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AGI Member Society Events
May 27-30 AGU 2008 Joint Assembly, Greater Fort Lauderdale-Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL, by the American Geophysical Union and others. (AGU Meetings Department, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA, Phone: +1-800-966-2481 or +1-202-777-7333 FAX: +1-202-328-0566 EMail: ja-help@agu.org Web: http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja08/)
The 2008 Joint Assembly is being held 27–30 May 2008 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale-Broward County Convention Center, located at 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Program Committee is developing a Union-wide science program that will cover topics in all areas of geophysical sciences. Located in sunny Florida, the Joint Assembly is sure to offer exciting sessions and a relaxing atmosphere.
Jun 22-26 Outcrops Revitalized: Tools, Techniques and Applications, Kilkee Bay Hotel, Kilkee, County Claire, Ireland, by the SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. (Howard Harper, Phone: 918-610-3361 EMail: hharper@sepm.org Web: http://www.sepm.org)
The new tools and methods used in outcrop geology developed over the last decade or so are a major breakthrough for the use and value of outcrop geology. Despite the increased details of seismic and present close integration with borehole and core data, the consensus in academia and industry is that outcrops are an absolute necessity for observing and interpreting details of sedimentary systems. The challenge is to bring the details and large scale observations into a format and a workflow where they can be compared directly with for instance subsurface and modern systems data. Both for geological and geophysical reasons, subsurface data need to be calibrated by real rock and outcrop data. Yet, there is need to define the current status of the value of outcrops for understanding sedimentary systems. This need is justified by the broad range of approaches used by sedimentary geologists when working with outcrops. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, there are many different views on how well outcrops and outcrop data can illustrate subsurface variability of sedimentary systems. Traditionally, outcrops have been termed “analogues”, but do the new techniques breach barriers and allow for terming outcrops “direct comparisons” or even “homologues” since the quantitative approaches now applied to outcrops allow for scaled, quantitative comparisons
Jul 05-10 Africa Uncovered - Mineral Resources for the Future, Misty Hills Country Club, Muldersdrift, Gauteng, South Africa, by the SEG and GSSA. ( Web: http://www.seg-gssa2008.org/)
Joint Conference of the Geological Society of South Africa and Society of Economic Geologists -- Incorporating GEOFORUM 2008.
Aug 15-18 Clinoform Sedimentary Deposits: The Processes Producing Them and The Stratigraphy Defining Them, Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY, USA, by the SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. (Howard Harper, EMail: hharper@sepm.org Web: http://www.sepm.org)
This conference brings together the 'modern, ancient and modeling' communities who have an interest in clinoform deposits, specifically in their formation, character and significance. The focus will be on clinoforms found on continental shelves, in association with fluvial-deltaic systems, including the deeper water shelf margin itself. Whereas the modern community focuses on formative processes and spatial variability of clinoforms, the ancient community has data and insight on sedimentary facies and development over longer time scales. The modelers (numerical and physical) are critical to both groups for providing links between time scales. In turn, the modelers seek validation for the results of their models. All three groups are interested in the source-to-sink aspects of shelf-scale clinoforms. A field conference will allow prolonged dialog and discussion, while examining some classic field examples of river-, tide-, and wave-dominated deltas on shelf and shelf-margin settings.
Aug 30-Sep 06 International Palynological Congress, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, by the American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, German Palaeobotanists and Palynologists. (Prof. Thomas Litt, Universitat Bonn, EMail: t.litt@uni-bonn.de Web: http://www.geo.arizona.edu/palynology/IPC12.pdf)
This promises to be a historical event. There will be joint symposia and sessions, as well as plenary lectures of interest.
Sep 15-20 AEG 51st Annual Meeting: Laissez Los Bon Temps Rouler (Let the Good Times Roll), JW Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, LA, USA, by the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists. ( Web: http://www.aegweb.org)
Sep 20-24 Changing Waterscapes and Water Ethics for the 21st Century, Radisson Hotel and High Country Conference Center, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, by the AIPG, Arizona Hydrological Society. ( Web: http://www.aipg.org)
This is also the 3rd International Professional Geologic Conference and is being held in conjunction with the AESE Annual Meeting. Deadline for abstracts is April 15, 2008.
Sep 21-27 The International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology (ICCP), and The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP), Joint Annual Meeting, Oviedo, Spain, by the Instituto Nacional del Carbon (INCAR), National Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). (Isabel Suárez-Ruiz, Instituto Nacional del Carbon (INCAR), National Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Ap. Co, 73 33080 Oviedo, Spain, Phone: 34985119090 FAX: 34985297662 EMail: isruiz@incar.csic.es Web: http://www.incar.csic.es/iccp_tsop)
Abstracts due April 15, 2008. Conference oral and poster sessions include the following themes: advances in organic petrology and organic geochemistry, application of organic petrology to coal utilization and coal by-products, organic petrology in the context of clean coal technologies, organic petrology and the environment. Field trip to the Asturian Coast Jurassic section.
TSOP offers a $1000 graduate student RESEARCH GRANT, The Spackman Award, application deadline, May 15, 2008. See www.tsop.org for details.
Organic petrology is the branch of earth sciences that studies the origin, occurrence, structure and geohistory of sedimentary organic matter and coal.
Sep 24-27 NABGG 2008 - 27th Annual Technology Conference, Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Texas, USA, by the National Association of Black Geologists & Geophysicists(NABGG). (Dr. Cheryl Young, 4212 San Felipe, Suite 420, Houston, Texas, Phone: 404-556-1051 EMail: cdyoung@atlanta.k12.ga.us Web: http://www.nabgg.org)
This year's NABGG Technology Conference, will provide a viable base to "Advance the Geosciences Into the Next Generation" with new technologies and geoscientists that will enable us to effectively promote the earth sciences.
The Technical Session Committee officially invites you to present a talk or poster at the 2008 NABGG Technical Conference that will be held in Atlanta, GA, September 24-27. The Technical sessions will embrace the multi-disciplined nature of the geosciences and provide an opportunity for presenters to share their knowledge and expertise on a variety of geoscience-related topics, such as: geography, geology, geophysics, environmental science, geoscience information technology (GIS), geoscience education, oceanography, planetary science, and career development for geoscientists. Presentations from both the public and private sectors are welcomed. We hope that you are able to help "Advance the Geosciences" by presenting at what promises to be an excellent meeting of geoscientists from across the nation.
Oct 05-09 2008 Joint Annual Meeting, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, USA, by the The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM. (Keith Schlesinger, 677 S. Segoe Road Madison, WI 53711, Phone: 608-273-8080 FAX: 608-273-2021 EMail: kschlesinger@agronomy.org Web: https://www.acsmeetings.org/)
Shared involvement in Energy, Water Resources, Education, and Earth Systems, to name a few, will foster a program comprised of thousands of scientific papers, hundreds of exhibits, and a myriad of distinguished lectures and special events, to engage students and professionals across the earth sciences and in every employment sector.
Oct 15-18 SVP 68th Annual Meeting, Rennaissance Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. ( Web: http://www.vertpaleo.org/)
Nov 09-14 Geophysics is Happening, Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. ( Web: http://meeting.seg.org/index.shtml)
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and Seventy-eighth Annual Meeting will bring together all of the major companies involved in global oil, gas and mineral exploration, and new areas of civil engineering, environmental and archaeology. An extensive technical program of more than 600 oral and poster presentations by the leaders of the industry, in conjunction with a state-of-the-art exposition, draws attendees from more than 85 countries.
Dec 15-19 AGU Fall Meeting, Convention Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, by the American Geophysical Union. (AGU Meetings Department, 2000 Florida Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20009 USA, Phone: 202-462-6900 FAX: 202-328-0566 EMail: fm-help@agu.org Web: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/)
The Fall Meeting is expected to draw a crowd of over 15,000 geophysicists from around the world. The Fall Meeting provides an opportunity for researchers, teachers, students, and consultants to present and review the latest issues affecting the Earth, the planets, and their environments in space. This meeting will cover topics in all areas of Earth and space sciences.
Jun 07-10 2009 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, The Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado, USA, by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. (Randa Reeder Briggs, P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, OK 74101, Phone: 918-560-2660 FAX: 918-560-2684 EMail: rreeder@aapg.org)
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