Rivers Group 2nd Annual Symposium 2011:
Reflecting on the future

Monday 5 December 2011

Mac's Function Centre, Shed 22, corner of Taranaki and Cable Streets on the Wellington Waterfront

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The 2nd Annual Rivers Group Symposium will be held in Wellington on Monday 5 December 2011, with the day of stimulating discussion by invited speakers followed by the opportunity to socialise with other Rivers Group members.

The symposium will run from 08:30 through to 17:45, with an optional social function and dinner following. A discount on attendance fee is offered to current Rivers Group Members, and there will be an opportunity for new members to sign up.

The event will involve presentations by invited speakers and the Rivers Group Annual General Meeting will also be held in the afternoon.

The keynote presentation will be given by Professor Tim Davies from the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, and entitled “Floods: not just cumecs”. This will explore the interaction between floods and river geomorphology.

Other invited presentations will cover flood vulnerability in the face of possible future climate change effects, the historical impacts on people of floods in the Hutt River and the effects of past river management practices, case studies on the rehabilitation and restoration of rivers and streams in the Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu and Wellington Regions, and cultural health monitoring of streams. We are also hopeful that we can get someone from the insurance industry to provide an insurance perspective on managing future flood risks.

There will be representatives from local, regional and central government as well as practitioners, consultants, contractors, iwi, and interest groups.

Sponsorship opportunities for the symposium are available. Please contact the current committee if you would like to follow up on any such opportunities.

Prices to attend:

• Non Member Rate = $210
• Student Rate = $150
• Rivers Group Member Rate = $170
• Corporate Member Rate = $150
• 5 or more River Group Rate = $150
• Dinner Only = $100

To register; https://www.ipenz.org.nz/ei/getdemo.ei?id=155&s=_34O0KP35L

To register for the field trips contact Mike Thompson on mike.thompson@gw.govt.nz or telephone 04 830 4239

50th New Zealand Hydrological Society Conference

With our event scheduled to dovetail with the 50th New Zealand Hydrological Society Conference, registrants will have the option of attending both events, and/or the Friday field trips to either Lake Wairarapa or the Hutt Valley and Waiwhetu Stream.

For information on the 50th New Zealand Hydrological Society Conference and the field trips including cost, see http://www.nzhsconference.co.nz/