Second Annual Symposium 2022
Day 1 Highlights

Author Editor
Date 23 December 2022

Day 1 – Monday 5 September

First day of the Second Annual Symposium, an outstanding first day. Great turnout with around 104 in-person attendees and 151 online attendees.

The program included a keynote speech from Paul Higham, Head of Strategic and Enterprise Planning, from Sydney Water about The Changing Market for Biosolids.

Our Centre researchers working on Theme 1: Improving Biosolids Technologies did an outstanding job, great presentations, and insightful research.

People’s choice topic presentations by Dr Jen Martin from Arcadis Australia Pacific on PFAS and Biosolids and by Craig Bagnall, SEATA Group on Biosolids Biochar Markets provided a great overview of current issues facing the industry.

The program on Day 1 also included some outstanding Forums in the afternoon – we heard views from a wide range of Producers and End-Users of biosolids in NSW, as well as paying a tribute to our Biosolids Industry Legends.

We also had another round of our Centre researchers working on Theme 2: Enhancing Biosolids Product Applications. Again, they did an outstanding job of presenting their research at the symposium.

It was also fantastic to see the conversations that the researchers were having with the Industry Partners that attended. This continued into the evening with a successful conference dinner exchange, where we heard from guest speaker, Dr Michael Crawford, CEO of the Soil CRC.