Mike Fienen and Randy Hunt (USGS) and Chris Muffels (UW-Madison and  S.S. Papadopulos) are convening a session at the 119th GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado:  28–31 October 2007.
The goal of this session is to provide an interface between the academic development of inverse methods and uncertainty and their actual use in practice.  The session is titled T27. Inverse Methods in Practice: Perspectives and Future Directions.  Many forums focus on esoteric techniques and development without a practical venue to further their actual use in practice.
The growing body of PEST users is a major factor in the implementation of inverse methods and uncertainty analysis in practice, so we particularly invite presentations that make use of PEST
on various problems.

We are enthusiastic about assembling a strong set of presentations.  Anchored by invited speakers including Jim Rumbaugh of ESI, Charlie Andrews of S.S. Papadopulos, and Time Scheibe of PNL with Tim Ginn of UC Davis, we hope to span practitioners in all areas ranging from academia and government to regulators and consultants to provide their perspectives.  

Abstract submission opened April 1 and will remain open until July 10.  Submission must be made online at www.geosociety.org

Thanks for your time, and we hope to see you in October!

Sincerely,
Mike Fienen ( mnfienen@usgs.gov )
Chris Muffels (cmuffels@sspa.com )
Randy Hunt ( rjhunt@usgs.gov )