Planning Starts for SLC

The time is right to start thinking about AAPG's next annual meeting -- a session that will be held in the heart of some of the country's most scenic and accessible geology.

"Energy -- Our Monumental Task" is the theme for AAPG's 88th annual meeting, to be held May 11-14 in Salt Lake City, host of the recent Winter Olympic games.

Salt Lake City also is surrounded by classic geologic sites that serve as natural laboratories for both information seekers and fun seekers (see cover photo for an example).

The Salt Lake planning committee members are putting together a technical program that has "something for everyone." AAPG, its divisions and SEPM together are sponsoring 50 oral sessions and 50 poster sessions -- a total of about 1,000 technical presentations.

The call for abstracts was included in the May EXPLORER. Abstracts are due Sept. 18.

Nine technical themes are being offered:

1. The Business Side of Petroleum.
2. Global Energy Resources.
3. Environmental Issues.
4. Reservoirs.
5. Structures and Tectonics.
6. Technologies -- New and Proven.
7. Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology.
8. Petroleum Systems and Geochemistry.
9. Student Presentations.

Click here for more information or contact the AAPG convention department. Abstracts can be submitted online starting here.