Please note: All activities are being held in the World Trade Center Veracruz (WTC) unless otherwise specified.

OPENING SESSION AND AWARDS CEREMONY

Date: Sunday, October 16
Time: 16:30–18:35 hrs
Location: Ulúa 3 Ballroom

Join the GCAGS´s President Jaime Patiño-Ruiz and General Chairman Javier J. Meneses-Rocha in welcoming attendees and awarding deserving individuals for their contributions to GCAGS. José Antonio Escalera-Alcocer, Pemex Exploration Vice-President, will be the keynote speaker, and AAPG Past President, Scott Tinker, will give the opening address. The session will conclude with an introduction of the AAPG Candidates who will briefly present their ideas and positions.

The session will also feature welcome greetings and remarks by government officials of the State of Veracruz.

Immediately following the Opening Session, proceed to the Exhibition Hall for the traditional Icebreaker Reception where you can greet old friends, share moments with exhibitors, and enjoy beverages and snacks. Name badge required for entry.

ICEBREAKER RECEPTION

Date: Sunday, October 16
Time: 18:45–20:50 hrs
Location: Tajín 4 Exhibition Hall

Touring around the Exhibit Hall and sharing Mexican hospitality with old friends as this reception is intended to warm up visitors by inviting them to have a look around the different exhibits choosing the booths they will mostly like to make connections with on a national or multinational scale. Name badge required for entry.

“MEET AND GREET” – Student event

Date: Sunday, October 16
Time: 18:30–19:00 hrs
Location: Tajín 4 Exhibition Hall

Due to the great success that this special event had in San Antonio last year, we intend to repeat the experience. The purpose of this event is to give students and professionals an opportunity to get to know one another. Students and professionals will be matched-up and encouraged to socialize, explore the Exhibition Hall together, and provide introductions to colleagues. Hopefully, relationships fostered at this event will last through the convention and beyond. Name badge required for entry.

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ALL-CONVENTION LUNCHEON

Date: Monday, October 17
Time: 11:30–13:15 hrs
Location: Ulúa 3 Ballroom

All Convention attendees are invited to attend the All-Convention Luncheon, focused on the upstream sector of the Mexican petroleum industry. Carlos Morales-Gil, Pemex Exploration & Production President, will be the key speaker. Following his presentation, the AAPG Executive Director will give a brief message to the attendees about AAPG-GCAGS current activities and goals and how these organizations can provide assistance to each other. Name badge required for entry.

PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION: ¡NOCHE VERACRUZANA!

Date: Monday, October 17
Time: 19:00–22:00 hrs
Location: next to the swimming pool area of the Crowne Plaza Hotel*

Attendees are cordially welcome to join the GCAGS President Jaime Patiño-Ruiz for a complementary cocktail, in the midst of a typical Veracruz ambience with live music and folkloric dance next to the Crowne Plaza Hotel swimming pool. Entrance only with name badge and ticket, included with all full registrations, or purchased separately through preregistration or on site (space permitting).

*Weather permitting the event will take place as scheduled until further notice. You will be informed in time about the
new site if necessary.

GCAGS BOARD MEETING

Date: Sunday, October 16
Time: 08:00–15:00 hrs.
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel – Coral Ballroom

GCAGS Officers, Committee Chairmen, and Society Presidents or their representative are invited to attend the Board Meeting. An invitation and RSVP will be issued by GCAGS prior to the Convention.

AAPG HOUSE OF DELEGATES BREAKFAST

Date: Monday, October 17
Time: 07:00–08:00 hrs.
Location: Galeria Plaza Hotel – El Faro Ballroom

If you are an AAPG delegate, plan to attend a special breakfast on Monday morning. An invitation and RSVP will come directly from AAPG prior to the Convention.

“WALK AND TALK” LUNCH

Date: Tuesday, October 18
Time: 11:30–13: 00 hrs
Location: Exhibition Hall at the Tajín 4 Exhibition Hall

A lunch has been organized to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy a little time-off and to get to know each other a little better and be more informed about the broad variety of technologies that will be displayed at the Exhibition. Name badge required for entrance.

RALPH W. IMLAY SYMPOSIUM:

“Jurassic regional framework and reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico”

Date: Wednesday, October 19
Time: 08:25–15:30 hrs
Location: Galería Plaza Hotel, Guillermo P. Salas Ballroom

This event is dedicated to the memory of late Dr. Ralph W. Imlay, renowned paleontologist, stratigrapher, and acclaimed authority on the Jurassic of North America. In the 1940s, Dr. Imlay came to Mexico invited by Manuel Rodriguez- Aguilar, Chief of the Exploration Department at Pemex, to share his knowledge and conduct field work to get a better understanding of the Jurassic of the Gulf of Mexico. In that survey, Dr. Imlay was guided by four Pemex eminent geologists, who discussed with him the petroleum relevance of the Jurassic stratigraphy and paleogeography of Mexico: Edmundo Cepeda de la Garza, Manuel Alvarez Jr., Teodoro Diaz, and Guillermo P. Salas. To pay homage to the memory of these four Mexican pioneers in petroleum geology and as a tribute to this international economic-geology collaboration, the conference ballroom names are dedicated to these men. Name badge required for entry; tickets for an optional lunch may be purchased on site.