ABNMS2021 Conference Program
November 15-16, 2021 : Workshops
November 17-18, 2021 : Conference
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Conference
November 17-18, 2021
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Please note all times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)
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A PDF of the abstracts and conference program can be downloaded here:
Abstracts & Conference Program (PDF)
Wednesday 17th: Conference Day 1
| 8:30 | Welcome and conference opening | |
| 8:40 | Plenary (Session chair: Kate Parkins) | |
| 8:40 | A dynamic Bayesian model of COVID-19 progression | Steven Mascaro |
| 9:20 | 10 minute break | |
| 9:30 | Environmental session I (Session chair: Annalie Dorph) | |
| 9:30 | Introduction to the environmental sessions | Annalie Dorph |
| 9:35 | Predicting bushfire risks in Victoria using Bayesian Network analysis | Erica Marshall |
| 9:55 | Carbon fluxes in forests | Trent Penman |
| 10:15 | Bayesian Networks for modelling inundation: Pilot study from New Zealand | Annemarie Christophersen |
| 10:35 | Application of Bayesian Network models to wicked climate-health problems | Esther Onyango |
| 10:55 | Question time (5 mins) / Break time (15 mins) | |
| 11:15 | Environmental session II (Session chair: Annemarie Christophersen) | |
| 11:15 | Probabilistic assessment of coastal inundation in the Pacific | Shannon Bengtson |
| 11:35 | Understanding policy instrument interactions for adoption of eco-friendly farming practices on the Great Barrier Reef | Helen Mayfield |
| 11:55 | BAIPA - A new ecologically-based, probabilistic risk assessment tool to support risk assessment for biological control agents | Nicolas Meurisse |
| 12:15 | Extended question time (10 mins) | |
| 12:25 | Day one close |
Thursday 18th: Conference Day 2
| 9:00 | Welcome back | |
| 9:05 | Debate session (Session chair: Shannon Bengtson) | |
| 9:05 | Introduction to the Debate session | Shannon Bengtson |
| 9:10 | Debate topic: BNs capture the complexity of the real world with the right level of simplification, or do they? | Bruce Marcot and Trent Penman |
| 9:35 | Defence and industry session (Session chair: Andrew Coutts) | |
| 9:35 | Introduction to the Defence and industry session | Andrew Coutts |
| 9:40 | A combined Bayesian Network and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis approach for analysing Defence decision making problems with uncertain criteria and preference weights | Thang Cao |
| 10:00 | Validating a large-scale decision support Bayesian Network | Mathew Zuparic |
| 10:20 | Break time (10 mins) | |
| 10:30 | Integration of Bayesian Network and multi-objective optimisation for force structure design | Minh Nguyen |
| 10:50 | Developing a suppression effectiveness model to calculate the likelihood of bushfire containment | Bonnie Wintle/Tim Gazzard |
| 11:10 | Quantifying wildfire risk associated with electricity networks using Bayesian Decision Networks | Brett Cirulis |
| 11:30 | Question time (5 mins) / Break time (15 mins) | |
| 11:50 | New developments in Bayesian network modelling (Session chair: Helen Mayfield) | |
| 11:50 | Introduction to the new developments in BN modelling session | Helen Mayfield |
| 11:55 | Initial explorations of machine self-learning with generative adversarial Bayesian Networks | Bruce Marcot |
| 12:15 | Designing an evidence-based Bayesian Network for estimating the risk versus benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine | Jane Sinclair |
| 12:35 | Extended question time (10 mins) | |
| 12:45 | Thank you and conference close |
Past conferences
You may also like to check last year's program to see past papers and presentations.
Partners & Sponsors
ABNMS would like to gratefully acknowledge our conference partners and sponsors:
