Lane and featured two presentations by Claudia Valenti (Carnarvon Petroleum) on“Exploring the Triassic oil potential on the North West Shelf, Australia”and Alex Costall (UWA) on“Groundwater throughflow and seawater intrusion in high quality coastal aquifers”. The May Tech Night saw Darren Hunt from Teck present on the“Teena Zn prospect – new insights for geophysical discovery of shale-hosted zinc deposits”. Darren’s presentation comprised an excellent summary of the geophysical data acquired over Teena and how it integrated with other geological information. An added bonus for ASEG Members was the presence of rock samples to view afterwards! Upcoming WA events include: June 12 Tech Night – Dr Tim Dean –“Recent advances in land seismic acquisition technology” July 10 Tech Night – Andrew Long –“The growth of automation in marine seismic acquisition and processing” The Tech Night schedule is subject to change due to speaker availability. Please check the website for up-to date information. The WA Branch look forward to seeing all our Members at upcoming events and the AEGC in September at Crown Burswood. Heather Tompkins wapresident@aseg.org.au Australian Capital Territory In early April the ACT Branch hosted the ASEG Federal Executive AGM at Geoscience Australia. This was accompanied by a strategy meeting the following day where the Fedex discussed a range of issues that the Society needs to address over the next twelve months. At the AGM we were treated to a thought-provoking talk by GA’s Chief Scientist, Steve Hill. In the talk, titled “Welcome to planet, continent and country and why geoscientists like you hold a key to that greeting”, Steve discussed the increasing detachment of society from the country in which we live and the general lack of recognition that we live on an active planet. Steve shared some personal examples from his career and his journey towards a better understanding and reading of landscapes and planet Earth, as well as challenges for the future; a reminder of the role and mission that we have as geoscientists to contribute to our society and the future of our life on Earth. We are currently planning the presentation calendar for the remainder of the year. Later this month we will have a talk from GA’s Alex Ip, on the subject of“Open, efficient geophysical data encodings – how to have your data cake and eat it, too”, which will outline current advances in the use of modern scientific container formats for efficiently encoding, storing, and accessing point, line and n-dimensionally-gridded geophysical data. Finally, an initiative to reinstate a Branch undergraduate geophysics award at the ANU is under way. It is encouraging that the university is offering a geophysics course after a lapse of several years and it is hoped that the addition of this prize, which will sit alongside the existing broader student award, will raise awareness of the Society amongst the student body and encourage more membership participation. Grant Butler actpresident@aseg.org.au Darren Hunt presenting to the WA Branch at the Celtic Club, West Perth. ASEG national calendar Date  Branch Event Presenter Time Venue 12 Jun WA Tech Night Tim Dean TBA Celtic Club, West Perth 19 Jun NSW Tech Night John Triantafilis 17:30 99 on York Club, 99 York Street, Sydney 20 Jun SA-NT Tech Night David Groves TBA TBA 27 Jun WA IMP Mentors only panel session   TBA 10 Jul WA Tech Night Andrew Long TBA TBA 24 Jul WA IMP Mid-term session TBA TBA 27 Jul NSW Annual Dinner TBA TBA TBA 1 Aug SA-NT Tech Night Marita Bradshaw TBA TBA 20 Aug QLD SEG DISC Manika Prasad 09:00 XXXX Brewery (Alehouse), Black Street, Milton, Brisbane 22 Aug VIC SEG DISC Manika Prasad 09:00 Kelvin Club, Melbourne 27 Aug SA-NT SEG DISC Manika Prasad 09:00 Hotel Richmond, 128 Rundle Mall, Adelaide 29 Aug ACT SEG DISC Manika Prasad 09:00 Geoscience Australia, Symonston, Canberra 6 Sep WA SEG DISC Manika Prasad 09:00 TBA 23 Oct WA IMP Close out event and wrap up TBA TBA TBA, to be advised (please contact your state Branch Secretary for more information). ASEG news Branch news 12 PREVIEW JUNE 2019