Session: Perspectives on an Emerging Workforce Crisis in Geology: Assessing a Looming Irony (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Oral Session

Pardee Keynote Sessions

Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

George R. Brown Convention Center, General Assembly Theater Hall A

Presiding:

John Holbrook and Kevin Bohacs

8:00 AM

Anatomy of a Department Closure: When Workforce Needs and Administrative Priorities Meet the Worst Case Scenario
John Holbrook, The Univ of Texas at Arlington; Gary Lowell, The Univ of Texas at Arlington

8:15 AM

121-2

Supply and Demand Vectors of the Next Generation of Geoscientists
Christopher M. Keane, American Geological Institute

8:30 AM

121-3

The 21st Century Geoscience Workforce: Global Opportunities and Challenges in the Energy Industry
Lori L. Summa, ExxonMobil Exploration Company; Michael G. Loudin, ExxonMobil Exploration Co

8:45 AM

121-4

Cultivating the Next Generation Geoscience Workforce: The View from NSF
Jill Karsten, National Science Foundation; Lina C. Patino, National Science Foundation

9:00 AM

121-5

Perspectives on An Emerging Workforce Crisis in Geology: Assessing a Looming Irony – the Mining Perspective: Carpe Diem
Leigh W. Freeman, Downing Teal Inc

9:15 AM

121-6

The Academic Dimension of a Geoscience Workforce Crisis
P. Geoffrey Feiss, College of William and Mary

9:30 AM

121-7

Consulting Engineering Geology Workforce Crisis: Making Do and Limiting Liability
Jeffrey R. Keaton, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc; Rosalind Munro, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc

9:45 AM

121-8

Thoughts on the Future of Higher Education In Public Research Institutions, with Particular Reference to the Rocky Mountain West
Judith Totman Parrish, Univ of Idaho

10:00 AM

121-9

The Future GeoEnvironmental Workforce - Will There Be Enough Talent?
Richard M. Powers, PG, BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc

10:15 AM

121-10

Geoscience Departments and the Workforce: Bringing Together Student Interests and Industry Needs
Cathryn A. Manduca, Carleton College; R. Heather Macdonald, College William & Mary; P. Geoffrey Feiss, College of William and Mary; Randall M. Richardson, University of Arizona; Timothy J. Bralower, Pennsylvania State University; Carolyn H. Eyles, McMaster University; Carol J. Ormand, Carleton College

10:30 AM

121-11

Career Paths for the 21st Century Geoscientist - Petroleum Industry Trends, Technologies and Challenges
Cindy Yeilding, BP

10:45 AM

121-12

Perspectives on the Future Unconventional Geoscience Workforce
Charles G. Groat, The University of Texas at Austin

11:00 AM

Panel Discussion

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