Message-ID: <s764ef50.010@landcare.cri.nz> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 12:01:49 +1200 From: William Allen <mailto:AllenW@LANDCARE.CRI.NZ> Subject: Invitation to participate - Multiple objective environmental To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
**** Please help us to disseminate this to interested colleagues. *****INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE 2nd International Conference on Multiple Objective Decision Support Systems for Land, Water and Environmental Management (MODSS*99) ... AND ... Community Participation Workshop (1 -6 August 1999, Brisbane, Australia)
Over the past decade, the challenges facing those who have the responsibility for making sound resource management decis ons have multiplied. The underlying concept of management is influenced by a pragmatic recognition of the worldwide tren towards a more holistic, multi-use, multi-value view of the wider environment. Coupled with the complexity of decision aking is the increasing role that the public will play in decisions relating to natural resource management. Public inte est groups are no longer content to evaluate current land-use systems merely in terms of economics and production, but a e increasingly looking towards measures of ecological health, environmental ethics, cultural sustainability and equity.
CONFERENCE AIMS Your attendance at this conference will help you to more effectively meet these challenges. A key feature of this confer nce is that it brings together a range of expertise and disciplines including technical experts, decision support and mo el developers, social and participatory process researchers, policy makers and resource managers. Presentations will pro ide an overview of state-of-the-art computer-based models, information systems, tools and participatory processes to hel support multiple objective environmental decision making. A major aim of MODSS*99 is to involve participants in explori g how these different applications and approaches can be better integrated and linked together, and almost half the conf rence*s time is devoted to providing facilitated workshop sessions and discussion forums to help achieve this.
Further details on the MODSS99 Conference are provided on the website: http://www.dnr.qld.gov.au/events/modss99/index.ht Submitted abstracts can be viewed at the conference web site, and a number of full submitted papers will also be availab e shortly through this site. Registration information and accommodation details can also be accessed through the websit .
The organisers are confidant that participants at this conference will establish new networks and collaborative ventures It is planned that the conference website will continue and play a major role in supporting these initiatives, and beco e an international hub for MODSS research and practice. The proceedings will be published on CD Rom and the website.
PAPERS and POSTERS Some sessions are full, but we do have space in other sessions. If you would like to present a paper please contact the onference organisers ASAP. Poster papers are still being accepted * and these will be included in the published proceed ngs.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WORKSHOP Two linked components of the Conference will involve the community in addressing issues of multi-stakeholder decision making for resource use. A Mid-Conference Field Trip (on Wednesday 4 Aug st) to the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane to familiarise delegates with the location, local resource planning issues, a tivities and achievement towards integrated catchment management. A special Community Participation Workshop (on Friday August) will subsequently apply the outcomes from the Conference and the field trip to examine in a practical way how m ltiple objective decision support tools can be used by ICM and catchment coorinators to resolve an issue on catchment re ource use and planning, using floodplain management in the Lockyer Catchment as a case study. The proposed format for th Workshop will allow participants to work through the process of identifying decision criteria, defining the feasible o tions, dealing with constraints of information and resources and providing a forum for engaging community in the decisio making process.
MAIN CONFERENCE THEMES * MODSS: concepts, theory and developments * Towards integrated multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder decision support frameworks * Developments in MODSS components * Applications in watershed management and natural resource management * Decision tools and emerging technology for the 21st century
SPONSORSHIP AND TRADE IT hardware and software, GIS, monitoring, education, interactive media firms: The opportunity is available to expose yo r products and services to an international audience of users.
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: The Department of Natural Resources Queensland Centre for Integrated Resource Management USDA Agricultural Research Service Land & Water Resouces R & D Corporation
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Sally Brown Conference Connections PO Box 108 Kenmore QLD 4069 Australia Telephone +61 7 3201 2808 Fax +61 7 3201 2809 Email mailto:sally.brown@uq.net.au
For more details about the event visit the Conference WebSite http://www.dnr.qld.gov.au/events/modss99/index.htm
This posting made by by Will Allen (Member, MODSS Organising Committee) ===================================================== Will Allen Manaaki Whenua -Landcare Research NZ Ltd. PO Box 282, Alexandra, New Zealand Tel: +64 3 4489093 Fax: +64 3 4488160 E-mail: mailto:allenw@landcare.cri.nz =====================================================