International Conference on the Analytical Element Method
for the modeling of groundwater flow and applications in environmental sciences

NEW DATES

November 20-21st, 2003

Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Etienne - ENSM.SE
SITE Division

Conference place : Golf de Saint-etienne
http://www.golf-st-etienne.com
62, rue Saint-Simon, 42000 St-Etienne, France,
Tél: 33 4 77 32 14 63 - Fax: 33 4 77 33 61 23

PRESENTATION

Welcome to the fourth International Conference on the Analytic Element Method in modeling groundwater flow. The 2003 ICAEM will bring together the academic and engineer perspectives in modeling groundwater flow for environmental applications.

With the AEM's development in Europe, outside of its traditional American and Dutch craddles, this fourth installment will place a particular focus on this expansion and the connection of the AEM to other types of numerical groundwater modelling.

The goals of the conference are to :
- present current developments in groundwater modeling,
- present practical applications or open problems,
- provide an opportunity for the management of the environment.

Specific topics will include :
- modeling interface design,
- object oriented designs,
- mathematics for improvements of the AEM,
- regional/local models,
- upscaling and GIS,
- comparison of techniques,
- inverse modeling,
- 3D modeling,

with applications to :
- water resources management,
- transport of pollutants,
- case studies.

The fourth conference is encouraged the exposure of applications in environmental sciences including new fields of interest such as air pollution. The program will include four full days of presentation with three evening sessions and poster sessions.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

An extended abstract, of at least one but no more than two full pages, should reach the organizing Committee no later than September 3rd 2003. Abstracts must show the full title of the paper, names and affiliations of all authors, e-mail address and full mailing address of the Leading Author, the requested destination (oral, poster). The abstract must clearly describe the content of the presentation and its basis (preliminary research data, detailed case study, discussion of experience from practice, review of literature, etc.).

The official language of the Conference will be English. All paper must be written and presented in English. Authors will be expected to attend the conference and present their papers themselves. Papers will be selected following abstracts evaluation by an international panel of reviewers. Acceptance of abstract will be communicated to the Leading Authors by mid-September 2003.

Full papers (maximum 12 pages in length) should be addressed to the organizing Committee and be received no later than October 3rd 2003. All papers accepted for presentation at the Conference will be published in Proceedings available at start of the symposium.

Abstracts should be addressed to :
4th ICAEM - Organizational Committee
SITE Division - Ecole nationale supérieure des mines
158, cours Fauriel - 42 023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2 - France
e-mail : ICAEM@emse.fr

COMMITTEES

Organizational committee
M. Batton-Hubert, ENSM.SE (FR), D.Graillot, ENSM.SE (FR), Ph. Le Grand, ENSM.SE (FR), O. D. L. Strack, UMN (USA), H. Vaillant, ENSM.SE (FR).

Scientific committee
M. Bakker, UGA (USA), R. J. Barnes, UMN (USA), M. Batton-Hubert, ENSM.SE (FR), W. J. De Lange, RIZA (NL), G. de Marsily, Univ. Paris VI (FR), I. Jankovic, UB (USA), H. Haitjema, IA (USA), A. Kacimov, SQU (Oman), W. Kinzelbach, ETHZ (CH), Ph. Le Grand, ENSM.SE (FR), M. Razack, Univ. Poitiers (FR), D. R. Steward, KSU (USA), O. D. L. Strack, UMN (USA)

ENSM.SE : Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Etienne ; ETHZ : Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich ; IA : Indiana University ; KSU : Kansas State University ; RIZA : Rijksinstituut voor Integraal Zoetwaterbeheer en Afvalwaterbehandeling ; SQU : Sultan Qaboos University ; UB : State university of New York at Buffalo ; UGA : University of Georgia, Athens ; UMN : University of Minnesota

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Ecole des Mines of Saint-Etienne, the only Graduate Engineering School of the Ministry of Industry in the Rhône-Alpes Region has a long tradition of fundamental research and development. Our scientific priorities are gathered around the central theme of mathematical modeling, and are organized along 4 strategic axes of development : Industrial and Process Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Materials Science Engineering.

In the Sciences, Information and Technologies for the Environment Center research is geared towards Industrial Environment, mainly organised around the following fields : water resources management ; treatment, recycling and valorization of wastes ; soil pollution characterization and cleanup ; wastewater treatment ; analysis of natural or industrial risk ; environmental management.

For the fulfillment of its research goals, the center develops its competences in : hydrology and hydrogeology ; monitoring, supervision and assistance in management of eco-processes ; environmental diagnosis of industrial processes ; environmental information systems (industrial, territorial, geographic) ; educational simulators of the management of environmental projects.

DEAD LINES

September 3rd 2003 : abstracts
October 3rd 2003 : full papers
November 5th 2003 : end of discounted registration

REGISTRATION

Registration includes three day lunch, coffee breaks, gastronomic dinner and proceedings.

Early Registration (before November 5, 2003)

Undergraduates and Doctoral students (join a copy of your student’s card)	295 €
Professor / Researcher / Professional	335 €

Late Registration (after November 5, 2003 to November 14, 2003)

Undergraduates and Doctoral students (join a copy of your student’s card)	360 €
Professor / Researcher / Professional	400 €

Order form
Payment by cheque payable to « Agent comptable de l’Ecole des mines de Saint-Etienne »
bank transfer
A copy of the bank transfer to “Agent comptable de l’Ecole des mines de Saint-Etienne” should be enclosed with the registration form.
Ecole nationale supérieure des mines - 158, cours Fauriel - 42 023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2
(Domiciliation : TPST ETIENNE TRES GALE ; Compte / Account : 10071 42000 00003002897 63 ; code banque / bank code : 10071 ; code guichet / counter code : 42000 ; numéro de compte / account number : 0000 300 2897 ; clé RIB / key : 63).
State your name and the Conference reference: ICAEM-09112

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ACCOMMODATION (Yellow Pages)

Best Western-Hôtel Albatros***
67, rue Saint-Simon (face au golf)
42000 SAINT-ETIENNE
Tél.: 33 4 77 41 41 00
Fax.: 33 4 77 38 28 16
price : 69 € per night

Hotel Ibis **
35 pl Massenet, SAINT ETIENNE
Tél.: 33 4 77 93 31 87
Fax : 33 4 77 93 71 29
price : 58 € per nigth

Other hotels : see the general information item in the tourism board of saint-etienne web site.

TRAVEL

How to get to saint-etienne, see the general information item in the tourism board of saint-etienne web site :

MAP of Saint-Etienne

See the general information item in the tourism board of saint-etienne web site
Localization :
- of the conference, Golf de Saint-Etienne (square C1)
- Hotel Albatros Best-Western (square C1)
- Hotel Ibis Nord La Terrasse (square B2)

FURTHER ENQUIRES

A leaflet giving a previsional programme and including a reservation form will be sent to all those sublitting a paper.
Others wishing to attend and to receive the final programme are invited to contact the organizing Committee.

For futher enquires and information on registration, exhibition, accomodation, etc., please contact :
4th ICAEM - Organizational Committee
SITE Division - Ecole nationale supérieure des mines
158, cours Fauriel - 42 023 Saint-Etienne cedex 2 - France

Tél. : 33 4 77 42 02 26 and 33 4 77 42 66 71
Fax : 33 4 77 42 66 33
e-mail : ICAEM@emse.fr

Webmaster : H. Vaillant
Last update : June 3rd 2003