Affiliated Societies
All Affiliated Societies are welcome to place meeting information and society announcements here. Unfortunately, I was not able to contact each society. If you would like to at least place the name of your society contact with their email address, please send your information to the editor , at hugo.matias@telefonica.net.
Albania Association of Geoscientists & Engineers - No current information
Asociación de Geólogos y Geofísicos Espanoles de Petróleo (AGGEP) - No current information. See ITLC Congress by Luis Cabrera or visit the ITLC Web site at www.ilic2007.com.
Association of Petroleum Technicians and Professionals (AFTP France) The current president of the Exploration/Reservoir section of the society is Isabelle Le Nir. For section activities go to their Web site at www.aftp.net. An English version is currently under construction.
Austrian Geological Society - The current president is Wolfgang Nachtman. Information about speakers and meetings are announced when they become available. This information can be viewed at www.geol-ges.at. The website is in both German and English; however the German version is more informative than the English version. They do intend to improve the English version in the future.
Azerbaijan Associaiton of Petroleum Geologists - No current information.
Berufsverb and Deutscher Geologen, Geophysiker und Mineralogen e.V.(Germany) - There are three upcoming conferences worth mentioning: 67th annual meeting of the Deutsche Geophysikalische Gesellschaft (German Geophysical Society) 26.-29. March 2007 in Aachen (details on www.dgg2007.rwth-aachen.de).
Annual Meeting of the DGMK (Deutsche wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Erdoel, Erdgas und Kohle - German scientific society for Oil, Gas and Coal) April 26.-27. 2007 in Celle
You can find out more information and contact this society at www.gepberuf.de/ or by email at BDGBBonn@t-online.de.
Bulgarian Geological Society – No information is currently available.
Czech Geological Society - Dr. Budil is president and you can email him at budil@cgu.cz or see their website at www.geolgickaspolecnostl.cz.
Energy Institute - See their website at www.energyinst.org.uk.
Norwegian Association of Petroleum Geologists - No current information is available.
Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) - Francisco Porturas is president and you can reach him at frpo@online.no.
Polish Geological Society – You canvisit their website at www.pesgb.org.uk/pesgh/system/default.asp.
Romanian Association of PetroleumGeologists (RAPG)- No information is currently available.
Royal Geological and Mining Societyof the Netherlands – The LMGMG is an AAPG affiliated society and has an active petroleum geological section (Petroleum Geologische Kring). Every third Wednesday of the month a meeting isheld in the KIvI building, Prinsessegracht 23 in The Hague. Drinks are served from 17:00 to 18:00 during the social hour preceding the scientific meeting beginning at 18:00 hrs. Visiting guests from affiliated societies are welcome. Visit our website at www.kngmg.nl. Submitted by P. A. C. de Ruiter, president of KNGMG.
Scientific Countil for Petroleum (Croatia) – No current information is available.
Swiss Association of Petroleum Geologist and Engineers - The 2007 Annual Convention will be held from June 23-25 in Ortisei (Val Gardena, Italy) with the Geology of the classical area of the Dolomites as the main theme.
The excursion will be guided by three top experts in the geology of this area: Prof. Wolfgang Schlager, Amsterdam, who from his worldwide carbonate experience will cover the sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy of the area, together with Prof. Carlo Doglioni, Rome, an expert in tectonics and the interplay between tectonics and deposition and Prof. Daniel Bernoulli, Basel who contributes his rich knowledge of the sedimentology and the regional geology of the southern Alps.
The lectures sessions on the first day will also primarily be devoted to the Geology of the Dolomites. Invitations to members have gone out end February 2007 and the programme is also posted on our web site (www.vsp-asp.ch).
Apart from the scientific content the Convention of the ASP provides a platform for informal networking between professionals from the Industry and Academia, both Swiss and international (one third of our membership is non-Swiss). We welcome thus students to participate (students pay half of the membership fee and also only half of the convention fee). We would also particularly welcome any participants from other AAPG affiliates in Europe. Persons interested in participation in the convention: please contact either Peter Burri (peterburri.geol@bluewin.ch) or Bernhard Gunzenhauser (Bernhard.Gunzenhauser@proseis.com) Registration has to occur until end April 2007.
The Board of ASP has recently decided that the 2008 Annual Convention will be held in late June at Sion (Canton Valais, Switzerland, upper Rhone valley). Theme of the convention will be the geology of the Penninic part of the Alps with a particular focus on the geology of the surroundings of Zermatt.
ASP is now on the list for the European tour of AAPG distinguished lectures and we will post the program on our web site as soon as it is known. The lectures will be held initially in Geneva.
Peter Burri , is the current President at peterburri.geol@bluewin.ch. For further information and member applicationsplease visit the Website of the Association: www.vsp-asp.ch.
Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists – You can visit their website at www.tpjd.org.tr/.
Association of Ukrainian Geologists - No information available