Melbourne 2025 Conference Papers + Presentations
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Conference Papers and Presentations
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND UPDATES - Download Presentation
Akram, S - The evolution of flood mapping in Melbourne: lessons learned and forward planning | Downoad Paper | Download Presentation
Allen, R - Investigating Implications of Updated Climate Change Considerations in Australian Rainfall and Runoff | Download Presentation
Anderson, S - Risk based land use planning approach to flooding in NSW - POSTER
Atiquzzaman, A - Potential Application of Artificial Intelligence in Flood Operations for Regulated Water Storages | Download Presentation
Babister, M - Improving flood frequency analysis by estimating empirical regional Priors | Download Presentation
Bani, S - AI-Driven Analysis of Climate Drivers for Streamflow Forecasting and Flood Risk Management - POSTER
Barclay, S - Building Resilience: Harnessing Location Intelligence for Flood Risk Mitigation - POSTER
Bell, A and Lord, N - Breaking Planning Amendment Boundaries between Flood Studies and Planning Schemes in Victoria | Download Presentation
Bellomo, D - Hurricane Helene: Impacts, Challenges, and Breaking the Damage Rebuild Damage Cycle | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Bichel, N - Considerations for utilising flood sirens in a Total Flood Warning System | Download Presentation
Blossom, S - The True Cost of Natural and Beneficial Functions | Download Presentation
Bowstead, S and Varsani, V - Enduring Resilience for Queenslanders – The Resilient Homes Fund Title | Download Presentation
Brangwynne-Smith, J - Managing Flood Recovery through Integrated Digital Solutions - POSTER
Buchanan, B - Assessing the longevity of traditional hydrologic modelling tools in Australia | Download Presentation
Buckley, N - How multi-hazard Disaster Adaptation Plans can unlock regional flood risk management outcomes | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Butler, R - Whole of Catchment flood modeling for Greater Melbourne to improve emergency preparedness | Download Presentation
Bye, L - Flood Risk Management Plan for a Remote, Cyclone-prone Community | Download Presentation
Cabello Gomez, A - A 4-staged approach to build a flood mitigation program of works - POSTER
Carey, J - $49 million Flood Risk Management Program – 1 year to go | Download Presentation
Carroll, D - Functional Floodplain Mapping Across an LGA: Automation, Challenges, and Planning Benefits | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Chong, E - Evaluation and Testing of Enviromon Alternative for Flood Warning Intelligence | Download Presentation
Collier, L - Where is the floodway? Testing the effectiveness of the Indicator Technique in Urban Floodplains | Download Presentation
Corr, B - Reliable observational data collection – Laying the foundations for effective flood warning systems - POSTER
Dale, K - Assessing business resilience: 2022 Northern rivers floods | Download Presentation
Dale, K - Extending Geoscience Australia’s suite of flood vulnerability models | Download Presentation
Daley, M - Knowing the flood boundary: Improving timely flood extent mapping in emergency response | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Daley, M - Stop the Guestimation: Re-interpolation of hydrodynamic flood models to more accurately understand flood consequences - POSTER
D’Aspromonte, D - Flood Mapping Partnerships - Shaping Flood Resilience Together - POSTER
Debski, D – Assessing cascading flood hazards: a case study from Aotearoa New Zealand | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Deegan, E - Managing Launceston’s Floodplain: Past Lessons, Current Challenges, Future Solutions | Download Presentation
Densten, A - Better Road Performance - The voyage can educate everyone | Download Presentation
Dredge, S - Using Flood Risk Evidence to Drive Transformative Recovery in Indigenous Communities | Download Presentation
Druery, C - A Flood Forecasting System In Your Pocket – Expanding Flood Intelligence Reach | Download Presentation
Du,Y - Coincident flood analysis from extreme storms for risk assessment of major NSW rural dams - POSTER
Dufty, N - How can we improve community responses to flood warnings? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Eder, M - Development and Application of an Urban Flood Risk Index | Download Presentation
Esposito, D - Exploring the Role of Bathymetric Survey in Fluvial and Pluvial Flood Assessments | Download Presentation
Fauser, M - Stakeholder driven insights for enhancing flood information management in South Australia | Download Presentation
Forbes, I - Disaster insurance market in NSW: perceptions, preferences and supply
Fraehr, N - With limited time, how do we select which flood events to simulate? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Frazer, L - Engaging for community action and behaviour change | Download Presentation
Frazer, L - VICSES Local Flood Guides as community intelligence tools
Fuller, P - Flood Evacuation Model 3.0 | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Garrett, R - Flood Risk to Life Tolerability: What do we know? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Ghaheri, M - Exploring Beyond Flooding Boundaries Using CFD - POSTER
Guest, R - The impacts of the Koorangah Flats on developing a flood warning Service - POSTER
Gunawardena, M - Implications of the New ARR Climate Change Factors on Flood Estimation | Download Paper
Hackney, P - So you have adopted a new flood study? Great! But what now? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Hackney, P - Use of historical aerial imagery to explain overland flow to the public - POSTER
Halcrow, A - To Block or not to Block – that is the question | Download Presentation
Haron, C and Retallick, M - Raising the flood planning level: A Hawkesbury Story | Download Presentation
Harris, N - Analysing the Broader Risks of Publicising Flood Information: A Council Case Study | Download Paper
Harrison, E - Securing, Simplifying and Upgrading Australia's Flood Infrastructure Network | Download Presentation
Hart, P - Floods Know No Boundaries, but they do respect the Boxwall Flood Barrier - POSTER
Hazarti, B - Overview of Hydraulic Models Developed for NSW Southern Rural Floodplain Management Plans - POSTER
Hellier, J and Granek, N - Managing flood and climate in Melbourne: The need for integrated urban planning | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Henty, E - Turning the Line into a Levee | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Herath, P and Prinsley, R- A review on Nature-based Solutions for catchment-scale flood mitigation | Download Presentation
Hettiarachchi, S - Challenges of urban flood modelling – lessons we are learning | Download Presentation
Hettiarachchi, S - Why we need to rethink floodplain management to address a changing climate - POSTER
Hudson, R - Enhancing Dam Safety in Tasmania: Modelling and Mapping for 37 Emergency Plans - POSTER
Jackson, B - Embracing Innovation: HydroNET and the Future of Floodplain Management - POSTER
Jones, E - Python Scripting for Workflow Efficiency with GitHub Copilot and AIDriven Tools | Download Presentation
Karim, F - Assessing impacts of dam and water harvesting on floodplain inundation using a flood inundation emulator - POSTER
Keating, A - Flood to Flourish: Collaborating for community-led flood resilience | Download Presentation
Kefalianos, T - Assessing flood risk for sub regional land planning in Perth | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Krieg, S - Lismore Flood – Then and Now | Download Presentation
Ladson, A - Ensemble modelling: selecting a single output | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Laut, M - Upgrading the Longest Levee in Sydney You've Never Heard of-St Marys Levee | Download Presentation
Laves, T - Access All Areas - Evolution of The Somerset RC Community Flood Information Portal | Download Presentation
Lerat, J - Lightning-fast method to perform approximate flood hazard assessment in the Richmond floodplain | Download Presentation
Lerat, J - Narrowing at-site flood frequency analysis using simulations from the AWRA-L landscape model | Download Paper
Lim, E - Remote Flood Monitoring and Warning System in Quilpie Shire | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Lisitsa, A - A new approach to Flood Mitigation Assessment | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Lynch, G - From connection to engagement: community connectedness in urban flood risk management - POSTER
Mansell, G - How can the model be wrong – I validated it | Download Presentation
Maratea, E - Tasmanian flood planning informed by statewide flood mapping and stakeholder collaboration | Download Presentation
Marxsen, B - Flood Knows No Boundaries, and Neither Does AI: Applications in the Water Industry
Matar, Z - Kananook Creek Flood Mapping Update to ARR 2019 methodology - POSTER
McKenzie, T - Implementing Flood Studies: Learnings from Amendment C131 to the Latrobe Planning Scheme | Download Paper | Download Presentation
McLuckie, D - Implementing the Flood Risk Management Framework in NSW | Download Presentation
McMillan, J - Levees, where art thou? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Mehdizadeh, S - Approaches to check the reliability of rating curves - POSTER
Millard, L - Visually conveying hydrologic uncertainty - POSTER
Millard, L - The Power of Long-Term Hourly Data: Validating URBS 64-bit using FFA | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Molino, S - Regional Flood Evacuation: Can it be done? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Mooney, C - Communication of Uncertainty across the flash flood warning value Chain | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Morris, A - Private Property, Public Approval: The Challenge and Cost of River Views | Download Presentation
Muncaster, S - Australia’s Riverine Flood Seasonal Outlook – Challenges in the public’s understanding | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Muncaster, S - Emergency Levees – Victoria's experience before, during and after the 2022 floods | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Muncaster, S - Yes or no – Use of probabilistic forecasts in binary emergency decisionmaking - POSTER
Neve, P - Developing a national-scale methodology for exploring long-term investment in flood risk management
O’Hanlon, E - How much is too much or too little when filtering results? | Download Presentation
Ossa Moreno, J - The Power of Real-Time Impact Analytics for Flood Emergency Management | Download Paper
Pagitz, R and Venturini, T - Flood Risk Awareness and Preparedness: Understanding regional similarities and differences | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Parkes, A - Embedding Innovations from Large-Scale Projects to Enhance Delivery and Decision-Making Across All Project Scales
Parsons, T - Making Room for the Otakaro Avon River – A Post Earthquake Story | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Patel, D - Urban-Coastal Flood Assessment using 1D-2D Coupled Modelling and GIS-Based F2F Dashboard for Decision Support System | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Patterson, B - Lake MacDonald Temporary Coffer Dam – Rock Bag Physical Model Testing | Download Presentation
Patterson, B - Selection of Optimal flood protection standard for Singapore’s coastline - POSTER
Pouya, A - Disaster adaptation opportunities in NSW flood-related planning requirements for flood emergency response | Download Paper
Pouya, A - How to develop emergency plans for sites affected by multiple flood Mechanisms | Download Presentation
Price, K - The area that ARR forgot: AI-based best practices for ephemeral lake Hydrology | Download Presentation
Ranjbar, H - Implementing a soil moisture monitoring network for hydrological purposes in South Australia | Download Presentation
Rasheed, A - Simplifying the Joint Probability Approach for Estimating Concurrent Rainfall AEPs | DownloadPaper | DownloadPresentation
Retallick, M and Pepper, C - Understanding historic patterns and potential flooding for the Hunter Valley - POSTER
Roads, G - How do we justify flood impacts from transport infrastructure? Download Presentation
Rotsey, A - Fighting the Markham – Flood Defences in PNG | Download Presentation
Rundle, T - Challenges of large-scale direct rainfall modelling in North West Tasmania - POSTER
Rundle, T - Dam break modelling in a multi-dam river system - POSTER
Ryan, C - Beyond Monaco: Monte Carlo analysis for application to Australian hydrologic models | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Safarkhani, S - Fitzroy Bridge Replacement Design and Construction | Download Presentation
Schwecke, M - Shelter-in-place guideline for flash flooding – NSW land use planning Guideline | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Sedigh, M - Riverine, flash flooding, overland flow, where should we draw the line? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Sheehan, A - A history of Flood Planning Policy in Victoria & what comes next? | Downnload Presentation
Sheehy, D - Floodways and flooded roads – are we sending mixed messages to drivers? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Sheldrick, S - "Ground roots", really connecting with Vulnerable Communities in flood-prone areas | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Shrestha, M - Cost benefit analysis of flood pump infrastructure behind a levee – Case Study - POSTER
Simmons, A - Revitalising Forest Creek: A collaborative Approach to Sustainable Floodplain Management | Download Presentation
Sinai, S - Growing Back Better: Post-Flood Recovery in Queensland Primary Production | Download Presentation
Singh, G - Improved hydraulic model development for environmental flows utilising high resolution datasets in the Mid Murrumbidgee River, NSW - POSTER
Singh, J - Hydrological Analysis of a catchment using RORB, RRR and HEC-HMS Models | Download Presentation
South, M - Are our coastal floodplain management assumptions changing with the climate? | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Spence, C - Analysing and funding flood mitigation for multiple benefits – an international perspective | Download Paper
Stewart, T - Improving flood knowledge and practices in Fiji through enhanced Engagement
Stewart, T - Reducing data uncertainty in flood early warning in Fiji - POSTER
Sumeran, N - Modern solutions to flood protection infrastructure – Rangitaiki River floodway and spillway | Download Paper
Swan, R and Tsioulos, C - Planning for Setbacks – An approach to development around Dams and Retarding Basins | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Tate, B - What ARR we to do about climate change? | Download Presentation
Theilemann, J - Crossing the line: Advancing Flood Mapping with Whole-of-Catchment Modelling of Yarra River “Birrarung” Floodplain - POSTER
Thomson, R - What the 2022 NSW Floods Taught Us About Building Stability | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Tobias, A - Case Study: Moulamein Flood Model Update and Calibration to 2022 Event - POSTER
Towndrow, E and Laine, R - The Crystal Ball – Past studies informing future decisions in a changing climate | Download Presentation
Varga, I - Improving collaboration on our Flood Impact Goals - POSTER
Velasco-Forero, C - The Wallis Creek heavy rainfall and inundation event July 2022 | Download Presentation
Veldema, J - Melbourne Water's Flood Mapping Program; an Enhanced Approach to Project and Program Delivery - POSTER
Waine, K and Flashman, C - Piecing the puzzle together - using subsectors to optimise flood emergency management and warning strategies | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Ward, T - Adapting to ARR Climate Change Updates During a Flood Study Program | Download Presentation
Westlake, S - Improving the Mouri of Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River through Bioengineering for River Erosion Protection - POSTER
Westlake, S - Transforming Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River – More than Meets the Eyes | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Wickramasuriya, P - Complexities of delivering flood mitigation at scale – A Central Victorian case study | Download Paper | Download Presentation
Woods, P - Is Continuous Simulation an Overlooked Modelling Technique for Floodplain Management? | Download Presentation
Yeo, S - Developing exposure databases for future time horizons in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley | Download Presentation
Young, P - Resilient buildings - practical city responses to the conditions of our changing climate | Download Presentation
Zovaro, H - The Hazards Insurance Partnership: addressing the insurance protection gap in Australia | Download Presentation
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