b'Editors desk Editors deskThis issue of Preview features the AEMwhich considerably advances airbornethe re-design of the ASEG websitewith 2023 Workshop handbook, including allmagneto-tellurics (MT) surveying.the launch anticipated before the end of of the short abstracts. This means thatMick Micenko (Seismic window) bringsthe year.those of you who arent lucky enoughus the latest from the APPEA and to get to Fitzroy Island for the workshopEAGE conferences. Tim Keeping (DataEnjoy!will be able to get a taste of what is ontrends), spurred on by Kim Frankcombe,Lisa Worrall offerwhich is the latest developmentsconsiders sustainable file assessment,Preview Editor in airborne electromagnetic technologiesand Ian James (Webwaves) briefs us onprevieweditor@aseg.org.auand their application. I was tempted to select a few abstracts as best of but at this stage I dont think I should be playing favourites!In other news and commentary, in this issue of Preview David Denham (Canberra observed) takes a close look at the Australian Governments new Critical Minerals Strategy. Marina Pervukhina (Education matters) interviews Dr Ian Mackinnon, Professor at the Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices at the Queensland University of Technology. Ian has quite a lot to say about improving our education system. His views resonate with me, particularly his views on the need for scientists to be trained to communicate and write wellI am thinking of adopting his mantra concise and precise as my own!Mike Hatch (Environmental geophysics) explores inversion for differencea topic that will no doubt be discussed at the swim-up bar on Fitzroy. Terry Harvey invites Andrew Carpenter from Expert Geophysics to describe theThe view from Foxys Bar on Fitzroy Islandwhich will no doubt be the site of many fruitful development of the MobileMT system discussions about life, the universe and AEM.Free subscription to Preview online Non-members of the ASEG can now subscribe to Preview online via the ASEG website. Subscription is free. Just go to https://www.aseg.org.au/publications/PVCurrent to sign up. You will receive an email alert as soon a new issue of Preview becomes available. Stay informed and keep up-to-date by subscribing now!!NB: ASEG Members dont need to subscribe as they automatically receive an email alert whenever a new issue of Preview is published.AUGUST 2023 PREVIEW 2'