Outstanding YFM Presenter
Celebrating outstanding early-career presenters at the FMA National Conference.
The Young Floodplain Managers (YFM) is a network of early-career professionals in floodplain management and an endorsed sub-committee of Floodplain Management Australia. YFM encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and professional connections across the industry.
About the Award
The Outstanding YFM Presenter Award was first presented at the 2021 Online National FMA Conference. It celebrates the achievements of early-career professionals by recognising a presentation or poster that demonstrates innovation, technical quality and relevance to contemporary flood risk management.
Innovation Presents a new idea, or innovatively builds upon existing research.
Technical Quality Is technically robust and clearly, professionally presented.
Industry Relevance Relates to the Conference theme and current issues facing the industry.
Eligibility: presentations or posters where the presenting author is a current member of the YFM network with less than 15 years of industry experience.
Outstanding YFM Presenter Recipients
Award recipients and Highly Commended presentations are listed below.
2025
Award Recipient Liz Frazer Engaging for Community Action and Behaviour Change
Highly Commended Erica Deegan Managing Launceston's Floodplain - Past Lessons, Current Challenges, Future Actions
Highly Commended Niroy Sumeran Modern Solutions to Flood Protection Infrastructure - Rangitaiki River Floodway and Spillway
2024
Highly Commended Van Cuong Nguyen The Flow Must Go On - More Robust River Gauges for Future Exteme
Highly Commended Hayden Guse FRMSPs When Few Buildings Are Inundated - The Boggabri Case Study
2023
Award Recipient Jonah Chorley A Thousand Gauges - Using Personal Weather Stations to Hindcast Extreme Weather Conditions
Highly Commended Alex Nero Catastrophes, Conversations and Classrooms - Empowering Children to Lead Community Flood Resilience
2022
Award Recipient Alex Nero Mental Health and Extreme Weather Events - Considering the Connections, Impacts and Risks
Highly Commended Cath Walker Getting the Most Out of Flood Studies: Connecting Consultants, Councils and Classrooms
2021
Award Recipient Prawi Woods Rehydrating the Floodplain to Save the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog
Highly Commended Catherine Walker Could School Flood Education Be the Catalyst for Advancing Women in STEM?
Highly Commended Filippo Dall'Osso A Review of Australian Models to Predict Direct Tangible Flood Damages - Do We Need Better Tools?
