May 2002
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EAGE will make integration of geosciences its theme

Europe's annual rotating show lands on May 26-30 in Florence, Italy, where geoscientists will be treated to an extensive technical program and bountiful exhibition

May 2002 Vol. 223 No. 5 
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EAGE will make integration of geosciences its theme

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Armillary Sphere as symbol of the Conference. It is an astronomical instrument, representing a dynamic model of the universe according to the Ptolemaic concept, having the earth to its center.

A preview of the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers technical program, exhibition and annual meeting, Florence, Italy, May 26 – 30

One of EAGE’s most valuable traditions is that its Annual Conference and Exhibition travels around the continent of Europe. The 64th EAGE Conference and Exhibition is being held May 27 – 30, 2002. The venue will be the ancient Fortezza da Basso Exhibition Complex, right in the middle of the magnificent city of Florence, Italy. The event is being organized to provide a forum to discuss and further the state of the art of disciplines in our industry.

The conference theme, "Toward Integration of Geosciences," underlines an intention to bring together geoscientists who are active in different disciplines. This theme is well-suited to Florence and the Tuscany region, which, in the Renaissance period, was an important scientific center and gave rise to several eclectic scientists paramount for the advancement of knowledge, such as Dante, Michelangelo, Galileo Galilei and Leonardo da Vinci, who was not nly an extraordinarily talented painter, but also an engineer and geologist of great vision and originality. Almost all of the major players in the E&P business have ensured their participation in the Exhibition, where the most up-to-date tools and technologies will be availableWfor evaluation. Further information can be found at: www.eage.org and +31 30 6354066. WO



  Technical Program  
  Poster sessions  
  This year, poster sessions will be presented differently from past years. Poster presentations will have the same 25-min. time slots as the oral presentations. Each poster will be grouped by session in separate areas and will be on display for one full day.  
  Workshops  
  Sunday, May 26  
  W1: Turbidites: Models and problems 09.00–17.00 hrs.  
  W2: Geodynamics of the Mediterranean and impact on hydrocarbon exploration 09.00–17.00 hrs.  
  W3: Multidimensional geological modeling: From cutting edge research to application in the field 09.00–17.00 hrs.  
  W4: High-density, high-resolution seismic velocity analysis: Where are we and for what benefit? 09.00–12.30 hrs.  
  W5: Integrating reservoir engineering with geology and geophysics: Uncertainties and reservoir monitoring 09.00–17.00 hrs.   
  W6: Improving high resolution 09.00–17.00 hrs.  
  Monday, May 27  
  W7: Carbonate reservoirs of Perithetys 13.30–17.00 hrs.  
  W8: Geoscience education and knowledge management: What is new? 09.30–17.00 hrs.  
  W9: Geophysics for cultural heritages: Payoffs for archaeology 09.00–17.00 hrs.  
  Symposium  
  Monday, May 27  
  New technologies for land monitoring: From digital elevation models to subsidence estimation 09.00–17.00 hrs.   
  Field trips  
  Friday, May 24 through Sunday, May 26  
  F1: Cretaceous to Miocene platform carbonates along the Matese-Murge transect    
  Saturday, May 25  
  F2: Northern Appennines: Pelagic and Tertiary foredeep deposits    
  Friday, May 31  
  F3: Larderello geothermal areas and facilities    
  Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC)  
  Monday, May 27  
  Dr. Leon Thomsen    
  Understanding seismic anisotropy in exploration and exploitation 09.00–17.00 hrs.  


  Technical sessions schedule Time Location  
  May 28      
  4D Time Lapse Analysis 10.20–11.35  Poster area  
  Acquisition 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room A  
  Anisotropy 08.30–9.45 Poster area  
  AVO and Inversion 1 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  AVO and Inversion 2 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room G  
  Best of SEG 13.45–16.25 Lecture Room A  
  Carbonate Reservoirs 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room F  
  CO2 Sequestration & Gas Storage 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room H  
  General Data Processing 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Interactive session: Recent Advances in Seismic Modeling (Physics and Algorithms) 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room E  
  Interactive session: Vector Fidelity for 3C Receiver 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room E  
  Mediterranean Geodynamics 1 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Mediterranean Geodynamics 2 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Mining and Best of SAGA 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Multi-Component Processing and Imaging 8.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Near Surface Seismic and GPR 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Noise Attenuation and General Seismic Processing 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room C  
  Non-Seismic Methods for Mineral and Petroleum Exploration 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room D  
  Non-Seismic Methods: Gravity and EM 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room D  
  Petroleum Systems 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room G  
  Prestack Time Imaging 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room B  
  Reservoir Characterization A 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Reservoir Monitoring & Management 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room H  
  Turbidites 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Uncertainty assesment in E&P 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room F  
  Velocities 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room B  
  Velocities and Inversion 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  May 29   
  Anisotropy 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  AVO for Reservoir Characterization 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room G  
  Borehole Acoustics and Cross-Hole Seismic 13.45–16.25 Poster area  
  Depth Imaging and Velocity Model Update 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room B  
  Geodynamics of Mediterranean Basins E&P 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room H  
  Interactive session: Velocity Independent Imaging and Processing 08.30–16.55 Lecture Room E  
  Interpretation Visualization 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Mining and Best of SAGA 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room D  
  Modeling Absorption and Scattering 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room C  
  Modeling Case Studies 13.45–15.50 Lecture Room C  
  Multi-Component Processing and Imaging 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room F  
  Multi-Component Seismic for Reservoir Characterization 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room F  
  Near Surface Seismic and GPR 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room D  
  New Technologies for Time Lapse Seismic 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room A  
  Non-Seismic I 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Non-Seismic II 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Petroleum Systems A 13.45–16.50 Poster area  
  Petroleum Systems C 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Quantitative Time Lapse Sesimic 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room A  
  Ray Tracing 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room C  
  Reservoir Monitoring & Management 10.20–11.35 Poster area  
  Risk Assessment in E&P 08.30–9.45 Poster area  
  Rock Physics 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Sand Injections 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room H  
  Seismic Data Acquisition 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Seismic Modeling Ray Methods 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Turbidite Reservoirs 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room G  
  VSP Acquisition Processing and Application 13.45–16.50 Lecture Room B  
  May 30  
  Airborne Geophysics 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room D  
  Anisotropy 13.45–15.50 Lecture Room F  
  Clastic Reservoir Characterization 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room H  
  Imaging with or without Velocity 08.55–11.35 Poster area  
  Interpretation & Visualization 13.45–15.50 Lecture Room G  
  Multi-Component: Processing and Applications 08.30–11.10 Poster area  
  Multiples 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room F  
  Near-Surface Geophysics for Archeology 13.45–15.50 Lecture Room D  
  Near-Surface III 08.30–10.45 Poster area  
  Near-Surface Potential Field Methods 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Petroleum Systems b 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Prestack Depth Imaging 08.30–11.10 Lecture Room A  
  Reservoir Characterization B 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Reservoir-Microseismicity 13.45–15.50 Lecture Room H  
  Rock Physics I 08.30–15.50 Lecture Room B  
  Seismic Modeling: Finite Differences and Integral Methods 08.30–11.10 Poster area  
  Seismic Modeling: Spectral Methods, Anisotropy and Attenuation 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Seismic while Drilling and VSP Processing 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Special session: Geophysical Prospecting and Structural Interpretation in Thrust Belt Areas  08.30–16.00 Lecture Room E  
  Special Session: Geophysical Technologies for Renewable Geothermal Resources 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room C  
  Structural Modeling 08.30–11.35 Lecture Room G  
  Time Lapse & Reservoir Monitoring 08.30–11.35 Poster area  
  Wave Equation versus Kirchhoff II 13.45–15.25 Lecture Room A  


  Conference/Exhibition hours  
  Monday, May 27:  
  Icebreaker reception: 18.00–20.00 hrs.  
  EAGE business meeting: 11.00– 11.30 hrs.  
  Opening session: 16.00–16.30 hrs.  
  General session: 16.30–18.00 hrs.  
  Speakers:  
  Stefano Cao, COO, ENI-Agip;    
  Andrew Amour, exploration director, Enterprise Oil    
  Plus a speaker from Italian Academia    
  Tuesday, May 28:  
  Exhibition: 08:30–17:30 hrs.  
  Student forum: 15.30–18.00 hrs.  
  Student summaries of thesis    
  Speakers:  
  Prof. Giuseppe Drufuca, Politecnico di Milano    
  Dr. Sergio Morandi, Enterprise Oil    
  Student reception: 18.00–19.30 hrs.  
  Wednesday, May 29:  
  Exhibition: 08:30–17:30 hrs.  
  Palazzo Pitti event 20.00–00.00 hrs.  
  (A party for full delegates and registered family.)    
  Thursday, May 30:  
  Exhibition: 08:30–18:00 hrs.  
  Closing ceremony and awards: 16.00–17.00 hrs.  
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