The Houston Geological Society will host the 65th Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies (GCAGS) Annual Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center, September 19-22, 2015. The Gulf Coast Section of SEPM (GCSSEPM) plans to co-host the GCAGS 2015 convention. The 65th Annual GCAGS convention will feature Gulf Coast area oil, gas, and environmental topics, with the intent that Gulf Coast geoscientists will expand their technical training, knowledge and networking during the convention. GCSSEPM will be organizing oral talks, posters, judging and the SEPM awards program.
The pre-convention activities will start on Saturday, September 19, 2015. The opening weekend will have one- and two-day field trips leaving from the George R. Brown Convention Center. These will be open to professionals and university students. There will also be one- and two-day short courses on the weekend of Sept 19-20, 2015. The technical program is anticipating 100 or more talks in concurrent sessions. The talks and poster sessions will occupy two full days on the third level of the George R Brown Convention Center, September 21-22 , 2015 (Monday and Tuesday).
The Houston 2015 GCAGS convention is opening up a “Call for Papers” and inviting geoscientists to submit a short 250 word abstract with title and authors by December 13, 2014. Submit a short word document (250 words) to Technical Program chair Linda Sternbach at linda.sternbach@gmail.com.
The session themes are:
- New Oil and Gas Discoveries
- Un-Conventional Plays
- Development Field Studies
- GOM Shelf and Onshore Plays
- Salt Tectonics and Traps
- Mexico and Caribbean Plays
- Geophysical Technology
- Gulf of Mexico Deepwater
- Environmental Geology
- Coastal Geology and Surface Impact
- Geology-Geophysics-Engineering
- Business Portfolio Management
- Climate/ Public Awareness Issues
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