
Update: The conference has been postponed to the 9th–11th of November 2022 — Click here for Covid19 Updates
PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY 9 NOVEMBER
8:30 - 9:00
OFFICIAL OPENING
9:00 - 10:30
INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Herve Piegay (France) - National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) | Making Room for Rivers: why and how should we do that?
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING TEA
11:00 - 11:20
Jono Tonkin - University of Canterbury | Ecological consequences of making room for rivers
11:20 - 11:40
Gary Brierley - The University of Auckland | Some scientific considerations in moves to reanimate the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand
11:40 - 12:00
Dan Hikuroa - The University of Auckland | Let the River Speak
12:00 - 12:30
Q & A - Discussion of morning session
12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH - Rivers Group AGM at 1PM
13:30 - 14:30
Student Presentations - Elliot Stevens, Clare Wilkinson, Will Conley, Danielle Cairns
14:30 - 14:50
Community Group Presentation: Sonny Whitelaw - BRaid - Braided River Aid | Mixed Messages: A Braided Rivers Community Engagement Problem
14:50 - 15:10
Community Group Presentation: Dr Amelia Willams - Ngāti Tara Tokanui | More than a room, reconstructing the River whare: the praxis of tupuna narrative
15:10 - 15:40
Community Group Presentation: Gerrard Albert - Te-Ati-Hau-Nui-a-Paparangi | Te Awa Tupua - Managing People within a River's Context
15:45 - 16:45
AFTERNOON TEA - Poster Session
16:45 - 17:15
RiverLink - Virtual Field Trip
17:15 - 18:30
WELCOME FUNCTION - Lower Hutt Events Centre
19:00 ONWARD
Casual Networking Dinner
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER
9:00 - 10:30
INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ralph Schielen (Netherlands) - Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Delft University of Technology | Making Room for Rivers: Experiences from the Netherlands
10:30 - 11:00
MORNING TEA
11:00 - 11:20
Shaun McCracken - Environment Canterbury | Successes and Challenges of Making Room for Canterbury Rivers
11:20 - 11:40
Mark Townsend - Bay of Plenty Regional Council | 2017 Cyclone Debbie Flood Recovery Project
11:40 - 12:00
Geoff Canham - Geoff Canham Consulting | Kopurererua River - Not just an inner city river realignment
12:00 - 12:30
Q & A - Discussion of morning session
12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH
13:30 - 15:30
Panel Discussion
15:30 - 16:00
Conference Closing
18:00 ONWARD
CONFERENCE DINNER - Bus departs Lower Hutt Events Centre at 6:00pm. Dinner from 7pm at Boneface
FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER
Wairarapa Field Trip - Kindly sponsored by Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Departs 8.45am Lower Hutt Events Centre - please meet at 8.30am