SEG Foundation

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Advancing Geophysics TodayInspiring
Geoscientists for Tomorrow

• SEG Foundation
• foundation_at_seg.org

SEG Foundation foundation_at_seg.org
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SEG Foundation

• 501(c)(3)
• Corpus 15.9 million
• 2008 Program Budget 2.1 million
• Support for programs aligned with the mission of
  SEG

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Society of Exploration Geophysicists
29000 members 130 countries 61 affiliated
societies 191 student sections
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SEG Membership 1980-2007
100 increase over 10 years
Data received 5-15-06
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SEG Membership by Region
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SEG Mission

• Advance the science and technology of applied
  geophysics
• Support our members, and the corporations and
  institutions they work for

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SEG Priorities

• Serve a global membership
• Accelerate the pace of innovation
• Inspire the geoscientists of tomorrow

? DISC, DL, SEG Online, Offices
? Annual Meeting, Forums, SEAM
? Membership, Sections, Programs, SEG Online
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Geoscientists for Tomorrow
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Student Programs

• Sponsored Membership
• Student Sections
• Scholarships
• New programs
• SEG Online

Student Section Grant 2005
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Sponsored Membership
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Student Sections

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SEG Scholarships
Best and Brightest
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SEG Challenge Bowl

• New Program 2006
• Regional champs to Annual Meeting

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SEG/Chevron SLS

• New program 2007
• Student Leadership Symposium

I saw a lot of new perspectives, I learned a lot
of things, I met wonderful people, I lived dream
moments, I had a lot of fun, I made great
friends, and new gates for new opportunities were
opened for me. Im just glad that Chevron and the
SEG Foundation took a leadership role and created
a change that I was a part of. - Cezar Iacob,
Univ. of Bucharest
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Regional Lecturers

• New Program 2007
• Steve Chang Asia 2007
• India, China , Japan, Taiwan
• 1000 participants _at_18 locations

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New Programs 2008

• SEG/ExxonMobil SEP
• Multi-disciplinary student education
• Geoscientists without Borders
• Founding Supporter Schlumberger

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SEG Priorities

• Inspire the geoscientists of tomorrow
• Membership, Sections, Programs
• Accelerate the pace of innovation
• Annual Meeting, Forums, SEAM
• Serve a global membership
• DISC, DL, SEG Online, Offices

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SEG/EAGE DISC
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DISC Locations 1998-2007
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SEG Online Tomorrow
beyond the new look-and-feel,a massive upgrade
in infrastructure,to enable a fundamentally new
capability
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SEG Online The Vision

• Whatever, wherever, wheneverthe members need it
• Tools that strengthen the community
• Empower technical excellence

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SEG Online Focus Areas

• Publications digital library
• Conferences presentations
• Education courses and lectures
• Students career portal
• Research forums, consortia, data
• Collaboration communities

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Lectures Online
Greg Partyka 2005 Spectral Decomposition
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Lectures to the Members !
Spring 2005 Distinguished Lecture Spectral
Decomposition
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SEG Online Leadership

• We are proud to be a sponsor of SEG Online and
  look forward to its release and ongoing
  development.
• Bob Peebler, CEO ION

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Advancing Geophysics TodayInspiring
Geoscientists for Tomorrow

• SEG Foundation
• foundation_at_seg.org

Campaign Goal 15 million Announced Sept 21, 2007
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SEG Annual Meeting San Antonio 2007
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Current Progress

• Individuals 3. 7 million
• Corporations 6.5 million
• Total 10.2 million

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SEG Foundation thanks
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• Advancing and Inspiring its almost impossible
  to do alone. You have to be part of a larger
  community. SEG is, was, and will be the
  community.
• Robert Brunck, CEO CGGVeritas, Sept. 2007

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Advancing Geophysics TodayInspiring
Geoscientists for Tomorrow

• SEG Foundation
• foundation_at_seg.org

SEG Foundation foundation_at_seg.org