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Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance

SADA Training: Goteborg and Stockholm, Sweden

Environmental Assessment Methods Using SADA, May 10-12 and 15-17, 2006

The Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI) is hosting 2 24 hour courses on applying SADA to environmental assessment problems in Goteborg and Stockholm, Sweden. The course is taught by the developers of the software. Cost for the course is €1250, the software is free. Users are to bring a laptop with SADA installed on it.

Registration deadline is April 9. Class size is 20.

• Information on Goteborg
  • Environmental Assessment Methods Using SADA: Goteborg
  • Fee: €1250
  • May 10-12 (Wed-Fri), 2006
  • To register or for more information contact Peter Starzec at peter.starzec@swedgeo.se

• Information on Stockholm
  • Environmental Assessment Methods Using SADA: Stockholm
  • Fee: €1250
  • May 15-17 (Mon-Wed), 2006
  • To register or for more information contact Peter Starzec at peter.starzec@swedgeo.se

Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA) is free software that incorporates tools from environmental assessment fields into an effective problem-solving environment. These tools include integrated modules for visualization, geospatial analysis, statistical analysis, human health risk assessment, ecological risk assessment, cost/benefit analysis, sampling design, and decision analysis. The capabilities of SADA can be used independently or collectively to address site specific concerns when characterizing a contaminated site, assessing risk, determining the location of future samples, and when designing remedial action. Students will be given a broad-based introduction to environmental assessment methods and SADA and will have ample understanding of how to use SADA as well as how to implement it for decision-making applications at environmental sites.

SADA Preliminary schedule

• Wednesday May 10/Monday May 15
  • 8:45-9:15 Registrations, handouts, coffee
  • 9:15-9:45 Introductions, Training Overview
  • 9:45-10:45 Data Quality Objectives + Data Quality Assessment
  • 10:45-11:20 Create SADA File
  • 11:20-12:20 Lunch
  • 12:20-13:15 Initial Sample Designs
  • 13:15-13:45 Practice Session 1
  • 13:45-14:15 Importing Data Into SADA
  • 14:15-14:30 Break
  • 14:30-15:45 Exploration Tools/Statistics
  • 15:45-17:00 Practice Session 2
  • 17:00-17:30 Teachers available for consultation
• Thursday May 11/Tuesday May 16
  • 9:00-9:15 Summary of Day 1/Questions/Comments
  • 9:15-10:15 Basic Spatial Analysis Tools
  • 10:15-10:30 Break
  • 10:30-11:25 Practice Session 3
  • 11:25-12:25 Lunch
  • 12:25-14:30 Advanced Spatial Analysis Tools (Geostatistics)
  • 14:30-14:45 Break
  • 14:45-16:00 Practice Session 4
  • 16:00-17:00 Risk Assessment Human Health)
  • 17:00-17:30 Teachers available for consultation
• Friday May 12/Wednesday May 17
  • 9:00-9:15 Summary of Day 2/Questions/Comments
  • 9:15-9:45 Custom Analysis
  • 9:45-10:30 Decision Analysis
  • 10:30-10:45 Break
  • 10:45-11:25 Practice Session
  • 11:25-12:25 Lunch
  • 12:25-13:15 Uncertainty Analysis
  • 13:15-14:00 Practice Session
  • 14:00-14:15 Break
  • 14:15-15:00 More SADA (briefly about 3D Viewer, Secondary Sample design, Geobayesian, Ecological Risk)
  • 15:00-15:15 Training Summary/Questions/Comments
  • 15:15-15:30 Training Evaluation
  • 15:30-16:00 Teachers available for consultation

Practice sessions are used to supplement lecture materials. Instructors are Peter Starzec (peter.starzec@swedgeo.se) from the Swedish Geotechnical Institute and Tom Purucker and Robert Stewart from The Institute for Environmental Modeling in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Tennessee (sada@tiem.utk.edu).

Meals are not included, though refreshments are served twice a day. Participants will receive a complete training material.