From July 7th to 10th, the 4th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software took place in Barcelona, Spain (http://www.iemss.org/iemss2008). Amidst the wide variety of topics, the OpenMI Association (OA) convened a paper session on current practical OpenMI applications and a workshop on the strategy and future of the OpenMI.
Although scheduled at the never enviable last morning of the conference, both the paper session and the workshop attracted a good audience, including people from all around the world (America, Europe, Australia). The paper session presented user cases from within the ongoing EC funded OpenMI-Life project, but also an external contribution from Peter Schade (BAW, Germany), who was later awarded a prize for the best external (non OA related) OpenMI presentation of the past year.
During the workshop OA chairman Roger Moore introduced the audience in the current structure and strategy of the OA. Through an open discussion people were then invited to reflect on the most efficient and practical way to spread the OpenMI through a worldwide community of scientists and practitioners.
Overall, it was felt that the conference provided a good opportunity for the OA members to exchange ideas and to initiate further actions on dissemination.
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