The Bureau of Meteorology, Sunwater, Seqwater and Deltares are pleased invite you to the Delft-FEWS User Days Australia 2022. With ease on COVID19 restrictions, this year’s event will be hosted in person at Sunwater’s head office in sunny Brisbane over 24 to 26 August.

COVID safe measures will be in place to ensure the health and safety of the attendees.

The Delft-FEWS User Days are a great opportunity to connect with the Delft-FEWS community—to showcase progress, share experiences and learnings about new developments and ensure you're getting the most out of your platform.
 

Registration

Please register through this form [The link will take you to a Microsoft Office Form page named Delft-FEWS User Days Australia 2022 Registration Form]

User Community- Evening Gathering

Thanks Seqwater and Deltares for once again supporting the ever-valuable experience of sharing your work and experience over a relaxing meal. It will be hosted on Thursday 24 August after the Day 1 forum.
 

Field trip

Thanks Sunwater for offering a field trip part of the Delft-FEWS User Days Australia 2022. It will be hosted on Friday 26 August after the panel discussion. Return transportation will be provided from Sunwater’s office.
 

Training courses

The following training courses are offered (for a fee) as part of the Delft-FEWS User Days. Places are limited, secure your spot by registering through these links. 

    Delft-FEWS Basic Configuration, 22-23 Augustus, Brisbane
    Delft-FEWS API (fka PI-webservice), 22 Augustus, online
    Delft-FEWS Advanced Configuration, 23 Augustus, online
    Wflow - distributed hydrological modelling, October (dates tbd), online

 

Program Wednesday 24 Aug (draft)

10:00 morning tea  

11:00 Opening (Sunwater)
11:15 FEWS GWRC pilot (Greater Wellington Regional Council, Hamish Smith - virtual)
11:30 Seq-FEWS: Continuous Improvement Projects (Seqwater, David Pokarier)
12:00 HyFS from 2017 to 2021 (Bureau of Meteorology, Wen Wang)

12:30 lunch  

13:30 RTFS (BHP, James Zhan)
14:00 From flood forecasting to Intelligence: Flood Intelligence Forecasting System (FliFS) (ACS/Bureau, Shoni Maguire/Chris Leahy)
14:30 Web OC / FEWS API (Deltares, Daniel Twigt - virtual)

15:00 afternoon tea  

16:00 Delft-FEWS vision and roadmap update (Deltares, Gerben Boot)
16:15 IPCC climate extremes “What’s in it for FEWS" (Deltares, Bart van den Hurk - virtual)
17:00 Delft-FEWS new features 2022.01news in fews (Deltares, Gerben Boot)

17:30 closing  
18:00 Evening gathering (location tbc)

Program Thursday 25 Aug (draft)

09:00 SuDS Dev – Kicking the bucket (Sunwater, Clint Chrystal)
09:30 SLEIP (HydroTas, Kim Robinson)
10:00 News of the World - Delft-FEWS Community Strategy Board (Bureau, Justin Robinson)
10:15 BoM plans for the FEWS archive (Bureau, Greg Keir)

10:30 morning tea 

11:30 From training to reality (Seqwater, Steve Wang)
12:00 Toowoomba (JBA, Dan Rodgers)

12:30 lunch 

13:30 Automated Performance Analysis in HyFS (Bureau, Claire Mills - virtual)
14:00 WC and Open Archive (RWS / Deltares, Maarten Smoorenburg - virtual)
14:30 Delft-FEWS with community based warning systems (eThekwini, Geoff Tooley - virtual)
15:15 Miss-FEWS (DFUDA committee, Simone De Kleermaeker)

15:30 closing
 

Program Friday 26 Aug (draft)

08:00 - Field trip, leaving from Sunwater office
14:00 - Return to Sunwater office

All times in AEST (or GMT+10)