A window on The International Environmetrics Society: The first 25 international conferences

Abstract

The 25th international conference of The International Environmetrics Society (TIES) was held in 2015. The conferences have been an integral part of the development of TIES and of the society's official journal, Environmetrics, since the concurrent inception of the society and journal at the first conference in 1989. The conferences are documented in chronological order, with more description of the early conferences because many features were set at these conferences. Some common features are included for all conferences, and only new or particularly relevant components are mentioned for later conferences. This development is then drawn on to discuss the character, contributors, and evolution of the conferences in the context of TIES as a society with the aim of fostering the development and use of quantitative methods in solving environmental problems through collaboration among individuals in different disciplines and types of organizations.

Canadian contributions to environmetrics

“…A summary of the first 25 TIES international conferences spanning 1989–2015 (Esterby, 2018) gives a viewpoint on how the conferences have developed to reflect the advances in the discipline of environmetrics while retaining the original character, which has helped to build an environmetrics community. Approximate attendance numbers by country (Table 2, Esterby, 2018) show that Canadian support has been strong. The text of the paper and tables published as supplementary to Esterby (2018) identify some of the Canadian supporters and their areas of contribution.…”

“…They subsequently formed a six‐member, five‐country founding Board of Directors. The individuals involved in the initial committees and boards of the conference, journal, and society were from Canada, United States, Norway, Egypt, United Kingdom, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Saudi Arabia, Austria, France, Switzerland, and Australia (Esterby, 2018).…”

“…Approximate attendance numbers by country (Table 2, Esterby, 2018) show that Canadian support has been strong. The text of the paper and tables published as supplementary to Esterby (2018) identify some of the Canadian supporters and their areas of contribution. The intention of the founders was to take the conference around the world to expand the discipline.…”