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The 12th Australian Stream Management Conference (12ASM) will be held from Sunday 6th September to Wednesday 9th September 2026 at Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff, New South Wales. This 12th edition will be a significant event in the history of the Australian Stream Management conferences, as the 30th anniversary of these vital forums for our community of practise and the advancement of catchment management in Australia. The conference will also be held in conjunction with the Awards Gala dinner and ceremony, celebrating the amazing achievements in Australian stream management.

The theme of 12ASM will be “Living and evolving with change”, recognising the development and maturing of the stream management industry and science that supports it, particularly since the first ASM conference, and how we consider living rivers.  We look forward to 12ASM bringing together our peers for a collaborative forum of discussion and debate on new and emerging issues, practical challenges encountered, experimental research findings, emerging trends and recent innovations. The Awards Gala dinner will celebrate the great achievements of our industry peers and share that success amongst the diverse community contributing to integrated catchment management. It will also be an opportunity to come together as a community to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the River Basin Management Society.

The ASM conference and Awards Gala is proudly organised by the River Basin Management Society (www.rbms.org.au), a member-based organisation founded in 1986 and supported by a volunteer committee. The ASM Conference and Awards Gala bring together diverse perspectives from practitioners, policy makers, consultants and researchers dedicated to investigating and managing waterway ecosystems and their catchments in Australia. These two core events are both distinguished in Australia with close to 200 delegates attending and many contributing to the Conference Proceedings with full papers. We look forward to sharing knowledge, presenting evidence of better practice, raising new approaches in management and celebrating these achievements together.

We look forward to seeing you at 12ASM and the Awards Gala in Kingscliff.

Claire Fitzpatrick, Geoff Vietz and Kirstie Fryirs

Co-Chairs - 12ASM Conference and Awards Gala

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