Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

John Paul Rooney, Chartered Engineer, Associate, Roughan & O’Donovan

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Case study: Surface water flooding in development planning

• Why all sources of flooding should be considered when undertaking development planning
• European changes in attitude to surface water flood risk
• Policy updates outside Ireland – recent changes to how surface water flood risk is being assessed elsewhere
• Demonstrating resilience to surface water flood risk as part of development planning: a case study

Paul Singleton, Associate, McCloy Consulting

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Legal Update - Challenges to Projects & How to Avoid them

Danielle Conaghan, Partner, Head of Environment and Planning Group, Arthur Cox

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Latest advancements in flood modelling

• How analysis methods have changed, and model simulation times have been reduced (from hours or days to just minutes), to support flood incident response and improve the understanding of uncertainty in design.
• Example of applications including the Environment Agency’s new real-time 2D Flood Incident Mapping and Forecasting System
• Residual uncertainty analysis, and integrated modelling of flood risk in urban catchments

Dr Richard Crowder, BSc (Eng), PhD,FICE, FCIWEM, CEng, C.WEM, Jacobs, Director, Water & Environment

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Groundwater flooding and its vulnerability to climate change

• Groundwater flooding mechanisms
• Managing groundwater flooding in Ireland (including brief case studies)
• Monitoring and mapping groundwater flooding
• Climate change impacts to groundwater flooding

Ted McCormack, Chartered Engineer, Geological Survey Ireland

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Utopian and Dystopian Water Resource Systems Design and Operation

• Three Irish Case Studies

J. Philip O’Kane, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland, University College Cork and Ireland

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A holistic approach to water management through river restoration strategies and nature-based solutions: Case Study – Santry River Restoration and Greenway Project

• Improving Status under Water Framework Directive
• Addressing flooding issues identified in the CFRAMs model (and also accounting for pluvial flooding)
• Enhancing habitat and biodiversity
• Improving sustainable transport options through the provision of a recreational greenway
• Addressing social and recreational amenity needs within the study area

John Stack, Executive Engineer, Dublin City Council

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Case Study: Developing a Flood Risk Management Strategy to Target Flood Mitigation and Response

Jonathan Cooper, Cooper Resilience Consulting

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