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Third European Conference on
Geostatistics for 
Environmental Applications

Find travel information here.
 

The Third European Conference on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, geoENV2000, will be held in Avignon, France, November 22-24, 2000.
Are expected to attend scientists and practitioners from a broad spectrum of the environmental field. It will focus on applications of Geostatistics to environmental sciences.

Conference Secretariat

Third European Conference and Workshop on
Geostatistics for Environmental Applications
c/o Unite de Biometrie, INRA
Domaine Saint Paul, Site Agroparc,
84914 AVIGNON cedex 9,
France

Tel: + 33 4 32 72 21 70
Fax: + 33 4 32 72 21 82

E-mail: geoenv2000@avignon.inra.fr
 

Main topics


A workshop is organized prior to the conference, November 20-21. See below for more details about the workshop.
 



Scientific Program

The conference will consist of plenary sessions for general interest papers, parallel sessions covering specific topics and a poster session.

Plenary sessions will start with an invited talk. The invited  speakers are :

Non-reviewed preprints of the papers will be distributed to the participants at the conference.

Below is the provisional program. You can also download the detailed program.
 
 
Wednesday, 22nd November
Thursday, 23rd November
Friday, 24th November
8:15

Registration

    
Plenary Session (P. Monestiez)
Plenary Session (P. Goovaerts)
Health/Ecology
(P. Bogaert)
Environment
(G. Christakos)
9:00 Opening 8:30 Keynote Speaker J.-P. Chilès 8:30 M. Kanevski
9:20 Keynote speaker: P. Sampson 9:10 R. Froidevaux 9:00 H.C. Zhu 9:00 A. Batista
10:00 P. Goovaerts 9:40 M. Bierkens 9:30 E. De Oliveira 9:30 K. Wu
10:30 J. Senegas 10:10 A. Desbarrats 10:00 J. Almeida 10:00 R. Bruno
11:00 Coffee Break
10:40 Coffee Break
10:30 CoffeeBreak
Plenary Session 
(J. Gomez-Hernandez)
Plenary Session (P. Sampson)
Plenary Session (D. Allard)
11:30 K. Vanderlinden 11:10 N. Cressie 11:00 A. Stein
12:00 C. Venard 11:40 G. Guillot 11:30 J. Gomez-Hernandez
12:30 B. Bourgine 12:10 A. Papritz 12:00 N. Jeannee
  12:40 O. Christensen 12:30 A. Soares
13:00 Lunch
13:10 Lunch
 13:00  Closing Session
13:15 Lunch
Method 
(N. Cressie)
Air/Climate 
(H. Wackernagel)
Soil/Site 
(R. Webster)
Hydrology 
(J.-P. Chilès)
14:30 E. Todini 14:30 J. Deraisme 14:40 D. DOr 14:40 S. Xu
15:00 M. Kanevski 15:00  E. Cassiraga 15:10 S. Druck-Fuks 15:10 H. Ramajo
15:30 J.-F. Gleyze 15:30 M. Serre 15:40 D. Brus 15:40 M. Riva
16:00 Coffee Break
16:10 Guided Tour of the Palais des Papes
17:10 Coffee Break
Method
(J. Rivoirard)
Air/Climate 
(R. Froidevaux)
Soil/Site 
(A. Stein)
Hydrology 
(E. Todini)
16:30 C. Guardiola 16:30 B. Palacios Navrro 17:30 H. Demougeot 17:30 J. Jodar
17:00 A. Jakomulsla 17:00 P. Atkinson 18:00 M. Peirera 18:00 K.-J. Rhoelig
17:30 S. De Iaco 18:30 J. Reed 18:30 T. Chan
18:00 Poster Session
20:30 Conference Diner

 

Publication

Papers presented at the Conference will be published, after peer review, in a hardcover volume, by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the book series "Geostatistics and Quantitative Geology". "No show" papers will not be published. The book will be delivered to participant addresses within 6 months after the conference.
 

Deadlines

15 April 2000     Abstract submission.
15 May 2000       Notification of paper acceptance.
30 June 2000       Full paper submission.
30 Sept. 2000      Referee comments sent to authors.
22 Nov. 2000       Final version is due at conference time.

Venue

The organizing committee has chosen to set the conference in the prestigious Palais des Papes International Congress Center, in the XIVth century residence of the popes in Avignon. The Palais des Papes lies in the historical center of the  city of Avignon. All selected hotels are within walking distance of the Congress Center.
 

The social program includes :

Please find all the details in the program to be downloaded.

Registration fees:

Late registration (after October 1st) are 400 FF more expensive.  These prices include: admission to the conference, documentation;  preprints and hard cover book of accepted papers, coffee breaks,  lunches on Nov. 22, 23 and 24, and conference dinner on Nov. 23.

Note : Payments of registration fees must accompany all registration forms.

Payments are to be made in French Francs (please do not use Euro) using one of the following methods: Institution or Company cheque, money order, bank draft or preferably by credit card (Visa, Eurocard and Mastercard) payable
to INRA.
You can  download the registration form here.
 

General information

The organizing committee has chosen to set the conference in the prestigious Palais des Papes International Congress Center, in the XIVth century residence of the popes in Avignon. The Palais des Papes lies in the historical center of the  city of Avignon. All selected hotels are within walking distance of the Congress Center.

The www.avignon-et-provence.com site is full of interesting information about Avignon, its history, its restaurants and its going out. It is available in French and English. www.avignon.com  is another interesting site with many general information.
 

Selected hotels

The two following hotels are within miutes from the Palais des Papes Congress Center. They are comfortable *** hotels. Participants are requested to make their own reservations and to contact directly the hotels. Please make sure to refer to GeoENV2000 / INRA to benefit from the negotiated prices.
 
You can find below a larger selection of hotels, with non negotiated prices. The first three hotels are in the mid-range prices (between 200 and 300 FF / night, incl. breakfast). The Etap Hotel is somewhat cheaper.

Hotel Mignon;
Tel: +33 (0) 4 90 82 17 30
Fax: +33 (0) 4 90 85 78 46

Hotel d'angleterre
Tel: +33 (0) 4 90 86 34 31
Fax: +33 (0) 4 90 86 86 74

Hotel Médiéval;
Tel: +33 (0) 4 90 86 11 06
Fax: +33 (0) 4 90 82 08 64

Etap Hotel
Tel: +33 (0) 4 90 82 08 08
Fax: +33 (0) 4 90 86 27 19
 

Travel Information


The city of Avignon is located in the Rhône valley in south  eastern France 100 km north of Marseille and 200 south of Lyon.
The nearest international airport is Marseille but numerous high speed trains (TGV) link Paris/Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport directly to Avignon in approximately 3.5 hours. There is a regional airport in Avignon, with two to three flights / day to Paris-Orly. Please note that Paris-Orly airport is poorly connected to the TGV's to Avignon. Here is a selection of web sites to organize and facilitate your journey:
 

Organizing Committee

Pascal Monestiez, INRA, France,  (chair)
Denis Allard, INRA, France, (secretary)
Roland Froidevaux, FSS Int., Switzerland
Jaime Gomez-Hernandez, UPV, Spain
Pierre Goovaerts, U. of Michigan, USA
Xavier Sanchez-Vila, UPC, Spain
Amilcar Soares, IST, Portugal
Alfred Stein, U. Wageningen, The Netherlands
Hans Wackernagel, E. des Mines, Paris, France

Conference Secretariat

Third European Conference and Workshop on
Geostatistics for Environmental Applications
c/o Unite de Biometrie, INRA
Domaine Saint Paul, Site Agroparc,
84914 AVIGNON cedex 9,
France

Tel: + 33 4 32 72 21 70
Fax: + 33 4 32 72 21 82

E-mail: geoenv2000@avignon.inra.fr
 


About the Workshop

The Workshop on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications will be held on November 20 and 21, 2000, prior to the conference.

Objective:
The objective of the Workshop on Geostatistics for Environmental Applications is to present an intuitive introduction to
geostatistical methods as applied to problems encountered in environmental studies. The basic concepts will be illustrated through real case studies using interactive software. The workshop will be split between lecture sessions and interactive workshop sessions. Each participant will receive a set of lecture notes.

Who Should Attend :
This workshop is aimed at professionals involved in the analysis of spatial data sets for environmental studies who wish to have a first course on geostatistics.

Tutors :

Program : Workshop fees : Late registrations (after October 1st) are 400 FF more expensive.These prices include: admission to the  workshop, lecture notes, coffee breaks and lunches on Nov. 20-21.

Registration and payements should be made together with the registration and the payment of the conference.
You can download the registration form here.