Courtesy the Geological Society of Trinidad and Tobago
The 7th Geological Conference with the theme – Geoscience of the Future: Adapt, Innovate, Evolve will be held in Trinidad from July 11-13. Four sub-themes will address the fast-moving developments in the areas of geoscience, the environment, natural resources and energy. Attendees will have the choice to attend one, two or three days virtually. The first day also has an in-person option at the Hyatt in Port of Spain, which will end with a cocktail and networking reception. After months of uncertainty due to covid, this hybrid approach was felt most appropriate.
The conference days will be preceded and proceeded by field trips and short courses, which span July 7-15. All four courses are virtual and cover: Tectonics of the Southern Caribbean, Fault Kinematics, Designing a Petroleum Reservoir Model and Sustainable Energy in small island states.
Five field trips (some virtual, some in-person) will take participants across Trinidad and Tobago. In Tobago, they will learn about the island’s geology and the impact on its water resources, geohazards and climate change. At the Palo Seco Bay of southern Trinidad, they will learn how our rich oil and gas reservoirs were formed. Another trip will take us across the Southern Basin along a 2D seismic line, through various oilfields and outcrops. There is one exclusively about mud volcanoes in TT, particularly Piparo and the Devil’s Woodyard. The last trip is a core workshop that will focus on samples from the Nariva River, Carli Bay and Erin delta.
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The conference includes keynote speakers, parallel technical sessions, panel discussions, student poster sessions and round table discussions. Topics to be covered include: innovation in oil and gas technology, seismology, volcanology, coastal erosion, mining and aggregate resources, biostratigraphy, geophysics, renewable energy, business of petroleum, and geochemistry among others.
The target audience for this conference are geoscience practitioners, students of geoscience, geology, and geography, environmental and marine research institutes, regulatory agencies and stakeholders related to geoscience and the energy sector, which include but are not limited to drillers, reservoir and petroleum engineers.
This conference will also highlight the changing energy mix that has resulted from efforts to reduce carbon emissions. As a result, experts in alternative energy initiatives and climate change specialists will also be featured. Participants are provided with a forum to publish work either as a full paper or abstract (deadline is June 1), learn about new developments, network with other professionals (and potential future employers) and get noticed.
The four sub-themes of the conference will be tackled through the various panel discussions, technical papers and posters, short courses and field trips.
1. Core geoscience
