Preliminary Agenda

Updated April 06, 2006

eGY 2007-2008 ad hoc Committee Meeting

Society of Exploration Geophysicists

April 18, 2006 - 3:00PM

Location:

Courtesy of Apache Corporation ( Thank you Apache )

2000 Post Oak Blvd

Houston, TX U.S.A.

Conference Room 1272C

Introduction and purpose of committee, committee members, liaison

IGY 1957-58

IGY-2 2007-08

eGY 2007-08

IPY, IHY, IYPE - who are these guys?

US Congress resolutions and funding through NSF ( IGY-2 )

Impact of Exploration Geophysics on the Quality of Life on Earth

            Public awareness of SEG - need for the next generation- EPO

            New energy resources located by SEG members: very successful, maybe too- successful

            International ambassadors: list of countries where geophysicists appeared, adding value

            Applications:     Integrated Circuit (The Texas Instruments success story)

                                    Earthquakes monitoring, prediction

                                    World gravity map and derivatives

Access and exchange of data

Virtual attendance at meetings

The Internet - SEG leadership

More science needed, not less

Geoscience community and SEG, Geophysics Magazine

People in developed nations in touch with problems in the developing world

Summary of activities to date

Resolution of SEG Executive Committee, 2004

The Leading Edge, March 2004, Vol. 23, No. 3 ----- PDF File

Presentation to the Joint Assembly May 26, 2005  HYPERLINK: http://bairdpetro.com/joint.html

Working Group Meeting, Boulder, March 13, 2006

Action Items, discussion

50^th Anniversary of the IGY- Commemoration

            SEG participation in the IGY 1957-58

            IGY Gold Program  http://ihy.gsfc.nasa.gov/igy_gold_reg.shtml

            US Postage Stamp for 2008

            Other countries stamps

            October 4, 2007: 50^th Anniversary of Russian Sputnik I

eGY the Electronic Geophysical Year

            eGY Declaration (attached)

            SEG existing initiatives to be designated eGY Joint Initiatives

·        the SEG.org Global Project

·        the Virtual Geoscience Center

·        the Humanitarian Applications of Geophysics Initiative

·        the Numerical Modeling Consortium Initiative

            Annual Meeting Theme eGY (2007 or 2008)

            Data Stewardship, preservation of geophysical data

IGY-2 SEG and other professional societies

            Annual Meeting Theme IGY-2 (2007 or 2008)

            AGI, AAPG, SPE, SIPES, GSH, HGS, DGS, WTGS, etc.

Other Action Items

Recommendations to the Executive Committee of SEG

1.                  IGY Gold

2.                  US Postage stamp

3.                  annual meeting themes

4.                  annual meeting session

5.                  SEG existing initiates

6.                  data stewardship recommendation to members

7.                  sputnik Oct 4, 2007

8.                  Meeting with AGI

9.                  SEG member sections: one event to commemorate IGY or eGY

10.              Documentation of 1957-58 SEG and IGY

11.              The Leading Edge articles:

a.       for eGY- purpose, association

b.      IGY-2 current projects

c.       IGY – 1951-59

12.              Geoscience Community

Committee Members http://seg.org/publications/yearbook/getCommittees.cfm?name=EGY

Ralph W. Baird, Chairman

Dave K. Agarwal

Arthur Cheng

David Forel

Tom Fulton

Robert Greenwald

Jack D. Hall

Gabriel Perez

Jeff Rayner

Scott Sechrist

Brian Spies

SEG Executive Committee Liaison

            David Monk

SEG Business Office liaison

            Jim Lawnick