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Following on from this year’s successful franc.sydney conference held in March 2023, the Organising Committee invites you to participate in franc.sydney 2024, Charting the Future from Past Lessons, to be held at CommBank Stadium on Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 April, 2024.

franc.sydney is all about connecting like-minded professionals who are committed to creating a more sustainable world. Our sponsors make us stronger by adding their voice, helping us to push back against vested interest, bringing balance back to the policy discussion. Through the support of our sponsors, this networked community will have greater influence over how urban stormwater and our waterways are managed, helping our society towards a better, more sustainable and, ultimately, more rational future.

There are a range of ways that our sponsors can get involved in franc.sydney. From running workshops, exhibiting, hosting breakfast sessions or pre/post conference social gatherings, to offering meditation sessions or branded collateral. We have put together some options, however we are open to suggestions and ideas that you may have that will best align with your business. Learn more about the franc.sydney initiative here. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, click here.

As the Stormwater Industry gathers for its first National Conference following COVID19 it is clear that the world has changed, and we are an integrated part of that change. Technology has leapt forward in a significant way. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now identifying and counting gross pollutants in stormwater. Remote monitoring of floods, structures and community alerts have become a widespread, standard Best Practice. DNA testing in waterways can now identify if a platypus is nearby – giving a rapid ecosystem health assessment! And Mother Nature has been updating the Intensity Frequency Distributions for Far North Queensland. In this era of rapid change, however, Regulation has struggled to keep pace with legal challenges arising for businesses that have suddenly found themselves operating outside their Licence conditions.

SET 2024 provides an opportunity for the sharing of knowledge in these overlapping areas where stormwater influences the environment, where technology improves our understanding of stormwater and environment, where gaps in environment knowledge could be measured and filled by technology. The National Conference is a collaboration of researchers, designers, scientists, engineers, legal professionals, ecologists, community, modellers, government and technology providers. It gives space for new research findings, and innovation in practice. It encourages both academic and practitioner/industry presentations, with peer-reviewed papers being eligible for publication in an international journal following the Conference. It hosts Exhibitors from stormwater, environment and technology (and others) to open our eyes to the possibilities ahead.

SET 2024, as the National Conference, is deliberately different. Delegates don’t have to be a traditional “stormie”. Conference themes include environmental law, policy, community resilience, IoT, and ecosystem processes, as well as erosion control, urban drainage, water sensitive urban design, nature-based solutions, modelling, water quantity and quality. The world is more connected than ever before, and collaboration between disciplines is the way forward. If you have something to share via paper and presentation, please submit your abstract via the Portal. If you are interested to learn from the best in their field, join us in Brisbane, QLD, Australia on 8-11th October 2024

For more information please visit the conference website here.

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