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Thursday 5 December - Friday 6 December 2024
Program – 5 December 2024
8.15am – 9.00am: Registration
9.00am – 9.05am: Acknowledgment to Country
9.05am – 9.10am: Welcome Address
Scott Carroll, President, ALGA
9.10am – 9.20am: LGNSW – Contaminated Land Network
Anna Lundmark, StellaNord Consulting
9.20am – 10.20am: Legacy Contaminants (e.g. UPSS and landfills)
Benn Treharne, Unit Head, NSW EPA
Disaster Recovery Programs (e.g. North Coast Program)
Stefan Press, Unit Head, NSW EPA
Q&A
10.20am – 10.40am: Risk management and assurances – From strategic to on-the-ground risks and Q&A
Dr Annalisa Contos, Atom Consulting
10.40am – 11.10am: Morning Tea Networking
11.10am – 12.30pm:
Ana Serra, Liverpool City Council
Philippa Biswell, Sutherland Shire Council
When to engage a Site Auditor & the role of the Site Auditor
Marc Salmon, Easterly Point Environmental – Site Auditor
1.30pm – 1.50pm: Managing Legacy Landfills
Ezio Di Giovanni, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
1.50pm – 2.10pm: Managing Asbestos
Ian Gregson, GHD
2.10pm – 2.30pm: Lessons Learnt from Disasters / Flood Clean-ups
Stefanie Stanley, Lismore City Council
2.30pm – 2.50pm: Contaminated Land Information Systems
Howard Waldron, Lotsearch
2.50pm – 3.00pm: Q&A
All Speakers Session 3
3.00pm – 3.30pm: Afternoon Tea Networking
Session 4 – Emerging Contaminants & Groundwater Management
Co-Chairs – Renelle Watson, Brisbane City Council & Ana Serra, Liverpool City Council
3.30pm – 3.50pm: Emerging Contaminants in the Environment
Dr Mike Williams, CSIRO
3.50pm – 4.10pm: Is PFAS Regulation keeping up with the State of knowledge?
Dr Matt Askeland, ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd
4.10pm – 4.30pm: Groundwater Management
Bryan Threadingham, Insite Remediation Services
4.30pm – 4.45pm: Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network (AELERT)
Gregory Abood, CEO, AELERT
4.45pm – 5.00pm: Q&A
All Speakers
5.00pm – 5.05pm: Day 1 Wrap up
Phillippa Biswell, Sutherland Shire Council Committee Chair
5.30pm – 7.30pm: Networking Drinks – Entertainment with Malik Traki Johnston
Program – 6 December 2024
9.00am – 9.05am: Welcome
Phillippa Biswell, Sutherland Shire Council, Committee Chair
Workshop Session 1 – Environmental Management Plans & More Tips and Tricks
Chair – Renelle Watson, Brisbane City Council
9.05am – 9.25am: Reviewing Technical Reports – Tips and Tricks
Speaker TBC
9.25am – 10.10am: Training Workshop: Environmental Management Plans – Consideration of their use in the ongoing management of private and public land
Phillippa Biswell, Sutherland Shire Council & Karinne Taylor, City of Sydney
10.10am – 10.40am: Morning Tea
Workshop Session 2 – Risk Assessment and Risk Communication
Chair – Ana Serra, Liverpool City Council
10.40am – 12.00pm: Training Workshop – Introduction to Risk Assessments
Dr Anand Chandra, Stantec
John Russell, Douglas Partners Pty Ltd
12.00pm – 12.10pm: Case Study – Treating PFAS – Impacted Water for Discharge to the Environment
Todd Placek, SciDev
12.10pm – 12.20pm: Case Study – Tamworth Gasworks – Site Investigation
Jason Clay, Senversa
12.20pm – 12.30pm: Case Study – Coastal Contamination – Fixing Past Mistakes at Lake Cathie
Ben Foster, Port Maquarie Hastings Council
12.30pm – 1.00pm: Keynote Presentation and Event Close
Arminda Ryan, Director of Incident Management and Environmental Health
1.00pm – 1.30pm: Closing Lunch
Forum Fees: $220 (including Networking drinks)
Networking Drinks Only: $50

Arminda Ryan is a Director at the NSW EPA who is driven to protect and restore our environment and serve our community. She has over 25 years’ experience spanning advice; regulatory reform; operations; policy and program administration. Contaminated Land Management is her specialty.
Arminda led the NSW EPA’s former Contaminated Land Management Section before being asked to lead the EPA’s response to the 2019/20 Bushfires and COVID pandemic in 2020 where waste management was a key issue. Arminda now leads the EPA’s Incident Management and Environmental Health Branch and is responsible for planning, preparedness, response and recovery for major incidents and emergencies, including the responses to the 2021 and 2022 floods, and for delivering projects that improve environmental health.
Before joining the EPA Arminda worked in the private sector as a Senior Environmental Scientist and Project Manager, and for the Commonwealth Government in environmental management. She holds a Bachelor of Science from The University of Sydney, and a Master of Science and Technology (Environmental Science) from The University of New South Wales.
Thank you to our Committee
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