The DSSAT Canegro Validation Workshop will be held from 6 to 9 August 2007 at Mount Edgecombe, South Africa under the auspices of the International Consortium for Sugarcane Modelling (ICSM).

Venue
 Crystal room , SASRI, Mount Edgecombe (please bring own laptops if possible)

Program
 6 and 7 August 2007: Open session: Model validation training within the DSSAT v4 framework
 8 and 9 August 2007: Closed session: Hands on Canegro validation on actual data

Trainers
Prof Jim Jones, Prof Gerrit Hoogenboom, Mr. Matthew Jones

Registration
Open session: Preference will be given to participants of the ICSM project on DSSAT Canegro (no registration free) and then ICSM members (registration fee of US$ 25$).  Non ICSM members are welcome to register after 28 February, which is the cutoff date for ICSM members, if there is still room.

Closed session:  Only for DSSAT Canegro partcipants

Please register by replying to this e-mail and providing the following details:
Full names, job title, organization, availability of laptop and whether you wish to attend both or only the first session.

Arrangements for payment of registration fees will be circulated later

Accommodation:
Visit the ISSCT website for links to suitable accomodation in Durban:  http://www.issct2007.com/conference/accommodation.htm



Thanks
Abraham Singels

Please visit the ICSM website at: http://sasri.sasa.org.za/misc/icsm.html



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