Ashantha Goonetilleke is a Professor in Water/Environmental Engineering at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. He has achieved significant success in producing research outcomes of relevance to industry and the community and translation for practical application. For ten years he served as the advisor on sustainability to Brisbane Airport Corporation and held the Professorial Chair in Airport Innovation providing advice to the Airport on a range of sustainability initiatives, related policy development and R & D activities. His areas of expertise include; urban water quality and modelling, nature based solutions, climate change adaptation, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and water recycling and reuse.