Deadline Looms for Cancun Conference
Meeting Begins Oct. 24
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An important deadline
has arrived for this year's premier international conference.
The preregistration
deadline for the AAPG
International Conference and Exhibition is Sept. 23.
Online
registration is easy.
This year's
international meeting, sponsored jointly with the Mexican Association
of Petroleum Geologists, will be held Oct. 24-27 in Cancun, Mexico.
The site
for all activities is the Cancun Convention Center, featuring a
nearly 30,000-square-foot ballroom that will house the large exhibits
area.
The meeting's
theme is "Petroleum Industry in the 21st Century: Technology, Business
and Frontiers," which will be explored through field trips, short
courses, special talks and a technical program that features more
than 340 presentations.
The technical
program — details of which are now available in print and online
— is divided into six themes:
-
Deep Water Exploration, Development and Production.
- Geology
and Seismic Interpretation.
- Mexican
Basins and Beyond.
- Management
and Strategy.
- Beyond
Conventional Petroleum.
- Exploration
and Production Concepts and Technologies.
Two special
luncheons also are planned for the meeting:
-
On Monday, Oct. 25, Luis Ramírez Corzo y Hernández, general director
of Pemex, will discuss Pemex's role in the 21st century oil industry.
- On
Tuesday, Oct. 26, Pilar Luna Erreguerena, head of underwater archaeology
at the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico,
will discuss "Underwater Archaeology: A New Vision of the Past."