Programme

Preliminary Programme Now Available

We are delighted to share with you the preliminary structure of the 2- day symposium programme.

Day 1: Welcome, keynote and opening presentations

  • Flood hazard, adaptation, and resilience
  • Concurrent sessions are on the following topics:
  • Seismic hazard assessment
  • Surveillance and Monitoring

Panel discussion: The Growing Challenge of Legacy Dam Safety Deficiencies

Day 2: Welcome, keynote and opening presentations

Concurrent sessions are on the following topics:

  • Risk-Informed Decision-Making
  • Broader considerations for legacy risk – governance, contractual, and infrastructure
  • Compliance with the Building (Dam Safety) Regulations 2022 for legacy assets
  • Rehabilitation and upgrade projects

Panel discussion: Building Organisational Support for Risk-Informed Decision Making

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Programme Overview

Objective: To advance dam safety risk management practice in New Zealand by improving how legacy risks are understood, identified, analysed and managed across technical, regulatory and decision-making domains.

Day 1: Understanding the technical and historical roots of legacy risk, and how these risks can be identified in practice (understanding and identification)

  • Develop a common understanding of legacy risk in the New Zealand dams and stopbanks context;
  • Explore how technical practice, organisations, regulatory settings and hazard understanding have evolved over time
  • Examine risk identification and information management tools and methods

Day 2:  Assessing and managing risk in practice through a holistic approach (assessment and management)

  • Approaches to risk analysis and evaluation, including dealing with legacy challenges such as ageing assets and information gaps
  • Making risk-informed decisions over long asset lifecycles and across complex portfolios, including prioritisation, review and communication
  • Making risk-informed decisions over long asset lifecycles and across complex portfolios, including prioritisation, review, and communication
  • Integrating technical practice, regulatory requirements and organisational decision-making in risk management
  • The importance of growing capability, succession planning and knowledge management.