference in the marketplace. Attend this workshop to irrigation with high quality recycled water learn more about employment opportunities in the irrigation industry including certification. 11.00AM – 12.30PM CASE STUDIES (BLUE ROOM) WORKSHOPS (GREEN ROOM) CHAIRPERSON Carl Walters 11.45AM – 12.15PM Centralised control system and Irrigation Australia Waterwise Program smart irrigation project TRACY MARTIN, IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA JACK REA, SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL This workshop is to explain how the programs operate and This is a major irrigation project that involves enable councils to determine if they could be adapted for their capturing asset data, condition rating, irrigation regions mapping and trialling CCS systems 12.30PM – 1.30PM Lunch - Exhibition Hall 1.30PM – 3.00PM CASE STUDIES (BLUE ROOM) WORKSHOPS (GREEN ROOM) CHAIRPERSON Les Olivieri 1.30PM – 2.15PM Growing cool cities – The role of irrigated green 1.30PM – 2.30PM cover Seqwater – Working together to respond to MARK SIEBENTRITT, SEED CONSULTING drought in SEQ DIMITY LYNAS, TEAM LEADER – The cooling benefits of irrigated green space, WATER SECURITY PLANNING especially living turf, and how this should inform future This workshop will discuss a range of irrigation water efficiency decisions about how we cool, and grow, our cities programs as well as seek feedback from irrigators on a suite of actions to improve water efficiency in SEQ 2.15PM – 3.00PM The optimal approach for 2.30PM – 3.00PM sports field irrigation systems Irrigation Efficiency DR. PAUL LAMBLE, PEAK WATER CONSULTING GEOFF HARVEY, IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA Comparing the performance, lifetime costs of ownership This workshop discusses the advantages of attending the 2 and qualitative playing surface outcomes for both design day irrigation efficiency course by Irrigation Australia and construct and professionally designed irrigation systems PAGE 3 CONFERENCE PROGRAM TUESDAY 18TH 3.00PM – 3.30PM Afternoon Tea - Exhibition Hall 3.30PM – 5.00PM CASE STUDIES (BLUE ROOM) WORKSHOPS (GREEN ROOM) CHAIRPERSON Andres Jaramillo 3.30PM – 4.00PM The planning and the outcome of an irrigation Rainwater Harvesting project in a passive green space RICHARD MICHAEL SMIT, IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA DILENA, CITY OF GREATER GEELONG The workshop will discuss the approved rainwater harvesting A project designed to use captured and stored design guidelines, water quality research, permaculture, rain water off the roof of buildings, supplemented stormwater utilisation by a potable water supply, to do the irrigation 4.00PM – 4.30PM Shaping SEQ - An integrated approach of Dial Before You Dig - Know What’s Below planning and management ADRIAN WELLINGTON, DAMAGE PREVENTION CHRIS TANNER, WATER SENSITIVE CITIES & OFFICER, DIAL BEFORE YOU DIG UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND This Workshop will provide a concise understanding on the The implementation actions at one or more of the importance the service provides on safe excavation practices State Priority Development Areas in Queensland with a focus on how these achieve liveability 4.30PM – 5.00PM Landscape and sports turf CHAIRPERSON: Les Olivieri irrigation design efficiency CASE STUDY: Remote management of residential REX SULLINGS, AQUEDUCT CONSULTANCY and commercial customers saves water and grows Examines the outcomes of designing landscape your business and sports turf irrigation systems based on ANTHONY LONG, HYDRAWISE FOR HUNTER INDUSTRIES the time honored head to head principle Utilising tools like the Hunter Hydrawise software provides management opportunities, the ability to increase business and services offered to customers and massive water savings for clients 6.30PM – 9.30PM Dial Before You Dig Conference Networking Dinner - Rooms 5 & 6, Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre | Costa Georgiadis Presentation: Drip Feed and Solenoid Moments: My life until now in Controller Selections, Start Times, Run Times, Manual Overrides, Programs AND Seasonal Adjustment Wednesday 19 June 9.00AM – 10.00AM CASE STUDIES (BLUE ROOM) CASE STUDIES (GREEN ROOM) CHAIRPERSON Chris Delphin CHAIR: Bryan Ward 9.00AM – 10.00AM Value of irrigation assets 9.00AM – 9.30AM Smart urban irrigation project specifications for councils DAN MOSBAUER, CAIRNS REGIONAL COUNCIL SCOTT JOHNSTONE, HYDROPLAN This project involves conducting ground surveillance of 16 This case study will look at a range of councils in NSW, irrigated locations throughout Council. Providing data such as soil QLD & NT that have adopted a master ‘Irrigation Assets moisture, salinity and infiltration rates and allowing us to know Specification Manual’ and the value they derive from where irrigation is needed, the duration of watering required and having robust irrigation standards in their toolbox mitigating against nutrient leaching into the eco-system CHAIR: Bryan Ward 9.30AM – 10.00AM Water body management and water quality BEN WALSH, BIOREMEDY Presentation of three case studies about water quality of dams and theory of quality irrigation water 10.00AM – 10.30PM Manipulating hydraulic conductivity in order WORKSHOP: 10.00AM – 12.00PM (2 HOUR WORKSHOP) to improve soil health and structure for turf Quality irrigation solutions for local government, SUNDEEP BHATT, CHT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD industry & end users MODERATED BY PETER BRUECK Many turf growers and farmers are on the lookout for (Irrigation Australia Certified participants attending will new ideas to overcome difficulties that have frustrated receive one CPD point in addition to the point for the them for years. This session will discuss the innovations conference attendance) in chemistry that some farmers are using and many are now thinking about to help their business PAGE 5 CONFERENCE PROGRAM WEDNESDAY 19TH 10.30AM - 11.00AM Morning Tea - Exhibition Hall 11.00AM – 12.30PM CASE STUDIES (BLUE ROOM) CHAIRPERSON TBC WORKSHOP CONTINUES: 10.00AM – 12.00PM 11.00AM – 11.45AM Changing water demand (2 HOUR WORKSHOP) through Garden Tune Up’s Quality irrigation solutions for local government, JOEL SPRY, POWER WATER CORPORATION DARWIN industry & end users MODERATED BY PETER BRUECK The Darwin population uses more water than (Irrigation Australia Certified participants attending will can be captured and supplied in the long term. receive one CPD point in addition to the point for the With very high per capita water use, a growing conference attendance) population and unpredictable wet seasons consumption is becoming even less sustainable. CHAIRPERSON TBC CHAIR: Andrew Ogden 11.45AM – 12.30PM Data-based decisions for CASE STUDY: 12.00PM - 12.45PM irrigation management Value in irrigation monitoring and JOHN BUSSELL, SWAN SYSTEMS having an irrigation maintenance plan Combining accurate, local weather forecasts with BJORN BAKER, HYDROPLAN data that most operations are automatically collecting An irrigation system that is poorly maintained results in water daily can enable resource usage optimisation, being wasted and not reaching its intended use. With much of water savings, better yields, reduced operational Australia still in drought it has never been more important to costs, and sound environmental stewardship keep irrigation systems well maintained in order to minimize wastage and to improve plant health through uniform and efficient irrigation 12.30PM – 1.30PM Lunch - Exhibition Hall 1.30PM – 3.00PM CASE STUDIES (BLUE ROOM) CASE STUDIES (GREEN ROOM) CHAIRPERSON Bryan Ward CHAIR: Geoff Harvey 1.30PM – 2.15PM Big Leaf Wholesale Nursery KIERAN STUDDERS City of Parramatta environmental AND LEX MCMULLIN, NURSERY & GARDEN INDUSTRY sustainability strategy QUEENSLAND IAN HASSELMAN, CITY OF PARRAMATTA Big Leaf Wholesale Nurseries is located at North Arm We are trialling the use of new technologies such as in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, real-time metering and sensors through a LoRaWAN Australia, and is owned and operated by Greg & Jackie network. Parramatta is also then looking at the future Phillpott and Kieran Studders, who are backed by a including climatic and population changes and growth hard-working dynamic team of staff with many years of experience and a wealth of specialised knowledge CHAIRPERSON Andres Jaramillo CHAIR: Geoff Hall 2.15PM – 3.00PM Performance of