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Day One, Tuesday 26 February 2008
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08.30 | Welcome coffee and registration
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| GLOBALWATER INDUSTRY – IMPLICATIONS FOR NEW ZEALAND |
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09.00 | Opening remarks from the Chair
Mr. Tim Davie, President, NZ Hydrological Society
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09.10 | International Keynote Address:
Global innovations and future direction
• Global innovations – what is world’s best practice?
• Changing demands for utilities- the increased commercialisation of public entities
• Efficiency in service delivery
• The global outlook – viewing water supplies as assets with water authorities acting as ‘water banks’
David Garman, President, International Water Association
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09.40 | CEO Panel Discussion:
Outlining a balanced strategy for growth and excellence
• Developing a sustainable water management strategy
• Driving business performance and overcoming infrastructure limitations
• Implementing best practices
• Developing long term focus
• Limitations of the current framework
Jim Bentley, Chief Executive, Metrowater
Jim Harland, CEO, Dunedin City Council
David Hill, Chief Executive, Capacity Wellington
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10.10 | The challenges of integrated water management across jurisdictions in a world of increasing water scarcity
• Cooperation between the Murray-Darling Basin jurisdictions to share water resources, especially in drought, and to achieve environmental outcomes.
• The identification, and cooperative management, of the risks to shared water resources, including climate change, groundwater use, farm dam construction and bushfires.
• The importance of water trade in reducing the economic impacts of water scarcity.
Wendy Craik, Chief Executive, Murray Darling Basin Commission
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10.40 | Ministerial Address:
The future direction of water management in New Zealand
• The implications for the Sustainable Water Programme of Action
• The government outlook for NZ water
• Driving synergy across all levels of government
• Strategies for financing major infrastructure investments
Hon Trevor Mallard, Minister for the Environment
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11.00 | Morning Tea
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11.30 | The value of a National Water Commission and the learnings for New Zealand
• The value of a national body controlling water in Australia
• The key improvements seen under this model
• The core learnings and applications for New Zealand
Ken Matthews, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Water Commission, Australia
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| BUSINESS MODELS FOR GROWTH |
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12.00 | Addressing business challenges – implications of utility size, scope and relationships
• Analysing best practice methodologies to transform your utility to “The Utility of the Future”
• Achieving high return on investment while remaining a low cost provider of quality drinking water
• Balancing “sustainability” with business interests
• Measuring performance against new benchmarks
Jim Bentley, Chief Executive Officer, Metrowater
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12.30 | Developing plans to deliver excellence and overcome ageing infrastructure
• Developing a long term future focused plan
• Changing company structure to deliver on targets
• Devising strategies to minimise service interruptions
• Creating a customer centric focus in maintenance
Jim Harland, CEO, Dunedin City Council
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13.00 | Lunch
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| DEMAND MANAGEMENT |
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14.00 | Demand management issues for rural users
• Water management in rural environment
• Viewing water as an asset
• Responsibilities for water quality
• End user requirements from the farming community
Charlie Pedersen, President, Federated Farmers New Zealand
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14.30 | Demand management from the power sector
• The value of water
• The water requirements of Mighty River Power
• The long term outlook for the hydro industry
• Developing a sustainable outcomes – green power creation and recycling water for secondary uses
Rob Hunter, Manager – Environmental Strategy and Policy, Mighty River Power
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15.00 | Speed Networking
Meet all participants and introduce your company, solutions and services through a facilitated business card exchange.
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15.30 | Afternoon Tea
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15.50 | Demand management pressures and responses in Environment Canterbury
• Canterbury – a dynamic environment
• Juggling the interests of hydro, agriculture, catchment urbanisation and additional environmental pressures
• Formulating an allocation plan and a roadmap for the futurecentral government involvement?
Dr. Bryan Jenkins, Chief Executive, Environment Canterbury
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| WATER SOURCING |
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16.20 | Panel discussion:
Water sourcing issues facing New Zealand
• Implications of the Resource Management Act 1991
• Coordinating inter-regional catchment strategies
• Developing long term catchment solutions
• Water supplies and responses in emergency situations
• Water trading and permit responsibilities
Rob Hunter, Manager of Sustainability – Water, Mighty River Power
Charlie Pedersen, President, Federated Farmers New Zealand
Dr. Bryan Jenkins, Chief Executive, Environment Canterbury
David Hill, Chief Executive, Capacity Wellington
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17.10 | Closing remarks from the chair and close of day one
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17.40 | Cocktail party
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19.00 | Conference gala dinner
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Day Two,Wednesday 27 February 2008
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08.30 | Welcome coffee
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09.00 | Opening remarks from the chair
David Garman, President, International Water Association
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| PERSPECTIVES ON PRICING |
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09.10 | Keynote Address:
The future of water management in New Zealand
• The responsibilities of local government
• Successfully delivering to customers though close work with capacity
• The political ramifications of changes to water management at a local level
• The roadmap for the future
Kerry Prendergast, Mayor, Wellington City Council
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09.40 | Pricing in a non-competitive environment
• Implications of the current market structure on the water industry
• Justifying disparity in pricing from region to region
• Operating utilities as separately accountable entities; removing the ‘Cash cow’ mentality
• Implications of privatisation of water utilities on pricing
Professor Lewis Evans, Executive, NZ ISCR
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10.10 | Revenue structure and ramifications of changing water uses
• The Manukau story – delivering a service profitably with decreasing demand
• Factors for consideration when changing pricing
• Increasing price but lowering profits – a conservation/environmental victory?
• Non-residential pricing strategies and developing a tiered pricing system
• Should this be the aim of every council?
Raveen Jaduram, CEO, Manukau Water Limited
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10.40 | Morning Coffee
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| GOVERNANCE AND REVENUE STRUCTURES |
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11.10 | Executive Panel Discussion:
Profit allocation from council run utilities
• Implementing processes to manage dividends
• Ensuring profits are used to fund water and wastewater services only
• Challenging the ‘Cash Cow’ mentality
• Developing governance structures that drive autonomous water utility management
• Driving transparency in pricing structure and revenue allocation
Dick Hubbard, former Mayor, Auckland City Council
Raveen Jaduram, CEO, Manukau Water
Professor Lewis Evans, Executive, NZ ISCR
Kerry Prendergast, Mayor, Wellington City Council
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11.50 | Water governance – arrangements, reforms and future directions
• Governance challenges of urban water management
• Institutional options
• Practical solutions
Euan Morton, Principal, Synergies Economic Consulting
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12.20 | Lunch sponsored by Schneider Electric
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13.20 | Co presentation: Addressing significant infrastructure backlogs – how do you cope with underinvestment?
• The forecasts of consumption and the already significant backlog in investment
• Why is it critical to increase the private sector’s role in water treatment, recycling and distribution?
• Private-public partnerships (PPPs) and alliance contracting
• Utilising private investment to deliver to your needs
Stephen Selwood, CEO, NZCID
Steve Carne, Manager of Water - New Zealand, GHD
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| INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT |
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13.50 | Infrastructure investment panel
• Changing the outlook for investing in major works
• Controlling cost through PPP’s
• Developing strategies to maximise the performance of private investment in infrastructure
Stephen Selwood, CEO, NZCID
Kerry Prendergast, Mayor, Wellington City Council
Steve Carne, Manager of Water - New Zealand, GHD
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14.40 | Afternoon Tea
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15.00 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Round Table 1: Environmentally friendly installation of underground infrastructure
Sam Ariaratnam, Associate Professor, Arizona State University
Round Table 2: Emerging membrane water treatment technologies
Antony McCormick, Siemens Water Technologies, Australia
Adrian Isaacs, Siemens Water Technologies, Australia
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| WATER QUALITY |
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15.40 | New and emerging water treatment technologies
• Monitoring water quality – effectiveness and limitations
• Conventional water treatment technology
• Solving water quality issues
Mary Drikas, Water Treatment Technology Manager, The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment
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16.10 | Closing remarks from the chair and close of conference
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