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2001 AGI Geoscience Associate's Conference

Agenda

All Events are at the Marriott Dever West

March 22
6.30pm	Reception

March 23
8.00am	Welcome	Larry Woodfork, AGI
	Opening remarks, and objectives of conference	William Siok, AIPG
Current Issues in Hiring and Geoscientist Preparation in Industry
	Petroleum	John Swann, Conoco
	Mining (RealAudio)	WMC Representative
	Environment and Engineering (RealAudio)	Rich Migues, Bechtel
	Government (RealAudio)	Patrick Leahy, USGS
Break
Current Issues in Career Preparation of Geoscience Students
	Undergraduate (RealAudio)	Ed Roy, Trinity University
	Graduate (RealAudio)	Judy Hannah, Colorado State
Panel Session
11.30am	Lunch
The Value of Field Experience in Professional Practice
12.30pm	Environmental and engineering geology (RealAudio)	Charles Kreitler, Leggette, Brashears & Graham
	Petroleum (RealAudio)	Daniel Tearpock, Subsurface Consulatants & Assoc.
	Mining and minerals (RealAudio)	Allan Juhas, Consultant
	State Geological Surveys (RealAudio)	Jon Price, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
	Regulatory and land use agencies (RealAudio)	Gene Reetz, EPA
Break
The Value of Field Experience in Academic Training
	Traditional Field Camp Programs (RealAudio)	Jim Brophy, Indiana University
	Field Program Threats (RealAudio)	Robert Corbett, Illinois State University
	International perspective (RealAudio)	Trevor Elliott, University of Liverpool
	Best practices (RealAudio)	Arthur Sylvester, UC Santa Barbara
	Innovative solutions (RealAudio)	L. Graham Closs, Colorado School of Mines
Panel Session
6.00pm	Reception and Dinner
	Keynote	Robert Frodeman, University of Colorado

March 24
8.00am	Opening Remarks and Summary of Day One	Willam Siok
8.45am	Breakout Sessions to discuss develop questions for panels and group at large
10.00am	Plenary session to discuss and debate formulation of a position paper on what constitutes field experience, and what is the nature of its value.	Participants
Afternoon	Field Trips