Date Claimer - 21 February SEQ Conference Gympie
Date: 29-Jun-2017
It’s that time again - in about 6 weeks we kick off the first of our 2013 regional events as part of the 2013 Water Connections Tour (supported by Dial Before You Dig). The first conference, along with the South-East Queensland final of the Orica Australia Best of the Best Water Taste Test will be hosted by Gympie Regional Council. We are proud to welcome our major sponsors back along with Localbuy as a silver sponsor for the event in Gympie. Sponsorship packages for this event as well as others around the state are still available, and we will be making more announcements soon around celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the establishment of qldwater and progress in the qldwater on tap campaign.
We have a lot to organise in a short time so here are some key jobs and deadlines:
Please let us know if you are interested in presenting a paper in Gympie by 25 January. We are after good, locally-relevant technical and other presentations to fill half hour slots and we make it easy… You only need to provide us with a brief outline now and a powerpoint on the day if accepted.
We are particularly interested in technical presentations from members, or organisations that can co-present relevant case studies of likely interest to members.
To date around half the program is complete, including a technical tour of the Gympie BNR plant kindly arranged by our hosts.
Prepare to register! You are welcome to do so now by completing the form here and we will send a draft program around shortly after the deadline for submission of papers. The earlybird price is only $120 + GST for qldwater member organisations and $170 + GST for non-members. The most cost-effective day of professional development and networking around….
Consider sponsorships and/or pass on to organisations you think might be interested. We currently have one principal and two silver spots remaining and these are essential to keeping the registration fees low.
Start working out how you are going to get your samples organised for the taste test. This year’s new format sees delegates doing the tasting! No more arguments about judges with dodgy palates. The rules of entry haven’t substantially changed however we have modified the process to be able to accept up to 10 samples in each region to be tested. So you should be able to submit for a couple of schemes if you just can’t decide….
The SEQ taste test is open to members from Gold Coast City Council, Logan City Council, Redland City Council, Bundaberg Regional Council, Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council, Gympie Regional Council, North Burnett Regional Council, Queensland Urban Utilities (Brisbane, Somerset, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley, Ipswich Council areas), South Burnett Regional Council, Unitywater (Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast Regional Council areas) and Wide Bay Water Corporation (Fraser Coast Regional Council).
Our key contact for papers and sponsorships is Desiré Gralton - dgralton@qldwater.com.au. Look forward to seeing you there.
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