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On-Site Registration Hours:
    Monday: 6am
    Tuesday/Wednesday: 7:15am

 

 

Shown above and right is the iconic Walter Pyramid, where the 2019 Pacific Section Convention will be held. It is the home of the Long Beach State University 49ers men's and women's basketball teams, and the men's and women's volleyball teams. The Pyramid officially opened on November 30, 1994, when it hosted a 49ers men's basketball game against the Detroit Titans. It was designed by Don Gibbs, and built by the Nielson Construction Company of San Diego at a cost of about $22 million. This unique structure measures 345 feet (105 m) along the bottom edge of each side, which makes it a true pyramid, and one of only three such buildings in the United States - the others being the Luxor Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, and the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The Walter Pyramid rises 18 stories above the Long Beach City skyline, with an exterior clad in sheets of dark-blue corrugated aluminum. It is named for Mike and Arline Walter to honor a $2.1 million donation that they made to the university. Mike Walter is a former vice-president of the Levi Strauss Company, and from 1993 to 2000 he was dean for the Long Beach State College of Business Administration.

 

 

 

Pacific Section AAPG
2019 Annual Convention

           

 

 

Come Join Us in Long Beach

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome

A Note from the Convention Chair:
I am very excited to invite you to the 2019 Pacific Section AAPG Convention to be held in Long Beach, California at the Pointe Conference Center in the Walter Pyramid on the campus of California State University. Our host is the Los Angeles Basin Geological Society, along with our Pacific Section SEPM and Pacific Coast Section SEG partners. Our theme is: "West Coast Creativity in Exploration and Development." We are excited to present a new format and focus that we hope will stimulate your own creativity and success. This will be a field-based conference with a focused theme for one main technical session, as well as parallel oral and poster sessions for other technical aspects of petroleum-related and sedimentary geology. Two stimulating field trips, social hours, and the All-Conference Awards dinner will be included with registration. We'll see you in April!
 
    - Richard "Rick" Behl, 2019 Convention Chair & PSAAPG President
 
Location:
California State University, Long Beach
 

 

 

L-R: Field Trip #1 - Malibu Beach, 1940s photo of a Los Angeles area outcrop, and Field Trip #2 - Dana Point.

 

 

     
Program
 
 
 

 

 

Technical Program at a Glance

  
Talks & Field Trips
  • Day 1 (Monday, April 1) - Malibu Monterey/Modelo field trip
    led by Wanjiru Njuguna and Rick Behl. Departs 7 AM from in front of the
    Walter Pyramid, CSU Long Beach. To be followed by Opening Poster Session, Exhibits, and Icebreaker.

     
  • Day 2 (Tuesday. April 2) - "Creativity and Opportunities In West Coast Energy" special session with SEPM, SEG and General presentations. Also, All-Conference Awards Dinner.

     
  • Day 3 (Wednesday, April 3) - Southern Los Angeles Basin Deep-water Clastic Reservoirs field trip led by Dan Schwartz and Don Clarke. Departs 8 AM from in front of the Walter Pyramid, CSU Long Beach.

     

 








 

 

  Posters
  • Poster Session - One session to run from the Icebreaker on Monday evening, through to the end of dinner on Tuesday evening. Presenters should be at their posters during the Icebreaker and Brew and Browse.

 

  

 

  Short Courses (On Thursday after Field Trips and Technical Session)
  • Short Course 1 - Intro to Basin and Petroleum System Modeling
    by Allegra Hosford Scheirer
    CANCELLED
     
  • Short Course 2 - Applications of Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Petroleum Geoscience
    by Shuvajit Bhattacharya & Haibin Di
    CANCELLED

 

  
   
 

Special Events at a Glance

  • Welcome Session & Ice Breaker (Monday night, 6:00pm - 8:30pm)
  • Brew & Browse Reception (Tuesday, 5:00pm - 6:30pm)
  • All Conference Awards Dinner (Tuesday night, 6:30pm - 8:30pm)
    (no luncheons)

 

Come Join Us in Long Beach

 


 
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