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All events will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center unless otherwise noted.

Forums and Special Sessions

Michel T. Halbouty Lecture

Monday April 21
5:10 - 6:00 p.m.

Ray L. Hunt is the featured lecturer brought in through the Michel T. Halbouty Lecture series. Mr. Hunt will focus on characteristics of a successful wildcatter in an interactive session.

Forum: Basin and Play Evaluation and Risk Analysis (AAPG)

Monday, April 21
8:00-11:45 a.m.

This forum will address the spectrum of risk and uncertainty analyses that correspond to all phases of exploration and production.

SEPM Research Symposium: Paleoclimate: Implications for Stratigraphic Interpretation and Modern Climate Change

Monday, April 21
1:15-5:00 p.m.

The geologic record provides us the only possible means to understand natural climate variability. This symposium is a two-part session that will discuss the impact paleoclimate studies can have and then the context and perspective that paleoclimate research can have.

Forum: Economics of Natural Gas and Alternative Energy (EMD/AAPG)

Monday, April 21
1:15-5:00 p.m.

The presentations in this session will address the critical factors shaping the natural gas market outlook over the intermediate term, escalation in costs of exploration and production and the way these factors affect the financial performance of specific projects.

Forum: Discovery Thinking (AAPG/DPA/HOPG)

Monday, April 21
1:15-5:00 p.m.

This forum is the inaugural session of the AAPG 100th Anniversary Committee’s program recognizing “100 Who Made a Difference.”

Forum: Impact of Policy and Labor on the Geosciences (DPA/AAPG)

Tuesday, April 22
8:00-11:30 a.m.

With growing energy demand and a shrinking labor force, our industry is encountering a host of issues that will have a lasting impact on our profession and, possibly, our nation’s energy security. This forum will not only review energy policy and workforce issues but will endeavor to address the abstruse association between the two subject areas.

Forum: Future of Unconventional Resource Plays (EMD/AAPG)

Tuesday, April 22
1:15-5:00 p.m.

Review the importance of unconventional resources in the present and for the future and will discuss the technologies required to exploit these resources.

Embracing Diversity in a Global Workforce: How Do We Respond to Age, Gender and Global Cultural Differences?

Tuesday, April 22
5:15-7:00 p.m.

This seminar is designed to help participants understand some of the cultural differences we face in the workplace and provide ideas for making the most of both our similarities and differences to work together more effectively.

AAPG Interactive Forum on Global Climate Change (DEG/AAPG/EMD/SEPM)

Wednesday, April 23
8:00-11:30 a.m.

The general goal of the climate change forum will be to provide a venue where information relating to global climate change can be presented and discussed in a scientifically objective setting.

Hosted by:
South Texas Geological Society AAPG
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