Planning
to attend the AAPG
Annual Meeting in Dallas? If so, an important deadline looms
this month.
The
preregistration deadline is March 17.
It's a
meeting that promises something of interest and importance for all
AAPG members.
The AAPG
(with SEPM) Annual Meeting will be held April 18-21 at the Dallas
Convention Center, with the Dallas Geological Society serving as
hosts. The theme is "Embrace the Future — Celebrate the Past,"
and the technical program includes more than 400 oral presentations,
470 half-day poster presentations, 13 short courses and 10 field
trips.
The technical
program is organized around nine themes:
- Petroleum
Risk and Strategy.
- Exploration
and Exploitation.
- Environmental
Issues.
- Advances
and Applications in Technology.
- Revitalizing
Reservoirs.
- Structure
and Tectonics.
- Sedimentary
Geology.
- Petroleum
Systems, Geochemistry and Basin Modeling.
- Education.
Included
in the technical program this year are eight
forums, covering a variety of subjects that include technical,
historical, educational, exploration, business, governmental and
scientific aspects of the profession and industry.
Also offered
will be the hundreds of cutting-edge displays in the large exhibits
hall, where the newest industry technology and information —
as well as the International
Pavilion — will be available daily.
And the
program includes a variety of outstanding speakers for the meeting's
various luncheon
events, including All-Convention
Luncheon speaker Amy Myers Jaffe, renowned oil specialist and
Wallace Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at the James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy, who will discuss OPEC's future role
in the evolving oil industry.
Other specifics,
including details on the many field
trips and short
courses, are included in the official convention announcement
and also can be found on the AAPG
Web site.
All registrations,
including hotel
reservations, can be made online.