Program - ANCOLD 2022 Conference

The 2022 ANCOLD NZSOLD Conference reserves the right to amend or alter any advertised details relating to dates, program and speakers, if necessary, without notice, as a result of circumstances beyond their control. All attempts will be made to keep any changes to an absolute minimum.

Preliminary Program

WED 26 OCT

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
Parkside Foyer
0730 – 1800	Registration Desk Opens With thanks to our Satchel, WiFi, Conference App, Electronic Handbook & Name Badge sponsors
Parkside 1
1000 – 1600	Exhibition Opens With thanks to our Barista Cart & Charge Bar sponsors
C3.2
0730 – 1700	Speaker Preparation Room Upload your slides at least 2 hours prior to your presentation.
WORKSHOP Cockle Bay 1 & 2
With thanks to our sponsor
0830 – 1000	DSEP Guidelines Siraj Parera, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning VIC Jonathon Reid, GHD Neil Smith, Hydro Tasmania Paul Sureda, Murray Darling Bason Authority Angus Paton, Murray Darling Bason Authority Presentation of the key themes of the guideline and the matters that require resolution. The key themes cover: • Protecting the community, • Legal requirements, communication, • Stakeholder involvement, training, • Exercising and competency, • Skills and relevant experience, • Debriefing and lessons learned. This will give delegates a good feel for what is covered by the guideline.
1000 – 1030	Morning refreshments – Parkside 1
1030 – 1200	DSEP Guidelines (Continued) An interactive workshop session with the dams industry to consider the following broad topics which will help inform the resolution of outstanding matters: • Guideline structure • DSEP structure • Skills, experience and competences required for DSEP drafters • Competency requirements for people implementing DSEP’s • DSEP exercise and review frequencies • Flood inundation map format
1200 – 1300	Lunch – Parkside 1
MASTERCLASSES Cockle Bay 1 & 2
With thanks to our sponsor
1300 – 1430	ANCOLD Earthquake Guidelines Steve O’Brien, AECOM Gary Gibson, Environmental Systems & Services Paul Somerville, AECOM Trevor Allen, Geoscience Australia Moderator: Damian Nott, GHD Navigating the ANCOLD Earthquake Guidelines and Implications of NSHA18: • Discussion on Risk Based and Standards based approaches • Background, recent developments and update to NSHA18 • Basis and Advantages for using a revised NSHA18 based on using moment magnitude • Basis and Advantages for using ground motion displacement based magnitudes for determination of site ground motion recurrence. • Outcome of recent Geoscience Australia meeting on use of NSHA18. • Implications for Dam Assessments
1430 – 1500	Afternoon refreshments – Parkside 1
1500 – 1600	Erosion of unlined spillways – where is it all at? Steven Pells, Pells Consulting The masterclass presents a framework for assessment of erosion of unlined spillways. A summary of currently available methods is presented along with guidance on their use and efficacy. The masterclass is structured to clarify three questions that are commonly asked: How do I use Comparative Erosion methods, and how good are they? Can I model rock mass erosion analytically? Where is the industry at with coupled modelling of hydraulics and rock-mass erosion? The masterclass is presented by Dr Steven Pells. Steven completed his PhD on the subject of spillway erosion in 2016 and has since been actively involved in the dams industry, with particular focus on spillway erosion issues in Australia and abroad.
WELCOME RECEPTION Hosted by ANCOLD Young Professionals
With thanks to our sponsor
1830 – 2030	Venue: Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour A 10-minute walk from our conference venue will have you at Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Harbour where the evening’s hosts, the ANCOLD Young Professionals, will greet you with a warm welcome, setting the scene for a great night and conference days to come.

THUR 27 OCT

TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Parkside Foyer
0800 – 1730	Registration Desk Opens With thanks to our Satchel, WiFi, Conference App, Electronic Handbook & Name Badge sponsors
Parkside 1
0800 – 1530	Exhibition Opens With thanks to our Premium Lounge, Barista Cart, Coffee Cart, Refreshment Breaks & Charge Bar sponsors
C3.2
0730 – 1700	Speakers Preparation Room Upload your slides at least 2 hours prior to your presentation
PLENARY Cockle Bay 1 & 2
0900 – 0915	Welcome to Country
0915 – 0935	Official Opening Welcome Conference Convenor: Sam Banzi Chairman’s Address Michel Raymond
0935 – 1015	Opening Keynote Introduced by: ANCOLD Chairman, Michel Raymond An International Perspective of Change for Safe and Sustainable Dams Michael Rogers Honorary President, International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD/CIGB) Honorary ICOLD President Michael F Rogers (Stantec Global Practice Leader for Dams) offers an international perspective of change – ongoing and future – for the safe and sustainable development of dams and hydropower. Mr Rogers is a Civil Engineer, Vice President and Senior Project Manager at Stantec with 40 years of experience in engineering for dams and hydropower. Recently completing a seven year mandate on the Board for the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), including four years as ICOLD President, he will offer his experience, observations, and expectations for the dams and hydropower industry regarding key influential factors for sustainability, including dam safety, climate change, collaboration of renewables, changing work force, and the role of professional societies. Q&A
1015 – 1100	Morning Refreshments – Parkside 1
1100 – 1220	Risk Informed Frameworks Session Chair: Angus Swindon	Sustainable Management 1 Session Chair: Dewi Knappstein	New Technology 1 Session Chair: Kaley Crawford-Flett
	Cockle Bay 1	Cockle Bay 2	C3.3
	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member
	The Bureau of Reclamation approach to risk analysis and risk informed decision making – past successes, current challenges, and future direction Dom Galic USBR	Saving Time and Better Managing Dam Safety Risks with Automated Monitoring Craig O’Neill GHD	Numerical modelling of transverse cracking in embankment dams Ke He PSM
	Application of the SFAIRP principle to a diverse portfolio of dams Mark Pearse HARC	Do you trust your data? – A framework for assessing asset portfolio data health, data gaps, and robustness Lyndon Johnson Aurecon	Strain and Crack propagation Analysis in Embankment Dam Stephen Chia AECOM
	Implementing risk-informed decision-making and ALARP Barton Maher Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water	Resonance Acoustic Profiling (RAP) – A helpful and complimentary tool for mapping seepage through, beneath and around dams Mitchell Green Willowstick Technologies	Extension Strains in Embankment Dams and the Potential for Development of Transverse Cracks Cameron Purss GHD
	A New Comprehensive Risk Analysis Software, RMCTotalRisk Haden Smith Us Army Corps of Engineers	Do you Give a Dam? Insurance Considerations for Dam Portfolios Chris Topham GHD	Finite Element Analysis of an Embankment Dam with 60 Yrs Monitoring Data Joshua Chan GHD
	A structured approach to prioritisation of risk control measures across a portfolio of dams Mark Pearse HARC	AI for Dam Safety Monitoring Mohsen Askari ADASA	Innovative solution allowing the use of challenging earthfill materials Daniel Jirik Entura
	The limitations of and apparent disconnect between standards based and risk assessment acceptance criteria for concrete gravity dams Robin Fell University of New South Wales	Rugged, wireless, lowpower devices for keeping tabs on your dams Philip Winter Manawa Energy Ltd	How digital inspections and AI – Deep Learning algorithms can enhance knowledge, reduce risk and carbon emission Eric Audigé Sixense Oceania
1220 – 1230	Q&A	Q&A	Q&A
1230 – 1330	Lunch – Parkside 1
1330 – 1450	New Guidelines Session Chair: Andrew Reynolds	Sustainable Management 2 Session Chair: Winsome Whyte	New Technology 2 Session Chair: Paul Maisano
	Cockle Bay 1	Cockle Bay 2	C3.3
	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member
	Earthquake Guidelines and Intake towers: Small Shortcomings with Serious Implications Francisco Lopez SMEC	WaterNSW Analysis of Dam Safety Alert Triggers for Warragamba Dam Damien Bryan WaterNSW	Remote sensing technology for dam design and prototype monitoring Laura Montano Water Research Laboratory UNSW Sydney
	Impact of new industry guidelines and new seismic hazard knowledge on seismic hazard assessments for dams in Australia and New Zealand Paul Somerville AECOM	Evidence-based insights for effective dam failure communication Amisha Mehta QUT	Giving More Weight to Severity of Damage and Loss Elise McQuilten GHD
	Towards new industry guidelines for emergency draw down for Australian dams Marius Jonker Aurecon	Application of Non-Contact Hydrometric Gauging and R Programming to Flood Warning System Design – Arnold Dam Strengthening Project Thomas Jamieson-Lucy Riley Consultants	Nonlinear seismic sliding stability of the Mt Bold Dam Safety Upgrade – An approach for arch dams Sam Lalli SMEC
	A comprehensive operational risk assessment framework for dam systems Richard Mannix Hydrology and Risk Consulting	Beyond 100% is meaningless and unsustainable for public communications on the flood status of dams Michel Raymond Independent Engineer	Shear strength of bonded and unbonded concreterock contact for dam stability assessment – Statistical analysis of gathered in-situ and laboratory tests data Mahdi Zoorabadi SMEC
	What we see is not always dam true: Discovery of buried features Polly Guan Stantec	Roles and responsibilities in the identification, management and emergency response to failure of small dams Chris Nielsen Queensland Government	Defensive CFRD Embankment Design using Dirty Rockfill in a High Seismicity Environment – Waimea Dam Brian Benson Damwatch Engineering Ltd
	Structural considerations for Anchoring of energy dissipation structures Maz Mahzari Stantec	Dam Safety Emergency Planning: A Digital Mobile Application Arezoo Farhadi Aurecon	Risk and ALARP Assessment for Upper Yarra Embankment Upgrade Selection Gavan Hunter Hunter Geotechnical
1450 – 1500	Q&A	Q&A	Q&A
1500 – 1545	Afternoon Refreshments – Parkside 1
PLENARY Cockle Bay 1 & 2
1545 – 1625	Keynote Speaker Introduced by: NZSOLD Chairman, Dan Forster Infrastructure Sustainability: Building towards a better future Infrastructure is more than just the roads we drive on, the trains we ride on or the utilities that provide us essential services. Infrastructure connects us as humans, communities, and society. It is within and part of the environment, and it drives significant economic benefits. Ensuring that we are building our future successes, livelihoods and environment for the future requires an eye to sustainability. Owen will be joining us from the Infrastructure Sustainability Council, the industry peak body sustainability, to discuss the importance of incorporating quadruple bottom line (environmental, economic, social, governance) into the planning, design, construction, and operations of assets through their entire lifecycle. In a “climate of change” sustainability is one of our most significant challenges. Can we deliver what we need to for a better future? Owen Buckley Infrastructure Sustainability Council After 15 years working across state and Commonwealth government, Owen joined the ISC in 2022 in the role of General Manager, Ratings and Delivery. Owen brings extensive experience in the public sector across interpretation and application of complex legislation, international stakeholder relationship building, enhancing organisational capability, and building and empowering high performing teams. Owen has worked within complex and dynamic environments including national security threat analysis, biosecurity threat analysis, refugee and complementary protection regime, identity investigations and overseas as Australian government representative at the Australian High Commission in South Africa. Within the ISC Owen leads the Ratings and Technical business unit, and is responsible for all activities associated with the IS Ratings scheme, including maintenance of the scheme and working with industry to ensure sustainability outcomes through the use of the IS ratings tools for major infrastructure projects across Australia and New Zealand. Q&A
1625 – 1655	Plenary Presentation Introduced by: ANCOLD Chairman, Michel Raymond Lessons learned from the Queensland Floods Class Action Kione Johnson King & Wood Mallesons Q&A
1655 – 1700	Close of Day 1
CONFERENCE DINNER
With thanks to our Sponsor
1830	Venue: Doltone House, Darling Harbour A spectacular waterfront venue housed in NSW’s first 6-star green star building with views of Sydney Harbour and the city skyline. A 20-minute walk from the conference venue.

FRI 28 OCT

TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Parkside Foyer
0800 – 1830	Registration Desk Opens With thanks to our Satchel, WiFi, Conference App, Electronic Handbook & Name Badge sponsors
Parkside 1
0800 – 1530	Exhibition Opens With thanks to our Premium Lounge, Barista Cart, Coffee Cart, Refreshment Breaks & Charge Bar sponsors
C3.2
0730 – 1700	Speaker Preparation Room Upload your slides at least 2 hours prior to your presentation.
PLENARY Cockle Bay 1 & 2
0900 – 0905	Welcome to Day 2 Conference Convenor: Sam Banzi
0905 – 0945	Keynote Speaker Introduced by: ANCOLD Chairman, Michel Raymond The implications of climate change for dam owners Climate change is impacting on water availability and floods, and this is changing the way dams are operated, designed, and managed. The nature of the evidence available to inform decisions and their associated uncertainties is also changing, and this has implications for we assess risks and plan for the future. Dr Rory Nathan Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne Professor Rory Nathan is a hydrologist who has spent the majority of his career working in the private and public sectors. For the past eight years he has divided his time between academia, private consulting, and on expert review and advisory roles for legal inquiries and the federal government. His research at the University of Melbourne is focussed on assessing the impacts of climate change and variability on engineered and environmental systems. Q&A
0945 – 1025	Keynote Speaker Introduced by: NZSOLD Chairman, Dan Forster Public Decision-making in Risky Settings In this talk, I will review the conventional approaches used within governments and in the economics discipline to deciding how to allocate scarce resources across competing priorities in risky settings, and the political difficulties that arise due to the discomfort of the public about these approaches. Using Covid policy-making as an extended example of policymaking in a risky scenario, I explain how policymakers created policies that carried massive risks but nonetheless were swallowed whole by most of the public in Australia, as was the case in most of the democratic West. Reflecting on this recent disaster, I will comment upon morally and empirically defensible ways to proceed in the practical allocation of scarce resources to risky alternatives (e.g., whether to spend an extra dollar on reducing risk in a given project), and considerations about optimal public-facing messaging about the project, both ex-ante and ex-post in the event that a negative outcomes does materialise. Gigi Foster University of New South Wales Gigi Foster (Professor, UNSW School of Economics; BA Ethics, Politics and Economics, PhD Economics) works in diverse fields including education, social influence, time use, lab experiments, behavioural economics, and Australian policy. Named 2019 Young Economist of the Year by the Economic Society of Australia, she publishes in both specialised and cross-disciplinary outlets, and her innovative teaching was awarded a 2017 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. She has filled numerous roles of service to the profession and engages heavily on economic matters with the Australian community as one of Australia’s leading economics communicators. Her regular media appearances include co-hosting The Economists, a national economics talk-radio program and podcast series, on ABC Radio National. She is the author most recently of The Great Covid Panic (Brownstone Institute 2021, with Paul Frijters and Michael Baker) and Do Lockdowns and Border Closures Serve the “Greater Good”? (Connor Court 2022, with Sanjeev Sabhlok). Q&A
1025 – 1100	Morning Refreshments – Parkside 1
1100 – 1205	Hydropower and Mixed Use Dams Session Chair: Colleen Baker	Tailings Dams Session Chair: Niki Harandi	New Technology 3 Session Chair: Brian Benson
	Cockle Bay 1	Cockle Bay 2	C3.3
	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member
	Tube Fishways: A New Fishway in the Pipeline for Large Dams Nicholas Ostrovsky GHD	Designing tailings dams for closure David Williams The University of Queensland	New calibration method to improve extreme flood estimates Tim Rhodes SMEC
	Determining the feasibility of a new pumped hydro project, using an existing dam and reservoir Beth Scott & Rebecca Dew Entura	New insights for tailings dam monitoring using ambient noise interferometry Susanne Ouellet University of Calgary	Understanding flood behaviour in large dam storages using 1d/2d coupled mike flood hydraulic model – a case study on Burrendong dam Gurmeet Singh WaterNSW
	A Pacific Island Case Study for a Multi-Purpose Dam Richard Herweynen Entura	Risk and conformancebased tailings management: Two-sides of the same coin Ryan Singh HATS	Considerations on the use of forecast rainfall for dam operations Phillip Jordan HARC
	Repurposing Existing Storages for Pumped Hydropower Mark Locke GHD	Tailings Management Systems – The missing link Benjamin Cook HATS Consulting	Recent case histories of underwater rehabilitation with geomembranes: in still water and in flowing water Alberto Scuero Carpi Tech
	Assessment of Long-Term Erosion Damage in Pukaki Dam Spillway Stilling Basin David Menendez Aran Damwatch Engineering Ltd	Unusual design change midstream to mitigate risk of static liquefaction for a tailings dam Malcolm Barker GHD	The impact of hydraulic model resolution on potential loss of life assessments and flood extents Yue Shen HARC
1205 – 1215	Q&A	Q&A	Q&A
1215 – 1330	Lunch – Parkside 1
1230	Young Professionals Networking Lunch – Cockle Bay Foyer With thanks to our Sponsor
1330 – 1435	Climate Change Session Chair: Ramon Strong	Sustainable Management 3 Session Chair: Jennifer Rickaby	Sustainable Management 4 Session Chair: Matt Shore
	Cockle Bay 1	Cockle Bay 2	C3.3
	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member	With thanks to our Sustaining Member
	Solar panels on reservoirs Leandro Flach Klohn Crippen Berger	Understanding Consequences Through LifeSim Woodrow Fields US Army Corps of Engineers	Are Dam Safety Reviews really necessary to confirm the adequacy of the design, operation and maintenance of a major dam David Ryan Stantec
	Climate Change Analysis for USACE Dam Modification Studies Brian Francis United States Army Corps of Engineers	Assessing and improving uncertainty in Dam Emergency Response Planning using HEC-LifeSim Elizabeth Saunders GHD	Application of Risk Analysis to evaluate Freeboard for an Extreme Consequence Category Tailings Facility Malcolm Barker GHD
	Assessment of Climate Change Impacts to a Large Dam in Vietnam William Veale Damwatch Engineering Ltd	The 2022 floods in SouthEast Queensland Chris Nielsen Queensland Government	Novel use of plastic concrete for coffer dam construction Sasha Longo Entura
	The effect of a changing climate on dam safety – changing design flood hydrology Ryan Gray GHD	Is RCEM dead? Adam Broit Aurecon	Cleaning of Concrete Dam Foundation Relief Drains – A Case Study of Mahinerangi Dam Ross Campbell Riley Consultants
1435 – 1445	Q&A	Q&A	Q&A
1445 – 1515	Afternoon Refreshments – Parkside 1
PLENARY Cockle Bay 1 & 2
1515 – 1615	Conference Close, Awards and Presentations Facilitated by: ANCOLD Chairman Young Professional Best Paper Award With thanks to our Sponsor Launch of ANCOLD 2023
1615 – 1730	ANCOLD AGM
END OF CONFERENCE DRINKS Cockle Bay Foyer
With thanks to our Sponsor

SAT 29 OCT

POST-CONFERENCE TECHNICAL TOURS

0800 – 1700

Where: Warragamba Dam
Cost: $180pp (price includes coach transport and all meals/snacks)
A one-day conference tour will be held on the weekend immediately following the Technical Conference. Departing Saturday morning from the ICC at 8.00am, this tour is a full day visit to Warragamba Dam, including technical presentations on recent investigations and tours of the Visitor Centre and the Dam. Includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. The coach will return to ICC Sydney via a stop at the Sydney Airport at approximately 5pm for those wishing to fly home that evening.
With thanks to our refreshment breaks sponsor

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