Presenter Bios
Sally Boer
- Fundamentals of Stormwater Wetland Design
- Advanced Stormwater Wetland Design
Sally is a freshwater ecologist with experience in wetland and waterway ecology, spanning both research and consultancy with the CRC for Freshwater Ecology, Ecological Engineering and now AECOM Design + Planning. Sally was a contributing author to a number of Water by Design’s guidelines. She has led a variety of WSUD projects from strategic planning through to concept design and detailed design. Her specific interests are building the social and recreational values of wetlands and waterways through integrated design approaches.
Peter Breen
- Fundamentals of Stormwater Wetland Design
- Advanced Stormwater Wetland Design
Peter has published reports on aquatic botany, wetland, stream and lake ecology, stormwater and wastewater treatment, water quality management and restoration ecology. Peter has authored or co-authored over 100 papers. His research and design expertise has contributed to best practice stormwater management objectives and guidelines on the design of constructed wetlands, waterways, bioretention systems and lakes.
Tony Dickson
- Concept Design of Water Sensitive Urban Developments
Tony has been extensively involved the planning and design of major commercial, residential, industrial and tourism projects throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific region for 20 years. Combining a comprehensive understanding of urban planning issues with strong design skills, Tony’s responsibilities have ranged from broad-scale structure planning and project conceptualisation through to detailed urban design implementation. In recent years, Tony has been the project director on numerous large-scale planning and design projects throughout Australia, which have presented complex challenges for sustainable and livealbe new communities.
Malcolm Eadie
- Fundamentals of Stormwater Wetland Design
- Advanced Stormwater Wetland Design
- Concept Design of Water Sensitive Urban Developments
Malcolm is a civil engineer with 17 years professional experience. Malcolm’s interest lies in promoting collaboration between the disciplines of urban design and physical sciences to deliver enduring and engaging urban solutions, using concepts of biomimicry to minimise ecological footprint. Malcolm has particular expertise in integrated urban water cycle management and water sensitive urban design. Malcolm’s experience encompasses government strategy and policy development, institutional and social capacity building, and design and construction services to public and private sector projects.
David Hamlyn-Harris
- Stormwater Harvesting
David Hamlyn-Harris has 27 years experience across all aspects of municipal water and wastewater engineering. His extensive experience in strategic, conceptual and detailed design for water management projects has let him to a passionate interest and expertise in integrated water management systems. His recent experience includes the development of the proposed South Bank stormwater harvesting scheme (the SHARC project) and drafting guidelines for stormwater harvesting for Water by Design.
Alan Hoban
- Introduction to Water Sensitive Urban Design
- Fundamentals of Bioretention Design
- Advanced Bioretention Design
Alan graduated as dux of environmental engineering at University of Melbourne in 1996 and has been operating at the forefront of WSUD practice in Australia for many years. He has been involved on a number of pioneering WSUD projects across Australia, and his design approaches have been progressively refined through hands on experience at all stages of the WSUD delivery process, from concept design through to construction and establishment. Alan has a strong interest in all aspects of sustainability and was a founding director of the sustainable transport business Flexicar and has worked as an environmental educator. He is currently the Program Manager for Water by Design.
Shaun Leinster
- Fundamentals of Bioretention Design
- Advanced Bioretention Design
- Construction and Establishment of Vegetated Stormwater Systems
Shaun is an environmental engineer and designer with extensive expertise in urban stormwater management, WSUD, integrated water cycle management, riverand stream hydrology and water resource management. Shaun has particular expertise in the design of innovative WSUD elements, sustainable water management solutions and stormwater management systems, through co-ordination of collaborative relationships with urban designers, landscape architects and engineers. This has allowed Shaun to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interaction between design (urban, landscape and built form) and the natural and created (engineering infrastructure). Additionally, Shaun has played an important role in the delivery of WSUD infrastructure through novel construction and establishment methods. These methods now form the basis for construction and establishment guidelines developed for Water by Design.
Damian McCann
- Construction and Establishment of Vegetated Stormwater Systems
Damian holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours (Ecology), a Bachelor of Applied Science and an Advanced Certificate in Bushland Regeneration. His particular areas of expertise and interest are ecological and riparian restoration, ecological design, catchment, waterway and wetland management and water sensitive urban design. He has worked on projects throughout Australia for private companies, local and state government. Damain is passionate about providing pragmatic solutions to environmental problems through the use of good science and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.
Andrew Neighbour
- Concept Design of Water Sensitive Urban Developments
Andrew is a senior landscape architect with a diverse range of experience working in multi-disciplinary teams covering planning, urban design and detailed landscape design. WSUD is a key focus of Andrew’s work as he explores integrated solutions throughout residential, industrial, public realm and resort design work.
Chris Tanner
- Stormwater Harvesting
Chris has 25 years experience in a wide variety of land development projects and general civil engineering, combined with his professional background in town planning. Chris has a rich grasp of issues associated with the sustainable development of land and a focus on integrating civil engineering solutions with the environment and natural landforms. Recent experience includes the detail design of all civil engineering and water management infrastructure for the Ecovillage at Currumbin, development of preliminary designs for stormwater management, including stormwater harvesting for the Sippy Downs Town Centre, as well as an extensive investigation for Queensland Water Commission to review a range of stormwater harvesting options.
Sarah Walker
- Introduction to Water Sensitive Urban Design
Sarah combines her experience and skills in environmental science and urban water project management to support the water and urban development industries create water sensitive communities in South East Queensland. Sarah manages a number of projects for Water by Design that provide professional development initiatives and policy and planning reform at a state and local government level.
Tony Weber
- Fundamentals of Swale and Sedimentation Basin Design
- MUSIC Assessors Training
Tony has been involved with water quality management and the implementation of WSUD for more than 20 years in both local government and the consulting industry. Tony was a key contributor to the WSUD Technical Design Guidelines for South East Queensland and is a member of the MUSIC development team and an accredited trainer for MUSIC modelling software. Tony co-authored WSUD guidelines in Brisbane, Gold Coast, South East Queensland, New South Wales and Melbourne and has authored and presented over 28 papers on WSUD and water quality management in Australia and overseas.
