 Geology
As Disaster! Let’s
get down to the core of this: When Hollywood takes aim, is it too
much to ask for some science with your fiction?
 Commentary:
Energy budget cuts ... one man's evaluation
 Salt
Lake City is the site
of the 88th AAPG Annual Meeting -- and the program is as compelling
as the setting is beautiful.
Lunch,
lecture and book signing ... highlights
of the All-Convention Luncheon with speaker Simon Winchester, author
and journalist.
When
it comes to talking about
new discoveries, convention organizers have designed a new way to
discuss something new.
 Access
to public lands for
natural resources development continues to be a hot-button topic
for much of the United States -- but in the Rocky Mountains, it
is becoming a “battleground.”
Noted
oilmen to
discuss their track records for discovering oil and gas fields in
the Rocky Mountain region as Michel T. Halbouty Lecture series guests.
 Internactive
E-posters,
not the "usual" poster but still offers a high-tech venue
for high-tech discussions.
Head
of Global Security discusses
security measures during DPA Luncheon.
 Nanga
Parbat: Naked
Mountain, a documentary directed by a geologist and his wife is
featured at the convention theater.
EarthScope,
a
new earthscience initiative exploring the three-dimensional structure
of the North American continent.
Exploration
success stories
will be featured in this year's history forum.
Awards
ceremony, part
of the opening session, to capture excitement and triumps of the
industry.
 Peter
Vail, who over his distinguished
and prolific career has fired many a shot heard ’round the geoscience
world – is this year’s Sidney Powers medalist.
 Quiz
time: What do you know
about the impact of increased domestic exploration on imports?
Membership
Drive concludes
GIS-UDRIL
a new method to drill down to the reservoir of online data. See
just what GIS-UDRIL is.
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