Annual Forum 2025

The qldwater Annual Forum was held in Brisbane on 20 to 21 August 2025 with the theme: Courage and Compassion for a Resilient Urban Water Sector.

OPENING PLENARY
Opening address
Jarrod Cowley-Grimmond, Deputy Director-General - Dept of Local Government, Water and Volunteers
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Water Economics at a Crossroads: Bridging the Price–Cost Divide
Matt Bradbury, Director - Clear Ridge Consulting
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MANAGING PSYCHOSOCIAL RISKS FOR A RISKY SECTOR
Managing Psychosocial Risks for a Risky Sector
Naomi Kemp, Co-Founder - fr&nk& Cameron Dean, Partner - McCullough Robertson
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ALTERNATIVES TO CONVENTIONAL REGULATION
Something about Source Control
Dr Louise Reeves, Lead Scientist - qldwater
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Seqwater flood response and lessons learnt and future planning for Brisbane 2032
Duncan Middleton, Manager Technical Support and Improvement - Seqwater
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Eco-Markets: Unlocking Water Quality and Nature Credits towards Diversified Investment Strategies
Dr Goslik Schepers, CEO - Eco-Markets Australia
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Smart Markets for Smart Water: Local Trading with the SWaN Exchange
Katrina Donaghy, Regional CEO, APAC – Water Ledger
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SUPPORTING INITIATIVES AND TOOLS
Supporting Structures - Safe & Healthy Drinking Water in Indigenous Local Government Areas Program
Chris Blake, Team Leader, Environmental Health (WaSH) - Tropical Public Health Services
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Climate risks for the water sector and what it means for making decisions
Dr John Vitkovsky, Principal Project Officer - Queensland Hydrology, Dept of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
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FINAL LIST OF ATTENDEES
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