The Decision Support Systems Practitioner Workshop was held at the University of Western Australia in November 2006. Ian Eliot (Steering Committee Chair) welcomed participants from The morning session included an introduction to the project by Trevor Ward  and an introduction to DSS methods by Rom Stewart. Matt Watts outlined Information Requirements for the project.  The day concluded with an open discussion of DSS applications in the Swan NRM and a summary by  Trevor Ward. During the workshop, participants were given an opportunity to see an interactive demonstration of MARZONE.

Project Team:

    Trevor Ward     Co-Investigator, Institute for Regional Development, UWA 
    Romola Stewart   Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Queensland 
    Matt Watts     Research Scientist, University of Queensland 
    John Collins     Project Consultant   

Please address any questions to Romola Stewart by phone 9336 0119 or  email r.stewart@uq.edu.au

List of Participants:

•    Claire Wright         Rottnest Island Authority
•    Ian Eliot        Department of Environment and Conservation
•    Russ Babcock        CSIRO
•    Jenny Shaw        Department of Fisheries
•    Paul deLestang    Swan Catchment Council (SCC)
•    Colin Heinzman    SCC Chair   
•    Jonathan Thomas    SCC Resource Economist
•    Christine Lamont     SCC Coast and Marine Officer
•    Craig Wilson        SCC South Metropolitan Region
•    Marissa Maher    SCC Coast and Marine Indigenous Officer
•    Tom Rose         Cockburn Sound Management Council
•    Mat Vanderklift     CSIRO
•    Dirk Slawinski      CSIRO
•    Rachel Jenner         Department of Fisheries
•    Barb Green         Rottnest Island Authority
•    Sarah Curran         Department of Primary Industries
•    Mike Van Keulen     AMSA
•    Jeremy Durbin        Greening WA
•    Ken Wallace        DEC
•    David Mitchell     DEC
•    Boyd Wykes        Department of Defense
•    Ailbhe            UWA
•    John Penrose        MPRA – Curtin University