Dr Annette Davison

Jim Fear

NSW Water Directorate Annual Forum 2025

NSW Water Directorate

The NSW Water Directorate Annual Forum brings together industry professionals from member Local Water Utilities (LWU's) across regional NSW.

Aerial UTS Function Centre

<h4>The NSW Water Directorate Annual Forum in 2025!</h4>The Annual Forum is our primary event, designed to provide a voice for members – bringing members, experts and regulators together to learn from each other in a face-to-face environment.​This year's theme ‘Frights, Floods and Foresight: Navigating Water Risk Management’ will be an opportunity to share and discuss how we can all future-proof our operations to meet emerging challenges.

<h4>Agenda</h4>The Annual Forum runs 9:00am - 5:00pm, folowed by a Networking Event onsite.The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Annette Davison—2021 Water Professional of the Year and global expert in water cycle risk management—as she shares exclusive case studies of water quality failures worldwide and the direct, immediate lessons for NSW local utilities.Also Speaking will be Jim Fear - a water engineer who will speak about drought resilient water supplies for regional NSW.We'll also hear from WSAA, WaterNSW and LWUs including Central Coast, Riverina, Tweed and Narromine. <a href="https://mcusercontent.com/84eb5c96d12325ab62e54d51e/files/73001d30-6070-04c6-c34c-270d1037e06d/Agenda_Final_V2.1_AF2025.pdf" title="https://mcusercontent.com/84eb5c96d12325ab62e54d51e/files/73001d30-6070-04c6-c34c-270d1037e06d/Agenda_Final_V2.1_AF2025.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">View the full agenda here</a>

<h4>About the Forum</h4>The Annual Forum is designed to be a low-cost one day event, where LWU staff can fly in and fly out of Sydney if necessary to save cost and allow you to be away from the job for a minimum amount of time. In addition to the essential discussions and presentations, we will once again be hosting an exclusive Networking Event on site immediately following the Forum.Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided. Beverages and canapes will also be provided at the Networking Event (please ensure that you select to add the Networking Event to your registration). <h4>Who should attend?</h4><ul><li>Current Local Water Utilities members and associates</li><li>Water and sewerage managers, engineers, operations staff and government stakeholders</li><li>Non-members and invited guests of the NSW Water Directorate</li></ul>We hope to see representatives from each of our 90+ members there – so if you think yourself or someone in your region should attend, please make sure to secure your seats.​We understand that our members need to get approval for the time out of area and costs of attending the Forum, so we've put together an approval template <a href="https://dZ-BjR04.ap1.hubspotlinksstarter.com/Ctc/OV+113/dZ-BjR04/VXhWbb87-B45W96ChKm33sgjMW1PHNH55CyBJ4N1sYgXW5kBVzW50kH_H6lZ3mnW3ppyBz7b1PW5W8p83nH8s-kjyVrsWMs24KJWDW21yHy680qDqdW5s92vV6rdPCGN3s-z2PMGrXPF5TtZPY-JyvW7mcBsX3lfCzMW1yWcqd1cVq1bW3KW8QQ5BkKd5VhWWsN8c0kDXN20QtNHRY39kN8NbG4KJccDmW1ZxJKV51-NnrW36hBYv5mR98pW25rcSP4tkt49W9dt60y68HXRQW2nqMwG7WYxZRN3XkSwYRCmrpN59y4J-_vvthW5S9V128yDDfJW4DCDf_57cHZ_W2mRhPG5VK8J9W5mcKNT7B-kNKW8Vycx88Y0q7hW5vJ0_G1v61L2W8-0WHt1bVG8vW85-B1d3tl5B7W5YkLP72dXFR-W2Kq_cN7kPdLLW1YrWHW2B0_RwV5B__23HQg8Nf6ShWC804" title="https://dZ-BjR04.ap1.hubspotlinksstarter.com/Ctc/OV+113/dZ-BjR04/VXhWbb87-B45W96ChKm33sgjMW1PHNH55CyBJ4N1sYgXW5kBVzW50kH_H6lZ3mnW3ppyBz7b1PW5W8p83nH8s-kjyVrsWMs24KJWDW21yHy680qDqdW5s92vV6rdPCGN3s-z2PMGrXPF5TtZPY-JyvW7mcBsX3lfCzMW1yWcqd1cVq1bW3KW8QQ5BkKd5VhWWsN8c0kDXN20QtNHRY39kN8NbG4KJccDmW1ZxJKV51-NnrW36hBYv5mR98pW25rcSP4tkt49W9dt60y68HXRQW2nqMwG7WYxZRN3XkSwYRCmrpN59y4J-_vvthW5S9V128yDDfJW4DCDf_57cHZ_W2mRhPG5VK8J9W5mcKNT7B-kNKW8Vycx88Y0q7hW5vJ0_G1v61L2W8-0WHt1bVG8vW85-B1d3tl5B7W5YkLP72dXFR-W2Kq_cN7kPdLLW1YrWHW2B0_RwV5B__23HQg8Nf6ShWC804" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Annual Forum Approval Letter</a> to help get started with your request.

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