b'Conferences and eventsNewsAEM 2023: InvitationOn behalf of the AEM 2023 Organisinga range of applications; the incorporationOne-half day of the conference will be Committee I invite you to becomeof Machine Learning and AI in AEM dataset aside for leisure activities, ranging part of the 8th International Airborneprocessing; accompanied by significantfrom bushwalks across the island to Electromagnetics Workshop. The eventadvances in AEM system technologysnorkelling the local waters. There will will be held between Monday the 4thsupporting both the deep, but also thealso be opportunities to explore Cairns and Thursday the 7th of September 2023,very shallow, exploration challenges.and its surrounds, and to venture to the at the Fitzroy Island Resort in TropicalWe anticipate that these advances willouter parts of the Great Barrier Reef. North Queensland, Australia. figure significantly in the workshopAlthough not an airborne application, programme. Fitzroy Island was once a location for The International AEM workshop, nowunderwater submarine detection loops held every five years, has establishedAEM 2023 will be held on Fitzroy Island,during World War II, where cables were itself as the foremost international eventin northern Queensland, Australia. It islaid across the seabed, able to detect concerning airborne electromagnetican unspoilt tropical paradise of rainforestthe minute magnetic pulses emitted by technologies and applications across aand beaches within the calm shelteredpassing submarines!range of sectors including basin analysis,waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Fitzroy mineral exploration, geotechnicalIsland is a National Park, and besides theHosted by the Australian Society of studies, safe energy/waste storage,opportunity to network with colleagues itExploration Geophysics (ASEG) and groundwater, and environmental science. will also provide the prospect to discoverCSIRO, the main goal of the event is to spectacular walking trails, abundantprovide participants a focussed look AEM 2023 will attract many localmarine life and local wildlife. The islandat recent developments in airborne and international delegates andis located 45 minutes from Cairns and iselectromagnetics, but also to look organisations from across the spectrumeasily reached by regular transfers on theforward to the opportunities and of the earth and environmental sciences,air-conditioned ferrythe Fitzroy Flyer. challenges the technology will face in the representing industry, government, andyears ahead. I look forward to meeting academia. The workshop will provide anWe are taking over the whole resortyou at this international workshop in in-depth update for AEM contractors,to host AEM2023 and anticipate aSeptember.software developers/suppliers, datarelaxing and intimate occasion to providers and users alike. Since the lastupdate yourself with all things AEM.Andrew Fitzpatrick workshop in Denmark in 2018, we haveThere is also plenty of accommodationChair Organising Committee witnessed the development of very large,to bring partners to the event andAEM 2023 continental scale AEM surveys relevant toexperience this beautiful setting.Andrew.Fitzpatrick@igo.com.au21 PREVIEW APRIL 2023'