Environmental Modelling Training Course
20 - 21 February 2012, Sand Hutton, York, North Yorkshire, UK
Following on from the popularity of the courses held in May and September 2011, The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) will be holding another 2-day course on Environmental Modelling and Risk Assessment for Pesticides in February.
The course is aimed at anyone involved in assessing the environmental risk of pesticides who would like to learn more about the models that are used in the risk assessment procedures. The course is of particular interest to those who have very little previous experience using the FOCUS models. The course covers the following topics:
- Chemical risk assessment procedures
- Models used for regulatory compliance (FOCUS models)
- Input data for regulatory modelling
- Introduction to higher tier strategies
To reflect the change in regulations, the course has been updated, and will feature a mixture of theory and practical sessions to work with the models covering:
- Groundwater leaching models PELMO and PEARL
- Step 3 surface water assessment in SWASH (PRZM, MACRO and TOXSWA)
- Parameter fitting in MODELMAKER
This course is lead by Dr Sabine Beulke and Dr Wendy van Beinum, who are experts in the area of exposure modelling. Over the years, they have both been involved in many aspects of environmental modelling including research and guidance development. Guest speakers at the course are Professor Colin Brown who is Head of the Environment Department at the University of York and member of the Advisory Committee on Pesticides, and James Hingston from the Chemicals Regulatory Directorate (CRD) in the UK.
How to register
There are a limited number of places for this course and they will be allocated strictly on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for registration is Friday 10 February 2012.
The cost of the course will be £980 and is VAT exempt. The cost includes lunches and one evening meal. To register, please complete the registration form and post it back to us.
Accommodation
There are bedrooms available at the Monk Bar Hotel for the 19 and 20 February 2012 at a special government rate of £78 per day for Bed and Breakfast; to make a booking please contact Julie at Intouch International on +44 (0) 1756 795512 or via email at (You must enable JavaScript to see this email address.)
Delegates will need to pay the hotel on departure.
More information
More information about the course is available from the following documents:
For more information about getting to Fera, please visit our How to find us page.