34 th IGC, AUSTRALIA 2012 Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) Opening 5 August 2012 Closing 10 August 2012 Pre-congress training workshop

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1 34th International Geological Congress Brisbane, Australia: 5-10 August, /153-22

2 34 th IGC, AUSTRALIA 2012 Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) Opening 5 August 2012 Closing 10 August 2012 Pre-congress training workshops, short courses and business meetings Pre- and post-congress field trips Incorporating the 2nd Young Earth Scientists Congress

3 Duration of event 34 th IGC will be shorter than previous IGCs 5 days of scientific sessions This follows recommendation of the IGCC, who noted: Large capacity of the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Up to 37 concurrent Symposia Time pressures on many delegates

4 Time to enjoy the region Great variety of pre- and post-congress field trips Brisbane is an ideal starting point for visits to Great Barrier Reef Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast Outback New Zealand Southwest Pacific islands

5 First Circular Distributed electronically in early October 2010 Invitation to all IUGS affiliated groups Outline of the scientific program under 35 Themes Covering the whole of the geosciences 41 proposed field trips Key dates and other information First circular and updated information can be accessed through the congress web site

6 IGC Themes 1. Geoscience for Society 2. Geoscience Benefiting Low Income Countries 3. Climate change: lessons from the past; implications for the future 4. Environmental Geoscience 5. Geoscience Information Supersymposia 6. Energy in a Carbon Constrained World 7. Mineral Resources and Mining 8. Mineral Exploration Geoscience 9. Mineral Deposits and Ore Forming Processes 10. Coal - a Myriad of Resources 11. Petroleum Systems and Exploration 12. Unconventional Hydrocarbons Emerging Fuels 13. Sedimentation and Sedimentary Processes 14. Basin Formation and Continental Margin Processes (ILP Taskforce on Sedimentary Basins) 15. A Dynamic Earth 16. The Deep Earth 17. The Early Earth: Hadean and Archean Development of a Habitable Planet 18. The Proterozoic Earth

7 IGC Themes 19. Geochronology and Isotope Geology 20. Planetary Sciences 21. Magmatism Settings, Compositions and Processes 22. Metamorphic Rocks and Processes 23. Evolution of the Biosphere 24. Reefs and Carbonates 25. Marine Geoscience and Oceanography 26. Antarctic and Arctic Geoscience 27. Biogeoscience 28. Groundwater/Hydrogeology 29. Surficial Processes and Landscape Evolution 30. Geohazards 31. Engineering Geology and Geomechanics 32. Geoscience information from proximal and remote sensing technologies 33. History of the Geosciences 34. Major Geoscience Initiatives, Geosurveys and Maps (TBC) 35. Geostandards 36. Other

8 Theme 7. Mineral Resources and Mining Coordinators: Graham CARR (Australia) and Dale SIMS (Australia) Symposia 7.1 New age metals: the geology and genesis of ores required for a changing economy and a carbon constrained world. 7.2 Future sources of industrial minerals and construction materials. 7.3 Resource and reserve reporting, international codes and the valuation of mineral assets. Peter STOKER (Australia) and Charlotte GRIFFITHS (Switzerland) 7.4 Resource modelling, estimation and visualisation for project and mine development. 7.5 Mining operations review. Dale SIMS (Australia) 7.6 Mining geology, technology, geophysics and geometallurgy. 7.7 The future mine and geoscience. 7.8 Qualitative and quantitative methods of assessing mineral potential of undiscovered deposits.

9 Second Circular To be distributed electronically in Late April - early May 2011 More information on the scientific program Titles and convenors of General Symposia Call for abstracts Announcement of Specialist Sessions Designed for groups who wish to organise their own scientific session, without published abstracts Need to confirm by mid July 2011 Launch Pre-Early Bird registration Expressions of interest in field trips