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NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE 2011
11 – 12 June 2011 • The Puteri Pacific Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Preface
ORGANISING CHAIRMAN,
NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE 2011
Since its establishment in 1967, the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM) has been a major contributor
to the advancement of knowledge in the field of geoscience at both the national and regional levels.
The National Geoscience Conference 2011 (NGC2011) is the 24 th in the annual series of conferences
organized by GSM. The Conference is a premier geoscientific event in Malaysia, which is well attended
by geoscientists from the academia as well as the public and private sectors. The NGC2011 is co-organised
by the Minerals and Geoscience Department (JMG) together with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
on behalf of GSM with collaboration by six other entities.
The theme of NGC2011 is “Geoscientists and Ethics for a Sustainable Society”. In essence, knowledge
on the earth systems is the key element in formulating appropriate ethics for sustainability. With such
knowledge geoscientists hold great responsibilities in addressing issues that put a sustainable future
for human societies in jeopardy. The challenges are certainly enormous, which include utilizing our
knowledge as a tool to identify threats to sustainability and to develop viable solutions for these threats.
Most importantly we are also obliged to instill sense of awareness on ethical frameworks of a culture
that will pursue a sustainable society. Concerted efforts with other scientific communities are essential
in promoting the importance of the ethical consequences in any scientific and engineering endeavors.
The scientific programme of NGC2011 consists of 3 keynote papers, 58 oral papers and 73 posters
covering a diverse field of geoscience subjects, namely engineering geology, geotools including
geophysics and remote sensing, sedimentary geology, marine geology, conservation geology, structural
geology, economic geology, petrology, stratigraphy, environmental geology and petroleum geology. It is
expected that the papers will improve our knowledge of geosciences and to apply it for the betterment
of mankind in general. It is hoped that the presentation will generate fruitful discussion and exchange of
ideas among the participants of the Conference.
Finally, on behalf of the NGC2011 Organizing Committee, I would like to acknowledge wholeheartedly
our warmest gratitude to the State Government of Johor for their support, all the authors for their
contributions, the sponsors for their generosity and the participants for their presence.
SHAHAR EFFENDI BIN ABDULLAH AZIZI
Organising Chairman NGC2011
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