Tuesday, 22nd July World Lake Conference 2025

1. Prof. David Hamilton: Director, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
2. Dr Kazuhiko Takemoto, President, International Lake Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC)

1. Ms. Lyn O’Connell, Deputy Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)
2. Hamish Butler (Executive Director- South Region) from the Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers

1. Hon. Mosese Bulitavu, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Government of the Republic of Fiji
2. H.E. Mr. Hiroshi Nakada, State Minister of the Environment, Government of Japan

1. Inge Retnowati, Director Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Environment, Indonesian Government
2. Eng. Mwajuma Waziri, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Water in the United Republic of Tanzania
3. Ms. Orie Kishimoto, Vice Governor of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
4. Ms Lou-Ellen Martin, Branch Head for Water Support and Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme (WELS), the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), Federal Government of Australia
5. Phil Duncan, Professor of University of Canberra

Moderators:

• Dr. Kenzo Hiroki, Professor Emeritus of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) / Executive Director, High-level Panel Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)
• Assoc. Prof. Brian McIntosh, International WaterCentre, Griffith University

The prestigious Peter Cullen Lecture will be delivered by Professor Brad Moggridge.

“The Cultural Value of Country and the Importance of Understanding Water Quality and Climate Change for Aboriginal People.”

Professor Moggridge is renowned for his expertise in Indigenous water science and policy. His lecture will offer valuable insights into how traditional knowledge and cultural perspectives can be integrated with contemporary water management practices to better understand and address the challenges of water quality and climate change.

• The Cultural value of Country and the Importance of Understanding Water Quality and Climate Change for Aboriginal People - Bradley Moggridge

1. Dr. Susan Gardner, Director, Ecosystems Division, United Nations Environment Progamme
2. Dr. Musonda Mumba, the Secretary General, the Convention on Wetlands
3. Mr. Shingo Mekata, Shiga Prefectural Assembly Chairperson

• The characteristics and drivers of water quality in globally significant south-east Queensland dune lakes - John Tibby
• Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Community Response to Hydrological Variability in a Subtropical Dune Lake - Glenn B McGregor
• Challenges and management strategies for the brackish water ecosystems of Lakes Shinji and Nakaumi in the face of climate change and human activities - Hiroshi Yajima

• Bridging science, community, and policy for sustainable lake restoration in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand - Deniz Özkundakci
• Unravelling Nutrient Dynamics in Lake Burley Griffin - Manuja Lekammudiyanse
• The Heartware approach: How Local Values drive Sustainable Socio-Technical Change for Integrated Lake-River Basin Management - Zeeda Dr. Mohamad
• Assessing the willingness to pay of fishermen, biologists and engineers tor sustainable management of thondamanaaru lagoon in jaffna district, sri lanka - Anushiya Sireeranhan
• Chilika lake at the crossroads: policy, partnerships, and pollution abatement in action - Prasanta Mohapatra

• Restoring freshwater mussels in lake rototoa - Maddison Jones
• Daphnia benefited from poor-quality food via differentiated carbon pathway allocations of good-quality and poor-quality organic carbon - Yali Tang
•   Use of Benthic Macro-invertebrates as bioindicator of water quality in Rewabandh Reservoir, Kawardha, Chhattisgarh, India   - NIRANJAN Dr. SARANG
• Restructuring of epiphytic microbiomes to enhance the inhibitory efficiency of submerged macrophytes on cyanobacteria Microcystis - Yunni Gao

• PFAS removal by a radial flow cartridge system - Brad Dalrymple
• Avoiding Analysis Paralysis and Getting the Highest Return on Investment with Adaptive Lake Management - Byran Fuhrmann
• Machine Learning-Powered Image Segmentation and Morphological Clustering of Algal Microscopic Images Across Diverse Water Sources - Arash Zamyadi
• Rainfall is earths natural water replenishment mechanism and we contaminate every drop in the urban environment a at source solution exists - Craig A Rothleitner
• Automated real-time methane monitoring system to provide insights into environmental drivers of emissions from reservoirs - Brendon Duncan

• Lakes in the landscape: anticipatory and holistic stewardship Panel discussion - James Langston

• International Special Session on Building Momentum for World Lake Day - Atsushi Sugioka, Tomoki Sogabe, Kazuki Ishii and Naoya Yamamoto

Despite their central role in our global life-support system, lakes are in crisis. Pollution, water over-extraction, altered flows, unsustainable land use, biodiversity loss, infrastructure development, invasive species, weak policy implementation, and climate change have led to widespread degradation—and some lakes have disappeared entirely. A highlight of the World Lake Conference is the development of an international statement is being developed to promote the sustainable and integrated management of lakes and their catchments. This global declaration is now open for public review. During this session, we will present an overview of the Meanjin Brisbane Declaration on World Lake Sustainability—its vision, guiding principles, and how attendees can engage with its finalisation and endorsement.

• From pristine to pressured: tracing 1,000 years of lake ecosystem change - Susie Wood

Where: Plough Inn - 29 Stanley St Plaza, South Brisbane QLD 4101

When: Tuesday 22 July

Time: 6.00pm - 9.00pm 

Cost: $30 pp, includes 1 pizza, 1 drink and a night of trivia. All other drinks are paid by yourselves. 

Details: Maximum 50 spots, we will open to all delegates once students and ECR's have added on 

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