b'CommitteesASEG newsASEG Young Professionals Network: Volunteering at AEGC 2023As Jarrod pointed out in the last issue of Preview, the sun has gone down and the dust has settled on AEGC 2023. For those on the Early Careers and Student Committee (EC&S), it was a success, but still had its highs and lows.I want to thank those who spent countless hours organising and making AEGC 2023 the success it was. There were some exhausted, there were some sullen, but mostly there were relieved looks on the Conference Organisation Committees faces at the sundowner drinks, a testament to the e\x1eort put in by all. It was good to be a part of it.The AEGC Early Careers and Student Committee comprised of Kat Giose\x1b (GSA, PESA), Rachel Ciesiolka (PESA/AIG), Genna McDonagh (AIG), Mike Kowalczyk and Nick Josephs (ASEG, PESA). This Committee, which was formed in 2020 for the AEGC 2021 virtual conference, certainly captured the range of geo-societies involved.Suzy Urbaniak asking the high school students to classify their resources during the AEGC 2023 High-School Learnings from the 2021 conferenceStudent programme.were that a successful GeoPitch could be run (20ish presenters) and thatand STEM educator, Suzy Urbaniak.day life and where to mine/extract them. networking over Zoom worked wellSuzy \x1cew from WA and her colourfulThis got the students thinking and once enough. So, the committee all thought,hair and Get-them-to-\x1dgure-it-out-for- they warmed up, they hit the stations.Why not do it again?. themselves and Dont help the kids The \x1drst few meetings involvedNick attitude was really engaging. SuzyThe geophysics station required the brainstorming and it set the scene for anstarted by giving the students a pop-quizstudents to put pen to paper and ambitious programme. The day beforeabout what resources are used in day-to- interpret structures and horizons and to the conference was the initial meet and greet, providing the chance for those who hadnt been to a conference before to identify some friendly faces. On the eve of the \x1drst day of the conference the sold-out FMG networking night was held. With plenty of food and drink, industry conference-goers were able to mingle and answer questions from those about to come into the industry. The Guess the rock competition was a challenging one, with none of the secretly submitted answers getting it right. Eventually Dominic Brown from GSQ yelled out stibnite and took home the rare rock.On the Thursday, the six hour long High-School Student programme was attended by ~50 students from across Brisbane and was packed full of activities. The Committee organised various stations including: Geochem molecular model building, Interpreting the deep seismic GA section, Water quality mapping, and Resource contouring from boreholes. The day was MCd by anDr Kate Brand in the Industry Q&A panel session showing a national view, through images, of where geoscience Australian of the Year-Local Hero winnercan take you.JUNE 2023 PREVIEW 6'