PRIMER Workshops
Coming PRIMER workshops
Those given in bold type are ‘open’ commercial courses for which dates are fixed and places are still available at the time of last update of this Web page. They are designed for all-comers, primarily biologists or environmental scientists, and typically attended by a mix of university and other public sector research staff, post-graduate students, and consultants and applied scientists from the public and private environmental sectors. For further details please contact the local organiser (name and e-mail address given, or, if unsuccessful, contact Cathy Clarke or Marg Moroney at admin@primer-e.com).
2008 workshops
**Probably full** November 24-27, 2008, Dept Water & Energy, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW. A mainly closed 4-day PRIMER workshop, largely for DWE employees, led by Bob Clarke and organised by Ivor Growns (Univ New England, Armidale, ivor.growns@dnr.nsw.gov.au)
**Registration status unknown** December 1-12, 2008, Univ W Australia, Perth. As in other recent years, this latest in the series of 2-week UWA workshops will have about 35 places, with about half of them available to non-UWA participants. It will consist of a 5-day PRIMER course (led by Paul Somerfield of Plymouth Marine Lab) and a 5-day PERMANOVA+ course (led by Marti Anderson, Univ Auckland). Bob Clarke will also be present for much of the first week and some of the second week. Registration is required for both weeks. Places on this course are usually rapidly oversubscribed. Contact Euan Harvey, for information on registration, and whether the course is already full, at euanh@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
**Registration status unknown** December 3, 2008, Sydney, NSW. A one-day workshop aimed at existing PRIMER v6 users, walking through some of the features of the PERMANOVA+ add-on. This is led by Marti Anderson (Univ Auckland) and is organised as a satellite workshop of the Ecological Society of Australia's 33rd Annual Conference, Sydney, 1-5 December. Check the ESA meeting website www.ecolsoc.org.au/conference/esa08 or contact Charlotte Taylor for information on whether there are available spaces (cetaylor@bio.usyd.edu.au).
Scheduled 2009 workshops
**About to start booking** February 9-13, 2009, St Petersburg FL, USA. A fully open 5-day PRIMER course at the Clam Bayou Marine Science Education Center (USF), Boca Ciega Bay, led by Dr Paul Somerfield (Plymouth Marine Laboratory). The local organiser will be Walt Jaap (USF). Contact him (wjaap@tampabay.rr.com) to obtain further information and a registration form.
**Spaces available**
February 16-20, 2009, Plymouth, UK. A fully open 5-day
PRIMER course at the Marine Biological Association’s Citadel Hill
building in Plymouth, for up to 30 participants. This course will
mainly be taken by Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML), with assistance
from Ray Gorley (PRIMER-E). Paul Somerfield (PML) may be present for
some of the time. Contact Cathy or Marg at
admin@primer-e.com to be
placed on a pre-registration list, which will give you priority for
registration. Currently, the pre-registration list is about half
full.
Possible workshops later in 2009
Auckland, New Zealand. Almost certain to go ahead (date not determined, though not before late April) is a 2-week fully-open workshop, consisting of a 5-day PRIMER course led by Prof Bob Clarke (PRIMER-E and PML) and a 5-day PERMANOVA+ course led by Prof Marti Anderson (Univ Auckland), who is also the local workshop organiser. Participants would be required to register for both weeks. Contact Marti Anderson at mj.anderson@auckland.ac.nz to express interest only - at this stage no further information is available.
Planning is also under way for 5-day PRIMER workshops at Albury/Wodonga (NSW/Victoria, La Trobe Univ) - this will definitely happen at some point in 2009 - and possibly Adelaide (S Australia, Flinders Univ), and Maryland, USA. Contact details will be posted here as plans stabilise.
Information updated 8 Nov 2008