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Rain Bird® Intelligent Use of Water® Summit X

Rain Bird, in partnership with Smart Approved WaterMark, conducted its tenth ‘Intelligent Use of Water Summit’ on Thursday 19th March, 2009, in Melbourne, Australia.

The program for the event consisted of a morning panel followed by lunch and then several afternoon breakout sessions:

  • Water-efficient landscape design: Led by Chris Bennett (Irrigation Australia) and Mark Frisby (Australian Institute of Landscape Architects)
  • Alternative water sources for irrigation: Led by Dr Anne-Maree Boland (RM Consulting Group) and Jeremy Cape (CapeAbility Consultants)
  • The relationship between water and climate change: Led by Dr. Bryson Bates (CSIRO)

Webcast Archive
For those not able to attend in person, a webcast archive
of this event is available on the Rain Bird website
on the
Intelligent Use of Water Summit X Webcast page.

Moderator:

Jeremy Cape – CapeAbility Consultants (NSW)

Lunchtime Speaker:

Dr. Bryson Bates - Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO’s Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research, participated in the IPCC (co-winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize).
Download Dr. Bates' Presentation Slides (PDF: 1.85 MB)

Panelists:

Breakout Session Leaders

Past Summits

Established in 2004 as a forum to further define the relationship between water conservation and landscape water use, The Intelligent Use of Water Summit series examines the state of Earth’s most precious resource in the face of environmental uncertainty. Previous summit locations included Pasadena, Calif., Tucson, Ariz., Madrid, Spain, and Aix-en-Provence, France. Visit the Summit Archive to read more about past IUOW Summits and download speaker proceedings.


 

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