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11 Register Early & Save Up to US $210 #ACE2016 HIGHLIGHTS All events take place at BMO Centre at Stampede Park unless otherwise noted. SEPM Research Symposium: Not All Foreland Basins Are Created Equal: A Revisit of Foreland Basin Tectonics, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Drainage Systems Date: Tuesday, 21 June Time: 8:00 a.m.–11:50 a.m. 1:45 p.m.–5:35 p.m. Location: Hall B, Room 2 Co-Chairs: D. Leckie and A. Miall Details: See pages 32 & 34 This SEPM Symposium on foreland basins, being held in the Western Canada foreland basin with the Canadian Rocky Mountains as a horizon backdrop, brings together leaders, including students, from around the world to discuss many aspects of foreland basins. The presentation topics are diverse, including the control of orogenic pulses with timing and sedimentation in the adjacent foreland basin, evolution of drainage patterns in deepwater and non-marine settings, climatic controls and other topics. Scheduled for Tuesday, 21 June, 18 talks from Western Canada, United States, South and Central America and Eastern Canada will be presented. The oral presentations will be accompanied by poster sessions on the theme on Monday, 20 June and Wednesday, 22 June. Luncheons All-Convention Luncheon The Business of Energy Transitions: How Companies Compete Through Disruptive Change Date: Monday, 20 June Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Location: Hall A Fee: US $60 + GST Speaker: Peter Tertzakian, Chief Energy Economist and Managing Director, ARC Financial Corporation Complementing the focus of his two best- selling books, A Thousand Barrels a Second (McGraw-Hill, NY 2005) and The End of Energy Obesity (John Wiley & Sons, NY 2009) with current industry context, Peter Tertzakian's lunch talk will provide insights into the dynamic world of energy transitions through a thoughtful and highly readable examination of economic, environmental and geopolitical pressures. Peter's career began as a geophysicist in 1982 and then moved from oil and gas to the finance and economics sector in 1990. This background combined with his entrepreneurial spirit, helped him rise from the trenches of hands-on oil exploration fieldwork to become an internationally recognized expert in energy matters. Peter publishes ARC Energy Charts, a weekly journal of real-time business indicators, and writes a weekly column for Canada's National Newspaper, The Financial Post. The AAPG Foundation's Teacher of the Year Award will be presented during the All-Convention Luncheon. The annual Teacher of the Year award of $6,000 is given to a K-12 teacher for excellence in the teaching of natural resources in the earth sciences. The award includes $3,000 to the recipient's school and $3,000 for the recipient's personal use. In addition, the recipient receives an expense-paid trip to the Annual Convention and Exhibition (ACE) to receive the award. Nominations for the award are submitted by the AAPG sections and the winner is chosen by AAPG Foundation's Teacher of the Year Judges. Each section winner receives a $500 cash award. Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Luncheon Entrepreneurial Challenges in the Current Oil and Gas Environment both Domestically and Internationally Date: Tuesday, 21 June Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Location: Hyatt Regency Calgary Fee: US $55 + GST Speaker: To be announced The traditional Division of Professional Affairs (DPA) Luncheon will take place on Tuesday in Calgary. Please check ACE.AAPG.org for information as soon as it becomes available. Energy Minerals Division (EMD) Luncheon A Look Back in Canada and Forward to a Possible Worldwide "Green" Energy Solution Date: Wednesday, 22 June Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Location: Hyatt Regency Calgary Fee: US $55 + GST Speaker: Dr. Reg A. Olson Dr. Reg Olson, a former Senior Advisor Mineral Resources with the Alberta Geological Survey (retired September 2007), has a long and distinguished career in mineral exploration and mineral deposits geology. Dr. Olson received his B. Sc. Honours Geology from the University of British Columbia; M.Sc. Economic Geology from University of Western Ontario; Ph.D. Economic Geology from University of British Columbia. He is credited as co-discoverer of the George Lake–Goose Lake gold deposits in Nunavut, Canada, with a delineated resource in excess of 5 million ounces. Dr. Olson has over 45 years of experience in uranium (and other economic minerals) and has worked throughout Canada for various types of uranium deposits, including Athabasca Basin unconformity type, Elliott Lake paleoplacer type, roll front and other sedimentary-hosted deposits, Beaverlodge District vein-type, uranium-bearing IOGC deposits and uraniferous pegmatites. He is a professional geologist currently registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC).

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