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ICMS Name Change

On conception, ICMS was strongly focussed on being a tool for integrated catchment management.  Thus the name ICMS was born (Integrated Catchment Management System).  While the focus of the ICMS team is still strongly in integrated catchment management, the ICMS tool that has been developed is far more generic.

The idea to change the name emerged during the MODSIM conference in Canberra in December 2001.  Conference papers presented modelled solutions across a wide range of disciplines and issues, from climate analysis to socio-economic drivers and ecological responses.  These applications would fit easily and well into a framework such as ICMS and would extend the concept of integration.

To ensure that the issue focus of the ICMS name would not inhibit its uptake in other disciplines, and to ensure that the current profile of ICMS was not lost, the acronym of ICMS was retained but the name changed to Interactive Component Modelling System.  This name change was effective mid January 2002 when it was approved by its owners, CSIRO Land and Water and Land and Water Australia.

You can now talk about Integrated Catchment Management with ICMS!

Please note that it will take us a little time to reflect the name change in all our documentation and information.  The changes will not need to be retrospective and users licence arrangements remain unchanged.

New Version of ICMS

The long awaited speedier version 2.1 of ICMS is now available.  Featuring all new bells and whistles and heaps of bug fixes it is just what the user community has been asking for.  Read about the changes in this version  - and register today for your copy.