2017 SWS AAPG Annual Convention
Southwest Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Sponsored by: West Texas Geological Society
Southwest Section - AAPG 2017 Convention
April 28 - May 2, 2017 at Horseshoe Arena in Midland, Texas
General Schedule
Technical Schedule
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Early Bird Discount Ends 04/14/2017 @ 5 PM Central
Pre-Registration Ends 04/26/2017 @ 5 PM Central
On-Site Registration Begins 04/30/2017 @ 7:30 AM Central
(Note: please do not email forms with credit card information filled in, due to security risks. Instead, call the host society office with card data or fax/mail the completed form to the number/address shown.)
The SWS-2017 Committee is pleased to announce that it is offering a 50% discount on registration and additional discounts on other events to unemployed / under-employed professionals. This discount will also apply to recent Geoscience graduates who have not yet been able to enter the Petroleum Industry. For more details or to take advantage of this offer, candidates should contact the host society, West Texas Geological Society, at (432) 683-1573 or wtgs@wtgs.org.
Call for Papers
Convention Highlights
| Scott W. Tinker | Keynote speaker: Why We Shouldn't "Keep It in the Ground" | Director, Bureau of Economic Geology |
| Nic Brissette | The Gunn Graben: Geology, engineering, and the missing key, Geomechanics | AAPG Visiting Geoscientist Lecturer, Delta Oil & Gas |
| Charles Sternbach | Petroleum Resources of the Great American Carbonate Bank: Exercising Unconformity Thinking | Conventon Luncheon Speaker, President Elect—AAPG |
| W.C. Rusty Riese | Geologists, the Public, and Public Policy: “What are our Ethical Responsibilites?" | DPA Luncheon Speaker, Rice University |
| Mike Grace | Field Trip Brazos River Fluvial Seminar near Glen Rose, Texas April 28 & 29, 2017, leaving from Midland |
Independent Consultant |
| Stephen Hasiotis | Short Course - Principles of Ichnology: Applicaton to Interpreting Outcrop & Core April 30, 2017, Horseshoe Arena, Midland | Professor of Geology University of Kansas |