We are delighted to work with over 400 dedicated presenters over the past decade. Our presenters are professionals, from leading industry, government, education and research organisations. They are highly regarded mentors who cultivate strong ties between water science, policy and practice.
The Australian Water School extends its thanks and appreciation to this growing group of presenters who generously share their knowledge and experience, on top of their normal work responsibilities.
Australian Water School Presenters include:
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Aaron Nichols
Atwell, LLC

Abigail Lillo
TUFLOW (BMT)

Acacia Pepler
Bureau of Meteorology

Adam Loch
The University of Adelaide

Adam Parkes
Flood Platform

Aditya Pillai
Centre for Policy Research

Adrian Costar
DEW

Aja Reyes
Stantec

Alan Wade
Aquade

Alex O’Mara
NSW DTI

Alex Sánchez
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center

Alex Waterhouse
BMT

Alexandra Maskell
JB Pacific

Alister Walsh
Duxton Asset Management

Alvar Closas

Amanda Howard
University of Sydney

Amit Parashar
CSIRO

Andrea Taillacq
Tailwater Limited

Andreas de Jong

Andrew Aldridge

Andrew Ash
CSIRO

Andrew Bilton
Concept Environmental Services

Andrew Durick
AGE Consultants

Andrew John
University of Melbourne

Andrew Johnson PSM
ICE WaRM

Andrew McPhail
Jacobs

Andrew Ross
Australian National University

Andrew Telfer
Water Technology

Andrew Watkins
Bureau of Meteorology

Andy Lukas
AJ Lucas Constructions Pty Ltd & Luco Energy & Infrastructure

Andy Markham
Hydrobiology

Anne Jensen
Anne E Jensen Environmental Consultant

Anu Kumar
CSIRO

April Jennifer Choi
Jacobs | Kennedy Space Center

Arthur Read
CSIRO

Arthur Waddington
MSEC

Arun Shrestha
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Ashley Bleakley
Qld DNRM

Ashley Nicholls
SA Water

Avril Hogan
One Basin CRC

Avril Horne
University of Melbourne

Basant Maheshwari
Western Sydney University

Beau Miles
Beau Miles

Ben Caddis
BMT

Ben Di Gregorio
Bureau of Meteorology

Ben Ernst
Optimatics

Ben Fee
RDAMR

Ben Hall
City of Onkaparinga

Ben Kele
Arris Water

Ben Mater
Alden Research Labs

Ben Modra
UNSW, Water Research Laboratory

Ben Osborne
Valley Irrigation

Ben Pearson
Hydrobiology

Ben Tate
Water Technology

Ben van den Akker
SA Water

Bengy Paolo
Primary Industries and Regions SA - PIRSA

Benjamin Kus
Watercom

Beth Faber
USACE

Bill Katzenmeyer
Fenstermaker

Bill Syme
TUFLOW (BMT)

Bill Weeks
Hydrology and water resources engineer

Bill Ziegler
NSW Dams Committee

Blake Boulton
WMS Engineering

Blake Marxsen
WMS Engineering

Bob Bennett

Brad Clarke
University of Melbourne

Brad Dalrymple
Ocean Protect

Bradley Moggridge
UTS

Braeden Lampard
OzFish

Brett Kelly
AWMA

Brian Abbott
Abbott Underwater Acoustics

Brian Fox
Flow Science

Brian Jackson
WATER TECHNOLOGY

Brigid Morrison
University of Tasmania

Bruce Naumann
Salisbury Water

Bryson Bates
CSIRO

Camaria Holder
One Basin CRC

Cameron Ackerman
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center

Carine Saison
Arris Pty Ltd

Carlos Gonzalez
SMEC

Carmel Pollino
CSIRO

Carrie Dearnley
BMT

Casey Kramer
Natural Waters

Cassie Price
Ozfish

Cathie Barton
WRM Water & Environment Pty Ltd

Charles Lawrence
University of Melbourne

Charles Moore
The Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research

Chris Chilcott
CSIRO

Chris Goodell
Kleinschmidt Associates

Chris Huxley
TUFLOW (BMT)

Chris Nielsen
Department of Regional Development Manufacturing and Water

Chris Ryan
Catchment Simulation Solutions

Chris Stokes
CSIRO

Chris Turnadge
CSIRO

Chris Walker
Covey Associates

Claire McInnes
Water Research Australia

Claire Stephenson
AGE Consultants

Clemens Cremer
DHI

Clinton Rakich
Consultant

Colin Roberts
89 Degrees Ltd

Colin Terry
Entura

Colin Thorne
University of Nottingham & W2r

Con Katsoulas
C.K.Engineering Services

Conrad Wasko
University of Sydney

Constantin Malik
Malik Institute

Craig Boys
NSW Primary Industries and Regional Development

Craig Copeland
OzFish Unlimited

Craig Katz
Purus Group

Cristina Solorzano Rivas
Flinders University

Cuan Petheram
CSIRO

Dale Robinson
City of Mandurah

Damian Barrett
GISERA

Dan Hutton
DOD Hutton

Daniel Baker
Aither

Daniel Nelson
City of Kalamunda

Daniel Pierce
One Basin CRC

Daniel Rodger
JB Pacific

Danny Rose
Floodplain Management Australia

Darryl Day
ICE WaRM

Darryl Lloyd
Transport for NSW

Daryl Lam
Water Technology

Daryl Nielsen
MDFRC

Daryl Stevens
Atura

David Cameron
Irrigation Australia

David Cook
AWQC

David Curtis
WEST Consultants

David Free
Qld DNRM

David Froehlich
International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research

David Harriss
NSW Office of Water

David Montgomery
University of Washington

David Rissik
BMT

David Stephens
HARC

Declan O’Shea
University of Melbourne

Declan Page
CSIRO

Dendra Best
WasteWater Education 501(C)3

Dirk Mallants
CSIRO

Django Seccombe
Sydney Water

Don Armstrong
AGWT

Don Blackmore
eWater

Don McFarlane
University of WA

Don Scott
Pennington Scott

Duncan Storey
AQ2

Ebony Greaves
Deloitte Consulting

Ed Donohue

Edwin Salazar
City of Gold Coast

Eefje Aarndouse
University of Giessen

Eland Afuang
Autodesk

Eloise Nation
Bureau of Meteorology

Emily Rand
UNICEF

Emma McCall
BMT

Emma Walker
EnviroDNA

Eric Lemont
Flow Science Australasia

Erik Bollaert
AquaVision Engineering

Evan Branosky

Evan O’Brien
Genesis Hydrology

Evie Packett
CSIRO and ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society / College of Asia and Pacific

Farzaneh (Kobra) Etminani
Halmstad University

Ferdinand Flechtner
DHI

Fiona Johnson
UNSW, Sydney

Francisco Garcia
Water, Waste and Land

Fredmund Malik
Malik Institute

Gabriel Rau
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Gary Bickford
Nestis Consulting

Gary Brunner
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center

Gary Crisp
Sequana Partners

Gary Humphreys
WA Dept of Water

Gary Jones

Gary Taylor
Croesus Project Services

Gavin Hay
GHD

Gemma Nunn
Century Orchards

Geoff Cockfield
One Basin CRC | University of Southern Queensland

Geoff Harvey
Irrigation Australia

Geoff Podger
CSIRO

George Britten-Jones
Osmoflo

George Gates
CSG & GW Consultant

Gerry Doyle
Tonkin Consulting

Grady Hillhouse
Practical Engineering

Graham Dooley
Water Utilities Australia

Graham Green
SA DEWNR

Greg Collecutt
TUFLOW (BMT)

Greg Hausler
Hausler Hydrology

Greg Ingleton
SA Water

Greg Laves
Griffith University

Greg Leslie
UNSW

Greg Tarrant
Peabody Energy

Guna Hewa
University of South Australia

Guy Roemer
Tetra Tech

Guy Roth
The University of Sydney

Haden Smith
US Army Corps of Engineers, Risk Management Center

Hans van der Kwast
QWAST

Haylo Roberts
EnviroDNA

Heather Thomson
SRK Consulting

Helen Barclay
EnviroDNA

Helen Wilson
Dept of the Environment

Hemant Padale

Henry McCarthy
AGE Consultants

Howard Fallowfield
Flinders University

Hubert Chanson
University of Queensland

Hugh Middlemis
HydroGeoLogic

Iain Rea
BHP

Ian Cordery
University of New South Wales

Ian Law
University of Queensland

Ian Pengilly

Ian Prosser
CSIRO

Ian Teakle
TUFLOW (BMT)

Ian Wright
Western Sydney University

Ibrahim Demir
UI Hydroinformatics Lab

Ivor Gaylard
SWAN Systems

Jaana Dielenberg
The University of Queensland

Jaap van der Velde
TUFLOW (BMT)

Jack Nugent

Jacqueline Frizenschaf
Water Research Australia
Jacquie Hannan
BMT

James Ball
University of Technology Sydney

James Tomlin
AGE Consultants

James Weidmann
Water Technology

Jamie Burgess
Water Corporation

Jan Gill
NSW Office of Water

Jane Hutchinson
TNC Australia,

Janice Green
Bureau of Meteorology

Janine Castro
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Jaques Ostrowski
Sydney Water

Jason Evans
University of New South Wales

Jason Van Den Akker
Golder Associates Pty Ltd

Jay Cummins
International Agriculture for Development

Jaya Kandasamy
University of Technology Sydney

Jean Palutikof
NCCARF

Jeff Camkin
The University of Western Australia

Jennifer McKay
University of South Australia

Jenny Hayward
CSIRO

Jenny McLeod
Coleambally Irrigation

Jeremy Cheeseman
Marsden Jacob Associates

Jessica Daignault
Kongsberg Discovery

Jim Kelly
Arris

Jim O’Brien
FLO-2D

Jim O’Connor
U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, Oregon

Joanne Vanderzalm
CSIRO

Jodi Salmond
Reef Check Australia

Jody Redfern
Sydney Water

Johan Visser
UNSW Sydney

John Doyle
Geosensing

John Felton
Whitewater Parks International

John Fenton
Vienna University of Technology

John Higgins
Dept of the Environment

John Leake
University of Adelaide

John Radcliffe
CSIRO

John Ross
EMM Consulting Pty Limited

John Sharples
Bureau of Meteorology

John Verhoeven
Advisian

John Williams
NSW Office of Water

John Williams
Australian National University

Jonas van Schrojenstein Lantman
Nelen & Schuurmans

Jonathan Bouchard
Flow Science

Jonathan Lautze
IWMI-Southern Africa office

Joost van der Hammen
Nelen & Schuurmans

Jordin Barclay
FMG

Joseph Guillaume
Australian National University

Josh Griffiths
EnviroDNA

Joyce Wu
Australian National University, Crawford School of Public Policy

Judith Bradsen
Consultant

Julia Grant
SA DEWNR

Julian Martin
Water Technology

Julien Anese
Osmoflo

Justin Brookes
The University of Adelaide

Justin Carpenter
Qld DEHP

Justin Hughes
CSIRO

Kane Aldridge
The University of Adelaide

Karen Hutchinson
One Basin CRC | Murrumbidgee Irrigation

Karen Johnston
Managed Recharge

Karen Lyons
Western Murray Land Development Group

Karen Rouse
WaterRA

Karen Villholth
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Karis Tingey
Arris Pty Ltd

Karl Tarbet
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Karlene Maywald
National Water Commission

Kate Meyer
US Forest Service

Katharine Jacobs
University of Arizona

Katherine Daniell
Australian National University

Katie Doyle
Charles Sturt University

Katrina Kelly
City of Gold Coast

Katrina O’Malley-Jones
BMT

Keith Phillipson
OGIA

Kelli McDougall
Agri Talent

Kelsy Burns
One Basin CRC

Ken Mills
SCT

Kevin Devlin
Consultant

Kevin Nebiolo
Kleinschmidt

Kevin Wormington
KRW Environmental

Kim Fitzgibbons
Kleinschmidt Associates

Konrad Miotlinski
Edith Cowan University

Krey Price
International Water Training Institute

Kurt Menke
Septima

Kurt Smithgall
Alden Research Labs

Kyle Thomson
Forward Hydro

Kylie McKenna
University of Technology Sydney and Divine Word University PNG

Kym Walton
One Basin CRC

Larissa Perez
Tetra Tech RPS

Larry Sirmans
Future Energy Solutions

Lauren Coe
USACE

Leanne Haupt
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Len Drury
Aqua Rock Konsultants

Leon Leach
DSITIA

Lewis Daly

Lindsay Furness
Worley Parsons

Lindsay Gilbert
Gilbert and Associates

Lindsay Millard
WRM Water & Environment

Lionel Ho
SA Water

Lisa Mensforth
SA DEWNR

Lisa O’Grady
Irrigear

Louise Bruce
BMT

Lucy Reading
Queensland University on Technology

Luk Peeters
CSIRO

Luke Dix
SA Water

Madeline Grupper
University of Melbourne

Mahnaz Sedigh
City of Gold Coast

Marcus Barber
CSIRO

Marcus Barber
CSIRO

Marcus Thatcher
CSIRO

Margot Rawsthorne
University of Sydney

Mark Babister
WMAwater

Mark Bakker
Technical University Delft

Mark Carey
Hydro-dis®

Mark Cordell
Stantec Australia

Mark Forest
HDR Engineering

Mark Pennington
Tonkin+Taylor

Mark Siebentritt
Seed Consulting Services

Mark Wilson
Intelligent Land Investments Group

Marti Beeston
One Basin CRC

Martin Hendriks
Utrecht University

Martin Jacobs
Consultant

Martin Teal
WEST Consultants, Inc.

Matt Gibbs
University of Adelaide - SA DEW

Matt Palmer
Wood Thilsted

Matt Scorah
HARC
Matt Viskovich
Department of Water and Environment Regulation

Matthew Anderson
Inundar LLC & Gauge Engineering

Matthew Currell
RMIT

Matthew Fleming
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

Matthew Mcpherson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Matthew Piggott
Autodesk

Mayari Bernard-Garcia
AtkinsRéalis

Megan McLeod

Melissa Kennedy
University of Melbourne

Melita Grant
Institute for Sustainable Futures UTS

Michael Barry
TUFLOW (BMT)

Michael Bartles
USACE

Michael Byrne
Azura Ocean Technology

Michael Cheetham
Water Technology

Michael Donn
CSIRO

Michael Edgecombe
SA Water

Michael Konieczki
HDR

Michael Leonard
The University of Adelaide

Michael Porter
Centre for Regional and Rural Futures

Michael Stewardson
One Basin CRC | University of Melbourne

Michel Raymond
Seqwater

Michelle Blewitt
AUSMAP

Mike McMahon
HDR

Mike Young
The University of Adelaide

Miltone Kimori
One Basin CRC

Mitchell Baum
BMT

Mitchell Kirby
JB Pacific

Mitchell Smith
TUFLOW (BMT)

Monique Retallick
WMAwater

Monte Azmi
SMEC

Morten Kramer
Floating Power Plant | Aalborg University

Munish Sharma
Austrade

Muttucumaru Sivakumar
University of Wollongong

Nam Nguyen
Malik Institute

Natalie Wolfe-Rackemann
Arris Water

Neil Coles
University of WA

Neil Manewell
AGE Consultants

Neil Palmer
Osmoflo

Neville Crossman
One Basin CRC

Nicholas Schofield
Global Water Institute

Nick Higgenbottom
Emmetts Irrigation

Nicky Grigg
CSIRO Land and Water

Nicola Fry
EMM Consulting Pty Limited

Nicole Wheeler
Hydrobiology

Noel Merrick
Hydro Simulations

Okke Batelaan
Flinders University

Onno Ebbens
Artesia

Orli Gottlieb
Alden Research Labs

Patrick Lane
The University of Melbourne

Paul Dalby
In Fusion Consulting

Paul de Sa
Sydney Water

Paul DeVries
Kleinschmidt

Paul Guard
BMT

Paul Harvey
Leda Consulting

Paul Powers
US Forest Service Enterprise Program

Paul Risher
HDR

Pavlina Monhartova
TUFLOW (BMT)

Peter Buss
Sentek Pty Ltd

Peter Coombes
Urban Water Cycle Solutions and Australian National University

Peter Dillon
CSIRO, NCGRT

Peter Dundon
Dundon Consulting

Peter Ebenwaldner
AWMA

Peter Evans
Origin Energy

Peter Flood
University of New England

Peter Makris
Lucas

Peter Moller
Rubicon Water

Peter Reeve
The University of Adelaide

Peter Seltsikas
SA Water

Peter Taylor
CSIRO-Data61

Peter Waterman
University of the Sunshine Coast

Phil Pedruco
Jacobs

Phil Ryan
TUFLOW (BMT)

Philip Smethurst
CSIRO

Pinaki Bhadury
Indusrty Expert and Member of CII National Water Mission 2019

Pradeep Sharma
MDBA

Qiusheng Wu
United Nations University | University of Tennessee

Quint Crispin
Quint BUILDs

Rachael Siddall
SA Water

Raelene Ward
One Basin CRC | SQNNSW Innovation Hub

Randall Cox
OGIA

Raoul Collenteur
HydroConsult

Ray Shi
The University of Queensland

Rebecca Bartley
CSIRO

Rebecca Cramp
University of Queensland

Reuben Sasaki
USACE

Rhett Butler
SkyJuice

Richard Crowder
Jacobs

Richard Harrison
ORSANCO

Richard Williamson
Arris Water

Rob Freeman
National Water Commission

Rob O’Neill
NSW Office of Water

Robert Czachorski
OHM Advisors

Robert Keller
R. J. Keller & Associates and Monash University

Roch Cheroux
SA Water

Rod Lehmann
Water Strategies

Rod Oliver
CSIRO

Roger Knight
Western Murray Land Development Group

Rohan Hamden
SA DEWNR

Rory Nathan
University of Melbourne

Ross Law
Sydney Water

Russell Martin
Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec (WGA)

Rusty Jones
TUFLOW (BMT)

Ryan Morris
Origin Energy

Ryan van Doorn
City of Gold Coast

Saber Razmjooei
Lutra Consulting

Saji Joseph
DNRM Qld

Sam Yenamandra
Murrumbidgee Irrigation

Sandra Henville
Water Research Australia

Sanjeev Pandey
OGIA

Sarah McEwen
Neel-Schaffer, Inc.

Scott Burns
Portland State University

Scott Hogan
Federal Highway Administration

Sean Micek
Fenstermaker

Seonaid Philip
CSIRO

Serena Hamilton
Australian National University

Seth Westra
One Basin CRC | University of Adelaide

Shahadat Chowdhury
NSW Office of Water

Shahin Solgi
One Basin CRC

Shaw Mead
eCoast

Shilpa Nischal
CII-Triveni Water Institute

Shuang Gao
TUFLOW (BMT)

Shuqing Yang
University of Wollongong

Simo Tervonen
Marsden Jacob Associates

Simon Cowan
Goulburn Broken CMA

Simon Higginson
Water Corporation WA

Simon Koger
Engineers Australia

Simon Tervonen
Marsden Jacob Associates

Simon Toze
CSIRO

Simon Treptow
Irrigear

Simon Williams
NSW Office of Water

Sophia Buchanan
Jacobs

Stanford Gibson
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center

Stefan Felder
UNSW, Sydney

Stephanie Hamel

Steve Barnett
SA DEWNR

Steve Bilson
ReWater Systems

Steve Hemming
UTS (formerly of Flinders University)

Steve Perrens
Advisian

Steve Roso
Environmental Engineer

Steve Short
Ecoengineers

Steve Tarimaemae

Steven Joynes
Golovin

Steven Siems
Monash University

Steven Slarke
Jacobs

Stuart Brown
Parsons Brinckerhoff

Susana Neto
University of Lisbon / University of Western Australia
Tabatha Pettigrew
City of Salisbury

Tanya Doody
CSIRO

Taofiq Huq
Spiral Blue

Tariq Laattoe
AGE Consultants

Ted Gardner
Central Queensland University

Teegan Burke
BMT

Terry Lucke
University of the Sunshine Coast

Thaw Tar
Osaka University

Thomas Brauer
USACE

Tim Hyde
SWAN Systems

Tim Kivi
Stantec

Tim Marsden
Australasian Fish Passage Services (AFPS)

Tim Rhodes
SMEC Australia

Todd Rasmussen
University of Georgia

Todd Wallace
The University of Adelaide

Tom Rooney
Waterfind

Tom Vanderbyl
Badu Advisory

Tony Ladson
Moroka

Tony Laws
Groundwater Consultant- WA

Tony Marszalek
Gilbert & Associates

Tony McAlister
Water Technology

Tony Rafter
CSIRO

Tony Slatyer
Independent consultant on water policy and governance

Tony Weber
Alluvium

Trevor Jacobs
InfoRail

Troy Meston
Charles Sturt University

Tyler Jantzen
Jacobs

Tyler Jantzen PE CFM
Jacobs

Vanessa O’Keefe
Consultant

Vicki Martin
Mosaic Insights

Vijay Kumar
Australian Water Partnership

Vincent Post
Edinsi Groundwater

Wayne Ellis
Duxton Vineyards

Wayne Meyer
The University of Adelaide

Wendy McLean
EMM

Will Minchin
Hydro Simulations

Winton Gale
SCT

Wolfgang Schmid
CSIRO

Woodrow Fields
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Institute for Water Resources (IWR)

Yella Reddy
ANGR Agricultural University, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Yogita Dashora
Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur

Yvette Colton
SA DEW

Yvette Heritage
SCT

Zachariah Couper
BMT
