cleanup 2019 Program

Program summary

Sunday 8 September

• 9:00am – 5:00pm: half-day workshops

Official conference launch

• 5:15pm – 5:30pm: Welcome to Country and Kaurna smoking ceremony, led by Michael O’Brien
• 5:30pm – 6:00pm: Conference opening, including remarks by: His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia; Mr Sam Duluk MP, Member for Waite,
  representing the SA Minister for the Environment & Water; and Prof Ravi Naidu, CRC CARE CEO and  Chair of the CleanUp Organising Committee.
• 6:00pm – 6:45pm: Brian Robinson memorial lecture presented by the Hon Zuraida Kamaruddin MP, Minister of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia
• 6:45pm – 7:30pm: Welcome reception drinks.

Monday 9 to Wednesday 11 September

Main conference

Each day follows the following schedule (see below for variations and highlights):

• 8:00am: Registration opens
• 9:00am – 10:00am: Plenary session 
• 10:00am – 10:30am: Morning tea and networking in the exhibition area
• 10:30am – 12:15pm: Scientific and industry parallel sessions
• 12:15am – 1:15pm: Lunch and networking in the exhibition area
• 1:15am – 3:00pm: Scientific and industry parallel sessions
• 3:00pm – 3:30pm: Afternoon tea and networking in the exhibition area
• 3:30pm – 5:00pm: Scientific and industry parallel sessions.

The 2nd International PFAS Conference will take place at dedicated sessions over all three days.

Highlights

Monday 9 September

• 9:00am – 10:00am plenary session: Tony Circelli, Chief Executive, South Australian Environment Protection Authority
• 5:15pm – 6:00pm: Drinks and poster session

Tuesday 10 September

• 9:00am – 10:00am plenary session: Peter Nadebaum, Principal and Senior Technical Director – Environment, GHD
• 6:30pm – 11:00pm: Conference Gala Dinner including hypnotist Isaac Lomman and MC Lish Fejer, ABC

Wednesday 11 September

• 9:00am – 10:00am plenary session: Pushpam Kumar, Chief Environmental Economist, United Nations Environment
• 1:15pm – 3:00pm plenary session: Expert panel for ABC Radio National’s ‘Big Ideas’ – Trust and expert risk communication in the age of social media
• 3:30pm – 5:15pm plenary session: The ‘Unsession’ and conference close.

Thursday 12 September

• Full-day and half-day workshops
• CleanUp 2019 technical tours.