(Apologies for double-posting)

The PEST Conference is fast approaching! The Conference will be held in The
Stained Glass Hall of the Bolger Center, Potomac, Maryland (
<http://bolgercenter.dolce.com/> http://bolgercenter.dolce.com/) November
2nd through 4th, 2009. The goal is to bring together modelers from a variety
of disciplines to discuss parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis and
seek input to guide future development. The conference will commence with a
message from John Doherty, the developer of PEST, and will follow with
morning and afternoon sessions, each commencing with a key-note address from
a noted modeler. Over thirty presentations covering topics from
highly-parameterized groundwater modeling to integrated
surface-water/groundwater model calibration will be summarized in electronic
proceedings distributed on thumb drives. The conference will wrap with a
question-and-answer session during which attendees can ask questions and
provide suggestions for future development. Keynote speakers include John
Doherty (developer of PEST), Ghislain DeMarsily (developer of the Pilot
Point technique: appearing via video-conference), Jim Rumbaugh (ESI,
developer of Groundwater Vistas), Jasper Vrugt (Los Alamos National
Laboratory), and Randy Hunt (US Geological Survey). "Introductory" and
"Advanced" PEST Courses will be held prior to and following the Conference,
respectively.

Conference details including information on registration, accommodations,
and the pre- and post-conference courses can be found at:

<http://www.sspa.com/ThePESTConference> www.sspa.com/ThePESTConference

Best wishes -

Matt Tonkin, SSP&A
Email: <mailto:matt@...> matt@...