b'Branch newsASEG newsthe ASEGs social media sites for all thespeaker night, and a successfulBrett Harrislatest and greatest updates. mentoring programme with SPE.Luisa HerrmannPlease take the time to enjoy yourselves2019 also showcased Perth via theTom Hoskin (University Officer)and go crazy during the festive season, notAEGC, which drew a diverse audiencePartha Pratim Mandal (Secretary)too crazy but crazy enough to considerof geoscientists across the resourcesThe final message I would like to share continuing as practising geophysicistssector. with Members in my last report as WA in 2020. Thank you to all our MembersThe WA Branch acknowledges andPresident, is the thanks that I would for your unwavering support this year,thanks our sponsors for 2019, throughlike to give to the 2019 WA Branch especially for putting up with our antics.their support we are able to host freeCommittee. These individuals have You all deserve a pay risemaybe. events for our Members. on several occasions gone above and Victorian Branch Meetings are generally held on the third Thursday of each month from 17:30 in the Kelvin Club, 1830 Melbourne Place, Melbourne. Meeting notices, addresses and relevant contact details can be found on the Victorian Branch page of the ASEG website.Thong Huynh vicsecretary@aseg.org.auWestern AustraliaOn October 9, not long after the AEGC in September, the WA Branch hosted a Tech Night that featured a presentation by Mark Lindsay, Senior Research Fellow from CET, on What is that anomaly? Using machine learning to obtain geological knowledge from downhole petrophysical data. On November 132019 WA Branch sponsors, all of whom are gratefully acknowledgedMarianne Rauch from TGS gave an interesting talk titled PSDM in relativelyI would like to take this opportunity tobeyond to help contribute to the benign on-shore settings. welcome and introduce our 2020 WArunning of the Society in Perth. Without Branch Committee: them the ASEG WA Tech Nights and Mathew Cooper (Treasurer) AEGC 2019 would not have happened. If Andrew Fitzpatrick (Golf Officer) you see any of them around town, please Karen Gigallon say thank you.Mark Lindsay presenting to the WA Branch at the Celtic ClubOverall, 2019 has been a good year for the WA Branch with ten Tech Nights featuring SEG HL and SEG DL speakers and a range of presentations from both the mineral and petroleum exploration fields in geophysics. We thank all our presenters in 2019: Boris Gurevich, Don Furseth, Wayne Pennington, Felix Herrmann, Claudia Valenti and Alex Costall, Darren Hunt, Tim Dean, Andrew Long, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Mark Lindsay, and Marianne Rauch. 2019 WA Branch Committee: Cameron Adams, Brett Adams, Mark Brailey, Mathew Cooper (Treasurer, not pictured), Jane Cunneen, Tim Dean, Andrew Fitzpatrick (Golf), Brett Harris, Amir Hashempour The Branch also collaborated withCharkhi, Alexander Karvelas, Shane Mule (not pictured), Matt Owers (Secretary), Carolina Pimentel PESA WA on a Young Professionals(Mentorship / YP), Partha Pratim Mandal, and Heather Tompkins (President).9 PREVIEW DECEMBER 2019'