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Program & Plenary Keynote Speakers
The convention program will include a combination of plenary sessions, panels, papers and trade exhibits as outlined below. Please visit this page regularly for updates prior to the convention.
CONVENTION PROGRAM
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Please note: Program is subject to change.
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BARRY DRUMMOND
The Tsunami Risk to Australia and what is being done to mitigate it
Barry Drummond was appointed head of the Earth Monitoring Group of projects in Geoscience Australia following a decision by the Australian Government to establish an Australian Tsunami Warning System (ATWS) after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of 24 December 2004. The ATWS is being established jointly by Geoscience Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology and Emergency Management Australia. Other projects in the Earth Monitoring Group monitor the Earth's magnetic field, screen for nuclear explosions, and contribute to capacity building for volcano monitoring in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. The national geodesy program is also part of the group. Before moving to the Earth Monitoring Group, Barry led a number of programs that used seismic reflection and refraction techniques and potential field data to image many aspects of Australian geology. He was foundation Director of the ANSIR Major National Research Facility. He is a member of the GSA, ASEG, SEG and PESA, and a member of the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. |
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JEFF TAYLOR
New Views of the Chemistry and Geology of the Crust of Mars
G. Jeffrey Taylor received his undergraduate degree in physics from Colgate University and his Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from Rice University. He is currently a research professor in the Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at the University of Hawai`i. Dr. Taylor has done extensive work on the mineralogical and chemical makeup of lunar samples and meteorites, publishing over 160 refereed articles. His main scientific interest is in understanding the processes involved in planetary evolution, with emphasis on magmatism and impact on the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and asteroids, and aqueous alteration processes on Mars. He is a member of the Mars Odyssey Gamma-Ray Spectrometer Team. Jeff Taylor also has extensive experience in education and public outreach. He and Linda Martel (Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology) publish an online science magazine, Planetary Science Research Discoveries (www.psrd.hawaii.edu). |
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PHIL COMMANDER
The Yarragadee Aquifer (IYPE Theme: Groundwater - towards sustainable use)
Philip Commander has spent 37 years working on the hydrogeology of Western Australia with the Geological Survey and the Department of Water where he is currently Principal Hydrogeologist. Philip has been concerned mainly with groundwater resources, carrying out investigations throughout the state and publishing on a variety of topics concerning the hydrogeology of the state, and has also been involved in national projects and groundwater resource reviews. He has worked on the south west Yarragadee off and on since 1975, and was closely involved with the recent investigation into supplying the integrated water supply scheme. |
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DONALD A. SINGER
Quantitative resource assessment - A precursor to prospectivity analysis
Donald A. Singer is a senior research geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. His research has focused on developing methods of quantitatively assessing undiscovered mineral resources. His published papers cover resource assessments, deposit models, quantitative methods, and exploration strategies. The Society of Economic Geologists awarded him its 1999 Silver Medal and the U.S. Department of the Interior awarded him its Distinguished Service Award in 2005. He holds a PhD in mineralogy and petrology from The Pennsylvania State University. |
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TOM LOUTIT
Geodynamics and Basin Evolution
Tom Loutit is Managing Director of FrOG Tech Pty Ltd, based in Canberra. FrOG means From Oil to Groundwater. The name was chosen to reflect the fact that the FrOG Tech team has been working in oil and gas exploration for a number of years and that it is now applying similar techniques to groundwater exploration. Tom did his undergraduate work at the University of Otago in New Zealand and received his PhD in Geological Oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island in the US. He worked for 11 years at Exxon Production Research in Houston on many aspects of sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis, 5 years at the Australian Geological Survey Organisation as Chief of Division and 8 years as a consultant at Etheridge Henley and Williams and SRK Consulting before forming FrOG Tech in 2004. |
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NICHOLAS ARNDT
Proudly Sponsored by Geoconferences (WA) Inc
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Nicholas Arndt was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Canada in 1975. Following academic positions in the United States, Canada and Germany, he was a Professor at the Université de Rennes 1, France, from 1990 to 1998, then moved to the Université de Grenoble.
Professor Arndt's research interests include petrology and geochemistry of mafic and ultramafic rocks, magmatic ore deposits, and the early-Earth environment. He is Director of the European Science Foundation "Archean Environment: the Habitat of Early Life" program and a ISI highly cited scientist. |
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PETER McCABE
Australia's Energy Future
Peter McCabe has spent over 30 years in industry, academia, and government pursuing research related to fossil fuels. He is internationally recognized as an expert in petroleum geology, sedimentology, and stratigraphy. He joined CSIRO in 2007 where he is Theme Leader for the Petroleum Resources Division. Before joining CSIRO he worked for several organizations including the U.S. Geological Survey, Exxon Production Research Co., the Alberta Research Council and the University of Nebraska. Dr McCabe is currently President of the American Geological Institute (AGI). He is also the AAPG Distinguished Lecturer for the Asia Pacific region for 2007- 08. Dr McCabe is a Past-President of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). He has given many talks on oil and natural gas resources and in 2006 was a guest speaker at a World Economic Forum meeting. |
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Peter Cawood
Making Mountains: Geological Drivers and Environmental Consequences
Peter Cawood's research is concerned with the integration of field-based studies of mountain belts and their bounding cratons with the development and application of tectonic models. He is an international leader in understanding the development of the continental lithosphere through time. His work involves global palaeogeography and continental reconstructions throughout geological time using his specialist knowledge of structural geology and tectonic processes. He has worked on collisional and accretionary orogens ranging in age from Archaean to Recent from disparate geographic areas around the globe, at scales ranging from macroscopic to microscopic, and in applying microanalytical techniques (electron and ion microprobe) to provenance studies. |
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