The Houston Geological Society and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) co-hosted the 7th Annual Africa Conference in Houston on September 8-10, 2008, at the Marriott Westchase Hotel. Three hundred geoscientists actively working, or interested, in African geology attended the two-day oral paper and poster event, which included 24 oral presentations on topics such as Gulf of Guinea, South Atlantic Salt Basin, North Africa, East Africa, and South Africa. Africa geology poster presentations were set up in the pavilion foyer. Photographs from the event capture the enthusiasm and networking that infused the two days of meetings and presentations. Click here to see the Bulletin article with more photos by Linda Sternbach.
The conference organizing committee was headed by Al Danforth, and included Ian Poyntz, Martin Cassidy, John Dombrowski, John Tubb, Tarek Ghazi, Dave Schwartz and Claudia Lopez. Additional volunteers included Donna Davis, Parrish Erwin, Thom Tucker, Ken Schwartz, Evelyn Medvin, Don Van Niewenhuise and Hamzat Erogbogbo. The PESGB organizers for this conference were Ray Bate and Duncan MacGregor.
The HGS is grateful to the corporate sponsors who contributed to the costs of hosting the banquets/catering and conference CD and booklets. The sponsors included: Fugro Robertson, ExxonMobil, Vanco Energy, Lynx Information, SeaBird Exploration, CGGVertias, Core Lab, Infoterra, Microstrat, TGS Nopec, ION/GXTechnology, GETECH, and more.
The next Africa Conference will be hosted by the PESGB September 9-10th, 2009 in London. Abstracts for this upcoming 2009 meeting can be sent to Duncan MacGregor at duncan.macgregor2@ntlworld.com or Richard Dixon at dixonr@bp.com.