Technical Program Special Sessions
Technical Luncheons
Workshops With more than 1150 abstracts received for review, this year’s Technical Program includes 88 diverse sessions. Geoscience professionals from all geophysical disciplines and all parts of the world are represented. Technical Sessions will run from Monday to Thursday, and Convention Workshops will run Thursday through Friday. The Technical Program will start on Monday at 1:30 p.m., following the SEG Forum. It will include eight Special Sessions throughout the week. Poster sessions will be held in the Exhibit Hall and Mandalay Bay Ballroom K through Wednesday, while eleven oral sessions rooms will run consecutively through Thursday at noon. Immediately following will be Convention Workshops. Convention Workshops are organized by the Research Committee, with additional workshops planned through the support of the Interpretation Committee, Gravity and Magnetics Committee, Mining and Geothermal Committee, Near Surface Geophysics Section, and Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. Thirteen workshops are planned for Thursday afternoon and Friday. Be sure to pre-register for workshops on your Advance Registration Form. Luncheons with guest speakers will be held on Tuesday for Gravity and Magnetics, and the Near Surface Geophysics Section, and on Wednesday for Development and Production, and Mining and Geothermal. Preliminary review of abstracts suggests that attendees will be able to see the latest in geophysical technology and explore new theories. The Technical Session schedule is now available online. Join SEG at the 2008 Annual Meeting, where “Geophysics is Happening.” Related link: Technical Session schedule
Complete Technical Session schedule (900k PDF)
Technical sessions at-a-glance (120K PDF) Special Sessions Special Sessions offered during the Technical Program cover many different topics. Some are annual events; others are organized to address current issues. Presentations on the following topics have been scheduled. | “Recent Advances and the Road Ahead”
Organizers—Kurt Strack,Yoram Shoham, and Ran Bachrach
Research Committee Annual Session “Hydrogeophysics in Practice”
Organizers—Robert Jacob and Wendy Wempe “Innovations in Geophysics: A Tribute to Rodney Calvert”
Organizers—Kasper van Wijk, Alex Calvert, Albena Mateeva, Roel Snieder, and Matt Haney “Best of the AAPG”
Organizer—John Long | | “Simultaneous Sources: Recent Advances and Applications to Wide Azimuth Marine Acquisition”
Organizers—Craig J. Beasley and A. J. Berkhout “Site Characterization and Geophysical Monitoring for CO2 Storage”
Organizers—Michel Verilac, Ron Masters, David Cooper, Kevin Dodds,David Lumley, and Partha Routh "High-performance Computing”
Organizers—Henri Calandra and Scott Morton “Near Real-time UXO Discrimination”
Organizer—David A. Smith |
Technical Luncheons All 2008 Annual Meeting registrants are welcome to attend the Technical Luncheons held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Seating is limited. To guarantee your reservation, take advantage of the Advance Registration Form. Gravity and Magnetics Luncheon
Tuesday, 11 November, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: US$55
Organizer: Rao Yalamanchili
Speaker: Richard Ernst
Topic: Large Igneous Provinces and Continental Breakup: New Tools for Paleogeographic Reconstruction and Hydrocarbon / Mineral Exploration Near-Surface Geophysics (NSG) Section Luncheon and 15th Anniversary Celebration
Tuesday, 11 November, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: US$54
Organizer: Deborah Underwood
Speakers: Don Steeples and Sheldon Breiner
Topics: "NSG: How did we get here and where are we going? and "Geophysics Uncovers the Past
Students: The first 20 students to arrive at the luncheon are eligible to have their event ticket cost reimbursed. Mining and Geothermal Luncheon
Wednesday, 12 November, 11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Cost: US$55
Organizer: Michael Zang
Speaker: Clyde Harrison, President and Director of Brookshire Raw
Materials Management LLC
Topic: "Raw Materials Bull Market – A Bubble or a Beginning Development and Production Luncheon
Wednesday, 12 November, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: US$55
Organizer: Mike Payne
Speaker: Behrooz Fattahi, Vice President of SPE
Topic: "SPE and SEG: Pathways to Collaboration
Workshops Convention Workshops are offered after the Technical Sessions close on Thursday and continue through Friday. Entry into any or all workshops is available for only US$65 with advance registration. Students are admitted free with their “Student” badge. Use the Advance Registration Form to register. For information on DISC, Continuing Education, and AAPG courses happening concurrently with the Annual Meeting, please visit the Professional Development page. | Thursday Workshops: W-1 "Best of D&P Forum
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom K
Organizers: Bob Hardage and Michael Payne
E-mail contact: bob.hardage@beg.utexas.edu
Through the support of the Development and Production Committee. W-2 "Interpreting depth-imaged data: Case studies, examples, and pitfalls from the interpreter’s perspective
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Room: Surf D
Organizers: Gary Lewis, David H. Johnston, and Jim DiSiena
E-mail contact: gary.g.lewis@exxonmobil.com
Through the support of the Interpretation Committee. W-3 "Mentoring geophysicists in the mining industry
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Room: Surf F
Organizers: Ken Witherly and Richard Smith
E-mail contact: ken@condorconsult.com
Through the support of the Mining and Geothermal Committee. W-4 "Integration of multiscale data: Upscaling and data fusion
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Room:Mandalay Bay Ballroom L
Organizers: Partha Routh, Ian (Zhiyi) Zhang, and Cynthia Xue
E-mail contact: Partha.S.Routh@conocophillips.com
Through the support of the Research Committee. W-5 "Ocean-bottom geophysics
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Room: Surf E
Organizers: Norm Allegar, Ian McMillan, Ken Green, and Svein Ellingsrud
E-mail contact: norm@kmstechnologies.com
Through the support of the Research Committee.
Agenda W-6 "Uncertainty analysis in geophysical imaging, estimation, and inverse problems
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Room: Reef C
Organizers: David Lumley and Eldad Haber
E-mail contact: delumley@4Dgeoscience.com
Through the support of the Research Committee.
Agenda W-7 "Gravity in motion
Time: 1:30–5 p.m.
Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom I
Organizers: John Lumley and Ed Biegert
E-mail contact: john.lumley@arkex.com
Through the support of the Gravity and Magnetics Committee. | | Friday Workshops: W-8 "The state-of-the-science in the use of seismic methods for mineral exploration
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Room: Surf D
Organizers: Anton Kepic, Bernd Milkereit, and Milovan Urosevic
E-mail contact: A.Kepic@curtin.edu.au
Through the support of the Mining and Geothermal Committee. W-9 "Adaptive cancellation of noise
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Room: Surf F
Organizers: Warren Ross and Eric Verschuur
E-mail contact: warren.s.ross@exxonmobil.com
Through the support of the Research Committee. W-10 "Unconventional time-lapse geophysics
Time: 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom K
Organizing committee: Cengiz Esmersoy, David Lumley, Partha Routh, Sergio Chavez-Perez, and Michel Verliac
E-mail contact: esmersoy@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com
Through the support of the Research Committee.
Agenda (PDF) W-11 "Advanced velocity model building techniques for depth imaging
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom I
Organizers: Bin Wang, Henri Houllevigue, and Jim Gaiser
E-mail contact: bwang@tgsnopec.com
Through the support of the Research Committee. W-12 “Induced polarization: Research and recent advances in near surface applications”
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Room: Surf E
Organizers: Esben Auken, Douglas J. LaBrecque, Lee Slater
E-mail contact: dlabrecque@mpt3d.com
Through the support of the Near Surface Geophysics Section and Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. W-13 "High-performance computing in oil and gas: Technical directions and operations issues
Time: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom L
Organizers: Keith Gray, Jan Odegard, Henri Calandra, Chap Wong, Tom McClure, Scott Morton
E-mail contact: Keith.Gray@bp.com | | | |
