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SPLASH! Show Directory 2016
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9:15am – 10:00am
(Room 9)
Basic Water Chemistry – Learn
how to convert your knowledge
into a trusted sale
John Charles, National Key Account
Manager, Focus Products
Water chemistry knowledge is a vital tool in the
professional retail industry. Whilst it is highly
beneficial to be armed with key technical
information, the skill of communicating your
knowledge to the consumer is often overlooked.
In this session we will cover basic water chemistry
and equally as important, how to convert
your knowledge into a trusted sale with key
conversation and questioning techniques.
9:30am – 10:30am
(Room 3)
SPASA Australia Update
Lynley Papineau, SPASA Australia President
Open to all.
10:15am – 11:00am
(Room 9)
Hotel/Waterpark: Floating Your
Hotel with A Waterpark!
Gary Pogharian, Maintenance
Director, Yas Waterworld
Focus on a discussion around the Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of
partnerships between hotels and theme parks.
Interactive, with heavy participation from the
audience.
11:00am – 12:00pm
(Room 3)
SPASA Australia Builder National Sector
meeting
Presented by SPASA Australia
Open to all.
11:15am – 12:00pm
(Room 9)
Energy, Swimming Pools
& the Future
Tom Boadle, General Manager,
Sunbather Pool Heating
The world is on the cusp of an energy revolution
and our industry needs proactive leadership to
better adopt and develop more energy efficient
swimming pools. Listen to Tom discuss the
current energy consumptions of a swimming pool
and how we can take simple leaps forward to
reducing energy footprints.
12:15pm – 1:00pm
(Room 9)
SAFER Swimming In and Around
Home Pools
Siria Thomas, Aussie Aquatics
This presentation will cover the latest relevant
stats, whilst focusing on how the SAFER
Swimming ‘layers of protection’ message can
be applied to the home. To make it even more
relevant Siria will hone in on the vital role they
can play; eg, what with the fence/gate/Resus
signs etc.
12:30pm – 1:30pm
(Room 3)
SPASA Australia Supplier National
Sector meeting
Presented by SPASA Australia
Open to all.
1:15pm – 2:00pm
(Room 9)
The use of reinforced
concrete in swimming pool
construction
Cal Stanley, Director, Neptune Pools
Cal will present a comprehensive session
covering: Brief history of concrete and it’s
early use in swimming pools; first use of steel
reinforcement in concrete; properties of concrete
and reinforcing steel; understanding what your
engineer prescribes for your pools; putting
the concrete and steel together in a pool;
pneumatically applied concrete; curing concrete
and pipes embedded in concrete.
WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST