The 18th IMACS and MODSIM Congress will be in tropical Cairns from July 13-17, 2009.
Streams (and their Coordinators) include Water Resources (Shahbaz Khan and Rob Argent) Participatory Decision Making and Modelling Social Systems (Claudia Pahl-Wostl and Blair Nancarrow) Global Change (Mark Howden) Environment and Ecology (Alexey Voinov and David Pullar) Computer Sciences (Andrea Rizzoli and Dave Swayne) Economic and Financial Systems ( Mike McAleer and Les Oxley). There will be sessions in all streams and volunteers for session organising are welcome, as are suggestions for books (see below). Abstracts are due Nov 28. Full papers are required by March 13, 2009. There will also be an accompanying workshop to the Congress on "Innovative and integrative methods for Water Resource Management." Workshop participants will have published their papers in the Congress Proceedings so that the workshop can focus on the planning of an associated book. Early Career Researchers and students are especially welcome. *Session and workshop inquiries to* [EMAIL PROTECTED] and/or visit http://mssanz.org.au/modsim09. Regards Alexey Voinov, Environmental Modelling and Software President
