b'Branch newsASEG newsAn invitation to attend NSW BranchWorkshop with Manika PrasadASEG meetings. The conference closed meetings is extended to interstate andscheduled in August due to lack ofwith the news that the next AEGC will be international visitors who happen toregistrations. We welcome feedback fromin Brisbane in 2021.be in town at the time. Meetings aremembers on the kinds of events theyThe Queensland Branch committee generally held on the third Wednesday ofwould like to the committee to organisewould like to thank Eric Battig for his each month from 5:30 pm at Club York.or support. contribution to events and helping out as Meetings notices, addresses and relevantOne of our members in Charters TowersTreasurer this year; we wish him well with contact details can be found at the NSWhas contacted the committee abouthis new volunteer role as the ASEG Co-Branch website. All are welcome. members that are not based in capitalchair of the 2021 conference. As Eric will Mark Lackiecities being unable to attend technicalbe busy with conference preparations, nswpresident@aseg.org.au talks. The committee has discussed thewe would also like to thank Roger Cant possibility of asking presenters to allowfor stepping up to take over the role of Stephanie Kovachtheir talks to be recorded. Although weTreasurer.nswsecretary@aseg.org.au havent taken this step as yet, wed love to hear from other members about whetherOur final mentoring event of the year, they would like to be able to watchshared between PESA and ASEG is in Queensland recordings of technical talks. planningwatch this space for more July ended with David King of Marineinformation.and Earth Sciences presenting on theThe start of September brought theWe are looking for more presenters to use of geophysical techniques forAEGC conference in Perth, eagerlygive talks towards the end of the year. geotechnical engineering in the marineattended by three UQ students andIf you have a burning geophysical topic environment. This was an insightful talkone QUT student with the help of ayou would like to present, please get in given to a very attentive and intimategrant from the Queensland Branch. Thetouch.group of Queensland Branch attendees.conference at the ornate Crown Casino David presented an introduction to thehosted plenty of our Branch membersFinally, student field trips are busily shallow seismic geophysics marine andand the four students all seemed blowngetting organised; if you have any earth science uses, and finished his talkaway by the size of the conferencegeophysical gear to demonstrate to by presenting acquired and processedand number of talks. Branch membersuniversity students in Queensland please sections through Sydney Harbour, for themade sure to introduce the students tocontact Nick Josephs, Nick@energeo.tunnel extension and expansion. geophysicists from around the world andcom.au.they seemed to garner understanding Unfortunately, the Queensland ASEGabout our industry. A number of ourJames Alderman Branch had to cancel the SEG DISCmembers also attended Federally-hostedqldsecretary@aseg.org.auASEG national calendarDate Branch Event Presenter Time Venue01 Oct VIC Tech talk Mark McLean 18:00 Kelvin Club, Melbourne08 Oct SA-NT Tech talk Laz Katona 12:15 Rm 4.06, Level 4, ANZ building, 11 Waymouth St, Adelaide09 Oct WA Tech night Mark Lindsay 17:30 Celtic Club, West Perth16 Oct NSW Tech night TBA 17:30 99 on York Club, 99 York St, Sydney22 Oct SA-NT Spring fling18:00 The Havelock Hotel (Balconyupstairs), 162 Hutt St, Adelaide23 Oct WA IMP Close out event and wrap up TBA TBA31 Oct WA Mentoring workshop Various TBA Engineers Australia, West PerthOct ACT Tech talk Clive Foss TBA Geoscience Australia, Symonston, Canberra05 Nov SA-NT Melbourne Cup LunchTBA Gallery Hotel, Waymouth St, AdelaideNov WA Annual Student Presentation Night Various 17:30 TBA06 Dec WA ASEG-PESA WA 32nd Annual Golf Classic08:30 Joondalup Resort, Country Club Boulevard, Connolly11 Dec NSW Quiz night Various 17:30 99 on York Club, 99 York St, SydneyDec WA AGM and Christmas party Various TBA TBATBA, to be advised (please contact your state Branch Secretary for more information).OCTOBER 2019 PREVIEW 10'