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EXPLORER
First time to the City of Bridges
AAPG’s Spotlight Turns to Pittsburgh for ACE
By VERN STEFANIC, EXPLORER Managing Editor
AAPG
An area that helped spark first the
country’s and now the world’s interest
in shale and unconventional plays
is going to be the site of a historic AAPG
gathering.
The 2013 AAPG
Annual Convention
and Exhibition will be
held May 19-23 in
Pittsburgh, a city that
has experienced an
energy renaissance
thanks to the
successful exploration
and development of
the region’s Marcellus
Shale play.
CANICH
This will be the first time Pittsburgh has
played host for an AAPG annual event,
and the first time AAPG has held its annual
meeting in the eastern United States since
the 1986 meeting in Atlanta.
More than 900 oral and poster
presentations and displays from more than
200 exhibitors will be featured.
General chair Michael Canich said
the area’s entire geological community
is proud and ready to host a world-class
event, which will be centered at the David L.
Lawrence Convention Center.
“This year’s ACE is going to be unique
given the renewed emphasis of the
Appalachian Basin and how unconventional
plays across the country are being shaped
by the science and technology taking place
in the eastern United States,” Canich said.
Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center, site of this year’s AAPG Annual Convention
and Exhibtion – the first time the city has played host to an AAPG annual event.
Although Pittsburgh’s historic roots and
its connection to unconventionals will clearly
be on display, the technical program also
Two author signings will be offered
at the AAPG Bookstore during the
AAPG Annual Convention and
Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
The events will be held during the
ACE Icebreaker reception, from 5:30-
7:30 p.m. The AAPG Bookstore will
be located in the AAPG Center in the
exhibits hall.
Book signings will be offered for:
boasts a comprehensive look at activities,
developments, science and potential from
around the world.
u “The Reckoning: The Triumph of
Order On the Texas Outlaw Frontier,”
by past AAPG president and Honorary
member Peter R. Rose.
u “Bootstrap Geologist: My Life in
Science,” by AAPG member Eugene
Shinn, professor at the University of
South Florida and at the University of
Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science.
A
reminder: Members can renew their
AAPG membership while at the
Annual Convention and Exhibition.
Come by the General Store, located
within the AAPG Center in the exhibits
hall, and conveniently pay your 2013-14
dues during the convention.
And while there, be sure to check
out the unique AAPG apparel and
merchandise at the General Store. All
proceeds benefit the AAPG Student
Chapters working in the Store.
It also offers:
u The Imperial Barrel Award ceremony,
open to the general public, at 3 p.m. at
the David Lawrence Convention Center
– immediately preceding the opening
session.
u Three special forums (“History of
Petroleum Geology,” “Discovery Thinking”
and “Energy Policy”).
u A special session on “Hurricane Sandy
and Our Vulnerable Developed Coastlines.”
u This year’s Michel T. Halbouty Lecture,
given by Jeff Ventura, president and CEO
of Range Resources, who will talk about
his company’s “Path to Discovery and
Commercialization of the Marcellus Shale.”
The opening session itself will begin
at 4 p.m., led by Canich and featuring
an address from AAPG President Ted
Beaumont plus the annual AAPG awards
ceremony, a fast-moving, colorful tribute to
the year’s top honorees.
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