Special Events
Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) Ceremony
Date: Sunday, 19 May
Time: 3:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom
Fee: Included with registration
You’ve read about it, heard stories about and perhaps even seen online
videos of the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) award presentations — but
this year you can experience the excitement yourself.
The live announcement of the winning teams for this year’s IBA competition will be open for all to attend and will take place in the Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom, just prior to the Opening Session and Awards Ceremony.
AAPG’s IBA Program is an annual competition in evaluating prospective basins, featuring teams of the top geoscience graduate students in the world — all of whom have qualified for the finals by first winning IBA Region and Section competitions.
The exciting presentation will include an introduction of the IBA program and of all of the teams, plus recognition of the many generous sponsors who make the program possible. It all leads to the grand finale: the announcement of this year’s winners.
Come help us celebrate the accomplishments of these hard-working students, see which teams win scholarship funds for their geosciences departments and applaud the school that leaves Pittsburgh with the title of IBA Champion.
Opening Session and Awards Ceremony
Date: Sunday, 19 May
Time: 4:00 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
Location: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom
Fee: Included with registration
This year, you can be part of history! The opening session of this year’s AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition will reflect the history and significance of the Association’s first-ever annual meeting in Pittsburgh and pay tribute to AAPG’s first meeting in the Eastern Section since 1986.
This year’s opening session will be a multi-media celebration that looks back at Pittsburgh’s and the Eastern Section’s role in the history and development of the profession, as well as looking forward in anticipation of the future that will be “Making the Play With Technology.” It’s the perfect way to start your Pittsburgh ACE experience — and it’s a presentation you won’t want to miss.
General Chair Mike Canich will serve as the master of ceremonies and will offer the official welcome to ACE 2013 — as well as a reminder of the city’s and region’s importance to the industry. Yes, you can be sure that the region’s game-changing shale plays will be an important part of the presentation.
He’ll be joined by AAPG President Ted Beaumont, who will deliver a presidential address that speaks to the critical era and enormous potential that both the profession and AAPG are experiencing.
And the highlight of it all will be the annual awards ceremony, featuring AAPG vice president-Regions, Stuart D. Harker, when the best of AAPG will be honored in a fast-moving, colorful and entertaining session.
Those to be honored are:
Sidney Powers Memorial Award
Dietrich H. Welte
Michel T. Halbouty Outstanding Leadership Award
Stephen A. Sonnenberg
Honorary Member Award
Abdulla A. Al Naim (posthumously)
Jeanne Elizabeth Harris
Kenneth E. Peters
Daniel J. Tearpock
Norman H. Foster Outstanding Explorer Award
William A. Zagorski
Robert R. Berg for Outstanding Research Award
Ronald A. Nelson
J. Frederick Sarg
Distinguished Service Award
Eugene L. Ames III
Mark J. Gallagher
Frances J. Hein
Joseph J. Lambiase
Stephen Douglas Levine
Brian E. Lock
Richard Lorentz
William C. Stephens
Linda R. Sternbach
Laura C. Zahm
Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award
Carlton E. Brett
John Richard Underhill
Harrison Schmitt Award
George B. Asquith
Martin Lockley
Public Service Award
Alex S. Broun
Jerome J. Cuzella
Donald S. Van Nieuwenhuise
Pioneer Award
Robert E. Fox
Paul Richard Lamerson
Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award
(Presented to honor and reward the authors of the best AAPG BULLETIN article published each calendar year)
Andrew C. Aplin and Joe H. S. Macquaker
Robert H. Dott, Sr. Memorial Award
(Presented to honor and reward the author/editor of the best special publication dealing with geology published by the Association)
Kenneth Ronald McClay, John H. Shaw and John Suppe
J. C. “Cam” Sproule Memorial Award
(Presented to recognize and reward younger authors of papers applicable to petroleum geology)
Peter E. K. Deveugle
Co-Authors: Martin D. Jackson, Gary J. Hampson, Michael E. Farrell, Anthony R Sprague, Jonathan Stewart, and Craig S. Calvert
Klaas Verwer
Co-Authors Gregor P. Eberli, and Ralf J. Weger
John W. Shelton Search and Discovery Award
(Presented to honor and reward the author(s) of the best contribution to the Search and Discovery website in the past year)
Anne Grau and Robert Sterling
George C. Matson Award
(Presented to honor and reward the best oral presentation at the 2012 AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition in Long Beach)
Jonathan P. Allen
Co-Authors: Dave Larue and Dale Beeson
Jules Braunstein Memorial Award
(Presented to honor and reward the best poster presentation at the 2012 AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition in Long Beach)
Simon Campbell, Stanislaw Mazur, Nicola Henshaw, Ahmed Salem, Adriano Sebastiao, Jane Cristina Saweka, and Artur Mupindo De Oliveira
Gabriel Dengo Memorial Award
(Presented to honor and reward the best oral presentation at the 2012 AAPG International Conference & Exhibition in Singapore)
John Tinnin
Co-Authors: Ron Harris and Santi C. Randazzo
Ziad Beydoun Memorial Award
(Presented to honor and reward the best poster presentation at the 2012 AAPG International Conference & Exhibition in Singapore)
Bodo Katz, Adam J. Vonk, and David Sibley
Geosciences in the Media Award
Kirk Johnson and Ray Troll
