International Workshop on Gravity, Electrical & Magnetic Methods and Their Applications (GEM 2019 Xiʹan)

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Workshop Venue

• Academic Exchange Center, Main Campus of Chang’an University
• Bosheng Lecture Hall, Library, Yanta Campus of Chang’an University
• 313, Geosciences Technology Building, Yanta Campus of Chang’an University

Address:
(Main Campus) Middle Section of South 2^nd Road, Yanta District, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
(Yantan Campus) Mid Yucai Road, Yanta District, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Accommodations

Rooms have been reserved in the following three hotels. Please kindly reserve your room in advance due to meeting the peak season, and note “GEM 2019” while booking.

Holiday Inn Xi’an Big Goose Pagoda (workshop hotel, next to Chan'an University)

Address: No. 398 East Section of South 2^nd Road, Yanta District, Xi’an, 710061, China

Rate:
Superior room (one king bed, breakfast for one person): RMB450.00 per night.
Superior room (two twin beds, breakfast for two persons): RMB550.00 per night.

To reserve rooms through the Local Organizing Committee, contact information are as follows:

For attendees outside of China, please email Ms. Lv, at [email protected].
For Chinese attendees, please email Ms. Hu, at [email protected].

Distance: about 1000m to the workshop venue

Early Registration

due before 1 April 2019

Delegate: US$480.00 (RMB3000.00) 

Student: US$290.00 (RMB1800.00) 

Standard Registration

after 1 April 2019

Delegate: US$580.00 (RMB3600.00)

Student: US$370.00 (RMB2300.00)

Register online and pay in USD.

Register offline and pay in Chinese RMB, contact [email protected] and ask for the register form in Chinese.

Visa Information/Invitation Letter

If you need an invitation letter for a Chinese visa application, please send an email to [email protected] and provide the following information:

• Full name (as appears on the passport)
• Nationality
• Date of birth
• Occupation
• Passport number
• Passport expiration date
• Mailing address and phone number
• A proposed or confirmed itinerary

The deadline for requesting an invitation letter is 1 April 2019.

How to Get There

Please download this PDF file, for the following information:

• The location and contact information of Holiday Inn Xi’an Big Goose Pagoda
• The location of Chang’an University. Its Yanta Campus Library will be the main Workshop venue.
• A map of route from Xi’an Xianyang International Airport to Holiday Inn Xi’an Big Goose Pagoda.
• A map of route map from Xi’an North Railway Station to Holiday Inn Xi’an Big Goose Pagoda.

Contact Information

For more information and inquiries, please email us at: [email protected]

Technical Program

Workshop Topics

1. Methodologies and Technologies
   • Gravity, electrical, electromagnetic, magnetic, and magnetic resonance methods
   • Instrumentation (land, marine, airborne, and borehole) and field data acquisition
   • Processing, modeling, inversion, and interpretation algorithms
   • Integrated interpretation and joint inversion of multiple data sets
2. Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
   • Hydrocarbon prospect generation
   • Structural studies
   • Exploration in difficult areas
   • Time-lapse reservoir monitoring
   • Unconventional oil and gas
3. Mining and Geothermal Applications
   • Reconnaissance and regional structure mapping
   • Lithology and geology differentiation and characterization
   • Exploration under cover and at depth
   • Deposit delineation and characterization
   • Geothermal exploration and production monitoring
4. Groundwater Resources
   • Groundwater mapping and exploration
   • Aquifer system characterization and management
5. Environmental and Engineering
   • Geotechnical applications
   • Carbon capture and storage
   • Archaeology studies
   • Geoforensics
   • Geohazard imaging and monitoring
6. Petrophysics
   • Constraining geophysical inversions
   • Interpretation of geophysical models
7. Machine learning and data analytics
   • Integrating multiple sources of information
   • Automating and accelerating data processing and modeling
   • Pattern recognition in geophysical data and models
   • Characterizing uncertainty

Invited Presentations

Six keynote speakers have been invited to present at the workshop. The speakers and the titles of their presentations are: 

Aria Abubakar
Machine Learning Methods for Geoscience Applications

Randall Mackie
Geologically Consistent Inversion of Geophysical Data: A Role for Joint Inversion

James Macnae
Advances Towards Useful Airborne Induced Polarization Surveys

Xiaohong Meng
Gravity and Magnetic Signatures of the Shallow Cover Area of Jining, Inner Mongolia and their Mining Application

Susan Webb
Insights into Global and Regional Earth Processes from Bushveld Complex Geophysical Studies

Guoze Zhao
Electromagnetic Precursor Anomaly before Jiuzhaigou Ms7.0 Earthquake and the Aftershocks in Sichuan Province Observed using a New EM Observation Network in China

An Evening on Diversity

Opening Our Eyes to Diversity and Equality in Geophysics Around the World

Coordinators: Elizabeth Maag-Capriotti and Aline T. Melo

Have you ever considered what it is like to be a geophysicist on the other side of the world? Have you ever considered the challenges faced by the opposite gender? Join us for an eye-opening experience to explore the state of diversity and gender equality across the globe. The evening will feature a panel of geophysicists from different regions of the world. Each will share their personal experiences and offer advice on questions and challenges presented by the audience. A networking session will follow for further discussion on how to improve the global efforts for equality in geosciences.

Sponsorship and Exhibition

There will be opportunities for companies and organizations to sponsor the workshop. The workshop will provide spaces for showcasing your businesses and services.

The standard exhibition booth size is 3 m by 2 m. The price for a standard booth is US$2500.00 (RMB16000.00).

For more information and inquiries, please email us at: [email protected]