Update: The conference has been postponed to the 9th–11th of November 2022 — Click here for Covid19 Updates
SPEAKERS
Keynote: Hervé Piégay
Fluvial Geomorphologist, Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Wed 9:00 am
Making room for rivers : why and how should we do that?
Jono Tonkin
Senior Lecturer and Rutherford Discovery Fellow at University of Canterbury
Wed 11:00 am
Ecological consequences of making room for rivers
Gary Brierley
Professor and Chair of Physical Geography in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland
Wed 11:20 am
Some scientific considerations in moves to reanimate the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand
Dan Hikuroa
Senior Lecturer in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, University of Auckland
Wed 11:40 am
Let the River Speak
Community Group Speaker: Sonny Whitelaw
BRaid - Braided River Aid
Wed 2:30 pm
Mixed Messages: A Braided Rivers Community Engagement Problem
Gerrard Albert
Te-Ati-Hau-Nui-a-Paparangi
Wed 3:10pm
Te Awa Tupua - Managing People within a River's Context
Keynote: Ralph Schielen
Senior Advisor at Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Delft University of Technology
Thurs 9:00 am
Making Room for Rivers: Experiences from The Netherlands
Shaun McCracken
Chartered Engineer, Environment Canterbury
Thurs 11:00 am
Successes and Challenges of Making Room for Canterbury Rivers
Ngai Tamarawaho Hapu & Geoff Canham
Thrive Spaces and Places
Thurs 11:40 am
Kopurererua River-not just an inner city river realignment
