Are you driven to implement strong Integrated Water Management (IWM) outcomes in your region (Victoria-specific)?

Are you interested to hear about how to embed IWM within an organisation’s culture, processes and decision making?

Are you interested to learn how to deliver innovation in projects with multiple stakeholders?

Join Clearwater, DEECA and our presenters to explore best practice in Integrated Water Management (IWM) and practical skills to build support and drive successful projects for your region. The interactive and locally relevant 2026 webinar series, to be held weekly between 28th July and 26th August 2026, feature topics, including:

Webinar 1: *IWM 101 - Foundations & Inspiration*	Webinar 2: *Cross-sectoral Collaboration*
Webinar 3: *Leadership & Influence*	Webinar 4: *Embedding IWM in your organisation - part A*
Webinar 5: *Embedding IWM in your organisation - part B*

Webinar 4: Embedding IWM in your organisation - part A

This session will provide insights on the key strategies available to an organisation for delivering strong IWM outcomes within Victorian regulatory / institutional landscape.

This session will involve a facilitated panel discussion followed by audience Q&A.

After attending the session, attendees will:

Gain insights from diverse experiences in how people within different organisation types have driven IWM outcomes within their organisations.
Learn about key strategies such as building IWM champions, clarifying roles and responsibilities, establishing organisational processes and governance structures, cross-departmental collaboration, knowledge brokering and capacity building and developing interdisciplinary capabilities.

Who should attend?

Representatives of IWM Forums across the state (both Regional Vic and Metro Melbourne), Local Government, Catchment Management Authorities, Water utilities and other interested parties working in:

Strategic and statutory planning
Stormwater management
Sustainability and liveability
Environment / waterway management
Water / wastewater infrastructure planning.

Panellists

Wayne Burton (East Gippsland Shire Council)

Sam Innes (Greater Western Water)

Trent Griffiths (Corangamite Catchment Management Authority)

Kent Feng (Manningham Council)

Kent Feng is a stormwater and WSUD practitioner with a decade of experience spanning research, consulting, and local government. His work has focused on catchment investigation, stormwater quality and quantity management, and the application of both WSUD and Integrated Water Management (IWM) approaches to support healthy waterways and resilient urban environments. Kent’s background includes developing integrated stormwater management strategies across a range of project scales, from local precincts to whole‑of‑catchment planning. His consulting experience strengthened his technical capability in asset‑based solutions, while also building strong skills in multidisciplinary collaboration and stakeholder engagement. Kent is passionate about practical, evidence‑based approaches to stormwater management and enjoys working with diverse teams to deliver tailored solutions that balance environmental, operational, and community outcomes.

Chris Saliba (Melbourne Water)

Facilitator

Jamie Ewert (Natural Capital & Climate)

Jamie Ewert has extensive experience delivering the stormwater and IWM capacity program, having facilitated and delivered many Clearwater events with local government, as well as capacity building and conference events at a national scale through the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. He led both the Communications and Research Adoption portfolios for the CRC. Since his time at the CRC, Jamie has been part of Alluvium Consulting and Natural Capital Economics, initially as an IWM specialist and now as a Climate Adaptation Lead.

Location

Online

Cost

Free

Pre-requisites

N/A

A Clearwater-DEECA Capacity Building Initiative

Contact the host of Winter 2026 IWM Webinar 4 - Embedding IWM in your organisation - part A