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Darcy Lecture Tour through New Zealand and Australia

Dr Eileen Poeter

Prof. Geological Engineering,Colorado School of Mines & Director, International Groundwater Modelling Centre

"All models are wrong: how do we know which are useful?"

The National Groundwater Association is proud to announce Dr. Eileen Poeter as the 2006 Darcy Lecture Series speaker. Dr. Poeter is a professor of geological engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and director of the International Ground Water Modeling Center.  Before entering academia, she worked for Golder Associates in the early 1980s and has continued to consult throughout her academic career. 

Eileen Poeter's lecture, "All Models Are Wrong: How Do We Know Which Are Useful?" details how the ground water profession today is searching for appropriate approaches to developing conceptual models, evaluating which are useful, and describing the uncertainty associated with their predictions.

Eileen Poeter, Director IGWMC: International Ground-Water Modelling Centre Dept. Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401.

Venue Details

Location Date & Time Venue Sponsor
Auckland Tuesday
4 April
4:00 pm		 University of Auckland, Engineering School, 20 Symonds St, Engineering Room 3.403 University of Auckland
Brisbane Wednesday
5 April
6:00 pm		 SKM Board Room, 8th floor, Ann Street. SKM
Melbourne Thursday
6 April
6:30 pm		 Melbourne University, the Fritz Loewe Lecture Theatre URS and IAH
Adelaide Friday
7 April
12:30 pm		 Flinders University, Physical Sciences Building, Room 2105, Faculty of Science & Engineering. Closest Carparks are 9 & 10. Car parking costs $3.30. Light refreshments will be provided after the lecture in the Bayview Cafe, Earth Sciences Building. RSVP's essential to Karen Schilling. CGS
Darwin Monday
10 April
11:00 am		 Charles Darwin University, Lecture Hall 22.01 IAH and CGS
Perth Tuesday
11 April
3:30		 Department of Water, 6th floor seminar room. Prompt start at 3:30 pm. Finish at 5pm. All visitors to the building must register at Reception on the 4th Floor. RSVP's are essential. E-mail to Phil Commander or by phone on 6364 6895. Aquaterra and WA Dept of Water
Sydney Wednesday
12 April
6:00 pm		 Lecture Room 406, Level 4 (street level), UTS Tower, Broadway IAH, ACLCA and Engineers Australia
Canberra Thursday
13 April
11:00		 Conference Centre, Edmund Barton Building, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Kings Avenue, Barton. BRS
Dr Eileen Poeter

Dr Eileen Poeter

4 AprilAuckland, New Zealand
5 AprilBrisbane, Australia
6 AprilMelbourne, Australia
7 AprilAdelaide, Australia
10 AprilDarwin, Australia
11 AprilPerth, Australia
12 AprilSydney, Australia
13 AprilCanberra, Australia

The Darcy Lecture series in Australia and New Zealand is supported by the International Association of Hydrogeologists, and we acknowledge the following sponsors:

- Centre for Groundwater Studies

- Australian Contaminated Land Consultants Association

- Bureau of Rural Sciences

- WA Department of Water

- SKM

- URS

- Aquaterra

- Engineers Australia.

- University of Auckland
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