ON DEMAND - Catch up on ecoforum 2021 – Featuring Three Highlight ecoforum Speakers!

This event is now available on demand!

Our Sydney Branch is revisiting ecoforum 2021 with three of the best presentations from the conference! Don’t miss the opportunity to tune in and hear these wonderful speakers – especially if you weren’t able to join us last November 2021.

We have lined up for you three of the best!

Matthew Tendam from Aurecon - presenting “Everyone cares about the Environment…until it’s time to pay for it!” Matthew will draw on 20 plus years of experience as an environmental consultant with international project work to provide an overview of how the environment is valued (or not). The talk aims to provide insights on how Aurecon is using their asset transformation strategy to create a market where natural resources are valued.

John Hunt from GHD - presenting “Remediation of the Sydney 2000 Olympics Site; A retrospective analysis of options and costs”. Through these case studies, John will explain the economics of remediation. He will develop the remediation option selection and analyse in a sustainability framework.

Claire Beattie from New South Wales Department of Education - presenting “Reputation, Risk and Communication” she will address 3 questions.

•     How to connect with community in the spirit of true co design?
•     How to connect and use the right channels to connect with First Nations Peoples?
•     How to mitigate risk through true codesign and two-way communication methodologies?

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

John Hunt, Senior Technical Adviser, GHD
John was a Technical Adviser in Ventia's remediation business, from which he recently transitioned. He started in the industry in 1992 as a consultant with Groundwater Technology, moving to ADI Limited in 1995, then to Thiess Services (now Ventia) in 2000 and to GHD in December 2021. He has worked on many of the iconic ex-situ remediation projects in eastern Australia over the last 21 years.

Matthew Tendam, Associate Environmental Engineer, Aurecon
Matthew "Matt" Tendam is an Associate Environmental Engineer with Aurecon and has been working in the environmental assessment and remediation practice for over 20 years. Originally from the US, Matt migrated to Australia in 2012 on a leap of faith for a new beginning. Since then, project solutions have been developed based on work under a variety of local, state, and federal environmental regulations, guidelines and policies in the US, Australia and Vietnam. Matt has extensive experience in integrating environmental assessment and remediation considerations into multi-disciplinary engineering projects across industries. This experience has provided Matt unique and diverse perspectives on how environmental risks are managed around the world and the paths for future improvement.

Claire Beattie, Executive Director for Asset Activations NSW Dept. of Education
Claire is a proud Yorta Yorta woman and is a prominent senior NSW Public Servant with over 21 years of experience across agencies such as Transport, Treasury and Education. Claire was the Head of the School of Leadership and Management at Charles Sturt University. Claire is the Executive Director for Asset Activations in School Infrastructure NSW within the Department of Education. Claire has been the recipient of high-profile commendations and was a finalist in the Premier’s Awards for Driving Public Sector Diversity, a finalist in the Australian of the Year and Young Australian of the Year Awards and was a finalist in the Women’s Agenda Awards.

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