Program

Preliminary Program

Subject to change

SUNDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 2024
Pre-conference Tour
0800 - 1800	Pre-conference Tours

MONDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 2024
Pre-conference Masterclass
0730	Registration Opens
0830	Engineering Geological Models for Dams Facilitator: Greg Dryden, Sunwater Mark Eggers, PSM Ian Shipway, EDG Consulting Fred Baynes, Baynes Geologic
1000	Morning Refreshments
1030	Engineering Geological Models for Dams continued Facilitator: Greg Dryden, Sunwater Mark Eggers, PSM Ian Shipway, EDG Consulting Fred Baynes, Baynes Geologic
1230	Lunch
1330	Concrete Dams Facilitator: Yvette Collins, SMEC Quentin Shaw, ARQConsulting / Vice-President of ICOLD Tim Dolen, RCC/Mass Concrete Dam Specialist - Dolen and Associates, Colorado USA David Ryan, Principal Consulting Civil Engineer - Dams and Infrastructure
1500	Afternoon Refreshments
1530	Concrete Dams continued Panel Session
1700	Masterclass close
1730 - 1900	Adelaide Oval Stadium Tour (optional)
1900 - 2100	Welcome Reception, Adelaide Oval, John Halbert Room

TUESDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2024
Day 1: Technical Program
0800	Registration Exhibition Opens
0900	Welcome and Conference Opening
0930	Keynote Presentation An ICOLD Perspective on Dams Quentin Shaw, ARQConsulting Quentin is a consulting engineer specialising in concrete and RCC dams. He is currently Vice-President of ICOLD representing the Africa zone and served two terms as Chairman of SANCOLD. Read More → Quentin's attendance supported by
1015	Young Professionals (YP) Update Brandon Pearce, ANCOLD Young Professionals Group National Convenor
1030	Welcome Reception Sponsor Address
1035	Morning Refreshments
1115	Keynote Presentation Kara Price, RBC Capital Markets Kara is a Managing Director leading RBC’s Australian renewables and energy transition investment banking practice in Sydney. Read More →
1200	Proposed changes to the AFC Guidelines Peter Hill, HARC
1230	Lunch
1245	Young Professionals (YP) Mentoring Lunch
1400	Dam Hydrology and Hydraulics	Tailings Dams
	Is conventional hydrological calibration methodology fully reliable for estimating extreme events? Application to six catchments in VIC Monte Azmi SMEC	Estimation of TSF decant pond behaviour using remote sensing data and unsupervised machine learning algorithms Arianna Onate PaladinesWSP
	Exploring the Order of Magnitude Impact of PLL to the Distribution of Rainfall Downstream of a Dam Edward Funnell HARC	Design Considerations for a Thickened Tailings Storage Facility Zerui Lu ATC Williams
	The impact of climate change on overtopping risks Michelle Ho The University of Melbourne	Vibration Induced Tailings Liquefaction Yuqi Tan ATC Williams
	Optimising stilling basins: lessons from the Somerset Dam physical model Ben Modra UNSW Water Research Laboratory	Tailings dams governance – differences and similarities between Australia and Brazil Camila Lebron GHD
	Incorporating climate change into dam safety standards Chris Nielsen Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water	Use of a physically based erosion breach model for water and tailings dams within a probabilistic framework Luke Palmen KCB
	Quantifying variability in dam inflows and coincident flows using stochastic transposition of storms Matthew Scorah HARC	Quantitative Risk Assessment for Tailings Dams: Regulatory Compliance and Beyond Arezoo Farhadi ATC Williams
1530	Afternoon Refreshments
1600 - 1730	Dam Hydrology and Hydraulics	Dam Safety Management Guidelines & Regulation
	Operational flood forecasting system requirements for gated and non-gated dams for non-structural risk reduction Richard Mannix HARC	Do New Zealand’s Potential Impact Categories and their boundaries inform the right risk decisions? Thomas Fritz Riley Consultants
	Levee Breach Consequence Assessment Andrew Northfield HARC	Risk Metrics for Decision Makers: Simple graphics to present dam portfolio status Patrick Lyden SMEC
	High Labyrinth Weirs with High Heads – Wall pressures could be lower than you think – Prado Dam Spillway – A Case Study Mike Phillips US Army Corps of Engineers	Community engagement key to improving public safety outcomes Letisha Lim Sunwater
	1929 Failure of Briseis Dam–Lessons for dam break modelling using contemporary methods Karl Velasco SMEC	Governance Forums for Dam Safety Programs: What does good look like? Chris Topham GHD
	Benchmarking the use of physical models for breach estimation Hench Wang HARC	Are the new ALARP guidelines more conservative than standards based criteria? Sam Taubert GHD
	Advances in 2D/3D Fluid-Solid Numerical Coupling for Rock Scour and Dam Safety Assessments Erik Bollaert AquaVision engineering Sàrl	Publicly Sharing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Inundation Maps and Risk Information Rebecca Ragon US Army Corps of Engineers
1800 - 2100	Young Professional (YP) Networking Night, Archie Brothers

WEDNESDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2024
Day 2: Technical Program
0700 - 0830	Women in Large Dams (WILD) Breakfast
0800	Registration Exhibition Opens
0900	Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) panel discussion Facilitator: Jodie Kilpatrick, SLR Consulting Panellists: Yuqi Tan, ATC Williams Aida Gibbons, Southern Rural Water Julian Rojas Martinez, GHD
0945	Significant changes to the Dam Safety Management Guidelines David Stewart, Australian Dams & Water Consultants
1030	Morning Refreshments
1100	Dam Engineering Theory & Practice	Dam Safety Management Guidelines & Regulation
	Nonstationary Flood Frequency Analysis with the Bayesian Estimation and Fitting Software, RMC-BestFit Haden Smith US Army Corps of Engineers	The calibration of LifeSim to the 2011 Grantham life loss disaster Fatima Azhar HARC
	Risk-based dam safety review – special considerations for flood retarding basins and small embankments Rebecca Allan GHD	Integrating emergency response actions into an RMC-LifeSim potential loss of life assessment Sammy Gibbs Entura, Hydro Tasmania
	A Machine Learning Approach to Identifying Key Factors Influencing PLL Estimates Yanni Wang HARC	Targeted and Customised Engineering Assessments Benefits and how it drives Risk-Informed Decision-making – Upper Nepean Dams Case Study Hetal Parmar WaterNSW
	Monitoring of temperature rise and crack control in concrete dams and appurtenant structures caused by restrained deformation during hydration process Ernest Wijesinghe SMEC	How do we assign PAR? A critical assessment of threshold levels Nicholas Thomas-Kinsella GHD
	Bringing the background into the foreground: an examination of the usefulness of considering background flood risk impacts due to dam upgrades Ella Nicholas, Samuel Holden GHD	U.S. Department of the Interior's Dam Safety Programs Timothy Tochtrop U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
	Dealing with vertex perplexity in parabolic interpolation of design rainfall Richard Sharpe Sunwater	Detailed method for assessing severity of environmental impacts Kapil Singh Aurecon
1230	Lunch
1330	Dam Engineering Theory & Practice	Dam Foundations
	Imperative loads on dams: The crucial role of accurate water loads modelling in the static and dynamic behaviour of concrete dams Radin Espandar, Lasal Fernando Mott Macdonald	Challenges and lessons learned from the preparation of the rock foundation for the construction of Charleston Dam Tom Gersekowski GHD
	Putting together the puzzle for Dam Consequence Assessments Maria Mccrann, Michael Yule Spiire	Cross-Valley Deformation Behaviour of an Embankment Dam founded on Extremely Weathered Granodiorite Ramin Raeesi AECOM
	Torsion: The Silent Killer of Intake Towers Francisco Lopez SMEC	Rock Mass Characterisation of the Foundation of an Existing Mass Concrete Dam - Making the Most of Limited Historical Data Taylor Winckle, Gregory Dryden Sunwater
	An evidence based rapid reliability assessment method for gated control structures and outlet works Jackson Wilson HARC	Structural Risk Reduction Measures Based on Grouting High Viscosity Resins: The Spanish Practice Applied Worldwide Manuel Membrillera, Antonio Vaquero GHD, HCC
	Anchors – Using “Better than Nothing” to Predict the Probability of Failure and Forecast Repairs Jake Gallup GHD	Application of Geotechnical baseline reports in Dam Procurement and Construction James Toose AECOM
1500	Afternoon Refreshments
1530 - 1700	'Never the same dam twice' panel discussion
1830 - 2300	Conference Dinner, ACC

THURSDAY 14, NOVEMBER 2024
Day 3: Technical Program
0800	Registration Exhibition Opens
0900	Dam Engineering Theory & Practice	Asset Lifecycle
	Large earthquake recurrence in the Snowy Monaro region: new findings to inform dam safety Jonathan Griffin Geoscience Australia	RCC Mix Design for Burdekin Falls Dam Raising and Improvement Project Mehdi Afshar, Steve Tatro, James Hinds Sunwater, USACE
	Use of Geophysical Investigations to optimise remediation work for a Reservoir Sujatha Manoj Beca	Risk, performance and unknowns, a methodology for prioritisation of a dam safety review program Sean Gottschling Hydro Tasmania
	Backward Erosion Piping Failure of Swift No. 2 Dam Nason McCullough Jacobs	Cataract Dam and other spillway assets- Automated data driven condition assessment of the concrete assets using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Harsh Rathod, Hetal Parmar Niricson, WaterNSW
	Nation-wide exposure of Australian dams to earthquake hazards Mark Quigley The University of Melbourne	Construction of the Site C Hydroelectric Project in Canada Joaquín Jiménez Acciona
	Implications of large changes in national seismic hazard updates in Australia in 2018/2023 and New Zealand in 2022 Paul Somerville AECOM	Callide Dam: Gates Actuation System Upgrade and Reliability Improvement Teera Srital-on SMEC
	Seismic Performance of Cardinia Dam Stephen Chia AECOM	Dam decommissioning: Cost, benefit and risk considerations Josh Kline GHD
1030	Morning Refreshments
1100	Dam Engineering Theory & Practice	Rapid Fire Session
	Enhanced Stability Analyses and Pore Water Pressure Prediction during Rapid Reservoir Drawdown: A Case Study of Prospect Dam Reza Mahinroosta GHD	CVC Mix Design for Burdekin Falls Dam Raising and Improvement Project John Potts, Daryl Brigden John Potts Pty Ltd, Daryl Brigden Consultant
	Site C Clean Energy Project, Design and Construction Overview Jeremy Bruce Klohn Crippen Berger	The development of a dam safety investment strategy for New South Wales Mark Pearce HARC
	Mapping of the Phreatic Surface in Tailings Dams with Muography Asbjorn Christensen mDetect	Some considerations on groundwater flow through embankment dams and corresponding piezometric data interpretation Sonia Fortuna Goulburn-Murray Water
	Combining Failure Modes and Portraying Risk Estimates David Margo US Army Corps of Engineers	What lies beneath: Case studies of foundation interpretation at two historic weirs Monique Eggenhuizen GHD
		Hydrologic Time Travel Hugh Nguyen-Mallen SMEC
		An innovative web-based approach for Portfolio Dam Safety Emergency Plans Josh Clark Tasmanian Irrigation
		Measuring the Implementation of a Dam Safety Program Jacob Davis, Rebecca Ragon US Army Corps of Engineers
		Dissent, Consensus, and Quantum Mechanics in Dam Safety Decision Making for Seismic Risks Dom Galic Bureau of Reclamation
		Response of levee infrastructure to Cyclone Gabrielle, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, and lessons learned to inform future flood management Tim Morris Tonkin + Taylor
1200	Lunch
1300	Keynote Presentation Hold your breath – renewing assets in deep water Peter Ivanac, Total Marine Technology Michael Hill, SGS Sydney Diving
1430	Young Professional Best Paper Award, with thanks to our sponsor Conference Close
1500	Afternoon Refreshments
1530 - 1630	AGM
1630 - 1730	End of Conference Get Together

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