CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15 March 2008

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT ONLINE HERE

 

Due to the high level of interest surrounding GEO India the abstract submission deadline has been extended to March 15th

Geosciences professionals from around the globe will attend GEO India 2008 to benchmark best practices, see and learn about the latest technologies, and make new contacts. Under the theme Investing in Geoscience to Secure the Future, AAPG and APG are continually seeking speakers with interesting case studies, personal expertise and new ideas to contribute to these programmes.

Benefits

Speaking at GEO India provides a number of company and individual benefits:

  • Build your company’s name recognition and image.
  • Convey to attendees that your company is a leader in the field; attendees will cite your company in examples when discussing issues with peers.
  • Establish yourself as an expert in whatever subject you are talking about.
  • By appearing in conference promotional brochures, you and your company will gain increased status and credibility within the industry.
  • Get advice and information from other attendees and speakers.
  • Present new ideas and get immediate audience feedback.
  • Benchmark what you’re doing against peers and competitors.
  • Speaking is a proven recruiting tool – great presentations attract potential employees and partners.

Any individual or company may submit abstracts for programme committee consideration. The new extended deadline for submissions is 15 March 2008.

Submission Requirements

In general, abstracts should be limited to 250-275 words unless greater detail will help the programme committee make a decision. Abstracts must include:

  • A clear and descriptive title without company name(s)
  • A summary of your objectives, procedures, results and conclusions
  • What the audience will learn and/or the problems addressed
  • What is new about the information or application presented

The programme committee will use the following criteria when selecting presentations for the conferences:

  • The committee gives preference to papers that have not previously been published or presented.
  • The information presented must be technically correct and have broad appeal with respect to the intended conference audience.
  • Papers may include generic references to products and services but must be non-commercial in tone and content – no trade names or company names permitted.
  • All abstracts/papers must be submitted in English.

All accepted speakers will receive notification and detailed instructions following the programme committee’s selection meeting in spring 2008. All papers included in the Abstracts Volume will be copyrighted by APG and AAPG.

Abstracts may be submitted online at www.aapg.org/geoindia. If you are unable to submit your abstract online, please contact Terri Duncan (tduncan@aapg.org) at +1 918 5602641.

Please check Conference Topics for the most up-to-date list of sessions as session titles may change throughout the abstract submittal process.

IMPORTANT NOTE: APG and AAPG do not fund speaker time or travel expenses. You should not submit an abstract unless at least one author/presenter will attend the conference. All session chairs, speakers and poster presenters must register to attend the conference.