Registration to the virtual AESC will give you the opportunity to hear from invited plenary speakers, keynote speakers; participate in live Q & A sessions with presenters, interact with posters and virtual field trips as well as network with fellow delegates and industry.
The program below is Provisional, changes will be made as final confimations are received. All program times are listed in AEDT. To check the different timezones view the PROGRAM AT A GLANCE or to convert the program times to your timezome, CLICK HERE. To view the presentations in each session click Session Details. To view the abstract, click on the presentation title.
View the PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Welcome to Day 1 of the First Virtual AESC |
10:30am AEDT – Official Opening |
12:00pm – 12:45pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
PLENARY SESSION #1
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Megan Clark |
1:45pm – 1:55pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
AWARDS & MEDALS #1
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CONCURRENT SESSION 2
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SESSION 2.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Geophysics informing regional tectonic studies and mineral systems analysis Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 2.2 | CORE TO CRUST Advances in Volcanic and magmatic processes Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 2.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS Carbonates as archives of the past Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 2.4 | GEOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY, EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT Natural Hazards and Engineering Geology Chair: Claire Kain Session Details
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3:30pm – 4:00pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
CONCURRENT SESSION 3
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SESSION 3.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Unconventional Gas & Resources Chair: Julie Pearce Session Details
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SESSION 3.2 | CORE TO CRUST Advances in Volcanic and magmatic processes Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 3.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS Sedimentary deposits: Earth and planetary processes Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 3.4 | Australian Aboriginal History and its Influence on Science (AAHIS) |
5:00pm – 5:30pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Stand up, stretch, connect with fellow attendees in the Meeting Hub, browse the Exhibition and Poster and Virtual Field Trip Gallery… and prepare for the final session of day 1! |
CONCURRENT SESSION 4
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SESSION 4.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Unconventional Gas & Resources Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 4.2 | EARTH STRUCTURE From cratonic assembly to supercontinent cycles Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 4.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS Sedimentary deposits: Earth and planetary processes Chair: To be advised Session Details
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Welcome to Day 2 |
CONCURRENT SESSION 5
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SESSION 5.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Reframing mine wastes as new resources to meet green economy metal Chair: Anita Parhahakar-Fox | Moderator: Gavin Mudd Session Details
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SESSION 5.2 | EARTH STRUCTURE From cratonic assembly to supercontinent cycles Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 5.3 | GEOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY, EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT Geoscience education Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 5.4 | Ian McDougall Symposium Chair: To be advised Session Details
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12:00pm – 12:45pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
PLENARY SESSION #2
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Searching for life on Mars in our own backyard; the quest for a second genesis Martin Van Kranendon |
1:45pm – 1:55pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
AWARDS & MEDALS #2
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CONCURRENT SESSION 6
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SESSION 6.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES MinEx CRC: National Drilling Initiative frontier precompetitive drilling to support greenfields discovery Chair: Anthony Budd | Moderator: Wei Hong Session Details
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SESSION 6.2 | EARTH STRUCTURE From cratonic assembly to supercontinent cycles Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 6.3 | GEOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY, EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT Geoscience education Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 6.4 | Ian McDougall Symposium Chair: To be advised Session Details
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3:30pm – 4:00pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
CONCURRENT SESSION 7
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SESSION 7.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES MinEx CRC: National Drilling Initiative frontier precompetitive drilling to support greenfields discovery Chair: Anthony Budd | Moderator: Emily Finch Session Details
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SESSION 7.2 | CORE TO CRUST The Australian lithosphere in 2021: What do we know and future challenges Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 7.3 | GEOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY, EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT Geotourism: Enriching the visitor experience Chair: Angus Robinson Session Details
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SESSION 7.4 Rapid Fire Presentations Chair: Verity Normington Session Details
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5:00pm – 5:30pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Stand up, stretch, connect with fellow attendees in the Meeting Hub, browse the Exhibition and Poster and Virtual Field Trip Gallery… and prepare for the final session of day 2! |
CONCURRENT SESSION 8
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SESSION 8.1 | GEOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY, EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT Geoheritage and Geoconservation Chair: Mark Asendorf | Moderator: Angus Robinson Session Details
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SESSION 8.2 Rapid Fire Presentations Chair: TBA Session Details
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Welcome to Day 3 |
CONCURRENT SESSION 9
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SESSION 9.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Hydrothermal-magmatic ore-forming processes Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 9.2 | EARTH STRUCTURE Understanding continental processes with low temperature thermochronology Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 9.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS Understanding basin formation and evolution from a plate-tectonic perspective Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 9.4 | GEOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY, EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT Geoheritage and Geoconservation Chair: To be advised Session Details
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GSA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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PLENARY SESSION #3
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The Energy Transition: Implications for Geoscience – a View from the North Murray Hitzman |
AWARDS & MEDALS #3
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CONCURRENT SESSION 10
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SESSION 10.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Hydrothermal-magmatic ore-forming processes Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 10.2 | EARTH STRUCTURE Understanding continental processes with low temperature thermochronology Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 10.3 | EARTH OBSERVATIONS & MODELS Data-driven and computational methods to reveal hidden or changing surfaces Chair: Anya Reading | Moderator: Tobias Staal Session Details
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SESSION 10.4 | ARGA SYMPOSIUM Regolith and Landscape evolution Chair: Carmen Nacho Session Details
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3:30pm – 4:00pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
CONCURRENT SESSION 11
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SESSION 11.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Au systems: Archean to the modern Earth Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 11.2 | GEOSCIENCE IN SOCIETY, EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENT Geoheritage and Geoconservation Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 11.3 | EARTH OBSERVATIONS & MODELS Next Generation 3D Geological Modelling – development and applications Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 11.4 | ARGA SYMPOSIUM Planetary regolith and regolith in mineral exploration Chair: Ian Savannah Session Details
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5:00pm – 5:30pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Stand up, stretch, connect with fellow attendees in the Meeting Hub, browse the Exhibition and Poster and Virtual Field Trip Gallery… and prepare for the final session of day 3! |
CONCURRENT SESSION 12
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SESSION 12.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Au systems: Archean to the modern Earth Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 12.2 | ENERGY & RESOURCES New geology analytics and machine learning in data-rich and datapoor environments Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 12.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS Building a boundary – Processes, products, and consequences of Neogene collisional geodynamics in Eastern Indonesia Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 12.4 | ARGA SYMPOSIUM Mineral exploration in and through the critical zone Chair: Leah Nadir Session Details
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7:30pm AEDT An Eventing Exploring a Selection of Fine Tasmanian Gins Destination Cellars and the Geological Society of Australia – Tasmania Division invite you to an adventure in gin exploration with the producers BOOK HERE |
Welcome to Day 4 |
CONCURRENT SESSION 13
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SESSION 13.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Advancing technologies in mineral exploration Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 13.2 | EARTH STRUCTURE Recent advances in the geology and mineral potential of the eastern Australian Tasmanides Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 13.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS The Proterozoic Earth System and Plate Tectonics—correlations andcausation? Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 13.4 | EARTH OBSERVATIONS & MODELS Geoheritage and Geoconservation Chair: To be advised Session Details
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12:00pm – 12:45pm REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
PLENARY SESSION #4
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Engagement, diversity and interdisciplinarity to tackle future challenges |
AWARDS & MEDALS #4
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CONCURRENT SESSION 14
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SESSION 14.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Advancing technologies in mineral exploration Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 14.2 | EARTH STRUCTURE Recent advances in the geology and mineral potential of the eastern Australian Tasmanides Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 14.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS Sedimentology and Geomorphology of Dryland Continental Systems Chair: To be advised Session Details
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3:30pm – 4:00pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Explore the many opportunities the AESC Online Portal can offer, including: – meeting one-on-one with industry – connecting with fellow delegates – view ePosters – view Virtual Field Trips |
CONCURRENT SESSION 15
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SESSION 15.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Applications of Spectral Geology Chair: Georgina Gibson Session Details
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SESSION 15.2 | CORE TO CRUST Architecture, composition and geodynamic history of cratons and craton Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 15.3 | CRUST, SURFACE & COSMOS Scientific results of the International Ocean Discovery Program: A decade of success Chair: To be advised Session Details
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5:00pm – 5:30pm AEDT REFRESHMENT BREAK Stand up, stretch, connect with fellow attendees in the Meeting Hub, browse the Exhibition and Poster and Virtual Field Trip Gallery… and prepare for the final session of the Convention! |
CONCURRENT SESSION 16
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SESSION 16.1 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Applications of Spectral Geology Chair: Jessica Stromberg Session Details
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SESSION 16.2 | CORE TO CRUST Architecture, composition and geodynamic history of cratons and craton Chair: To be advised Session Details
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SESSION 16.3 | ENERGY & RESOURCES Geomechanics for Energy and Resources Chair: To be advised Session Details
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Closing SessionThank you for attending the First Virtual AESC. |
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