Schedule of Events

Tuesday, October 31

Time	Event	Location (Level 3, Marriott Rivercenter unless otherwise noted (SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE)
8:00am-5:00pm	Short Course: Integrated Exploration Methods for Clastic Depositional Systems (2 days)	Conf Rm 3
3:00pm-6:00pm	Registration Open	Reg Desk 2 & Foyer
4:30pm-6:00pm	GCAGS Continuity Committee Meeting	Conf 13-14

Wednesday, November 1

Time	Event	Location
7:00am-8:00pm	Registration Open	Reg Desk 2/Foyer
8:00am-3:00pm	GCAGS Board Meeting (by invitation only)	Conf Rms 17-18
8:00am-4:00pm	Exhibitor Move-In	Salons A-F
8:00am-4:00pm	Short Course: Integrated Exploration Methods for Clastic Depositional Systems (2 days)	Conf Rm 3
8:00am-4:00pm	Short Course: Log Analysis for Unconventional Reservoirs	Conf Rm 4
9:00am-3:00pm	Field Trip: Canyon Lake Gorge, Departure and Return at Marriott Rivercenter Hotel	offsite
11:00am-4:15pm	South Texas Geological Society Golf Networking Event, The Quarry Golf Course, 444 East Basse Rd., San Antonio	offsite
1:00pm-5:00pm	Speakers/Judges Room	Conf Rm 11
3:00pm-4:00pm	Spouse/Guest Hospitality	Vice Pres. Suite 3529
4:15pm-6:00pm	Opening Session/Awards Ceremony	Salon H (enter thru I)
6:00pm-8:00pm	Icebreaker in Exhibit Hall, A Taste of San Antonio	Salons A-F
8:30pm-11:00pm	Young Professionals Night Cap, The Friendly Spot, 943 S. Alamo St., San Antonio	offsite

Thursday, November 2

Time	Event	Location
7:00am-8:00am	Speakers & Poster Presenters Breakfast	Conf Rm 1-2
7:00am-8:00am	Judges' Breakfast	Conf Rm 3
7:00am-8:00am	Poster setup	Salons A-F
7:00am-6:00pm	Registration Open	Reg Desk 2/Foyer
7:00am-6:00pm	Speakers/Judges Room	Conf Rm 11
7:30am-8:30am	AAPG HOD Breakfast	Conf Rm 4
8:00am-9:30am	Spouse/Guest Hospitality	Vice Pres. Suite 3529
8:30am-6:00pm	Exhibitors Open	Salons A-F
8:20am-11:05am	Oral Session: Deep Water Symposium: Basin Evolution and Drivers of Deep Water Sedimentation	Salon I
8:20am-11:30am	Oral Session: Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Formations: Resource Play Evaluation and Eagle Ford Examples	Salons HKL
8:20am-11:30am	Oral Session: Workflow in Conventional and Unconventional Reservoirs: Geophysical, Classification and Management Processes for the Geologist	Salon J
8:30am-12:00pm	Poster Session 1	Salons A-F
8:30am-6:00pm	Exhibitors Open	Salons A–F
9:00am-3:00pm	Spouse/Guest Tour	offsite
11:30am-1:00pm	All-Convention Luncheon	Salons G (walk thru M)
1:00pm-3:45pm	Oral Session: Deep Water Symposium: Reservoir Architecture and Reservoir Quality: From Fields to Outcrops	Salons I
1:00pm-4:10pm	Oral Session: Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Formations: Cretaceous Carbonate Resevoirs: Austin Chalk, Edwards, Buda and Georgetown	Salons HKL
1:00pm-2:00pm	Oral Session: Water Resources and Gulf Coast Sedimentology: Water Resource Protection	Salon J
1:25pm-6:00pm	Poster Session 2	Salons A-F
2:00pm-4:10pm	Oral Session: Water Resources and Gulf Coast Sedimentology: Gulf Coast Sedimentology	Salon J
3:00pm-4:30pm	Spouse/Guest Hospitality	Vice Pres. Suite 3529
4:10pm–4:45pm	Special Session: Hurricane Harvey: USGS Rapid Response Research	Salon J
4:45pm-6:00pm	Presidents' Reception in Exh Hall	Salons A-F
6:30pm-9:30pm	Geo-Oktoberfest, Beethoven Maennerchor, 412 Pereida St., San Antonio	Beethoven Maennerchor

Friday, November 3

Time	Event	Location
7:00am-8:00am	Speakers & Poster Presenters Breakfast	Conf Rm 1-2
7:00am-8:20am	Women in Geoscience Breakfast	Salon M
7:00am-11:00am	Registration Open	Reg Desk 2/Foyer
7:00am-5:00pm	Speakers/Judges Room	Conf Rm 11
7:30am-8:30am	Short Course: Ethics for Geologists Breakfast (need cell phone for texting)	Salon J
8:00am-9:30am	Spouse/Guest Hospitality	Vice Pres. Suite 3529
8:20am-11:30am	Oral Session: Deep Water Symposium: Innovative Methods and Techniques	Salons I
8:20am-11:30am	Oral Session: Gulf Coast Fields and Reservoirs: Jurassic Gulf Coast Fields and Reservoirs	Salons HKL
8:30am-12:00pm	Poster Session 3	Salons A-F
8:30am-1:00pm	Exhibitors Open	Salons A-F
11:30am-1:00pm	AAPG DPA Luncheon	Salon J
11:30am-1:00pm	GCSSEPM Luncheon	Salon M
1:00pm-3:40pm	Oral Session: Reservoirs and Field Analogs: Gulf Coast Fields and Analogs from Other Plays	Salons HKL
1:25pm-3:40pm	Oral Session: Deep Water Symposium: Petroleum Systems	Salons I

Saturday, November 4

8:00am-5:00pm	Short Course: Introduction to Seismic Interpretation (2 days)	offsite (Trinity University)
9:00am-4:00pm	Field Trip: Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Shale in San Antonio, Departure and Return at Marriott Rivercenter Hotel	offsite

Sunday, November 5

8:00am-4:00pm	Short Course: Introduction to Seismic Interpretation (2 days)	offsite (Trinity University)