CRC CARE WORKSHOP (MELBOURNE): SOCIETAL PERCEPTIONS AND ACCEPTANCE OF
REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES – USING EVIDENCE-BASED KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE
ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES_This course can be used towards continuing
professional development (CPD) points*_
OVERVIEW: _How do communities perceive and accept technologies that
are used to remediate contaminated sites in their local area?_
An increasing diversity of technologies are being used to remediate
contaminated sites, yet there remains little understanding of the
perceptions and acceptance that residents living near these sites hold
for these technologies, and what factors affect their perceptions and
acceptance of these technologies. This lack of understanding hinders
the remediation industry’s ability to effectively engage with these
residents, at a time when such engagement is becoming part and parcel
of remediation policy and practice. This two-day workshop will draw on
new insights, collected from more than 2000 residents living near 13
contaminated sites across Australia, to provide attendees with
knowledge that will support more effectively engagement with residents
based on their perceptions and acceptance of technologies. This
interactive workshop seeks to open the ‘black-box’ of community
engagement by revealing and discussing the experiences of those
residents.
At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will have a detailed
awareness of residents’ perceptions and acceptance of technologies,
what factors are most likely to affect residents’ perceptions and
acceptance, and how to engage with residents based on their
perceptions and acceptance. Furthermore, attendees will gain a
detailed awareness of how residents worry, perceive risks, perceive
benefits about remediation technologies and their support and
preference for remediation technologies.
To maximise the learning potential of the group, attendees are
encouraged to participate in group exercises and share their
knowledge and experience. Attendees throughout the workshop will be
involved in small group case study exercises using the skills and
information obtained during Day 1 and Day 2 of the workshop.
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DAY 1: WORKSHOP TOPICS WILL INCLUDE
* Introduction: Why engage with residents’ perceptions and
acceptance of technologies? The evidence base supporting the workshop;
the policy context
* The technology acceptance spectrum; what factors affect
residents’ levels of support for remediation technologies?
* How do residents negotiate their level of support for remediation
technologies? Social licence to operate, and resident sanctions
* The relationship between residents’ perceived risks and benefits
of remediation technologies; risk and benefit types which residents
associate with remediation technologies; how residents weigh-up risk
and benefit types
* What factors affect residents’ levels of perceived risk of
remediation technologies?
DAY 2: WORKSHOP TOPICS WILL INCLUDE
* What factors affect residents’ perceived levels of benefit from
remediation technologies?
* What worries residents about remediation technologies?
* The impact of worry on residents’ cognitions, emotions and
wellbeing
* What factors affect residents’ worries and concerns about
remediation technologies?
* How do residents’ worries about remediation technologies differ
from their worries about the contaminant
* Where and when to consider resident’s perceptions and acceptance
in remediation policy, planning and implementation.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The workshop will be of interest to regulators, local government
officers, industry professionals and consultants with or without
prior experience in community engagement. It draws on a new evidence
base that provides insights into how Australian communities perceive
and accept the application of remediation technologies in their local
area.
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SCHEDULE
DAY 1
8.30AM – 9.00 AM ARRIVAL
* Coffee / tea on arrival
* Attendees find their name badge and workshop registration
package
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
* Trainer will give overview of experience
* Hear from attendees of their experience
* Outline the objectives for the workshop
* Hear what the attendees wish to get out of the workshop
* Health and safety matters including emergency procedures and
nearest washrooms facilities
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
OVERVIEW
* Why engage with residents’ perceptions and acceptance of
technologies?
* The Extensive Australian evidence-base underpinning the workshop
* The value of using an evidence-base to support community
engagement: What constitutes evidence?
* Residents’ understandings of remediation technologies
* Australian and International policy context
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Group exercises
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Morning break
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM Acceptance of remediation technologies
* The technology acceptance spectrum
* What factors affect residents’ levels of support for remediation
technologies?
* Evaluating residents’ preferences for remediation technologies
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Group exercises
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
LUNCH BREAK
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
RECAP
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
NEGOTIATING ACCEPTANCE OF REMEDIATION
TECHNOLOGIES
* How do residents negotiate their level of support for remediation
technologies?
* Social Licence to 0perate, and resident sanctions
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
GROUP EXERCISES
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
PERCEIVED RISKS AND BENEFITS ABOUT
REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES
* The relationship between risk and benefit perceptions
* Risk and benefit types residents associate with remediation
technologies
* Balancing risk and benefit types
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM
GROUP EXERCISES
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM
AFTERNOON TEA BREAK
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
PERCEIVED RISKS
* What factors affect residents’ levels of perceived risk of
remediation technologies?
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Group exercise and open forum where attendees
can generate discussion and ask questions
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM Take-home material
* Explaining documents on the USB drive
DAY 2
8:30 AM –9:00 AM Arrival
* Coffee/tea on arrival
* Attendees find their name badge and workshop registration package,
take their seat
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
* Trainer to give overview of experience (if new participants
attend)
* Hear from attendees of their experience (if new participants
attend)
* Outline the objectives for Day 2 of the workshop
* Hear what the attendees wish to get out of Day 2
* Health and safety matters including emergency procedures and
nearest washroom facilities
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM RECAP ON DAY 1
* Interactive forum providing a re-cap on topics learnt during Day
1. This will enable trainer to get an understanding of participants’
level of knowledge
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM PERCEIVED BENEFITS
* What factors affect residents’ perceived levels of benefit of
remediation technologies?
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Group exercises
10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Morning break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Residents’ worries and concerns about
remediation technologies
* What worries residents about remediation technologies?
* The impact of worry on residents’ cognitions, emotions and
wellbeing
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM GROUP EXERCISES
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM RESIDENTS’ WORRIES AND CONCERNS ABOUT
REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES CONT…
* What factors affect residents’ worries and concerns about
remediation technologies?
* How do residents’ worries about remediation technologies differ
from their worries about contaminants?
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Group exercises and re-cap
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
USING RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS AND
ACCEPTANCE IN REMEDIATION POLICIES AND PLANNING
* Where and when to consider resident’s perceptions and acceptance
in remediation policy, planning and implementation
* Remediation policy
* Remediation planning
* Community engagement planning
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Afternoon tea break
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Group exercises
3:45 PM – 4.30 PM GENERAL DISCUSSION
* Summary
* Explaining documents on the USB drive
* Open forum where attendees can generate discussion and ask
questions
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PRESENTER
Associate Professor Jason Prior, PhD,
Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of
Technology Sydney
Dr Jason Prior has more than 10 years’ research experience in the
management and remediation of contaminated sites, and specialises in
improving the contaminated site industry’s ability to engage with
those stakeholders, in particular residential communities, affected by
contamination sites and their remediation. This workshop is based on
evidence from a recently completed 5-year research project led by Dr
Prior, which was designed to address the current research gap in
community perceptions and acceptance of the growing diversity of
technologies that are being used to remediate contaminated sites. The
research provides what has been described as the most detailed account
extant of how residents perceive and accept remediation technologies.
The 5-year research project involved 2953 residents, including 2009
living near 13 contaminated sites across Australia, and was funded by
the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and
Remediation of the Environment. This research was developed in
partnership with Australian Environmental Protection Authorities, and
other national and international industry representatives.
Dr Prior is an Associate Professor, Research Director and Deputy
Director of Postgraduate Program at the Institute for Sustainable
Futures (ISF), University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Dr Prior joined
ISF in October 2008, after a three-year engagement as a Research
Fellow at the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at UTS. Dr
Prior received his PhD from the University of New South Wales, and is
a registered architect and planner. He has led over 20 research
projects with a particular focus on equity, vulnerability and
resilience. The research has been carried out in Australia, France,
Italy, People’s Republic of China, the United States, Canada and the
United Kingdom, and arises through collaboration with national and
international research institutions, government, industry,
communities, and the spatial professions. Dr Prior’s research has
been published widely. He is currently leading a NSW Environmental
Trust project which seeks to improve engagement planning within the
NSW contaminated site context.
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LOCATION
HOTEL GRAND CHANCELLOR MELBOURNE
131 Lonsdale Street, Mebourne VIC 3000
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COST
*
One day - AUD $ 695 (ex GST)
*
Two days - AUD $ 1,095 (ex GST)
Discount
10% off for employees of CRC CARE Participant organisations and
subscribers to Site Contamoination Practitioners AUSTRALIA.
To obtain a discount code for this WORKSHOP, please contact one of the
following:
* Your company representative to CRC CARE
* Ratin Mathur (ratin.mathur@crccare.com / 08 8302 3933)
REFUND POLICY
Attendees can receive refund up to 7 days before the event start date.
Admin fee of $100 will apply.
_*Please check with your certification scheme re CPD points._
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