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The inaugural AWA National Operations Conference will be held in Sydney 2010.

This conference will incorporate the well known AWA NSW Branch Engineers and Operators Conference, which has been held in NSW for over ten years, addressing the challenges faced by the water industry in that State.
The overall theme of the conference will be. ‘The Core Four’ and will focus on the following streams: Networks, Treatment, Maintenance and Management of Operations. 

Who Will Attend?

The aim of this national conference is to bring together people working in all areas of water industry operations and maintenance, from the catchments and dams, through to treatment (water, wastewater, recycled water, desalination, industrial water) and their associated transport systems in both public and privately run businesses Australia wide. It will provide the opportunity for the sharing of knowledge and networking to all levels of the operating industry.
The conference will be held over three days presenting informative and thought-provoking sessions and field trips. 

Venue – Sydney Showground

 Sydney Showground is located within the Sydney Olympic Park Precinct, approximately 20 mins drive from Sydney CBD and 5 mins from the Parramatta Business 

Program Overview

 The conference will be held over three days presenting informative and thought-provoking sessions and field trips.

  Download the full program here    

Registration 

 The online registration system for the conference has been designed so that you may register through a web interface. A registration confirmation will be sent at time of registration and a receipt will be sent once payment has been confirmed.

 
Registration Rates AWA Member -$750
Non-member - $880  

Presenter Rates (Rates are only valid for participants who have a paper accepted for presentation at the conference)
Presenter Member - $550
Presenter Non-member - $680

 To register online, please click here .

Registration Includes: 

•  Attendance to the exhibition and all plenary and parallel sessions 
•  Lunches and morning and afternoon coffee breaks on the days of the Conference 
•  Welcome reception on Monday 13 Septemberat Southee Complex, Sydney Showground
•   Conference Dinner on Tuesday 14 September at Millennium Room, ANZ Stadium

Additional Tickets

Conference participants are welcome to invite their travelling partners or spouses to the conference social events. Additional tickets can be purchased in the registration process.  

 Welcome reception - $65 per person
Conference dinner - $130 per person 

Cancellation Policy: 

 Cancellations or name changes must be notified in writing to the AWA. Cancellations prior to 2 August, 2010 will receive a full refund. Refunds will not be received for cancellations received after the 2 August, 2010. Substitute delegates will be accepted with no charge. 

Social Functions

Monday 13 September, 2010
From 6:00pm to 8:00pm 

The Welcome Reception will be the opening of the trade exhibition and an opportunity for delegates to network with other participants and members of local councils.    

Ticket price is included in the delegate registration fee, additional tickets can be purchased at the cost of $65.00 including GST.

Conference Dinner

Tuesday 14 September, 2010
7:00pm to 11:00pm

The conference dinner will be held at the Millennium Room in ANZ Stadium. This event will be a three course meal with drinks and entertainment. An event set for networking and client hosting. 

Ticket price is included in the delegate registration fee, additional tickets can be purchased at the cost of $130.00 including GST.    

National Operations Conference – Tour Options

Tour 1 – North Head STP  

 North Head STP is the first hydro-electric plant in Australia to generate green energy power from treated sewerage. The hydro-electric plant works by capturing energy from treated wastewater falling down a 60-metre shaft and generates enough green energy to power almost 1,000 homes for a year 

This plant alone has reduced Sydney Water’s greenhouse gas emissions by over 12,000 tonnes a year - the equivalent of taking 3,000 cars off the road. It is one step closer to making Sydney Water’s operations carbon neutral for energy and electricity use by 2020. 

The new hydro-electric plant and a recently installed methane gas cogeneration unit means that North Head sewage treatment plant can now generate about 40 per cent of its own power. As well as reducing the amount of electricity the plant takes from the main grid, this upgrade will benefit the local community by improving the plant’s reliability and reducing the number of truck movements to and from the plant.
   

 Tour 2 – Desalination Plant, Kurnell 

Sydney’s Desalination Plant is the biggest water infrastructure project completed in NSW since Warragamba Dam was built 60 years ago. The massive infrastructure project was delivered on time, and $60 million under budget and is the world’s second largest desalination plant.  

The plant at Kurnell is the largest desalination plant in Australia and has been designed so it can be quickly doubled in size if required in future. The 18-kilometre pipeline connecting the plant to Sydney’s main water supply involves innovative construction techniques, including the laying of twin 1,400-millimetre diameter pipes in trenches across the floor of Botany Bay – being a world engineering first 

The desalination plant was built by the Blue Water Joint Venture, comprising John Holland and Veolia Water Australia. The pipeline was built by the Water Delivery Alliance, comprising Bovis Lend Lease, McConnell Dowell, Worley Parsons, Kellogg Brown & Root, Environmental Resources Management and Sydney Water. 

Sydney’s desalination plant will supply up to 15 per cent of Sydney’s water needs, and its power needs are fully offset by renewable energy produced at Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore.    

Cost for the tours is $30.00 which includes a boxed lunch   

Accommodation

Pullman, Novotel & Ibis Hotels are located in the heart of the Sydney Olympic Park precinct, Sydney Olympic Park is the geographical centre of Sydney, only 25 minutes from the CBD and airport, and close to many shopping centres including Rhodes, Parramatta, Burwood, Macquarie Centre and DFO (Direct Factory Outlet). Public transport is available close to the hotel, providing good links for touring Sydney. For something different, head down to Olympic Park Wharf and catch the Sydney Ferries Rivercat into the CBD. From there you can catch another ferry to Manly or Taronga Zoo, or simply explore the historic Rocks and CBD shops.

Pullman, Novotel & Ibis Hotels, Sydney Olympic Park are committed to preserving the environment, they are the only hotels in Australia to have achieved an ISO14001 Certified environmental standard rating for environmental management systems.

Special rates have been negotiated for our conference delegates to make a booking please email your preferred hotel as per below or alternately call:   02 8762 1111

Hotel Email:

Pullman -  h6411@accor.com  

Novotel -    h2732@accor.com  

Ibis -          h2734@accor.com  

  You will need to quote the following code to receive the negotiated conference rates  

"AWA131010" - Australian Water Association   

Papers

 Papers from Presenters from all sectors of the water industry will be presented at the conference. All conference papers will be published on a USB drive and issued to conference delegates. All presenters are required to submit a full paper by Friday 30 July 2010.
 

Paper Submission Guidelines

• You may submit more than one paper, however only one paper per presenter will be accepted.
• Abstracts may be amended or withdrawn up to 30 April 2010.
• Papers must be prepared using the Word template which can be downloaded from the conference website.
• Page count 4 – 8 A4 pages
• Papers will be published on the electronic conference proceedings as submitted.
• Notification of abstract acceptance will be by 10 May 2010
• By submitting a paper, it will be assumed that all authors have consented to its submission and that all copyright provisions listed elsewhere have been met.

Papers must be based on material which is original and has not been reported elsewhere. It should add to the knowledge base in the field involved and/or provide good material on experiences with a particular project or implementation of policy.
 

Conditions of Presenting at the AWA National Operations Conference 

•  A paid registration must be received in advance from the presenting author. The deadline for presenter registration is 15 July 2010.
• Authors must be prepared to confirm their copyright ownership of the paper, the originality of the work, that the paper has not been previously published in any other form and that Australian Water Association will be granted permission to publish the paper. This must be confirmed at the time of online paper submission.
• Presenters will be responsible for their own expenses. Any presenter who withdraws from participating after the program has been published will be liable to standard registration cancellation conditions.

 Download the Papers template. 

Presenters Area accessed here