Upcoming Events
– See you all tonight 6:30pm @ the Barrel Hall, Felons –
Calling all stormwater professionals, engineers, researchers, and enthusiasts! You are cordially invited to a captivating evening of networking at our New Year, New Beginnings 2024 casual drinks event. Connect with like-minded individuals from the stormwater industry, exchange ideas, and forge new collaborations.
In particular, we welcome early career professionals to join us and seize the opportunity to network, connect, and learn from experienced stormwater gurus.
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to mingle with industry leaders, make lasting connections, and advance your career in stormwater management.
A bar tab for non-alcoholic drinks will be provided.
The event is proudly sponsored by TRUE GRID.
Tickets Available through Humanitix
This is the decade of change. With unprecedented and mutually reinforcing challenges of climate change, flooding, urbanisation and waterway pollution, the status quo in stormwater is clearly unsustainable. Stormwater Queensland invite you to hear and discuss ‘Bolder Goals for Stormwater’.
This year’s event will be bigger and bolder than last year. We have some excellent speakers, great food, opportunity for socialising and networking, as well as the annual KAHOOT stormwater competition.
Speakers include:
- Keynote Speaker – Prof. Ana Deletic – QUT Faculty of Engineering
- Kelen Marczak Polli – Arup
- Teneale Jeffrey – Early Stormwater Professional of the Year
- Kylie Drapala – Logan City Council
- Sean Quilty – Quilty Engineering Hub
This event is designed for but not limited to:
• Stormwater Professionals
• Landscape Architects
• Urban Designers
• Economists
• Local Government
• Developers
Ticket price includes dinner.
Tickets available through Humanitix $105 – $155 AUD + BF
Gold Sponsor
Everhard Industries is an Australian family-owned manufacturer of Drainage, Wastewater and Environmental solutions for residential and commercial applications. In addition to our extensive drainage range, we are also the market leader in Laundry Units and Sinks for the home. Back in 1926, Everhard pioneered the original concrete laundry tub in Queensland. Using environmentally conscious materials and sustainable manufacturing techniques, our products are designed for Australian homes and Australian conditions, working to conserve the environment for the future.
Bold Goals is a cross-disciplinary event bringing together professionals from engineering, local government, development, architecture, planning, landscape architecture and water utilities for an evening of big ideas and bold thinking. Hosted by Stormwater Queensland with support of Engineers Australia, this event creates a unique platform to share and pitch visionary goals for the future of stormwater management.
In a rapidly evolving landscape shaped by housing supply and affordability pressures, climate change and legacy infrastructure, Bold Goals invites participants to think beyond the status-quo and envision what best-practice stormwater management and total water cycle management can truly look like. Attendees will hear a series of short, inspiring pitches from diverse industry professionals designed to challenge perspectives, spark collaboration and drive innovation across sectors.
Whether you’re shaping policy, designing communities or delivering infrastructure, this event offers an opportunity to connect, contribute and help define a more resilient and sustainable water future.
This event is designed for but not limited to:
- Stormwater Professionals
- Water Utilities
- Landscape Architects, Architects, Planners and Urban Designers
- Economists
- Local/State Government
- Developers
- Young professionals, students and post-graduate researchers
Stormwater Queensland invites attendees to bring a friend, client or colleague to learn more about the challenges and future of sustainable stormwater management!
Speakers include prominent voices from across the industry, including:
- Rob Fearon, General Manager – Servicing Planning (Urban Utilities)
- Liza Valks MPIA (Fellow), State Manager – Qld & NT (Planning Institute of Australia, PIA)
- Mal McCann, Director and Queensland State Manager (DPM Consulting Group)
- Chamantha Athapaththu, Committee Member (River Basin Management Society) and Senior Scientist (Hydrobiology)
- Michael Smit, Deputy Chair (Rainwater Harvesting Association) and Technical and Sustainability Manager (Kingspan Water and Energy)
- Geoff Vietz, Director and Principal Scientist (Streamology)
- Will Kershaw, Principle Environmental Engineer (JDA Co.)
- Teah Hammet, Consultant (CRED Consulting)
More speakers to be announced, including:
- Veris (Event Sponsor)
- Engineers Australia Queensland Water Panel
- Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)
Sponsors: This event is proudly sponsored by Streamology and Veris (Speaking Sponsors)
Date: Thursday 2 July 2026, 6- 9pm
Venue: Engineers Australia, 340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
**Included in ticket is informal networking between presentations. A range of canapes and alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks will be served during networking and are included in ticket price.