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AHMA AUSTRALIAN HYDRAULIC MODELLING ASSOCIATION. Helena Mala-Jetmarova. TALK ABOUT. Overview of the Victorian Modelling Group (VMG) Australian Hydraulic Modelling Association (AHMA).
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AHMA AUSTRALIAN HYDRAULIC MODELLING ASSOCIATION Helena Mala-Jetmarova
TALK ABOUT • Overview of the Victorian Modelling Group (VMG) • Australian Hydraulic Modelling Association (AHMA) Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011
VMG GROWTH 130 2009 2010 2011 Number of Members August 2009 – May 2011 Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011
VMG MEETINGS Successful meetings, 3 times per year
VMG NEWSLETTER Modelling newsletter, 1 edition per year Website with info about VMG, presentations and minutes from VMG meetings Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011
What are the benefits to offer hydraulic modellers? • Can interstate hydraulic modellers benefit too? Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011
National modelling conferences? • Professional certification program? • Modelling standards? • Modelling groups in other Australian states? • Excellence award program? • Modelling handbooks? • Narrow gap between industry and universities? • And more…? Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011
AN EXCITING STEP FORWARD AHMA • Australian Hydraulic Modelling Association • Non-for-profit, national, independent, professionally recognised body for hydraulic modelling community in Australia • Founded on 21 January 2011 (ABN) • Benefits for Australian hydraulic modelling community and Australian water industry Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011
National modelling conferences • Professional certification program • Modelling standards • Modelling groups in other Australian states • Excellence award program • Modelling handbooks • Narrow gap between industry and universities • And more… Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011
AHMA CURRENT STATUS • 130 members • Launch during OzWater in Adelaide on 9 May 2011 • Formation of the Board • Everything will continue as it is with added benefits • Keep organising and supporting state modelling meetings (VMG, QMG and others) • Gradually implement other objectives Victorian Modelling Group, Meeting # 5, Melbourne, 6 May 2011