Tuesday 10 March 2020 | ||||
| 0900 | Riverbank Foyer Registration | |||
| 1230-1630 | Capacity Building Workshops (registration required for attendance) | |||
| Riverbank Room 2 | Riverbank Room 3 | Riverbank 4 | ||
| Compliance Inspector Training | Principles of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Course | Performance Measurement and Capacity Building Needs Assessment | ||
| Henk Ruessink & Amiette Wakenshaw | Tom Maslany & Cari Shiffman | Cheryl E Wasserman & Belinda Walker | ||
| 1700 -1900 | Riverbank Foyer Welcome Reception | |||
Wednesday 11 March 2020 | ||||||
| 0730 | Riverbank Foyer Registration Opens | |||||
| 0815- 0845 | Welcome to Country Major Sumner AM (Uncle Moogy), Ngarrindjeri/Kaurna Elder | |||||
| 0845- 0915 | Official Conference Opening Monica Collins (AELERT) & Larry Starfield (Co-Chair, INECE Executive Committee) | |||||
| 0915- 1015 | Opening Plenary Value of Environmental Networks: Building Relationships and Finding Common Solutions to Environmental Challenges Moderator: Larry Starfield Speakers: Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators neTwork Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network East African Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Latin American Network for Environmental Enforcement and Compliance Environment Compliance and Enforcement in the Maghreb | |||||
| 1015- 1020 | Room Transition | |||||
| 1020-1100 | Concurrent Session 0 | |||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | |||
| 0A | 0B | 0C | 0D Strategic Use of the Enforcement and Compliance Toolbox for Best Results | |||
| 1020-1100 The Officers for the Protection of the Local Environment (OPLE) Pilot Program – demonstrating collaboration between State and Local Governments Phil Connell, EPA Victoria & Richard Maugueret, Wyndham City Council | Break the Ice: Networking Event All Welcome | 1020-1100 Water Compliance: Collaborative Action out of Crisis Grace Mang, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Australia; Koral Lane, Department of Environment & Water, South Australia; and Simon Taylor, Natural Resources Access Regulator, NSW | 1020-1100 Enforcement Toolbox - An Evolution Larry Starfield, US EPA | |||
| 1100-1130 | Riverbank Foyer Morning Tea, Posters and Exhibition | |||||
| 1130-1230 | Concurrent Session 1 | |||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | |||
| 1A Young Professionals in Environmental Regulation | 1B (i) Incident and Environmental Management | 1C Intelligence for Regulation: Reflections and the Road Ahead Concurrent Session Sponsor: | 1D Improving Regulatory Compliance Through Behavioural Science: Challenges and Opportunities | |||
| 1130-1230 Young Environmental Regulators: Our Stories Facilitator: Felicity Harvey, AELERT Secretariat Panellists: Hannah Schuchmann, NSW EPA Thomas Long, Department of Agriculture, Water & the Environment Chochoe Devapoihartakula, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (Thailand) Kayla Mathews, SA EPA | 1130-1200 How collaboration between state and federal government agencies disrupted wildlife smuggling syndicates on the east coast of Australia Alicia Ryan & Murray Fisher, Department of the Environment & Energy | 1130-1140 Building better intelligence frameworks: reflections from NSW EPA Robert Deves, NSW EPA | 1130-1140 Behaviour change for improved environmental compliance in Victoria: human dimensions research and regulatory practice Tanya Howard, University of New England | |||
| 1B (ii) Collaboration Disrupting Wildlife Smuggling | 1140-1150 Case Management and Intelligence System: Opportunities Realised and Lessons Learned on a Digital Transformation Journey Joanne Paddick Department of Environment & Water, SA | 1140-1150 Driving behavioural change in the waste sector: case studies on challenges and opportunities Alanna Moyes, Transport Canberra & City Services | ||||
| 1200-1230 Incident and Emergency Management in an Environmental Response World across Australia Moderator: Kevin Rowley, EPA SA Panellists: Jane Burgett, NSW EPA Ken Raine, DWER WA Nigel Sargent, NSW EPA Stephen Barry, EPA SA Val Spikmans, University of Western Sydney | 1150-1200 Leadership in regulatory intelligence: where we've come from and the road ahead Alice Turnbull, National Offshore Petroleum Safety & Environmental Management Authority | 1150-1200 Embedding behavioural science in compliance correspondence for enhanced communication effectiveness Rebekah Boynton, Department of Environment & Science, QLD | ||||
| 1200-1230 Whole group discussion | 1200-1230 Whole group discussion | |||||
| 1230 - 1330 | Riverbank Foyer Lunch, Posters and Exhibition | |||||
| 1330 - 1400 | Riverbank Foyer Formal Networking | |||||
| 1400 - 1455 | Concurrent Sessions 2 | |||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | |||
| 2A (i) Innovative Approaches to Environmental Regulation | 2B Linking Academia, Practitioners and Leaders in Regulating the Environment | 2C Future of Environmental Regulation and Enforcement: Paradigms for the Modern Era | 2D Addressing Waste Crimes and Illegal Dumping | |||
| 1400-1430 Environmental Enforcement in the Amazon: The Potential and Perils facing Environmental Police, Prosecutors and Judges Mark Ungar, University of New York | 1400-1418 Collaborating to protect the environment and human health –Science and Environmental Health learning activities Janine Dridan, EPA Victoria | 1400-1430 Next Generation Compliance: An Environmental Compliance Paradigm for the Modern Era Cynthia Giles, Harvard Law School | 1400-1413 Landfill Disposal Criteria for PFAS-impacted Waste–EPA SA’s Regulatory Approach for the Implementation of the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan Edward Cuenca, EPA SA | |||
| 2A (ii) Smart Regulation | 1418-1436 Publish or perish? Should there be an AELERT journal? Michael Harris, Department of Planning, Industry & Environment, NSW | 1430-1455 Environmental regulation into the future: much more than the criminal law? Erin Gavin & Rebecca Daniel, Department of Planning, Industry & Environment, NSW | 1413-1426 SA EPA Work the Night Thrift - Collaboration with Charitable Recyclers to Reduce Local Nuisance and Illegal Dumping Andrew Vinden, EPA SA | |||
| 1430-1455 Best practice regulation - Science informing the regulation of the dredging of South Australia's largest port Sam Gaylard, EPA SA | 1436-1454 Intelligent regulation: networks, technology and compliance Cameron Holley, University of NSW | 1426-1439 Waste Activity Reporting in the ACT: small jurisdiction, big ambitions Ellen Collins, ACT NoWaste | ||||
| 1439-1452 Air Tasker - Illegal Dumpers utilising online anonymity to dump waste Rick Giardini, Sydney Regional Illegal Dumping Squad | ||||||
| 1455 - 1505 | Room Transition | |||||
| 1505 - 1600 | Concurrent Session 3 | |||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | |||
| 3A Collaboration as a Tool to Help Solve Regulatory and Enforcement Challenges | 3B Networking | 3C Being a Modern Regulator | 3D Insights into Waste Management and Recycling | |||
| 1505-1515 Collaborating on Resources Sector Compliance - Integrating environmental compliance programs with other mining and petroleum compliance assurance functions Karen Caple, Department of Mines, Industry Regulation & Safety, WA | Ad Hoc Networking Bookings in 25-30min sessions. Bookings made at Registration Desk. | 1505-1518 How NSW EPA is implementing the AELERT Regulatory Capability Framework Kiah Hunter, NSW EPA | 1505-1518 Combustible recyclable and waste materials guidance – supporting compliance through engagement and implementation Elissa Newman-Sutherland, EPA Victoria | |||
| 1515-1525 Building compliance and enforcement through relationships Mike Devery, Department of Environment & Science, QLD | 1518-1531 Skills Matrix Project Corey Boutwell, EPA SA | 1518-1531 Waste Stock Piling Risks, Regulation and Emergency Response Ken Raine, Department of Water & Environmental Regulation, WA | ||||
| 1525-1535 Working together to prevent exposure to asbestos fibres in order to eliminate asbestos-related disease in Australia Justine Ross, Asbestos Safety & Eradication Agency | 1531-1544 Building the capacity of our authorised officers Julie Graham, Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Energy, QLD | 1531-1544 Charitable Waste Levy: Impacts of Levy Pricing and the Challenge of Regulating Levy Waivers Cathy Johnson, EPA SA | ||||
| 1535-1600 Whole group discussion | 1544-1557 Case study: Environment Protection Authority SA experience implementing a high performance framework, seeking to be an effective and trusted regulator Javier Lopez, EPA SA | 1544-1557 Implementing the ban on single use plastics: Case study on Kenya’s enforcement strategy Elizabeth Gachenga, Strathmore University, Kenya | ||||
| 1600 - 1630 | Riverbank Foyer Afternoon Tea, Posters and Exhibition | |||||
| 1630 - 1730 | Concurrent Session 4 | |||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | |||
| 4A Insights from the Regulated Community | 4B International Perspectives: Updates from Across the Globe (Part I) | 4C Collaborating to Address Problems that Cross Jurisdictions Concurrent Session Sponsor: | 4D Waste Roundtable Includes speakers from 2D & 3D | |||
| Moderator: Scott Fulton Speakers: Michelle White Global Governance & Compliance Council, EHS General Electric (GE), Michael Chanell, Corporate Environment Affairs IBM Australia, Alan Horowitz, Principal & Managing Director Trusted Companies LLC | 1630-1648 Rachid Biessar, NECEMA | 1630-1640 The invisible border, how harmonisation can work Narelle Sargent, ACT EPA & Carlie Armstrong, NSW EPA | PARTICIPANTS: Edward Cuenca, Andrew Vinden, Ellen Collins, Rick Giardini, Elissa Newman-Sutherland, Ken Raine, Cathy Johnson & Elizabeth Gachenga | |||
| 1648-1706 Current enforcement and compliance activities (Philippines) Theresa Tenazas, Department of Environment & Natural Resources | 1640-1650 Facing challenges and finding solutions when working together across Commonwealth and State Jurisdictions Catherine Moltzen, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park | |||||
| 1706-1724 Current enforcement and compliance activities (South Africa), Mark Jardine & Nketu Lesejane, Department of Environmental Affairs | 1650-1700 The real winner of the day is compliance - partnerships and networks to build compliance capability Tim Reid, Department of Environment & Science, QLD | |||||
| 1700-1730 Whole group discussion | ||||||
| 1900 - 2200 | Ian McLaughlin Room, Adelaide Oval Conference and Awards Dinner Dinner Sponsors: | |||||
Thursday 12 March 2020 | |||||
| 0800 | Riverbank Foyer Registration Opens | ||||
| 0900-0955 | Concurrent Session 5 | ||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | ||
| 5A Intelligence for Addressing Wildlife Protections | 5B Networking | 5C Engaging the Public and Community Involvement (Part I) | 5D Preventing Environmental Crime through Transboundary Cooperation | ||
| 0900-0910 Australia's wishlist of exotic wildlife: conservation and biosecurity implications of potential pet demand Adam Toomes, University of Adelaide | Ad Hoc Networking Bookings in 25-30min sessions. Bookings made at Registration Desk. | Collaborating with the public: The role of citizen science in compliance and enforcement LeRoy Paddock, Environmental Law Institute, INECE Secretariat | Activities of the container control programme Anne Linn Jensen, UNODC-WCO | ||
| 0910-0920 Monitoring internet sales of wilfdife to direct illegal trade and inform biosecurity and conservation objectives Oliver Stingham, University of Adelaide | Engaging the community in environmental regulation: a collaborative approach to addressing air quality concerns Matt Karle, Department of Environment & Science, QLD | Updates from the INTERPOL Pollution Crimes Working Group Joseph Poux, INTERPOL | |||
| 0920-0930 Eswaran Case Study: The NT's Rogue Taxidermist Turned Trafficker Tracey Duldig & Brett Easton, NT Government | Elevating Community Participation as a Critical Tool for Stronger Enforcement and Compliance of Pollution Control Laws and Regulations Elizabeth Moses, World Resources Institute | WITHDRAWN | |||
| 0930-0955 Whole group discussion | |||||
| 0955-1005 | Room Transition | ||||
| 1005-1100 | Concurrent Session 6 | ||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | ||
| 6A The Digital Revolution for Regulation and Enforcement | 6B (i) Seaports Initiative | 6C Engaging the Public and Community Involvement (Part II) | 6D Rethinking Enforcement Tools to Improve Environmental Outcomes Concurrent Session Sponsor: | ||
| 1005-1020 Environmental Compliance 2.0: Digital transformation in the Environmental Superintendence of Chile Sebastian Elgueta, Superindendency of Environment Chile | 1005-1035 Inspection and Monitoring of Transboundary Movements of Environmentally Detrimental Substances through Seaports Henk Ruessink, Human Environment & Transport Inspectorate, NL | 1005-1030 Odour Regulation in Brooklyn, Victoria - A Multifaceted Approach Chris Bydder, EPA Victoria | 1005-1023 Restorative justice approaches in environmental enforcement - opportunities for collaboration and shaping reform, achieving prevention and better outcomes Miranda Forsyth, EPA Victoria | ||
| 1020-1035 The Inspection Viewer: Targeted Enforcement Laila Macharis, Flemish High Enforcement Council for Spatial Planning & Environment | 6B (ii) Bushfires: An Environmental Issue | 1030-1055 A World of Opportunity: Empowering Whistleblowers to Help Prosecute Environmental Crime John Kostyack, National Whistleblower Center | 1023-1041 The Use of Enforceable Undertakings as an Enforcement Mechanism: Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, Certainty and Environmental Outcomes Sarah Wright, University of Wollongong | ||
| 1035-1100 Whole group discussion | 1035-1100 Incident Management During Bushfire Emergencies: An Insiders Account Jane Burgett, NSW EPA | 1041-1059 Social Enforcement for Sustainability: Rethinking Anti-Corruption Approaches in Natural Resource Management Ellen Pfeffier, Institute for Water Education | |||
| 1100-1130 | Riverbank Foyer Morning Tea, Posters & Exhibition | ||||
| 1130-1230 | Concurrent Session 7 | ||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | ||
| 7A Innovation in Regulatory Intelligence | 7B Achieving Quality Inspections and Monitoring for Environmental Protection | 7C Advancing Compliance through Collaboration with Regulated Entities: Co-regulation and Voluntary Approaches | 7D International Perspectives: Updates from Across the Globe (Part II) | ||
| 1130-1140 Using a collaborative approach to grow intelligence capability Kieran Lynch, NSW EPA | 1130-1140 Hunter Valley Mine Dust Initiatives to Improve Air Quality Adam Gilligan, NSW EPA | Regulatory modernisation of the NSW Private Native Forestry Sector - Is New Environmental Governance (NEG) and Regulatory Pluralism the solution? Darren Swift, NSW EPA | 1130-1150 Celebrating 20 years of environmental regulation in NSW Peta Jacobsen, NSW EPA | ||
| 1140-1150 Operational implementation of rapid on-site identification of hazardous organics at fire scenes Val Spikmans, Western Sydney University | 1140-1150 Timeline for a marine pollution investigation Peter Vasel, NT EPA | Marrying public regulation with private farm stewardship programs - New approaches to co-regulation and collaborative environmental governance in agriculture Andrew Lawson, University of New England | 1150-1210 Transnational Environmental Accountability: Strategies for holding Multinational companies in Transnational Environmental Accountability industries accountable for environmental harm in developing counties Professor Robert Percival, University of Maryland, USA | ||
| 1150-1200 The use of cognitive intelligence technique workshops to reduce strategic surprise: a focus on pre-mortem analysis Anne-Maree Quarmby, NSW EPA | 1150-1200 Agencies collaborate to tackle illegal water take in the horticulture industry, Coffs Harbour NSW Bart Kellett & June Song, Natural Resources Access Regulator | Victorian Government's Resource Recovery Facilities Audit Taskforce - Driving compliance through a tailored co-regulatory approach Ursula Trujillo & Matt Nelson, EPA Victoria | 1210-1220 Henk Russenik, IMPEL Network | ||
| 1200-1230 Whole group discussion | 1200-1230 Whole group discussion | When everyone chooses to uphold the law: NRAR approach to education for voluntary compliance Inger Shimmel & Joanna Pajkowska, Natural Resources Access Regulator, NSW | 1220-1230 Asian Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Network (AECEN) Chochoe Devaporihartakula, Asian Environmental Compliance & Enforcement Network | ||
| 1230-1300 | Riverbank Foyer Formal Networking | ||||
| 1300-1400 | Riverbank Foyer Lunch, Posters & Exhibition | ||||
| 1400-1455 | Concurrent Session 8 | ||||
| Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 8 | ||
| 8A Technology for Real-time or Remote Evaluation | 8B International Perspectives: Updates from Across the Globe (Part III) | 8C Building Collaborative Approaches Between Regulators | 8D Forging Collaborative Networks between Academics and Practitioners to Help Shape the Future of Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement | ||
| 1400-1410 The Bridge - leveraging data and intelligence for real time situational awareness for effective regulatory response Sally McPhail & Ashleigh Jones, EPA Victoria | 1400-1418 Cynthia Barzuna, Setena | 1400-1418 A collaborative approach to tackle illegal dumping in NSW - Regional Illegal Dumping Squads and programs Christy Groves, James Vincent & Rob Robertson EPA NSW | 1400-1455 INECE Academic Committee Cameron Holley, University of NSW Bob Percival, University of Meryland Cynthia Giles, Harvard Law School Sarah Wright, University of Wollongong LeRoy Paddock, Environmental Law Institute/INECE Secretariat | ||
| 1410-1420 Use of LiDAR to access on-farm storage volumes Geoff Cameron, Natural Resources Access Regulator | 1418-1436 Challenges of Environmental Compliance of SEMs in Vietnam Ly Nguyen, Center for Environmental & Community Research | 1418-1436 Procedural Code of Environmental Infringement Bill of the Province of Buenos Aires: towards the maturity of environmental law in Argentina Manuel Fravega, SADARN | |||
| 1430-1455 Whole group discussion | 1436-1454 The Government Regulatory Practice Initiative (G-REG) New Zealand - Advancing regulatory and enforcement collaboration through continued professional development Tony McKenna, Skills Organisation | ||||
| 1455-1505 | Transition time | ||||
| 1505-1600 | Concurrent Session 9 | ||||
| 9A (i) Approaches to Risk-based Enforcement | 9B Networking | 9C Working with Industry for Collaborative Solutions | 9D Regulatory Evaluation Tools | ||
| 1505-1535 Environment and Climate Change Canada's Approach to Risk-Based Enforcement Michael Enns, Environment Climate Change Canada | Ad Hoc Networking Bookings in 25-30min sessions. Bookings made at Registration Desk. | 1505-1520 Promoting cooperative solutions in a competitive industry Rhys Jones, National Offshore Petroleum Safety & Environmental Management Authority | 1400-1430 AELERT's Regulatory Officer Capability Framework: What we built and how every Officer can use it AELERT Capacity Building Working Group | ||
| 9A (ii) Approaches to Increasing Compliance with Environmental Laws in Europe | 1520-1535 Encouragement or enforcement: Influencing industries to engage with their communities Rachel Colella, EPA SA | 1430-1455 AELERT's Modern Regulator Improvement Tool (MRIT): An Introduction and Reflection AELERT Better Regulation Working Group | |||
| 1535-1600 Environmental Compliance and Enforcement - England, Europe, Brexit and Beyond Anne Brosnan, Environment Agency England | 1535-1600 Whole group discussion | ||||
| 1600-1630 | Riverbank Foyer Afternoon Tea, Posters & Exhibition | ||||
| 1630-1730 | Keynote Presentation Regulation and Public Service in an Era of Policy Dysfunction Brian Gilligan, Former NSW EPA Executive Director Operations and Director General National Parks | ||||
Friday 13 March 2020 | ||||||||||||
| 0800 | Riverbank Foyer Registration Opens | |||||||||||
| 0830-0915 | Plenary Session Women in Environmental Regulation Panel Panel Members: Anne Brosnan, UK Hanna Kogelman, Australia | |||||||||||
| 0915-0945 | Reflections on Environmental Collaboration and the Path Forward Official Closing Glen Brown, Vice Chair AELERT, LeRoy Paddock, Environmental Law Institute/INECE Secretariat | |||||||||||
| 0945-1015 | Riverbank Foyer Morning Tea | |||||||||||
| 1015-1105 | Post-conference Workshops | |||||||||||
| Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | Riverbank Room 6/7 | Riverbank Room 8 | Riverbank Room 3 | ||||||||
| Workshop 1 | Workshop 3 | Workshop 4 | Workshop 5 | Workshop 6 | ||||||||
| Wildlife Crime AELERT Community of Practice - Initial Meet Up Phill Cassey, University of Adelaide | AELERT Intelligence and Analysis Community of Practice discussion forum Maintaining Networks: Hot Topics for Intelligence Kieran Lynch, NSW EPA | AELERT Environmental Liabilities Community of Practice discussion forum Don’t get stuck with the tab - approaches to managing environmental liabilities Joanne Stuart & Magdalena Paszkiewicz, NSW EPA | AELERT Water Compliance Community of Practice workshop – Putting Remote Sensing into Action Grace Mang, Murray-Darling Basin Authority | Future of INECE: Strengthening the Network Larry Starfield US EPA & LeRoy Paddock, Environmental Law Institute/INECE Secretariat | ||||||||
| 1105-1110 | Room Transition | |||||||||||
| 1110-1155 | Post-conference Workshops | |||||||||||
| Riverbank Room 4 | Riverbank Room 5 | |||||||||||
| Workshop 1 (continued) | Workshop 7 | |||||||||||
| Wildlife Crime AELERT Community of Practice – Initial Meet Up | AELERT Intelligence and Analysis Community of Practice workshop Pre-mortem Analysis as a tool for Regulatory Intelligence Kieran Lynch, NSW EPA | |||||||||||