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The Council of Geoscientists Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the hiring of David C. Carter as Executive Director and Registrar effective July 19, 2010.
He will succeed Howard Donohoe, retiring. David is a founding member and past-President of the Association and has been active on various boards and committees. His abilities and extensive professional experience, including the many years of volunteer service to the association, well-equip him to play a lead role in realizing our goals and helping to achieve positive change for GNS.
This a part time position and David will continue his environmental and earth science consulting work as President and Senior Geoscientist with Hy-Grade Geoscience.
David’s contact information is:
David C. Carter, P.Geo.
APGNS Executive Director / Registrar
Phone: (902) 883-7415
Cell: (902) 229-1315
We would like to thank Howard for his many years of service to the association and hope that he will continue to be involved with the association as a volunteer. (read more)
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October 4-7, 2010 Global Petroleum Core Analysis Conference in Halifax
Leading global rock core analysts will be meeting in Halifax to attend the 2010 International Symposium of the Society of Core Analysts from October 4-7, 2010. The event will consist of a workshop and 3 days of technical sessions (including both oral and poster presentations).
The workshop and symposium will share the common theme "Core: From Wellsite to Production", with increased emphasis on activities occurring before and after the core is in the laboratory.
About the SCA
The Society of Core Analysts (SCA) and was founded in 1986. This organization is a Chapter-at-Large of The Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA) and is established with two objectives:
- To promote the aims, purposes, and membership of the SPWLA which is a non-profit scientific organization.
- To serve the interests of all persons who use or obtain reservoir evaluation information from rock and core samples.
More information on the Symposium and the SCA can be found at ww.scaweb.org.
October 27-29, 2010 Atlantic Reclamation Conference (ARC)
Following the success of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 events, ARC2010 at the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax will offer a wide variety of opportunities to learn about technical, operational and organizational challenges to the effective management, reclamation, restoration, and remediation of contaminated sites, as well as new approaches and techniques to address them.
The event program, including the one-day workshops, welcome reception & trade exhibition, and the superb conference facilities of the World Trade and Convention Centre, will foster networking with event partners, colleagues, government representatives, academic organizations, and private sector firms.
GNS is proud to present a day of professional development at ARC which will include keynote speakers from many industries, and several field trips around the province. Please visit the ARC website for a list of speakers and events: http://www.arc2010.atlanticclra.ca. We'll see you there!
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