Water New Zealand’s 2017 Stormwater Conference
Thank you to all who attended Water New Zealand’s 2017 Stormwater Conference, over 350 individuals registered for the 2017 Conference alongside twenty three exhibition booths.
We look forward to seeing you all again in 2018, sign up to our mailing list for updates on dates, venue and all things Stormwater 2018!
The Conference provides opportunity to:
- Cultivate technical knowledge
- Hear new and cutting-edge stormwater information
- Up skill in various areas of stormwater science and management
- Keep up to date with the latest innovations
- Create business opportunities
- Build corporate profile
- Network with peers
Innovative, Resilient and Future Ready
I have the pleasure in welcoming you to the 2017 Stormwater Conference to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, in May 2017.
This conference theme of Innovative, Resilient and Future Ready provides the platform to introduce, explore, address and challenge the way the industry responds to the impacts of stormwater on the environment.
The Conference will explore ways to manage and integrate stormwater, from the concept and design, through to construction and into operation and maintenance.
Innovation needs to be introduced, explored and embraced within the industry and its collaborative partners to push the boundaries of the urban infrastructure and support industry growth in our city centres.
Resilient stormwater infrastructure is supported by a collaborative approach from design to implementation. This theme has been explored previously and this conference will continue to share examples, acknowledge and celebrate this important component of providing resilient systems.
Future Ready is a progressive way of introducing the challenge of supporting an urban environment that can meet the needs of a growing population and to incorporate the innovation and resilience required by society.
The selection of themes and sub-themes have been designed to attract technical papers, expert panel sessions, open discussion forums and exhibitions to provoke thoughts, challenge stormwater practitioners’ thinking and knowledge while expanding their views on holistic stormwater management.
I invite you to submit your abstract and participate in this innovative Conference which will celebrate, acknowledge and share many great examples undertaken in this industry whilst challenging today’s thinking and expanding views on holistic stormwater management.
Bronwyn Rhynd
Chair, Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference Committee