Courses

The folling Ecopath courses are currently being taught on a regular basis throughout the world. Courses cover introductory material, more advanced courses, or technical workshops on programming with Ecopath and developing plug-ins. To receive more information about a course please use the contact information listed for every course.

Introductory courses

Introduction to Ecopath with Ecosim

When	February every year
Duration	3 days
Price	£300 ex VAT
Language	English
Location	Oban (UK)
Contact	Sheila Heymans

This three-day course will assume no prior knowledge of food-web modelling and is suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate students wishing to gain a solid introduction to the trophic modelling software, Ecopath, and its ecological network analysis interface. The time will be split between lectures and tutorials, with a focus on hands-on development of simple models from scratch, using the software. This course will give the participants an understanding of the theory behind the software and the confidence to construct and interpret basic ecosystem models.

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Modelling and Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems

When	February and August every year
Duration	Semester
Price	USD $250
Language	Spanish
Location	La Paz, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
Contact	Francisco (Paco) Arreguin-Sanchez

Ecopath: Modelación y Dinámica de Ecosistemas Acuáticos (Modelling and Dynamics of Aquatic Ecosystems) is a basic course that includes conceptual basis for the construction of trophic models of ecosystems based on EwE and includes an introduction to Ecosim (calibration, forcing, management).

Ecosystem modelling

When	26-30 August, bi-annual
Duration	5 days
Price	€750
Language	English
Location	ICES, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Contact	Søren Anker Pedersen (ICES)

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OEC6934

When	August every year
Duration	Semester (13 weeks)
Price	Full course at University of South Florida (USF)
Language	English
Location	Forida (USF)
Contact	Cameron Ainsworth

Introduction to Ecopath with Ecosim and EcoTroph

When	December every year
Duration	4 days
Price	Part of a Master degree, but open for life-long learning (fee TBA)
Language	French
Location	Rennes (France)
Contact	Didier Gascuel

Advanced courses

Dynamics and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

When	February and August every year
Duration	Semester
Price	To be defined
Language	Spanish
Location	La Paz, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
Contact	Francisco (Paco) Arreguin-Sanchez

Dinámica y Manejo de Ecosistemas Acuáticos (Dynamics and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems”). Emphasis on the dynamics through Ecosim and Ecospace, but also includes a strong component of ecosystem indicators.

Advanced applications of EwE modelling

When	TBA
Duration	5 days
Price	TBA
Language	English
Location	Barcelona (Spain) / Vancouver (Canada)
Contact	EwE consortium

This course is currently under development, and is planned to be held in 2013 or 2014 at a yet to be determined location. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact us.

Technical courses

Programming with EwE

When	April 22-26, 2013	Funding provided by the UBC Biodiversity Research Centre.
Duration	5 days
Price	Free for students and post-docs, $500 CDN for other participants
Language	English
Location	UBC Fisheries Centre, Vancouver (Canada)
Contact	EwE development team

In this five-day workshop, users of the Ecopath with Ecosim ecosystem model version 6 (EwE6) will learn to use the EwE6 programming model as a starting point for developing custom models and modules to further their research, to connect to other modelling software, and to automate tasks working with EwE6.

For 2013 the course is full, we have reached max capacity.

If you have any questions or suggestions please contact us.

This course is made possible with funding support from BRITE - an NSERC-CREATE Training Program in Biodiversity Research

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