GCAGS 65th Annual Convention in Houston is coming September 20-22! Save money by signing up by the early registration deadline of July 31. Take advantage of discounted prices for professional registration, and discounts for geoscience students and for student volunteers.

Register: http://www.gcagshouston.com/registration/

GCAGS stands for the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies and will be hosted by the Houston Geological Society. 

The GCAGS meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center will feature pre-convention (Saturday and Sunday, September 19-20) Gulf Coast geology field trips, and one day (Saturday OR Sunday) geoscience short courses. 

The preconvention activities are listed at http://www.gcagshouston.com/short-course-overview/ and http://www.gcagshouston.com/field-trips-overview/

The technical program brochure can be downloaded at http://www.gcagshouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2015-GCAGS-Dgital-Announcement-Brochure-PR.pdf

Volunteer to be a technical program judge by emailing your contact info to socialmedia@gcags.org, or you can sign up during registration on the convention website.

More information on why participating is important: http://www.gcagshouston.com/be-a-volunteer/.

The GCAGS technical program, September 21-22 includes two days of exciting oral presentations and poster sessions by leading geologists from both major oil companies and successful independent companies; plus talks and posters from well known and acclaimed academic researchers from Texas and Louisiana universities. The Monday all-convention luncheon will feature Chevron's deepwater Gulf discoveries, and Tuesday luncheons host the CEO of PetroQuest, and experts on rock modeling. Scott Tinker, our own Texas BEG "rock star", chairs a first-ever Geo-Generations panel Tuesday that will talk about perspectives from three generations of geologists. GCAGS will overlap with the AAPG-SEG student Expo (September 22-23) in the George R. Brown Convention center, so expect to meet tomorrow's geoscientists in the Exhibit Hall and technical sessions. Make plans to attend the 2015 GCAGS convention, to boast your knowledge on oil and gas plays and environmental geology, and take advantage of the networking opportunities to enhance your career.