Keynote Speakers
Adrian McGregor
Director, McGregor Coxall
Adrian McGregor is a Landscape Architecture and Urban Design professional and Managing Director of McGregor Coxall, a Sydney based environmental design studio. Graduating with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 1988 he began his career in Sydney and then worked in North America and the UK.
Adrian founded McGregor Coxall in 1998 and the Biocity Studio in 2006 to combine practice with research and academia. The firm has received more than 40 awards including the prestigious Topos Journal International Landscape Architecture Practice of the Year in 2009 presented in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was also selected as one of Sydney’s 100 most creative people on the ‘Creative Catalysts’ list 2008.
Associate Professor Tim Fletcher
Professor of Urban Ecohydrology, University of Melbourne
Tim Fletcher has expertise in stormwater quality, treatment and impacts, having written over 220 publications on the topic. His research focus has included modelling stormwater flows, quality and the performance of novel stormwater treatment and harvesting systems. He has been involved in a range of green infrastructure such as biofiltration, infiltration and green roofs.
Tim was the Technology Project Leader in the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (FAWB) and formerly Director of the Institute for Sustainable Water Resources at Monash University. He was also an invited professor at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France.
Tim was one of the leaders of the team that developed the Model for Urban Stormwater Improvement Conceptualisation (MUSIC) and co-leads, with Chris Walsh the Little Stringybark Creek project – a world-first attempt at catchment-scale retrofit of WSUD, with the aim of restoring the ecological health of the creek. Tim has also been involved in the design and monitoring of several large-scale pilot green infrastructure projects in both Australia and France. Since May 2011, Tim has been an ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Urban Ecohydrology, based at the University of Melbourne.
Professor James Ball
University of Technology Sydney
James Ball is an academic in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Technology (UTS) Sydney. His primary research interest is in the development and application of catchment modelling systems and particularly in urban environments. This includes the determination of parameters for these systems and the use of information technology in the determination of these parameters. As part of his research activities he is heavily involved with monitoring of surface water resources in field situations and the use of this information in modelling environments. Prior to joining UTS, Professor Ball obtained experience at a number of Universities, Consulting Organisations, and in a Government Authority.
He is a corresponding member of the IAHR and IWA Joint Committee on Urban Drainage, a member of the IAHR/IWA/IAHS Committee on Hydroinformatics and a co-opted member of Engineers Australia’s National Committee on Water Engineering. He is also a member of the editorial boards for the Urban Water Journal and the Journal of Hydroinformatics and an Associate Editor for Water Science and Technology. Finally, he has been appointed by Engineers Australia as the Technical Editor responsible for the current revision to Australian Rainfall and Runoff.
Jim Lenhart
Stomwater Northwest (USA)
Jim has an array of skills to including training in agricultural sciences, participation in original research in soils and water chemistry, training in engineering and experience as an engineering designer in water resources. As one of the founders of Stormwater Management, Inc. Jim led the design efforts of the StormFilter, and StormScreen, since its inception. In his capacity as Chief Technology Officer with CONTECH Construction Products Jim directed the Product Development, Product Evaluation and Regulatory Services departments. Currently as owner of Stormwater Northwest, Jim consults with Contech as the CTO and select start-up companies on products in the stormwater related space.
Some of his specific experiences include research on zeolite turf filters, the design of drainage systems and water quality treatment facilities for major roadways and industrial developments and the statistical and physical modeling of hydrologic processes. Jim has authored over 40 papers on the subject of water quality and stormwater treatment.
Jim is professional Agricultural and Environmental Engineer with over 20 years of experience in consulting engineering and research and development. His strong technical background is demonstrated as an adjunct instructor of Civil Engineering at Portland State University where he taught hydrology, hydraulics and water resources engineering. Jim currently is an active member of the Water Environment Research Foundation, ASCE EWRI, and serves as a board member of the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology, Portland State University College of Civil Engineering, as well as select small technology companies.
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