I draw your attention to the following Australian Groundwater Modelling
School - November 2006:

4th Australian Groundwater Modelling School
<http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer_4th-Aust_Modelling_School\
-QLD.pdf>:
/Concepts, Application (GMS), Calibration and Predictive Uncertainty
Analysis (PEST)/

*When: *Tuesday 8 - Friday 11 November 2005

*Where: *DPI Conference Centre, Ground Floor, Primary Industries
Building, 80 Ann St, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA

*Who should attend: *The course is aimed at those who either undertake
groundwater modelling as part of their work, or who review the work of
others. Though prior modelling experience is not essential, it will be
an advantage. Topics discussed in the course will be both theoretical
and practical, all of which are important for the construction,
calibration and assessment of groundwater models. These topics will be
illustrated using state-of-the art software by presenters who have had
collectively over 60 years groundwater modelling experience both in
Australia and overseas. Hands-on experience in the use of MODAEM,
MODFLOW, MODPATH, MT3DMS, and PEST through the GMS graphical user
interface is an important part of the course.

/*Special Offer to Course Attendees: GMS will be offered to course
participants at 25% discount (up to $500 USD).

*/*TO REGISTER: Please see Form on the Internet at:
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer_4th-Aust_Modelling_School-\
QLD.pdf

Course Leaders*
*Norm Jones* (author of GMS), Jeff Davis (VP of EMS-I), John Doherty
(author of PEST), Noel Merrick (Director NCGM)
Norm L. Jones, PhD is a professor in the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Brigham Young University. His research area
is the application of computer graphics and computational geometry to
ground water modeling. Dr. Jones manages the development of the GMS
graphical user interface and is the director of the Environmental
Modeling Research Laboratory at BYU. He has taught numerous university
courses and ground water modeling short courses. He has also authored
more than 90 books, reports, and technical articles and is the primary
author of the GMS reference manual and tutorials.

*R. Jeffrey Davis, *M.Sc. P.E. Vice President of EMS-I. Jeff worked as a
lead developer of the GMS software for 8 years at Brigham Young
University's Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory before coming to
EMS-I as a lead groundwater modeling consultant. He has considerable
experience in the practical application of GMS to modeling problems and
has taught numerous groundwater modeling courses worldwide.
*
John Doherty, *PhD is the author of PEST. First as an exploration
geophysicist and then as a groundwater modeller, John has had over 26
years experience in both the practical and theoretical aspects of
groundwater exploration and management. As a modeller, he has worked in
the private, public and tertiary sectors, developing models and
modelling software for salinity risk assessment, mining, agricultural,
water supply and remediation applications. He presently heads his own
company, Watermark Numerical Computing, while also supervising a number
of postgraduate students at the University of Queensland. John has had
many years of experience in presenting modelling courses to groundwater
industry professionals. He is able to bring a unique blend of theory,
practice and experience to these courses with a presentation style that
is both interesting and entertaining.

*Noel Merrick,* PhD is currently Acting Director of the National Centre
for Groundwater Management at the University of Technology, Sydney
(UTS), where he is Senior Lecturer in Groundwater Modelling. He is also
a Research Scientist with the Institute for Water and Environmental
Resource Management at UTS. With over 30 years professional experience,
he consults actively in real-world modelling projects. His particular
interests are modelling of groundwater resources, optimisation
approaches to groundwater management, groundwater geophysics and
software development. He has trained many of Australia's groundwater
modellers and was part of the team that developed groundwater modelling
guidelines for Australian conditions, in particular peer reviewing of
models. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Physics and Mathematics, a
Graduate Diploma in Data Processing, a Masters Degree in Geophysics, and
a PhD in Groundwater Management.

*Course Fees*
AU$1800 (plus GST), includes presentations, notes, tutoring, morning and
afternoon teas and lunches.

*TO REGISTER: Please see Registration Form on the Internet at:
http://www.groundwater.com.au/conf/registration/Flyer_4th-Aust_Modelling_School-\
QLD.pdf
*


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