Note: All events take place at the Colorado Convention Center and/or the Headquarter Hotel unless otherwise noted.
*indicates online event
This agenda tentative as of 7/20/21
Thursday, 23 September
9:00 am-1:00 pm |
Short Course: Understanding Seismic Anisotropy in Exploration and Exploitation or Modern Reservoir Characterization (SEG)* |
Friday, 24 September
9:00 am-1:00 pm |
Short Course: Understanding Seismic Anisotropy in Exploration and Exploitation or Modern Reservoir Characterization (SEG)* |
Saturday, 25 September
8:30 am-5:00 pm |
Short Course: Use of Geochemical Applications in the Petroleum Geologist's Toolkit (AAPG Women's Network)* |
8:30 am-5:00 pm |
Short Course: Advanced Sequence Stratigraphic Applications for Exploration (SEPM) |
9:00 am-1:00 pm |
Short Course: Understanding Seismic Anisotropy in Exploration and Exploitation or Modern Reservoir Characterization (SEG) |
9:00 am-5:00 pm |
Registration |
10:00 pm-2:00 am |
Short Course: Practical Machine Learning Methods in the Geosciences (SEG)* |
Sunday, 26 September
8:30 am-3:00 pm |
Short Course: Use of Geochemical Applications in the Petroleum Geologist's Toolkit (AAPG Women's Network)* |
8:00 am-3:30 pm |
Golf Tournament at Arrowhead |
8:30 am-4:00 pm |
Short Course: Advanced Sequence Stratigraphic Applications for Exploration (SEPM) |
9:00 am-1:00 pm |
Short Course: Understanding Seismic Anisotropy in Exploration and Exploitation or Modern Reservoir Characterization* |
9:00 am-3:00 pm |
Field Trip: Dinosaur Ridge and Triceratops Trail (SEG) |
9:00 am-6:00 pm |
Registration |
4:00 pm-5:30 pm |
Opening Session/Keynote and Presidential Address |
5:30 pm-7:30 pm |
Exhibition and Icebreaker Reception |
5:30 pm-7:30 pm |
International Pavilion (IP) |
6:30 pm-7:30 pm |
Emerging Professionals International Committee (EPIC)/Young Professional Networking Reception (SEG/AAPG) |
7:00 pm-9:00 pm |
AAPG Division's Reception (EMD, DEG, and DPA) |
10:00 pm-2:00 am |
Short Course: Practical Machine Learning Methods in the Geosciences (SEG)* |
Monday, 27 September
7:00 am-5:30 pm |
Registration |
8:00 am-8:40 am |
Plenary Session Keynote* |
8:45 am-9:40 am |
Featured Panel: The Future of Oil and Gas |
9:00 am-6:00 pm |
Exhibition |
9:00 am-6:00 pm |
International Pavilion (IP) |
9:30 am-10:30 am |
Refreshment Break in Exhibition Hall |
10:00 am-2:00 pm |
EVOLVE |
10:20 am-12:00 pm |
Special Session: Asia Pacific* |
10:20 am-12:00 pm |
Panel: Discoveries and Developments in the Black Sea* |
10:20 am-12:00 pm |
Morning Oral Technical Sessions |
11:30 am-1:15 pm |
All-Convention Luncheon - Digging Snowmastodon: Discovering an Ice Age World in the Colorado Rockies |
12:00 pm-1:30 pm |
Near-Surface Geophysics Applications Student Workshop |
1:20 pm-3:00 pm |
Panel: What’s new in Energy Minerals |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Special Session: Discovery Thinking Forum: Giant Global Discoveries I |
1:20 pm - 5:20 pm |
Panel: AAPGWN & SEGWN Special Session: Resilience, Tapping into our Passions in Order to Persevere* |
1:20 pm-4:05 pm |
Afternoon Poster Technical Sessions |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Afternoon Oral Technical Sessions |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: An Introduction to DAS: Using fiber optics for geoscience applications |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Special Session: Recent Advances and the Road Ahead |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Special Session: New Instrumentation (Marine, Drones, EM, etc.) |
1:45 pm-3:45 pm |
AAPG Foundation Forum: How Today Can Lead to a Better Tomorrow |
3:00 pm-4:00 pm |
Refreshment Break in Exhibition Hall |
5:00 pm-6:00 pm |
End-of-Day Reception |
5:25 pm-6:15 pm |
Special Session: Michel T. Halbouty Lecture |
5:30 pm-7:00 pm |
AAPG Latin America and Caribbean Region Reception |
5:30 pm-7:30 pm |
All-Alumni Reception |
5:30 pm-7:30 pm |
University of Oklahoma Alumni Reception |
5:30 pm-7:30 pm |
Oklahoma State University Alumni Reception |
5:30 pm-7:30 pm |
Universtiy of Kansas Alumni Reception |
6:00 pm-9:00 pm |
Panel: The Business of Applied Geoscience (BAG): The Business of Geoscience in China’s Unconventional E&P and Smart City Applications (Live from China) |
6:00 pm-9:00 pm |
Colorado School of Mines, Geology and Geological Engineering Department Alumni Reception |
6:30 pm-8:30 pm |
AAPG Foundation Chairman’s Reception (By Invitation Only) |
7:00 pm-10:00 pm |
SEPM Carbonate Research Group |
Tuesday, 28 September
7:30 am-5:30 pm |
Registration |
8:00 am-9:40 am |
Panel: From Petroleum Industry to Energy Industry: Global Young Professionals Perspectives on a Sustainable Future |
8:00 am-9:40 am |
Panel: Overview of Chinese Petroleum Basins* |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Best of URTeC |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Morning Oral Technical Sessions |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Special Session: Geoscientists Without Borders®* |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Special Session: Discovery Thinking Forum: Giant Global Discoveries II |
8:00 am-12:30 pm |
Student Spotlight – SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium |
9:00 am-6:00 pm |
Exhibition |
9:00 am-6:00 pm |
International Pavilion (IP) |
9:00 am-9:30 am |
Applied Science Education Program* |
9:15 am-12:00 pm |
Morning Poster Technical Sessions |
9:15 am-12:00 pm |
Core Poster Special Session: Ground Truth in Data Integration |
9:30 am-10:30 am |
Refreshment Break in Exhibition Hall |
10:20 am-12:00 pm |
Panel: Energy Transition: Oil and Gas in the Crosshairs* |
11:00 am-1:00 pm |
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Women’s Network (AAPGWN) and Society of Exploration Geophysicists Women’s Network Committee Luncheon Documentary and Panel Discussion - Picture a Scientist: Documentary and Panel Discussion |
11:30 am-1:00 pm |
Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Luncheon - Cultivating Bravery and Redefining Expectations: The Role for Scientific Societies in Leading Change |
11:30 am-1:00 pm |
Gravity and Magnetics Committee Luncheon |
1:20 pm-3:00 pm |
Panel: Exploration of the Santos Basin, Brazil |
1:20 pm-3:15 pm |
Panel: The Business of Applied Geoscience (BAG): Government and Global Energy Policies and Their Impacts on the Geoscience Aspects of Subsurface Management |
1:20 pm-4:05 pm |
Afternoon Poster Technical Sessions |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Afternoon Oral Technical Sessions |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Special Session: SEG/AGU Hydrogeophysics |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: Centennial Session: Passing the Wisdom of the Past to the Young Minds of the Future |
1:30 pm-3:00 pm |
SEG Technical Standards Committee Meeting |
3:00 pm-4:00 pm |
Refreshment Break in Exhibition Hall |
3:30 pm-5:00 pm |
SEG JEDI Committee |
3:30 pm-5:00 pm |
Rocky Mountain Challenge Bowl |
3:30 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: The Business of Applied Geoscience (BAG): The Business of Geophysics in the Changing Energy Marketplace |
3:40 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: Geothermal and Technologies for the Environment |
5:00 pm-6:00 pm |
End-of-Day Reception* |
5:00 pm-7:00 pm |
Jackson School of Geoscience at the The Universtiy of Texas at Austin Alumni Reception |
5:30 pm-6:30 pm |
Geoscientists Without Borders® Virtual Reception |
6:30 pm-7:30 pm |
SEG Honors and Awards |
6:30 pm-7:30 pm |
AAPG Honors and Awards |
8:30 pm-12:00 am |
Jammin’ Geos |
Wednesday, 29 September
7:30 am-12:30 pm |
Registration |
8:00 am-9:40 am |
Panel: New Technology and New Ways of Doing Business |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Morning Oral Technical Sessions |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Special Session: Geophysics in Support of Characterization and Reclamation of Former Industrial Sites* |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Special Session: Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence for Seismic Processing |
8:00 am-12:00 pm |
Panel: Perspectives on Energy Tech Entrepreneurship |
9:00 am-12:00 pm |
Panel: AAPGWN Special Session: Achieving Gender, Ethnic, and Racial Equality in Professional Geoscience Organizations |
9:00 am-1:00 pm |
Exhibition |
9:00 am-1:00 pm |
International Pavilion (IP)* |
9:15 am-12:00 pm |
Morning Poster Technical Sessions |
9:30 am-10:30 am |
Refreshment Break in Exhibition Hall |
10:00 am-12:00 pm |
Panel: AAPGWN Special Session: Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Awards and Publications* |
10:20 am-12:00 pm |
Panel: Imaging Technologies and the Future |
11:30 am-1:00 pm |
Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG) and Energy Minerals Division (EMD) Luncheon |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Special Session: SEPM Research Symposium: Uncertainty Analysis and Reduction in Sedimentary and Stratigraphic Sciences* |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: Innovative Training in a Virtual World* |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: Tribute to Dr. Haun |
1:20 pm-4:50 pm |
Afternoon Oral Technical Sessions |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: The Business of Applied Geoscience (BAG): Business of Mining Geophysics |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Special Session: Urban Geophysics and Geophysics for Sustainable Urban Development (In person) |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Special Session: Applications for Archaeology, Void, and Target Detection* |
1:20 pm-5:20 pm |
Panel: Geoscience Opportunities Beyond Oil and Gas |
4:30 pm-5:30 pm |
SEG Mining Committee |
Thursday, 30 September
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-2: Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing in Applied Geophysics, Part 1* |
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-8: The Role of Geophysics for Carbon Capture, Usage, and Storage, Part 1: From Exploration to Reservoir Characterization in Saline Aquifers or Depleted Oil and Gas Fields* |
8:30 am-5:00 pm |
Workshop: W-1: Anisotropy and Microseismics (In Memory of Vladimir Grechka and His Contributions to Applied Seismology)* |
8:30 am-5:00 pm |
Workshop: W-4: Grand Challenges for Applied Geophysics* |
8:30 am-5:00 pm |
Workshop: W-5: Machine Learning vs Conventional Approaches/Workflows in Applied Geophysics - Challenges, Values, and Where We Are Heading* |
8:30 am-5:00 pm |
Workshop: W-9: 3D Computer Geologic Modeling for Geophysicists and How to Integrate Geologic and Geophysical Computer Earth Modeling* |
1:30 pm-5:00 pm |
Workshop: W-3: Filling in the Gaps: The Role of Multiphysics to Understand Geologic and Mineral Systems, Part 1* |
1:30 pm-5:00 pm |
Workshop: W-6: Magnetic Method for Near Surface and Mining Applications: In Memory of Afif Saad, Part 1* |
Friday, 1 October
8:00 am-5:00 pm |
Short Course: Principles of Energy Storage and Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization (AAPG)* |
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-10: Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing in Applied Geophysics, Part 2* |
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-11: Filling in the Gaps: The Role of Multiphysics to Understand Geologic and Mineral Systems, Part 2* |
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-12: Geophysical Challenges in Presalt Carbonates* |
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-13: Geophysical Methods and Applications for Sustainable Cities* |
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-14: Magnetic Method for Near Surface and Mining Applications: In Memory of Afif Saad, Part 2* |
8:30 am-12:00 pm |
Workshop: W-15: The Role of Geophysics for Carbon Capture, Usage, and Storage, Part 2: How to Design and Implement a "Smart" Monitoring Plan"* |