b'AEGC 2021WelcomeWelcome to the third Australasian Exploration Geoscience ConferenceThe Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, theto ask questions, whilst ASEG Members can look forward to Australian Institute of Geoscientists and the Petroleumtheir annual awards ceremony albeit in a slightly different Exploration Society of Australia, would like to welcome youformat to usual.to the third Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC 2021). The organising committee are excited to bringThe virtual exhibition will give delegates the chance to interact delegates together virtually at this tumultuous time, offeringwith our exhibitors within the platform, whilst other chat and a high calibre technical programme that can be accessed frommeeting functionality will support networking with colleagues anywhere via a state-of-the-art digital platform. across the world. Eight virtual workshops are offered in the days preceding or during the conference. These workshops cover This year the conference theme is Geoscience for a Sustainablea variety of topics including machine learning, petrophysical World with a focus on geology, geophysics, and geochemistryformation evaluation and geoscience for CO 2storage.and how these are applied in exploration for both petroleum and mineral systems in Australasia and the wider Asia-PacificFor those that had already registered for the in-person event, region. The conference features concurrent streams coveringyou should have received an invitation to change your a diverse range of topics such as geoscience of new economyregistration to virtual and organise a refund. If you take no minerals, regional province studies, machine learning, dataaction, this will automatically occur. If you have yet to register, visualisation and integration, footprint mitigation techniquesthere is still time, please visit the website https://2021.aegc.com.and all aspects of exploration.au/registration/ and feel free to get in touch with any questions. The technical programme features a mix of live keynoteWhilst the organising committee have worked hard over the last speakers, pre-recorded technical papers, live Q&A and paneltwo years to deliver an in-person event, the ongoing restrictions sessions. Delegates can look forward to eight engaging keynoteand uncertainty around interstate travel have driven the decision speakers, more than 120 oral papers and 25 virtual posters onto move to a virtual event this year. This is not a decision that display across the platform. Access to the platform will remainhas been taken lightly, we know it impacts all and we are so after the core days of the conference, giving delegates thegrateful to the presenters and sponsors who have supported us chance to access as much of the content as they can. on this journey. A big thank you also to our volunteer conference organising committee and to Arinex who have worked so hard to In addition to the core technical programme, there will be apull the event together, especially as we pivot to the fully virtual live panel session discussing diversity in geoscience. Studentsformat. We are already looking forward to AEGC 2023, which will and early career geoscientists will also be participating in thehopefully see us able to welcome you all to Brisbane.GeoPitcha fast paced presentation competition giving them the chance to present their research or project work and takeA big thank you also to our generous sponsors who continue to questions from the audience. Members of AIG and PESA willsupport and join us on our journey to AEGC 2023, listed on the be able to get an update from their executives with the chancefollowing pages.45 PREVIEW AUGUST 2021'