WORKSHOPS
Pre Conference Workshops | Sunday 13 September 2026
All workshops listed below will take place on Sunday, 13 September and held at the Adelaide Convention Centre prior to the start of Clean Up 2026 Conference. Please see workshop topics for 2026 below.
Workshop Fees
FULL DAY WORKSHOPS: $680
HALF DAY WORKSHOPS: $375
Workshop registration fees are in Australian dollars and inclusive of GST.
Workshop tickets are charged per person and are not included in registration fees and are an additional expense.
Workshop Topics
We are pleased to announce a number of workshop topics below that would benefit the delegates of CleanUp 2026 in their continuing professional development (CPD). Your participation in the workshops may entitle you to the CPD points required by your certification body.
Full program details including session times, detailed descriptions, inclusions and presenter information will be available soon.
| WORKSHOP 1: PFAS in Practice: Industry Response, Remediation, and Risk | |
| Sunday 13 September 2026 Location: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre | |
FULL DAY Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm | Audience: Defence, airports, fire services, waste management, consultants Why Attend? PFAS is highly topical, with regulatory tightening and liability concerns. This session provides industry-relevant, hands-on strategies. Topics:
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| WORKSHOP 2: Artificial Intelligence for Data Interpretation, Site Assessment and Monitoring of
Contaminated Environments | |
| Sunday 13 September 2026 Location: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre | |
FULL DAY Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm | Audience: Environmental Scientist, Engineers, Practitioners, Researchers Regulatory Agencies, Hydrogeologist Why Attend? Solves complex, Real-world problems, Timely and Relevant, Fills critical Skill Gap Topics:
Workshop Program, Presenters and other details, to be advised soon. |
| WORKSHOP 3: Advanced Geological Methods for Predicting Contamination Flowpaths | |
| Sunday 13 September 2026 Location: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre | |
HALF DAY Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm | Audience: Hydrogeologists and Geologists, Remediation Engineers, Environmental Project Managers, Regulatory Agency Technical Staff, Researchers and students Why Attend? Please view Workshop Flyer HERE Topics:
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| WORKSHOP 4: Hands
On PFAS Modeling in Soil and Groundwater | |
| Sunday 13 September 2026 Location: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre | |
HALF DAY Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm | Audience:
Regulators,
Consultants, Hydrogeologists, Risk Assessors, Computer Modelers Why Attend? Learn how to use models to evaluate threats to groundwater quality posed by leaching PFAS Topics:
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| WORKSHOP 5: Beyond Screening Levels: Ecological Risk Assessment of PFAS in Real-World Ecosystems | |
| Sunday 13 September 2026 Location: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre | |
HALF DAY Time: 9:00am - 12:30pm | Audience: Corporate sustainability leaders, ESG officers, mining, manufacturing Why Attend? Aligns contamination issues with ESG and financial risk management. Topics:
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| WORKSHOP 6: Asbestos & Silica: The Next Occupational Contaminant Wave | |
| Sunday 13 September 2026 Location: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre | |
HALF DAY Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm | Audience: Construction, infrastructure, waste, urban renewal, regulators Why Attend? New national code of practice (for silica), asbestos legacy still active, especially in redevelopment. Topics:
Workshop Program, Presenters and other details, to be advised soon. |
Post Conference Workshop | Thursday 17 September 2026
The workshops listed below will take place on Thursday 17 September and held at the Adelaide Convention Centre post Clean Up 2026 Conference. Please see workshop topics for 2026 below.
Workshop Fee
HALF DAY WORKSHOPS: $375
Workshop registration fees are in Australian dollars and inclusive of GST.
Workshop tickets are charged per person and are not included in registration fees and are an additional expense.
| WORKSHOP 7: Faster, Better, Cheaper: Introduction to Risk-Based
Investigation Methods | |
| Thursday 17 September 2026 Location: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre | |
HALF DAY Time: 9:00pm - 12:30pm | Audience: Regulators, Consultants, Hydrogeologists, Risk Assessors, Computer Modelers Why Attend? Attend this workshop to understand how modern approaches to environmental investigation and risk assessment can reduce time, cost and uncertainty. It offers practical insights into systematic planning, Decision Units, and Multi Increment sampling, supported by real-world examples. You will gain tools to improve data quality and make faster, more confident decisions for site assessment and remediation.
Reference: crcCARE, 2024, Risk-Based Investigation of Environmental Contamination: Technical Report series, No. 48 August 2024 (and updates). https://crccare.com/technical-reports/ For workshop Program, Presenters and other details, please click here. |