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Stormwater’10 – SIA National Conference

Creating a Storm: The Future of Stormwater in Australia

Call For Abstracts

The Conference Steering Committee of STORMWATER 2010 are now inviting all stormwater practitioners to submit an Abstract for Conference Papers, particularly those that highlight lessons earned and demonstrate the successful application of those lessons. Abstracts that focus on the process involved in undertaking the project rather than the outcomes of the project will be highly regarded.

Full details are contained in the Call for Abstracts document which can be downloaded by clicking here or alternatively can be downloaded from the official conference website at www.gemsevents.com.au/stormwater2010.

In 2010 we are seeking abstracts for both “Refereed” and “Non Refereed” papers. “Refereed” papers will be subject to rigorous scientific peer review under the supervision of a formal Conference Scientific Committee in accordance with the “Higher Education Research Data Collection Specifications for the Collection of 2010 Data”. This process has been put in place by the Conference Steering Committee to attract academic papers.

Authors not associated with a research institution may prefer to submit papers that are “Non Refereed”.

It is anticipated that refereed and non refereed paper sessions will be approximately 30 minutes in length with an additional 10 minutes allocated for questions.

Based on the 2010 Conference theme, conference paper abstracts are being sought in the following streams:

Supporting Better Urban Outcomes – Biodiversity and Amenity
Protecting our Urban Waterways – Water Quality and Managing Flow Impacts
Managing Open Spaces – Sustainable Stormwater Harvest
Building our Future – Policy. Planning and Knowledge
Institutional Capacity Building – Improving Governance of Stormwater

To download the full Call for Abstracts document, please visit the Call for Abstracts page on the conference website at www.gemsevents.com.au/stormwater2010

For further information about STORMWATER 2010 please contact Julie McGraw at GEMS Event Management at jmcgraw@gemspl.com.au or visit the conference website.

The 5th Annual Water Symposium – Legalwise Seminars

The 5th Annual Water Symposium is being held in Sydney, on 26th February, 2010. You’ll learn about recent policy, regulatory and legislative changes in the water industry to assist with managing your investment and playing your part in working toward a sustainable future for water in Australia.

Hear from an eminent panel of water industry experts, to assist you in reducing your risks and optimising your opportunity to grow with the industry. Their extensive experience will be evident throughout this interactive program. Speakers include:

James Horne, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Professor Mike Young, Member, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
Michael Bullen, Chief Executive, Sydney Catchment Authority
Chris Davis, Sustainability Business Development Manager, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Full details are available at the program website.

2nd European Conference on Microfluidics (μFlu’10)

8-10 December 2010
Toulouse, France

For details about this event, please visit the conference website. It will provide you with the latest conference information as it becomes available.

AIM AND SCOPE
The aim of this conference is to strengthen the links inside the European scientific community in this young discipline and to promote exchanges between European Universities and Industrial Companies engaged in this field. Microfluidics finds applications in every industrial sector, as well as in numerous media covered fields like biology, medicine, chemical and process engineering, transports, environmental sciences, microelectronics and so on. The aim of this Conference is to promote and foster European cooperation in the field of Microfluidics by bringing together scientists and engineers working in this strongly multi-disciplinary area. The Conference invites submission of abstracts describing original works on the listed topics. The papers have to contain information on research rationale, methodology, results and major conclusions. Applied papers from Industries engaged in Microfluidics especially addressed to draw strong scientific needs are welcomed.

TOPICS

Convective Micro Heat Transfer
Electrokinetic Microflows
Fluidic Microactuators and Micromixing
Gas Microflows
Lab on a Chip and Miniaturized Chemistry
Liquid Microflows
Microdroplets management
Microfabrication Techniques for Microfluidic Systems
Microflows in Bioengineering and Biofluidics
Microflow Visualisation and Measurements
Two-Phase Flows in Microsystems

PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

Submission of Abstract (between 500 and 1000 words): May 1, 2010
Author Notification of Abstract Acceptance: May 15, 2010
Submission of Full-Length Draft Paper for Review: July 10, 2010
Author Notification of Paper Acceptance: September 15, 2010
Submission of Final Paper: October 15, 2010
Deadline for Early Bird Registration: November 1, 2010

PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNALS
All the accepted papers will be published in the CD-ROM Conference Proceedings.
After the conference a selection of the best papers will be proposed by the scientific committee for publication in the following international journals:

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Biomicrofluidics (special issue)
Microsystem Technologies (special issue)
Experimental Heat Transfer
International Journal of Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal and Fluid Transport Phenomena (special issue)
La Houille Blanche – International Journal of Water.

50th Anniversary Floodplain Management Authorities Conference

This is a late notice about the next Floodplain Management Authorities Conference which is to be held in two weeks at Gosford, NSW. For full details check out the conference’s website. In the mean time here is the welcome reproduced from the website:

On behalf of the organising committee and Gosford City Council, it is my pleasure to invite you to join us at the 50th Floodplain Management Authorities (FMA) Conference, to be held at Gosford on the Central Coast of New South Wales from 23-26 February 2010.

Being the 50th Anniversary of the FMA, Gosford 2010 will celebrate what has been achieved and look forward to the new challenges ahead of us. It will not be just about emerging issues in floodplain management, but will be a balanced discussion of practical, on-ground floodplain management and the policies and programs that impact on floodplain management across New South Wales, Australia and the globe.

Gosford 2010 also provides a fantastic opportunity to experience Gosford and the Central Coast. Home to the ninth largest urban area in Australia, the Central Coast includes many world-class beaches and national parks, providing an exciting backdrop to the 2010 Floodplain Management Authorities Conference, and associated social program and field trips.

The Gosford 2010 program will feature a number of outstanding national and international speakers, concurrent sessions, workshops and poster presentations. It will attract over 250 delegates from Australia and beyond and provides a wonderful opportunity to meet and extend contacts.

Delegates will include Commonwealth, State and Local Government representatives, research and education organisations, managers, planners and engineers, non-government organisations, user groups, Aboriginal groups, community organisations, and the business community.

I look forward to welcoming both new and returning delegates to this exciting landmark event.

Eddie Love
Chairperson Conference Organising Committee

32nd Presentation Of EEA 2-Day Stormwater Management Workshop: Sydney, 2010

A 2-day Workshop entitled “Stormwater Management (source control)” has been organised by EEA (Engineering Education, Australia) for Thursday/Friday 18/19 March, 2010 in Sydney. The Notes provided in the course are based on the content of the award-winning manual “WSUD: basic procedures for ‘source control’ of stormwater – a Handbook for Australian practice” edited by Professor John Argue (University of South Australia). This document is endorsed by Stormwater Industry Association (SIA), Australian Water Association (AWA) and, recently, by Dept of Water, Western Australia. The Notes were updated in February, 2009.

The content features a balance between the three domains of WSUD (stormwater) practice – quantity control, pollution control and stormwater harvesting. Serious issues of stormwater management in Australia are posed by the Federal Government’s goal of 35 million population by 2050. How will Sydney’s existing stormwater infrastructure cope with change to selected regions under the ‘high rise’ option being proposed as the likely re-development scenario? What strategies can be adopted to enable existing (competently-performing) infrastructure to cope with this scenario without expensive upgrade? How can re-development in catchments with existing under-performing stormwater infrastructure be managed to enable the in-ground works to progressively meet the government’s goals without expensive upgrade? Must the creeks and natural waterways on Sydney’s northern, western and southern perimeters be sacrificed to hard-lining in the wake of the proposed expansion? Positive answers to these and many other questions based on WSUD ‘source control’ practices will be provided in the Workshop.

The Workshop will also include results of hydrological modelling of high-performing filter-bioretention systems enhanced by treatment taking place in parent soil masses; the fate of dissolved pollutants is singled out for particular attention.

The short course includes: design procedures based on state-of-the-art analyses and best overseas practices adapted to Australia-wide conditions; case study illustrations drawn from field installations with between ten and 18 years of Australian operational history; design ‘worked examples’; introduction and access to rainwater tank sizing software applicable across Australia. The Workshop will be led by Professor John Argue.

Attendance at the Workshop earns 32 hours credit for continuing professional development purposes with Engineers Australia. More information about the workshop including course content, cost and Registration Forms may be obtained from Ms Ann Ellis on (03) 9326 9777 or ann@eeaust.com.au

National Centre for Groundwater Training Courses

The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training has just released their training schedule for 2010 which is available via their website.

For more information contact the Centre directly.

Novatech 2010 Conference News

Novatech 2010: 7th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies for Urban Water Management

June 27, July 1st, 2010, Lyon France

For more information, visit the website or contact Ms. Lucie Dupouy: novatech@graie.org.

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