QCoast2100's 5th Knowledge and Information Sharing Forum was successfully held in Cairns on Thursday the 23rd of May 2019. The forum featured presentations from selected Queensland coastal councils, discussing their CHAS journeys and sharing lessons learnt.
Over 60 participants from 18 coastal councils attended the forum, with representation from various departments such as asset management, disaster management, engineering, environment, sustainability, infrastructure and planning. Participants also included a number of private consultants and academia.
The forum agenda can be downloaded here(PDF, 295KB).
Sophie Barrett – Strategy and Sustainability Advisor, Cairns Regional Council
Shannon McGuire – Ethos Urban
Nicola Learmond – Sustainability Officer, Douglas Shire Council
Pradesh Ramiah – Supervising Natural Hazard Planner (Policy), City of Gold Coast
Richard Sharp – Senior Planner, Water Technology
Sel Sultmann – Principal Coastal Scientist, Environment Policy and Planning, Dept of Environment and Science