Conference Program

Wednesday, August 20- 9:00am-5:00pm
Kisters User Group Meeting

Wednesday Evening, August 20 - 6:00pm-8:30pm
Conference Opening/Meet and Greet/Welcoming
Trade Exhibition Area

Speakers - Thursday, August 21
- 9:00am-5:00pm

Open W. Steen – Australian Hydrographers Association Chairman

Keynote - Rob Vertessy (BoM)

Scott Crozier (Snowy Hydro)

 – Assessment of the Volume and Value of ‘Lost’ Water from Aqueducts in the Murray Development of the Snowy Hydro Scheme.

Guest - Matt Kendall (National Water Commission)

Matt Saunders (Unidata)

                        - Satellite and Land Based Telemetry Options for Water Measurement Systems in Australia

Frank Davies (Dept of Water, WA)

                        - Document Systems: Bookshelf, An Electronic Solution

Paul Langshaw (AHA)

                        - Training and Skills Required for the a National Water Information Network

Prue Madsen (Government Skills Australia)

                        - Transition of the Hydrography Certificate into the Australian Qualifications Framework

Robert Thompson (BoM)

                        - (Flood Warning) Real-Time Event Telemetry: now to next generation

Grant Robinson (Dept Water and Energy, NSW)

                        - Information Quality: more than the Hydstra quality code

Hening Huang (RDI)

                        - Precision of Moving boat ADCP Discharge Measurement

Thursday Evening, August 21- 7:00pm-11:00pm
Conference Dinner

Speakers - Friday, August 22 - 9:00am-5:00pm

Guest - Phil Downes

Ray Boyton (Dept Water and Energy, NSW)

                        - Hydrometric Monitoring Networks, 2008 and Beyond.  A New South Wales Department of Water and Energy Manager’s perspective

Guest - Scott Kimball (USGS)

Scott May (Dept Natural Resources and Water, Qld)

                        - From Near Real Time to Real Real Time – A trial project in Queensland

Andrew Wilsman (NIWA)

                        - Improving the accuracy of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler measurements in small channels.

Llyod Smith (SOPAC)

                        - WHYCOS in the Pacific Island Countries

Phil Scanlon (Uni Melb)

                        - Investigating the uncertainty in flow at gauging sites in Gippsland using Australian Standard 3778.2.3

Paul Sheahan (BoM)

                        - Towards a National Water Data Asset - Rolling Up The Sleeves

Col Farawell (Dept Natural Resources and Water, Qld)

                        - Upgrade of the Hydrographic Support Current Meter Calibration Facility

Mark Wolf (Greenspan)

-          Australian Hydrographers Working Together to Protect Kuala Lumpur City from Natural Disasters and the effects of Climate Change


Saturday August 23
Snowy Hydro Technical Field Day

Snowy Hydro

Depart Canberra by 0730hrs
Snowy Hydro Information Centre
Thredbo Cloudseeding Monitoring site
Crackenback Cottage and Distillery
Jindabyne Dam Wall
Return to Canberra by 1800 hrs

 

 

 

 

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The Australian Hydrographers Association Conference for 2008 is proudly sponsored by


Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsors
Campbell Scientific

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