Event type:
Conference, Specialist Group
Organised by:
Hydrogeological Group, Groundwater Modeller’s Forum
Venue:
The Priory Rooms, Birmingham
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
Registration deadline: 15 October 2017
Conference information
Environmental models, including groundwater flow and transport models, have traditionally been developed to address specific, narrowly defined issues. As these issues become broader and scientific understanding of the interconnectivity of different systems grows, models become more complex in an attempt to include multifaceted system processes. Model integration, i.e. linking existing individual models, is widely used as an alternative to building very complex multi-process models or frameworks.
A variety of methodologies have been developed, including object-oriented concepts, component-based modelling techniques and modelling frameworks, as well as the emerging use of integrated modelling platforms and metadata support for modelling semantics.
Associated with the development of these new modelling tools comes a requirement for better quantification of the error embedded in individual models and understanding how it is propagated through the modelling framework.
This workshop will present different approaches to integrated modelling and provide examples of applications that have been, or are being, developed. The focus will be on groundwater flow and transport modelling, including examples from water resources planning, consideration of surface water- groundwater interactions as well as the representation of groundwater in large-scale Earth System Models. Error propagation and uncertainty will be discussed within the wider context of model coupling.
Programme overview
- Talk 1: Model integration: challenges, current approaches and a glimpse of the future - Andrew Hughes (BGS) + case studies Adam Cambridge (Atkins), Chris Jackson & David MacDonald (BGS) - all tbc
- Talk 2: Invited speaker - Being pragmatically uncertain: lessons learnt from UncertWeb and MUCM - Dan Cornford (Ashton University)
- Talk 3: Water Resources East: dynamic integration of groundwater and surface water models in an innovative water resources simulator - Lindsay McMillan (Mott MacDonald) & James Tomlinson (Atkins)
- Modellers' Fair - poster session
- Unconference Taster - A new meeting format in which the discussion topics are defined by the participants prior to/during the event. This means that there is no pre-set programme, instead, questions are proposed and voted on by the meeting participants using a simple app (see section below).
Unconference Taster
This session explores a new meeting format - the unconference - in which the discussion topics are defined by the participants prior to/during the event. This means that there is no pre-set programme, instead, questions are proposed and voted on by the meeting participants using a simple app called Sli.do.
Slido can be accessed through your app store or internet browser and allows participants to easily submit their questions and to vote on their favourite question in a live poll. The most popular questions will be selected during the session and offered to the audience for discussion.
Obviously, this will only work if questions are being posted/voted on, so please bring your phone and participate by following these steps:
1) Use your computer/smartphone and connect to the wifi
2) Open the web browser and go to www.slido.com
3) Enter the event code: #GWMF2017
4) In the app, you can post questions and/or vote for the ones that you would like to discuss
Questions can be posted/voted on from 3rd November until during the session. As proposer, you will have the option to champion your question at the event, i.e. to introduce it and to start the discussion. If you wish to do so, please enter your name after the question. Otherwise, just post as Anonymous.
For further information on the use of Slido, please see click on this weblink
Venue
The Priory Rooms
40 Bull Street
Birmingham
B4 6AF
Registration
This meeting is expected to be well attended so it is recommended that you register early to avoid disappointment.
Places are limited to 85 participants which will be allocated on a first come-first serve basis.
Costs for the meeting (which includes lunch) are:
- £57 - Fellows or Retired
- £87 - Non Fellows
- £37 - Student
Registration and payment for this event must be made in advance. The deadline is 15 October 2017.
Conference convenors
- Corinna Abesser (BGS)
- Christopher Barry
- Alastair Black (Groundwater Science)
- Rolf Farrell (Environment Agency)
- Jo Godfrey (Atkins)
- Adam Taylor