Symposium Workshops

Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Friday, 30 October 2026

Real-world skills. Leading experts. Hands-on geophysics. Don’t miss out!

Workshops are included in the full registration fee.

Value-add products for regional aeromagnetic surveysDr Clive Foss

Australia has long been amongst the premier countries providing free regional aeromagnetic…

New ellipsoid-based modelling options for TEM, MMR, TMI, and gravity dataDr Peter Fullagar, Dr James Reid

Interpreting geophysical data in terms of rectangular plates or dyke-like slabs is effective…

Cosmic-ray muon tomography: from rays to rocks to results Mr. Nigel Phillips

Muon tomography is a passive method for mapping the subsurface down to below 1km…

D.I.Y. Rock Physics for Exploration Under CoverDr Jarrod Dunne, Dr James Parsons

Sedimentary rock physics can play a vital role in constraining quantitative geophysical methods…

Sharp inversion for airborne electromagnetic imagingDr Anandaroop Ray, Mr Tim Scarr

Airborne electromagnetic (AEM) surveying is a vital near-surface imaging tool for explorationists…

SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics - Session 1, Potential FieldsDr James Reid, Mr Glenn Pears

This workshop will review potential fields modelling and inversion using the SimPEG open-source…

SIMPEG open source modelling and inversion with Geoscience ANALYST Pro Geophysics - Session 2, Electrical and Electromagnetic methodsDr James Reid, Mr Glenn Pears

This workshop will review potential fields modelling and inversion using the SimPEG open-source…

Advances in Induced PolarisationMr Kim Frankcombe

The workshop will attempt to provide a clear picture of the current state of IP exploration…

Deep crustal architecture of northwest Queensland: results from the 2025 Boodjamulla–Croydon Seismic Survey (L216)Mr Dominic Brown, Dr Muhammad Hossain

The 2025 Boodjamulla–Croydon Seismic Survey (L216) acquired 841 km of deep crustal reflection…

H2/He Exploration Geophysics ForumDr Jarrod Dunne, Dr Emanuelle Frery

As we witness increasing efforts to find and produce natural hydrogen and helium around the world…

GPR Across Scales: From Engineering Diagnostics to Mineral ExplorationDr Jan Francke

GPR is now a mature near-surface tool for engineering and environmental applications…

Probabilistic Geometrical Inversion: From Model Sampling to (geological) AssessmentDr Jeremie Giraud, Prof Mark Jessell, Dr Michel Nzikou,

This workshop introduces participants to probabilistic approaches for inferring subsurface…

Data Science for Geoscientists: Unlocking New FrontiersDr David Briguglio

It’s 2026, and the use of Artificial Intelligence has become ubiquitous. It is rapidly disrupting…

Land Seismic Acquisition - From the fundamentals to the latest technologyDr Tim Dean

This workshop is designed both for those who are new to land seismic acquisition…

Geotools suite – 3D integrated inversion of EM, GravMag and GeologyMs Alice Pavesi, Dr Carsten Scholl

This workshop will demonstrate the range of 3D inversion capabilities now available…

Bridging the frontier: Transferable Geophysics for Energy and MineralsMr Martin Bawden

The minerals and oil & gas sectors are among the world’s largest and most technically…

EMFlips: a successor to EMFlow plus Local anomaly, IP and SPM fitting and correctionProf James Macnae

In the 1990’s a fast, stitched 1D airborne electromagnetic solution, EMFlow, was developed…

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.
Scheduling will be confirmed once the program is released.

Symposium Workshops

Real-world skills. Leading experts. Hands-on geophysics. Don’t miss out!

Workshop Program at a glance