Young Water Professionals Annual Forum

The Australian Water Association’s SA Branch Young Water Professionals Annual Forum will be held on Thursday 7th June 2012.

The forum will examine the current state of the water sector and the political drivers guiding the industry’s future.
Topics include:

• Water reform and the National Water Initiative
• Managing water resources in a changing climate
• Adapting to future water supply challenges

This full day forum will allow young water professionals to share knowledge and network with their industry peers while investigating these issues. The forum will feature an opening address bu Hon Paul Caica, Minister for Water and the River Murray.

When: Thursday 7th June 2012
Where: The Fig Tree Function Centre, Adelaide Zoo
Cost: Students – $35, AWA Members- $90, Non AWA Members – $120

Download the pdf flyer for more information.

Register online here.

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Producing more food with fewer Resources – AG Institute Forum

The Ag Institute of Australia is delighted to present a forum of key importance to Australian agriculture, agribusinesses and those who advise them on Tuesday 29 November 2011. Future food production from agriculture faces many challenges. Pressures from competition for arable land and water resources, energy costs, access to water and climate variability are increasing. We must produce more food and deliver it to more people, locally and internationally, while protecting the environment that supports food production. Markets are demanding more food of higher nutritional quality, while agricultural input resources are becoming scarcer. Government responses to energy and climate issues, such as the carbon tax, add yet another dimension. Australian agriculture, with its dependence on fossil fuel energy, will be challenged increasingly by these changing factors.

We are all connected to our arable land, and our whole natural environment, through food. We need to ensure that farming and its service industries remain profitable and ecologically sustainable. This affects those in finance, succession planning, legal professions and real estate as well as those in agri-consulting, commodity trading, agribusiness and government policy.

This Forum features speakers who will illustrate the threats and challenges and also some of the potential responses and opportunities. Together we can respond positively if we have the facts. This is your chance to get those facts.

When: Tuesday 29th November
Time: 9:15-16:00
Where: SARDI Plant Research Centre, Waite Campus

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Water Wednesday Forum – Podcasts Now Available

Water Wednesday forum “Is storm water flowing to sea really wasted?” now available as podcasts.

The Water Research Centre  presented a special forum on 24 March as part of its Water Wednesday series, entitled: “Is storm water flowing to sea really wasted?”

Speakers addressed topics of alternative water sources, where storm water fits in the mix of water sources, the process of storing water, options for capturing and recycling storm water, alternative sources, and provision for environmental needs for flows downstream of dams.

Click here to access podcasts and PowerPoint presentations from the event.

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