Plenary & Keynote Speakers

The following speakers have been confirmed for the AGCC 2018.

Plenary Speakers

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Dr James Johnson

CEO Geoscience Australia
AGCC 2018 Opening Ceremony

Dr Matthew Huber

Theme 1 – Understanding the Earth

Prof Richard Twitchett

Theme 2 – Life on Earth – Origins and Diversity

Dr Cornel de Ronde

Theme 3 – Resources – discovery, development,
use and sustainability

Prof Michel Jaboyedoff

Theme 4.1 – Geohazards, risk and mitigation

Dr Sue Keay

Theme 5 – Beyond the Rocks – Geoscience in
our Society: Current Application and Future
Trendsr

Prof Iain Stewart

Theme 5.3 – Geoscience, Education and
Professional Development (AUGEN Symposium)

Keynote Speakers

Theme 1

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Dr Andrew Valentine

Theme 1.1 – Deep Earth systems and
planetary fluxes

Dr Nicolas Flament

Theme 1.1.1 – Decoding Earth’s supercycles:
from the core to the crust

Prof Damian Nance

Theme 1.1.1 – Decoding Earth’s supercycles:
from the core to the crust

Dr Andy Calvert

Theme 1.1.4 – Crustal evolution of Archean
Cratons

Dr Tim Johnson

Theme 1.1.4 – Crustal evolution of Archean
Cratons

Kate Robertson

1.1.5 Imaging Australia in 3D: 21 years of
ANSIR and beyond

Michelle Salmon

Theme 1.1.5 – Imaging Australia in 3D: 21
years of ANSIR and beyond

Dr Rebecca Carey

Theme 1.1.7 – Advances in Volcanology and
Igneous Geochemistry

Dr Teresa Ubide

Theme 1.1.7 Advances in volcanology and
igneous geochemistry

Prof Ken McClay

Theme 1.2 – Sedimentary basins

Dr Carol Cotterill

Theme 1.3 – Marine geoscience – the
evolving oceans

Prof Neville Exon

Theme 1.3 – Marine geoscience – the
evolving oceans

Dr Lloyd White

Theme 1.3 – Marine geoscience – the
evolving oceans

Galen Halverson

Theme 1.4.1 – Earth’s climate – past,
present and future

Prof Matt King

Theme 1.4.1 – Earth’s climate – past,
present and future

Prof Stephen Foley

Theme 1.5 – GSA Ringwood Medal Lecture:
Illuminating Mantle Metasomatism

Dr Penny King

Theme 1.5.1 – The solar system and beyond

Theme 2

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Prof Joanna Morgan

Theme 2.3 – Mass extinctions

Prof Michael Archer

Theme 2.4 – Ancient and historical record
of life in Australia

Prof Kliti Grice FAA

Theme 2.6 – Geobiology

Jessica Whiteside

Theme 2.8 – Earth, Life and Ores

Theme 3

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Dr Jon Hronsky

Theme 3.1.1 – Effective exploration and
discovery under cover

Warren Potma

Theme 3.1.2 – Making better exploration
decisions through an integrated geoscience
approach

Prof David Cooke

Theme 3.1.3 –
Understanding mineral systems for
exploration – from craton to micronscale

Dr Ian Roach

Theme 3.1.3 – Understanding mineral
systems for exploration – from craton to
micronscale

Dr Graham Begg

Theme 3.1.4 – Tectonic and earth evolution
controls on the spatial and temporal
localisation of ore deposits

Dr Richard Flook

Theme 3.1.5 – Technology metals and
minerals – the importance of nontraditional
commodities in the evolving
economy

Prof Bruce Hobbs

Theme 3.1.6 – New frontiers in ore system
research

Prof Peter McCabe AGCC

Theme 3.2.1 – Future energy mix

Prof Joan Esterle

Theme 3.2.2 – Energy from coal

Dr Michael Clarke

3.2.3 Petroleum and its co-products

Bill Ovenden

Theme 3.2.3 – Petroleum and its coproducts

Dr Graeme Beardsmore

Theme 3.2.4 – Sustainable energy sources

Dr Ulrike Schacht

Theme 3.2.5 Geoscience aspects of the
storage of energy related waste

Dr Linda Stalker

Theme 3.2.6 – Using geoscience to address
social licence concerns for energy projects

Professor Craig Simmons FTSE

Theme 3.3.1 – Groundwater challenges and
opportunities

Dr Ken Lawrie

Theme 3.3.2 – New groundwater
technologies and approaches

Dr Narelle Neumann

Theme 3.3.3 – Pre-competitive geoscience
data and information to understand
groundwater systems

Dr David Post

Theme 3.3.4 – Evaluating the potential
impacts to groundwater from resource
development

Jane Coram

Theme 3.3.5 – Groundwater science for
policy development and decision making

John Kilroe

Theme 3.4.1 – Resource investment and
management

Dr Gavin Mudd

Theme 3.4.2 – Trends in resource
exploration and development

Peter Baker

Keynote 3.4.3 – Resources definition

Steve Hunt

Theme 3.4.3 – Resources definition

Barbara Pribyl

Theme 3.4.3 – Resources definition

Dr Andrew Heap

Theme 3.5 – Technology integration

Theme 4

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Dr Marc Elmouttie

Theme 4.1 – Geohazards, risk and
mitigation

Assoc Prof Jinsong Huang

Theme 4.1 – Geohazards, risk and
mitigation

Dr Kathy Ehrig

Theme 4.2 – Mining geology and
geometallurgy

Andrew Scott

Theme 4.2 – Mining geology and
geometallurgy

Jill Terry

Theme 4.2 – Mining geology and
geometallurgy

Prof Rick Valenta

4.2 Mining geology & geometallurgy

Dr Phil Flentje

Theme 4.3 – Engineering geology – from
underpinning our civil infrastructure to
mine closure

Dr David Och

Theme 4.3 – Engineering geology – from
underpinning our civil infrastructure to
mine closure risk and mitigation

Andrew Barnicoat

Theme 4.4: Geoscience and its impact on
land use and productivity

Matt Miles

Theme 4.4: Geoscience and its impact on
land use and productivity

Andrew Bailey

Theme 4.5 – Exploration technology: future
trends and adoption challenges

Prof Peter Dowd

Theme 4.6 – Mathematics,
modelling, AI, robotics
and machine learning
applied to the acquisition and
interpretation of large or complex
geoscience data sets

Prof Dietmar Müller

Theme 4.6 – Mathematics,
modelling, AI, robotics
and machine learning
applied to the acquisition and
interpretation of large or complex
geoscience data sets

Dr Jon Huntington

Theme 4.7: National Virtual Core Library

Dr Sasha Pontual

Theme 4.7 – National Virtual Core Library

Theme 5

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Prof.Emeritus Dato’ Ibrahim Komoo

Theme 5.1 – Geology in
Society: geotourism and
geoheritage

Andrew Brooks

Theme 5.2 – Prediction, Process, Place:
Geomorphology

Prof Iain Stewart

Theme 5.3 – Geoscience,
Education and Professional Development
(AUGEN Symposium)

Prof Sue O’Reilly

5.5 Planning the Future of Geoscience

Dr Bill Shaw

Theme 5.5: Planning the Future of
Geoscience