AAPG Asia Pacific – July 2007 Report

First half of 2007 Activity Review:

1. Distinguished Lecturer / Visiting Geologists Program
   • Craig Shipp (DL) visited West Malaysia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
   • Herman Darman (VGP) visited Perth and organizes a field trip for University Malaya, Malaysia.
   • Geovani Christopher (VGP) visited 2 universities in China
   • Syed Tariq Hasany (VGP) visited 1 university in Pakistan
   • Peter Lloyd (VGP) in Indonesia visited about 9 universities in Indonesia.
2. Conference / Meeting
   • February: AAPG Leadership ConferenceAsia Pacific region sponsored Dr. Lee Chai Peng, president of the Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM), an affiliate society of AAPG, to attend the conference.
   • March: PAPG – SPE Pakistan conference
     • AP Region President was invited to contribute an opening letter for the conference proceedings.
     • AAPG display a poster in the conference.
   • April: SEAPEX conference Singapore
     • AP Region President gave an award to Richard Lorentz, SEAPEX past president, for his support on AAPG student chapters in Indonesia. SEAPEX donated S$10,000 for AAPG SC in Indonesia
     • AAPG display a poster in an exhibition booth.
     • Asia Pacific region executive committee meeting was held to discuss various issues.
   • April: Long Beach conference
     • AP Region sent our delegates to attend AC and HoD meeting. The delegates were led by Mick McWalter (Region Secretary) and John Kaldi (Past President)
   • May: IPA conference in Jakarta, Indonesia
     • AAPG sponsored 4 students to join the conference
     • AAPG student chapter open an exhibition booth to display their activities.
3. Student Chapters: AAPG Student Chapters in the Asia Pacific region are very active. They organized workshops, field trips, and lectures. They prepared mid year reports, which are available online in here
   • China: 3 new student chapters were formed
   • India: 2 new student chapters were formed
   • Australia: incorporating PESA student chapters, they will be treated the same as AAPG student chapter.
   • Philippines: preparing one student chapter.
   • Pakistan: preparing one student chapter.
   • Indonesia: AAPG SC of University of Indonesia received an award from AAPG as the Outstanding AAPG Student Chapter – International for 2007
4. Others:
   • Web site: Agus M. Ustad, new volunteer to help in maintaining AAPG Asia Pacific website.
   • AAPG Cape Town Conference 2008: Asia Pacific region will actively support this conference by organizing some session to cover India-Pakistan-Bangladesh and Southeast Asia – Pacific regions.

Next half of 2007 Planning

1. Mature the formation of the Regional Advisory Council.
2. DL:
   • Peter Mc Cabe: to visit various cities in Australia
   • Don Lawton: to visit several countries in Asia
3. September: Circum Pacific Energy Conference in China
4. Regional office: continue to evaluate the opportunity to open an office in the region.