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2000 AGI Geoscience Associate's Conference

Agenda

March 18 6:30 PM	Welcoming Reception

March 19 8:00 AM	Goals, Objectives and News	Russ Slayback, AGI President
	Conference Plan	Patrick Leahy, USGS
	Keynote Address	Dick Thompson, Time Magazine

	Corporate Geoscience and Public Visibility
	Anadarko Petroleum	John Seitz, Anadarko
	A Major Oil Company's Perspective	Don Paul, Chevron
	Environmental Geoscience	Charles Andrews, S.S. Papadopulos
	Minerals and Mining	Odin Christensen, Newmont Gold

	The Role of Professional and Scientific Societies in Promotion
	American Geophysical Union	Fred Spilhaus, AGU
	American Association of Petroleum Geologists	Ray Thomasson, AAPG
	Geological Society of America	Sara Foland, GSA
	Earth Science Week	Julie Jackson, AGI

12 PM	Lunch

	Public Policy and the Geosciences
	Federal Agency Perspective	Charles Groat, USGS
	Working with the Hill	William Condit, House Energy & Minerals
	Congressional Geoscience Fellowship Programs	Peter Folger, AGU
	State Surveys	Jon Price, NV Bureau of Mines & Geology
	AIPG - Societies and Policy Makers	Dennis Pennington

	Education of the Public and Future Geoscientists
	Public perception issues - Evolution	Steve Stanley, Johns Hopkins Univ.
	What Do Geoscience Departments do to thrive	Ed Roy, Trinity University
	Building Successful Graduate Programs	David Chapman, Univ. of Utah
	The Rise of Geoscience in K-12 Education	Mike Smith, AGI

7:00 PM	Reception and Dinner	Charles Groat

March 20	Site visit to USGS National Center
8 AM

	Break-out Groups at the National Center

12 PM	Lunch

1:00 PM	Break-Out Group Reports

3:30 PM	Wrap-Up	Patrick Leahy, USGS

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