Start Planning Now For Fall in Cancun

It's not too early to get ready to attend the year's premier international conference.

This year's AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, sponsored jointly with the Mexican Association of Petroleum Geologists, will be held Oct. 24-27 in Cancun, Mexico.

The preregistration deadline is Sept. 23.

The site for all activities is the Cancun Convention Center, featuring a nearly 30,000-square-foot ballroom that will house the large exhibits area.

The meeting's theme is "Petroleum Industry in the 21st Century: Technology, Business and Frontiers," which will be explored through field trips, short courses, special talks and a technical program that features more than 340 presentations.

The technical program — details of which are now available in print and online — is divided into six themes:

• Deep-Water Exploration, Development and Production — Six sessions dealing with the latest developments from the areas of Gulf of Mexico, Angola, Brazil and other regions.
• Geology and Seismic Interpretation — Six sessions devoted to imaging, interpreting, modeling and understanding subsurface geology from seismic data.
• Mexican Basins and Beyond — Three sessions focusing on the host country's basins, plus looks at the remaining potential of the Americas.
• Management and Strategy — Six special sessions.
• Beyond Conventional Petroleum — Three special sessions on impact structures, environmental and gas monetization topics.
• Exploration and Production Concepts and Technologies — Nine sessions, including two provided by the SPE, on production and remote control, drilling practices, IT, carbonates, fractures, heavy oil and mature basins and fields.