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SAGA 2017 15th Biennial Conference & Exhibition
10 –13 September 2017 The Lord Charles | Cape Town
Invitation to Participate
The Conference’s Organising Committee takes pleasure in extending an invitation to submit abstracts for presentation at SAGA’s 15th Biennial Conference & Exhibition. With the upturn in the global extractive industries having begun, seize this opportunity to showcase your work.
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2 17 Expanding Frontiers
The purpose of this letter is to formally invite
you, on behalf of the Organising Committee of
the South African Geophysical Association’s
15th Biennial Conference & Exhibition, to submit
abstracts for either oral or poster presentation.
Our venue, The Lord Charles Hotel is one of the
premier conference venues in Cape Town.
Conveniently situated in the Cape Winelands, just
half an hour’s drive from Cape Town International
Airport and the CBD, it will provide a refined and
contemporary style to the 15th Conference &
Exhibition.
The theme of “Expanding Frontiers”, broadly
aims to facilitate and encourage technical
creativity and expansion to more closely
collaborate with neighbouring disciplines. Authors
are encouraged to showcase new, innovative
ideas of addressing modern-day geo-scientific
issues and problems. The technical sessions held
during the Conference are an ideal platform to
engage directly with partners, clients and industry
experts to develop thinking and showcase one’s
brand.
The Conference will attract a range of delegates,
which will include:
Mining juniors & majors
Petroleum companies
Geophysicists, geologists, hydrologists
Geoscience consultants and service
providers
Geophysical contractors
Geoscience researchers
Mathematicians
Software developers
University and industry academics and
students
Associated professional societies
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From 1 November 2016, authors will be able to
submit their abstracts. All abstracts must be submitted
directly to the Conference Secretariat – further details
are available on the Conference website,
www.sagaconference.co.za.
Abstracts are to be submitted as Microsoft Word
documents using the specified format only – the
abstract template is available for download to assist
you in this task. We ask that all authors use this
template and adhere to the guidelines for its use.
Abstracts must be a minimum of two pages
and a maximum of six pages, including figures
Abstracts must be text with legible graphics
embedded
Abstracts must be submitted as a .doc or .docx
file only. Documents will be converted to pdf
once submitted
Abstracts may be submitted for the following
presentation media:
Oral presentation
Poster presentation (maximum A0)
Each presenting author must register and pay to
attend the Conference. On submission, the author(s)
must indicate whether or not they agree to publish the
abstract in all Conference publications/proceedings
including the website. Successful abstracts must be
presented by the author(s) or a nominated party.
Acceptance or otherwise is at the discretion of the
Organising Committee whose decision is final. Authors
must pay their own accommodation, travel, incidentals
etc. The Conference Secretariat can assist with
bookings.
Topics which may be addressed include:
Borehole geophysics
Potential field geophysics
Electrical and electromagnetic geophysics
Seismology
Minerals exploration
Oil and gas exploration
Geophysical data processing and modelling
Integrated geoscience
Near surface geophysics
Geophysics in near mine environments
Archaeological, agricultural and bio-geophysics
Environmental and engineering geophysics
Groundwater and contaminant mapping
UAVs in geoscience
Structure and evolution of the African
continent
The Organising Committee also welcomes abstracts
that may not fall within the suggested sub-themes
above. Additionally, more than one sub theme can be
addressed.
All abstracts must be submitted by 31 March 2017.
Authors will be advised of the status of their abstracts
by 31 May 2017.
Any queries regarding the abstract submission process
can be addressed via email to the Conference
Secretariat at [email protected].
