Symposium Workshops

We are delighted to announce a series of excellent workshops offered at the Symposium on 15th, 16th October and 18th 2024. Don’t miss out!
Each themed workshop is planned to be 3 hours in length. Workshops are included in the full registration fee.

Adding value to governmental AEM data. The East Isa VTEM case study - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pm
Adding value to governmental AEM data. The East Isa VTEM case study - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pmDr Andrea Viezzoli
Australian explorers are blessed by the availability of precompetitive Airborne EM data of quality…

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Advances in Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development - 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pm
Advances in Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development - 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pmMick Small
The workshop will present the latest developments in exploration methods for geothermal energy…

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Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveying from farm to table -- an interactive overview of acquisition, processing and inversion of AEM data - 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pm
Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveying from farm to table -- an interactive overview of acquisition, processing and inversion of AEM data - 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pmDr Anandaroop Ray, Dr Yusen Ley-Cooper
Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveying has come…

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DAS, Machine Learning, Interferometry & Beyond: A Tour of Modern Geophysical Buzzwords - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pm
DAS, Machine Learning, Interferometry & Beyond: A Tour of Modern Geophysical Buzzwords - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pmMr Tjaart de Wit
This workshop dives into the latest advancements used by the Institute of Mine…

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D.I.Y. Multiphysics Interpretation - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pm; overflow session 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pm
D.I.Y. Multiphysics Interpretation - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pm; overflow session 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pmJarrod Dunne, Tom McNamara, James Parsons
Head back to your Uni days with a practical class taking a deep dive into the simultaneous…
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Electrical Geophysics Case Studies and New Developments - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pm
Electrical Geophysics Case Studies and New Developments - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pmMr Daniel Eremenco, Mr Ronny Stolz, Mr Jonathan Rudd, Mr Christopher Parker
Overview of new developments from three innovative geophysical technology …

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Forward Stratigraphic Modeling and Geophysical Inverse Models - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pm
Forward Stratigraphic Modeling and Geophysical Inverse Models - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pmCedric Griffiths
Forward Stratigraphic Modeling (FSM) simulates the physical, chemical and biological…

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Geological interpretation of aeromagnetic data - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pm
Geological interpretation of aeromagnetic data - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pmDr Teagan Blaikie, Yvonne Wallace, Sharon Lowe
Magnetic survey coverage is rapidly expanding worldwide but our ability to assimilate…

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Natural Hydrogen Workshop - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pm
Natural Hydrogen Workshop - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pmFrank Glass, Avon Mctyre, Hugo Beldame, Mick Small
Hydrogen has been proven to occur naturally in the subsurface (Natural Hydrogen) in various places…

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MT for mineral exploration: Tips, traps and interpretation - 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pm
MT for mineral exploration: Tips, traps and interpretation - 18/10/2024, 1pm - 4pmDr Kate Selway
MT is being increasingly used for mineral exploration, especially in regions with thick cover…

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Passive Seismic – a tool for early stage exploration - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pm
Passive Seismic – a tool for early stage exploration - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pmDr Richard Lynch, Dr Sophie Beaupretre
Ambient Noise Surface Wave Tomography (ANSWT) is a relatively new passive seismic method for…

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NMR: The missing link in hydrogeology that connects other data sets to water in the ground - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pm
NMR: The missing link in hydrogeology that connects other data sets to water in the ground - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pmMike Hatch, More speakers will be announced soon
Vista Clara Inc and CSIRO
Are you working on tailings dams, Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), brine..

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SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics - Session 1 - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pm
SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics - Session 1 - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pmDr James Reid, Mr Glenn Pears
This workshop will review modelling and inversion using the SimPEG open-source 2D and 3D…

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QGIS for Exploration Geophysics - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pm
QGIS for Exploration Geophysics - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pmMr Thomas Schaap, Mr Mark Grujic, Dr Thomas Ostersen
Dive into QGIS for Exploration and Discovery! In this half day workshop, participants will be…

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Teaching Geophysics through Interactive Notebooks and Team-Based Learning - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pm
Teaching Geophysics through Interactive Notebooks and Team-Based Learning - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pmProf Stuart Clark, Dr. Patrick Makuluni
Engaging students in geophysics can be difficult, with a range of equations…

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SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics - Session 2 - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pm
SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics - Session 2 - 16/10/2024, 1pm - 4:30pmDr James Reid, Mr Glenn Pears
This workshop will review modelling and inversion using the SimPEG open-source 2D and 3D…

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Using CoFI to experiment with geophysical inversions - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pm
Using CoFI to experiment with geophysical inversions - 16/10/2024, 8:30am - 12pmProfessor Malcolm Sambridge
Advances in exploration and sustainable resource recovery rely on increasingly sophisticated and…

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Towed time domain electromagnetic and direct current electrical resistivity surveying - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pm
Towed time domain electromagnetic and direct current electrical resistivity surveying - 15/10/2024, 1:30pm - 5pmDr David Allen
This workshop will progress through all aspects of towed electromagnetic and direct current…

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Workshop Program at a glance

Tuesday 15 October
1:30pm – 5:00pm

Workshops:

Workshop 1: Electrical Geophysics Case Studies and New Developments, Daniel Eremenco, Gap Geophysics Australia; Mr Ronny Stolz, Jonathan Rudd, Dias Geophysical and Dias Airborne; Christopher Parker
Workshop 2: Passive Seismic – a tool for early stage exploration, Dr Richard Lynch, Dr Anaïs Lavoué
Workshop 3: Forward Stratigraphic Modeling and Geophysical Inverse Models, Cedric Griffiths
Workshop 4: DAS, Machine Learning, Interferometry & Beyond: A Tour of Modern Geophysical Buzzwords, Mr Tjaart de Wit
Workshop 5: Towed time domain electromagnetic and direct current electrical resistivity surveying, Dr David Allen

Wednesday 16 October
8:30am – 12:00pm

Workshops:

Workshop 6: SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics – Session 1, Dr James Reid, Mr Glenn Pears
Workshop 7: QGIS for Exploration Geophysics, Mr Thomas Schaap, Mr Mark Grujic, Dr Thomas Ostersen
Workshop 8: Using CoFI to experiment with geophysical inversions, Professor Malcolm Sambridge
Workshop 9: Geological interpretation of aeromagnetic data, Dr Teagan Blaikie, Yvonne Wallace, Sharon Lowe
Workshop 10: NMR: The missing link in hydrogeology that connects other data sets to water in the ground, Mike Hatch

1:00pm – 5:00pm

Workshops:

Workshop 11: SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics – Session 2, Dr James Reid, Mr Glenn Pears
Workshop 12: Teaching Geophysics through Interactive Notebooks and Team-Based Learning, Prof Stuart Clark, Dr. Patrick Makuluni
Workshop 13*: D.I.Y. Multiphysics Interpretation, Jarrod Dunne, Tom McNamara, James Parsons
*this workshop is also taking place on 18/10.

Workshop 14: Adding value to governmental AEM data. The East Isa VTEM case study, Dr Andrea Viezzoli
Workshop 15: Natural Hydrogen Workshop, Frank Glass, Avon Mctyre, Hugo Beldame, Mick Small

Friday 18 October
1:00pm – 4:00pm

Workshops:

Workshop 16: Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveying from farm to table — an interactive overview of acquisition, processing and inversion of AEM data, Dr Anandaroop Ray, Dr Yusen Ley-Cooper
Workshop 17: Advances in Geothermal Energy Exploration and Development, Mick Small
Workshop 18: MT for mineral exploration: Tips, traps and interpretation, Dr Kate Selway
Workshop 19*: D.I.Y. Multiphysics Interpretation, Jarrod Dunne, Tom McNamara, James Parsons, QIntegral Pty Ltd
*this workshop is also taking place on 16/10.

Please note workshops are subject to change.
The exact times will be confirmed once the program is released.