Welcome to the "Ecopath 25 years: conference and workshops" website

"Ecopath 25 years: conference and workshops" is aiming to provide an overview of 25 years of progress using the Ecopath approach in different fields: fisheries management, ecosystem comparisons, spatial analyses, climate impacts, and ecosystem-based management as well as to introduce the new or under development exciting features. The gathering is intended to be an international scientific reunion on ecosystem modelling using the software Ecopath and Ecosim (EwE).

We wish you a fruitful stay in Vancouver and a very exciting week at the “Ecopath 25 Years - Conference and Workshops” event!

The organizing committee


Conference: August 30 to September 1, 2009

Registration to the conference will open on May 20, 2009.

Key speakers and participants will give oral and poster presentations. Please find here the program of the conference.

Registration fees are:

  • General $300 Can
  • Students $100 Can

Submission of abstracts has been EXTENDED until April 15, 2009. Follow these instructions to submit abstracts, and this link for registering to the conference.

If you are unable to attend the conference but would be interested to contribute, consider submitting an electronic poster. Electronic poster submission is now OPEN until July 1, 2009.


Workshops: August 26 to 28 & September 2 to 3, 2009

The first workshop will propose an introduction to the new version of the software EwE version 6. Following the conference, a series of specialized workshops will address specific applications of the EwE6 software.

Registration to the workshops will open on May 20, 2009.

Workshop I - August 26 to 28, 2009

This workshop will introduce participants to the new version of EwE, version 6. For details and registration please follow this link.

Registration Fees:

  • General $1000 Can
  • Students $500 Can

Workshop II series - September 2 to 3, 2009

Four, half-day specialized workshops will introduce applications of EwE version 6. Registration Fees for attending the workshops are:

  • General $300 Can
  • Students $150 Can

These workshops will focus on spatial optimizations, economic modeling, interoperability and plug-ins, and EwE for decision support. Follow these instructions to register to any of the workshops II.


Technical consultation: September 4 to 5, 2009

Following the Ecopath 25 years conference and workshops, the UBC Fisheries Centre is hosting a two-day technical consultation on model coupling and interoperability. The consultation will aim to define specific frameworks for connecting EwE6 with other models, such as hydrographic, NPZD, and climate models, notably Atlantis and GOTM-BFM.

Participation is very limited and intended for specialists actively working with model coupling. If you are interested in participating, please contact Villy Christensen.