Dan Deere is a water quality scientist with Water Futures Pty Ltd, specialising in quantitative and water cycle risk assessment and risk management planning. He has worked in scientific roles in the UK, Sydney and Melbourne as an academic research fellow and consultant, specialising in microbial water quality monitoring and process validation. More recently, he has worked in technical management roles in water utilities in Melbourne (South East Water) and Sydney (Sydney Catchment Authority) and was the part-time CRC for Water Quality and Treatment Catchments Research Program Leader for seven years.

Dan has provided training in the ADWG Framework, Water Safety Plans (WHO), the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling Framework and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) across Australia, Asia and in Europe. He holds Lead Auditor status and is an Auditor Skill Examiner under the RABQSA Drinking Water Quality Management System (DWQMS) certification scheme. He is a Principal Auditor for Water Supply Systems under the RABQSA Food Safety Management Systems (HACCP) scheme and holds current RABQSA competencies in implementing Food Safety Management (HACCP) systems, Quality System Auditing, Leading Audit Teams and DWQMS. 

Annette Davison completed a Higher National Diploma in Applied Biology at the University of Central Lancashire and a BSc(Hons) Degree in Applied Biology at the John Moores University in the UK.

She moved to Australia in 1988 and worked as an industrial microbiologist with the mining company Rio Tinto in Sydney before completing a PhD in environmental microbiology and biochemistry and a Masters Degree in Environmental and Local Government Law at Macquarie University.

Annette has worked in the water industry since 1998 at Australian Water Technologies and latterly as the Urban Water Risk Assessor with the NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation and the NSW Ministry of Energy and Utilities. Her work in environmental law has led to her current interest in the link between risk assessment and management and the demonstration of due diligence for water utilities.

Annette has received many awards for her work including two awards from the Australian Water Association.

David has extensive experience in health aspects of water including major involvement in the development of the NWQMS Phase 1 of the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling – Managing Health and Environmental Risks and the NWQMS Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
He continues to represent Australia on WHO Guidelines committees and advisory bodies.  David is the senior advisor to the Recycled Water Guidelines Phase 2 – drinking water group responsible for defining the issues, risks and requirements for planned use of recycled water to augment public drinking water supplies.

Daryl Stevens is one of Australia’s leading experts in the use of recycled water in amenity and production horticulture. He is a Principal Scientist with Arris Pty Ltd.  He provides project coordination and scientific services for the Environmental Risk Component of the National Guidelines on Water Recycling, and is the Australian Coordinator for Recycled Water Use in Horticulture.  He was also an advisor to the World Health Organisation.

His research has won several industry and university awards for excellence, and his expertise in the area of recycled water is recognized nationally and internationally.  His research work with the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Land and Water has specialised in environmental toxicology and beneficial use of solid and liquid wastes with a major focus on water recycling. 

Diane Wiesner is Principal Scientist with AWA and has a Doctorate (University of NSW), MA (Adelaide University) and M.Sc (University of Wollongong) in environmental health.  She has six years tertiary teaching in science & behavioural medicine with nine years consulting in science, water & environmental management for corporate clients. 

Subsequently Diane has been with AWA for over ten years working mostly in the development of professional skills programs for members and dealing with technical issues associated with water & wastewater guidelines, concentrate management, health and risk assessment issues.  Her current projects include the development of professional online training course programs targeted to water industry professionals.

Dr Stuart Khan is a leading Australian researcher on trace organic chemical contaminants in water. He has a BSc (Hons) (1996) and PhD (2003).   Currently he is a Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Water and Waste Technology, UNSW .  Stuart has extensive advanced analytical instrumentation training and experience in organic analysis including gas chromatography  high performance liquid chromatography applications and  has extensive experience with quadrupole and ion-trap mass selective detectors.
Dr Khan has experience with modelling chemical contaminants in aqueous systems and an undertaking risk assessment for chemical contaminants in water, wastewater and recycled water systems.