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Supported by AWA and NZWWA
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Technical Program
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Keynote Speakers
The seminar will feature keynote speakers from around the world.
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Dr. Paul F. Boulos has more than 20 years of industry experience, primarily at the project manager, project director and officer-in-charge levels. Over the years, he has managed and directed projects ranging from master planning and regional water quality studies to large IT integration projects. He is a recognized world-leading expert in water resource engineering and has won many prestigious honors, including technical awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Water Works Association and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Additionally, he has served on technical review committees for several municipal drinking water projects throughout the United States and is currently a Consultant to the US EPA Science Advisory Board Drinking Water Committee (Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule and Long-Term 2 Enhanced Water Treatment Rule), as well as a member of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (Committee on Public Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks). Dr. Boulos also currently serves as chairman of the board of international advisors of the Lebanese American University as well as a member of the external advisory board of the civil and environmental engineering department of the American University of Beirut. He also is a board member of the National Association of GIS-Centric Software (NAGCS) and the Arab-American National Museum National Advisory Board. Dr. Boulos is the author of more than 200 technical articles and eight authoritative text books.
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Bill Capati is the Manager Infrastructure Planning for Gold Coast Water. Gold Coast Water is a leading water utility in Australia, servicing 497,000 residents and 10.4 million tourists per annum. Gold Coast Water manages $2.8 billion in assets, including 3,140km of water mains and 3,125 km of wastewater mains. One of Gold Coast Water’s leading projects is the Pimpama Coomera Waterfuture (PCWF) Master Plan, which won the International Water Associations (IWA) Global Grand Prize 2006 for Planning in the Project Innovation Awards in Beijing, China and the United Nations Association of Australia’s 2007 World Environment Day Awards for Excellence in Water Management. Bill Capati’s presentation will focus on another innovative research project that Gold Coast Water has undertaken in relation to the management of corrosion and odour problems in sewers. The project was jointly undertaken by the University of Queensland, Gold Coast Water and Sydney Water Corporation and funded by the Australian Research Council, and involved advanced sewer modelling to analyse and manage odour within the Elanora catchment on the Gold Coast. The model allowed the optimization and comparison of several H2S control strategies in terms of their effectiveness and cost implications.
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Robert Dickinson is one of the world’s leading experts in wastewater and urban drainage modelling, with over thirty years of experience in software development and management of wastewater and stormwater planning and design projects. Mr Dickinson is a principal developer of the industry-standard and FEMA-certified SWMM software and has a distinguished background in computational hydraulics and high level simulation programming. He holds an M.E. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainsville. As one of the world’s leading experts in hydraulic and hydrologic modelling, he has made significant contributions to the field of water resources engineering. He played a key role in the USEPA Storm Water Management Model (SWMM5) redevelopment program, has strong expertise in both numerical methods and hydrology/hydraulics, and has in-depth knowledge of the wastewater industry.
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Krzysztof Rzepczynski hails from Poland but has spent the last 20 years in the Middle East. He is a Chartered Engineer (CIWEM) and holds master’s degree in Sanitary Engineering. Krzysztof has 27 years experience in water engineering including the master planning, design and construction of water transmission and distribution schemes, Treated Sewage Effluent (TSE) supply systems, sewerage and drainage collection systems. He is a specialist in pipelines hydraulic design and modelling. Krzysztof is Design Manager in Hyder Consulting Middle East office in Abu Dhabi and oversees design works on a number projects. The current works include water infrastructure projects for major developments in the UAE. e.g. Reem Island and industrial projects e.g. large diameter seawater cooling system for a petrochemical plant in Ruwais.
Who Should Attend
If you are one of the following professionals, you’ll want to make sure you are up-to-speed with today’s changing technology:
- Water and Wastewater Utility Managers
- Public Works Directors
- Planners/Engineers/Modellers
- Water Quality Professionals
- Engineering Consultants
- Analysts
Seminar Benefits
Take advantage of these outstanding opportunities:
- Attend a highly interactive seminar that is geared specifically towards practicing engineers and industry executives
- Network on a global scale with leading professionals from across Australasia and around the world
- Create valuable relationships with your peers
- Learn the latest practices, technologies, solutions and regulations in the water/wastewater industries
- Discover leading-edge strategies to meet new requirements
- Proven tools and technologies for the new challenges we face
- Attain prestige by showcasing your innovative work
- Members of Engineers Australia may wish to record this activity in their personal CPD Records for audit purposes under Type III CPD
As seats are limited, we strongly encourage you to register as soon as possible to guarantee your place. Register now as your attendance is required to make the 2008 Australasian Water and Sewer Systems Modelling Seminar an overwhelming Success!
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