Students will be challenged to
reach for the top at EAGE’s Vienna Annual Meeting
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tudent participants at the 73rd EAGE Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011 in Vienna will have the opportunity to join in a Student Programme that is both challenging and entertaining.
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EAGE continues to fine tune its student activities for the Annual Meeting, and this year will be no exception with a theme of ‘Reach for the Top! What better theme to encourage students to explore their career options and build up their knowledge about geoscience applications being applied to numerous industry sectors worldwide. The Student Court will incorporate the theme by offering a climbing wall to test participants’ skills and strength in going for the top! For those unfamiliar with the EAGE Student Programme, it offers a variety of activities not all too serious which allow participants to explore future opportunities in the geosciences and engineering field as well network with their student peers both on an academic and a social level. The programme is distinguished by the participation of companies from various industries interested in meeting a new generation of talent, so it is a winwin for the companies and students who get to meet potential employers. The Student Programme has this year expanded from a four to five day programme with the inclusion on 23 May of a field trip to an OMV oil rig. A new initiative called the Student FIELD (Fully Integrated EvaLuation and Develop-
ment) Challenge will have a final jury evaluation day on Sunday 22 May. The main activities will take place on the exhibition floor in the Student Court beginning on Monday 23 May during the Ice Breaker reception and will finish on Thursday 26 May at the end of the day. The Student Court will include a special registration desk for all student activities. Students will go through a two step registration process that will lead them from the main registration desk to the student registration desk to confirm their participation in all the programme activities. The main programme will once again offer four parallel programme sections throughout the four day conference and exhibition. In addition there is the Student Poster Programme. This year EAGE
received the most poster presentation applications to date. The selected posters will for the second time be on display alongside the main Conference Technical Programme posters in the Poster Pavilion from Tuesday 24 to Thursday 26 May. Posters will cover 15 selected topics and will be presented in three student poster boxes within the pavilion. Poster topic specifics will be listed in the official programme and catalogue. In addition there will be a Student Workshop entitled ‘Discover the balance between technical and soft skill development’ presented by Pascal Breton (Total) on Tuesday 24 May and a Student Short Course on ‘4D interpretation and use for field development and reservoir model update’ by Emmanuelle Brechet (Total) on Wednesday 25 May. These special