Upcoming Events
IWA Conference & SIG Meetings
Thursday 21 November 2024 – SIG Meetings and Conference Dinner
Friday 22 November 2024 – Half Day Conference
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Past Events
Plenary Session & SIG Meetings – Thursday 18 July 2024
Virtual IWA events on Thursday 18 July, commencing at 9am with the Plenary Session and followed by the Special Interest Group Meetings from 10am, streaming concurrently throughout the day.
Plenary Session & SIG Meetings – Thursday 21 March 2024
Virtual IWA events on Thursday 21 March, commencing at 9am with the Plenary Session and followed by the Special Interest Group Meetings from 10am, streaming concurrently throughout the day.
IWA Dinner & Conference – 16 & 17 November 2023
Conference and SIG Meetings Thursday 16 And Friday 17 November 2022 at Yarra Valley Lodge.
Plenary Session & SIG Meetings – Thursday 13 July 2023
Virtual IWA events on Thursday 13 July, commencing at 9am with the Plenary Session and followed by the Special Interest Group Meetings from 10am, streaming concurrently throughout the day.
Plenary Session & SIG Meetings – Thursday 16 March 2023
Virtual IWA events on Thursday 16 March, commencing at 9am with the Plenary Session and followed by the Special Interest Group Meetings from 10am, streaming concurrently throughout the day.
IWA Dinner & Conference – 17 & 18 November 2022
Conference and SIG Meetings Thursday 17 And Friday 18 November 2022. At Novotel Geelong.
IWA Keynote Presentation & SIG meetings – Thursday 21 July, 2022
The plenary session “Cyber Mega-Trends and the Water Sector: What you and your organisation need to know” will be hosted by Cyber Security Specialist – Daniel Muchow, Director – Cyber Security and Digital Trust at PwC.
Daniel will discuss the mega-trends in cyber security which will impact the water sector across the globe.
IWA Keynote Presentation & SIG meetings – Thursday 24 March, 2022
Insights from pricing submission preparations – cursory tales and critical opportunities.
Tim White, founder and Executive Director of Utilities Regulation Advisory (URA).
IWA Keynote Presentation & SIG Meetings – Thursday 15 July, 2021
Keynote Presentation – Going Circular: The opportunity to transition to a more circular Australia.
IWA Keynote Presentation & SIG Meetings – Thursday 25 February, 2021
Keynote Presentation: Optimism and Innovation – Building Your Realistic and Infectiously Optimistic Innovation Team.
IWA SIG Meetings – Thursday 19 November, 2020
Australia is in the midst of significant transformation with the workforce of the future requiring new skills and new ways of working to make the most of new technologies and to meet challenges. The changes in technology, demographics, social, and regulatory environment have accelerated the challenges of staffing the right workforce, with the right skills, at a competitive cost.
Extreme events such as COVID-19 have increased the speed and complexity of these challenges. But does the speed of changes forced upon us this year reset the way we should think about how we tackle these challenges?
Drawing on insights from across industries and leading thought leadership, PwC will suggest how these challenges may impact the workforce of Victoria’s Water Corporations and how they may be tackled.
IWA Conference: 12 – 13 March 2020
The Conference has been themed “Complex conversations in 280 characters” and will focus on simple and effective ways to engage with our customers, increase water literacy and provide thought leadership.
The Conference program has a mix of thought-providing speakers as well as a workshop session focussed on solution building. Being that it is predicted to be a hot and dry summer, the Conference will also explore the effectiveness of behaviour change campaigns and their impact.
IWA Conference: 14-15 November 2019
The final conference for 2019 sponsored by Davidson Executive & Boards, Trility and our Strategic partner PwC Australia was held on 14-15 November in Melbourne.
The theme for the conference “Solutions for a Changing Climate“ featured presentations from PwC’s Chief Data Scientist Matt Kuperholz, policy update from the DELWP Deputy Secretary Helen Vaughan and a number of other Victorian water industry professionals.
Copies of speaker presentations from the Conference can be accessed by clicking here.
A big thank you to AWA for taking some great photos of the main conference dinner – click here to view and enjoy.
IWA Conference – July 2019
The mid-year IWA Conference sponsored by GHD was held in early July 2019 at Crown Conferencing Southbank. The theme for the conference was “Our Water Future in a Drying Climate” and featured presentations that explored balancing social, environmental, economic and health needs with the increasing demand for water for a multitude of purposes (recreational and otherwise).
Copies of speaker presentations can be accessed by clicking here.
IWA Conference – March 2019
Out first conference for 2019 was another great success with over 250 industry specialists participating in our Special Interest Groups collaborating, sharing ideas and solving critical issues to serve our customers better.
An engaging and heartfelt presentation from Emma Murray (Richmond FC secret weapon) reinforced the power of bringing your ‘A’ game while Victor Perton (author of The Case for Optimism, founder of The Australian Leadership Project and Yarra Valley Water Director) challenged our thinking about what makes an optimistic leader.
Special thanks to our event sponsors Yarra Valley Water and SUEZ, industry supporters AWA Vic Branch and VicWater as well as our enthusiastic delegates for the valuable knowledge sharing and positive learnings that we all take back to our businesses.
If you were snapped in our event photo gallery or to access copies of our speaker presentations, please click here.
IWA Conference – November 2018
The IWA November 2018 Conference sponsored by Trility and Davidson Executive & Boards was held on 22 and 23 November 2018 at Crown Conferencing Southbank, Melbourne.
The timely theme for the conference was “ Trust: a critical success factor for culture, customers and community” and featured presentations that highlight the key factors for trust-building in society through ethical and engaged leadership.
Conference Keynote speaker Rocky Scopelliti explored Interconnected Trust. For the Conference Dinner, we were delighted to hear from Saroo Brierley as our guest speaker who shared his life story which was recently recounted through the Academy Award winning movie Lion.
IWA Conference – November 2018
Congratulations to Dean Phillips, Water Treatment Coordinator at Western Water who was announced as the 2019 Laurie Gleeson Development Award winner at our November 2018 Conference Dinner. We look forward to hearing of Dean’s learning’s from his upcoming study tour to America and Canada exploring what technologies and processes these countries use to meet their stringent Drinking Water Guidelines.
Special thanks to our long term sponsors Stantec and Russell Kennedy who fund the $5000 grant to a water industry professional to undertake a professional development project each year. Dean’s award winning video submission can be viewed here.
IWA Conference – July 2018
Our 2018 mid-year Conference Program proudly sponsored by GHD featured a keynote address from the Rev Tim Costello AO and Chief Advocate of the Thriving Communities Partnership.
We also look forward to welcoming DELWP Secretary John Bradley plus many more. Thanks also to our returning support sponsor GHD. The conference was held in the Crown Conferencing Southbank, Melbourne.
2018 Biggest Ever ‘Laurie Gleeson’ Dinner
2018 marked the 3rd event of this kind where in excess of $150,000 has now been raised for prostate cancer research and awareness campaigns.
Over 300 guests enjoyed a fabulous evening of networking and education of mens health and the ground breaking medical treatment that is restoring post cancer sufferers quality of life.
This years event was held at the prestigious Members Dining Room at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Thursday 5 July 2018 on the night before the IWA’s July conference and in place of the traditional June/July conference dinner.
IWA Conference – March 2018
Featuring a keynote presentation from Dr Sue Brown, Associate Dean – Engagement for the Faculty of Health and Program Coordinator of the Sport Management Programs at Federation University Australia.
Feedback from our delegates at the first conference for 2018 titled ‘Leadership for liveability in our community’ was very positive.
IWA Conference – November 2017
The exciting program for the November 2017 IWA Conference at Crown, Melbourne themed “Workforce of the Future – Becoming more extraordinary” was recently held for our delegates.
This conference explored skills of the future, leadership, team building, personal wellbeing, etc with a keynote address from Steve Griffith – CEO of Griffith Consulting who spoke on the Future of Leadership – the five focus strategies for energising and creating a high-performance culture of results and accountability.
Copies of the conference presentations can now be accessed by clicking here.
IWA Conference – June 2017 – Doing business in a disrupted future #Innovation
Featuring an innovative program format, our June conference featured over 20 different industry speakers including a keynote presentation from Peter Ellyard, Australia’s most prominent futurist and a highly interesting and motivated speaker.
Copies of all presentations can be accessed by clicking here.
IWA/AWA Regional Conference – February 2017
Featuring a keynote presentation from the Minister for Water, Lisa Neville MP, our first conference for 2017 titled ‘Renewing energy in the water industry‘ was a sell out event with over 250 people attending the Special Interest Group meetings and a further 280 delegates attending the Conference and Dinner over this 2 day event.
To access copies of the Conference presentations and photos from the event click here.
IWA Conference and 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – November 2016
The final IWA Conference for 2016 was held on 17 and 18 November at our new bigger and better location at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). Titled ‘Looking forward, looking back – 50 years in the making’ attendees received engaging and insightful presentations from our keynote speaker Bernard Salt as well as several other Industry and Government representatives.
Copies of these presentations are available to delegates by clicking here.
A big thanks also to those who helped us celebrate our 50th anniversary in style at the MCEC. Did you manage to get snapped by our resident paparazzi? Check out all the pics by clicking here.
50 years of the IWA and beyond
To commemorate the IWA’s 50th Anniversary of operation, an interactive timeline was launched at the celebratory dinner.
