b'Presidents pieceASEG newsPresidents piecetakes your interest, please dont hesitatepivotal role that the oil and gas industry will to reach out and get involved. continue to play for years to come as the To further support these new initiatives,world navigates the transition. Dr Andrew we have been working hard to build upLong has recently taken on the newly our volunteer base. To help ensure ourdeveloped position on the Professional volunteers feel valued, we are in theDevelopment Committee of Energy early stages of developing a volunteertransition lead, and he has been busy recognition programme. As a first stepbehind the scenes establishing a webinar we are excited to be releasing our 2021series on Geophysics for energy transition. Volunteer Almanac at the AGM. You mayWe are also in the early planning stages for (like me) be astounded to hear that thea workshop on the same topic, currently Kate Brand Almanac lists over 160 of our Membersearmarked for September 2022 - more Dear Members and readers, who are all ASEG volunteers (for reference,news to come onthis.I am writing this - what will be my lastwe had 864 Members at the end of 2021In other news, the ASEG Research Presidents piece in Preview - with just so at least 18.5% of our membershipFoundation will spend the next few weeks three weeks left in my presidential term.volunteer in some capacity!). Theressorting through submissions to grant We are certainly in a unique time, justalways room for more, so please reach outgeophysics scholarshipsIm sure some as it seemed like the world was startingif you would like to help. In particular, Itough decisions will have to be madeto slowly recover from the pandemic, aam very keen to increase our support forthank you to the committee that does this. historic flood event undoubtedly affectedour international membership, and if youIn addition, applications for the Richard some Members in New South Wales andwould like to volunteer to join/chair theLane scholarship close on April 29.southern Queensland - my thoughts(currently inactive) ASEG International Committee, I would love to hear from you. We are just weeks away from the AGM go out to you all. And then there is theand the feeling of handing over the recent and devastating war in Ukraine -To highlight just one of the many excitingpresidency to Emma Brand is bittersweet. this must be an immensely difficult timeinitiatives (mind you, they arent allI am excited to support Emma as the for anyone with family/loved ones inexcitingsome are just plain necessaryASEGs next leader, and am certain that Ukraine. You may be familiar with (or asuch as streamlining workflows andshe and the Federal Executive will work regular user of) the quality geophysicalimproving record management) fromtogether brilliantly. On the other hand, instruments produced by Lemi LLC whothe Strategic Action Plan, progress isI am sad that my term is coming to an are based in Lviv, Ukraine. A GoFundMebeing made on planning an inauguralend. I am incredibly grateful to have had has been set up to provide them withgeophysics field camp. The camp, tothe opportunity to be ASEG President direct humanitarian support - visitbe held in September 2022, is a pilotand Im excited to be continuing to work https://gofund.me/3f0f47f1 if you wouldproject and will be run by the ASEG andwith the Federal Executive in my new like to donate. The sanctions imposedNExUS. The camp aims to help addressroles as Immediate Past President and on Russia, including the banning ofthe diminishing geophysical educationChair of the Professional Development Russian oil imports by the US and manyopportunities that are a consequence ofcommittee. Your next Preview Presidents other countries, and the withdrawalthe removal of many geophysics subjectspiece will come from Emma who will from Russian projects by multiple majorand degrees from universities acrosshave the honour of introducing our new energy companies, has led to a surge inAustralia. It is planned to hold the campFederal Executive members and the oil prices. These prices were already risingover a one-week period. Students, earlyPresident-Elect for 2022.as countries began to recover from thecareer geoscientists, or anyone looking pandemicfrom US$65 a barrel to overto improve their applied geophysicsNow Ive definitely taken up more space US$130 in just a few months - and theyskills can apply to attend (places will bethan I was allocated, so I wont go into more are now the highest they have been sincelimited). Attendees will learn to acquire adetails on the brilliant work that our other 2014. The resultant supply shortages arevariety of different geophysical datasets,ASEG committees have been doing, but having huge impacts around the world,which they will process and model and,rest assured they have all been busy and I including in Australia. importantly, interpret. Hopefully thisam very much looking forward to updating Moving away from major global events,camp will become a key event ingrainedyou all at the looming ASEG Annual in the December 2021 issue of Preview Iin the annual ASEG calendar. General Meeting on 7 April (you can attend alluded to the development of an ASEGAs Ive discussed in previous Presidentsvirtually or in-person in Brisbane).Strategic Action Plan. A summary ofpieces, the Federal Executive acknowledgesOn that note, I would like to take this this plan has been released to the ASEGthe importance of supportingopportunity to thank the departing membership. If you have renewed yourgeophysicists through the energymembers of the Federal Executive, and membership for 2022 you can access it bytransition (the gradual progression towardof the Branch committees (check the logging onto the ASEG website (login ata net-zero future), so we are delightedBranch news section for updates on the top right-hand corner of the webpagewith the launch of a new webinar seriesthat). A very special thank you to Dr at www.aseg.org.au) and then navigatingdesigned to educate Members on topicsTed Tyne, who will be stepping down to the Documents tab of the Secureranging from CCUS, geothermal, hydrogenas Chair of the Publications Committee Member Area. We would love to haveand, importantly, the role of geophysicistsand Federal Executive member after your feedback on the plan. If somethingin this transition. We also will highlight thejoining the Federal Executive in 2018 3 PREVIEW APRIL 2022'