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Please note that registration is limited to 150 participants due to licensing constraints.
As climate change accelerates, so too do the environmental risks that challenge our communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure. Join us for the first in a series of seminars exploring how shifting climate patterns are reshaping the landscape of environmental risk. For local governments, these challenges are especially pressing, as councils play a pivotal role in managing contaminated sites, protecting communities, and planning for climate resilience.
This seminar will focus on closed landfills, both coastal and those near rivers or subject to flooding, and explore how extreme weather is reshaping environmental risk profiles. From increased risk of contaminant mobility to ecological impacts and landfill stability, our expert speakers will unpack the science, share case studies from both Australia and New Zealand, and discuss practical strategies for assessing and managing risks in a changing world.
Whether you are an environmental consultant, regulator, or site manager, this session will provide valuable perspectives on integrating climate resilience into the management of future human health and ecological risks.
Marcus has 30 years’ experience with contaminated land management, working for national and local governments and the private sector in New Zealand and Canada. He developed Auckland City Council and Auckland Council’s closed landfills asset management plans and council-owned contaminated land remediation programmes. Marcus has been actively involved in developing national and regional contaminated land legislation, particularly the NZ National Environmental Standard for assessing and managing contaminants in soil (NES-CS).
A specialist in risk assessment and communication, Marcus is also a founding member of ALGA New Zealand. He currently sits on the ALGA NZ National, Auckland Branch and Risk Special Interest Group committees.
Marcus’s approach to investigation, remediation and rehabilitation of closed landfills and brownfields sites is collaborative and solution-focused, reflecting his experience in managing large-scale public health protection and environmental rehabilitation projects.
Ana is the Coordinator of Asbestos and Remediation at Liverpool City Council, NSW.
She is an Environmental Engineer with over 20 years of experience across multiple countries and states, including Portugal, Ireland, Angola, Western Australia, and New South Wales. Ana is a Certified Environmental Practitioner and a Licensed Asbestos Assessor.
Over the past 15+ years, her career has centred on asbestos and soil contamination management. Ana’s interest in stakeholder engagement began in her role at Council, where she strives to foster positive collaboration between environmental disciplines and key stakeholders. She is committed to enhancing awareness and dialogue among regulators, the community, local government, consultants, and contractors to deliver meaningful outcomes for the public.
Dr Carolyn Brumley is a senior principal risk assessor at Senversa. She has over 27 years of experience in environmental consulting, regulation and research related to assessing the impacts of chemicals on human health and the environment. She has evaluated risks to human health and the environment associated with soil contamination across a broad range of sites and exposure scenarios, including scenarios not captured by the land use categories in the ASC NEPM.
Carolyn was previously the Deputy Chief Environmental Scientist and Manager of the Environmental Public Health Unit at the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria and was Acting Chief Environmental Scientist in 2021.
Carolyn is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Toxicology and Risk Assessment (ACTRA) and is a current member of both the NSW and Victorian EPA Contaminated land Auditor appointment panels, as well as the National Advisory Committee on the Environmental Management of Industrial Chemicals.
Member: Free
Student Member: Free
Non-member: $15.00 Incl. GST
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