Events & Courses

For clarification, the venue for this event is Plymouth University. Please disregard the mention of Portsmouth University in the Society newsletter, this was made in error. 

Every year we hold an informal evening of short talks for early career geoscientists (industry and academy) to showcase their work.  This is a really good forum to get feedback prior to a conference presentation or your chartership application (all chartership applications include a 15 minute presentation to scrutineers).  So whether you want to test out a talk, support your peers or provide feedback as an experienced practitioner this is a great event.

There is a small prize for the best talk and the opportunity (if eligible) to go forward to the national Early Careers competition. 

If you are interested in giving a talk please send expressions of interest to the SW Regional Group or the Sarah Boulton by 31 January.

Confirmed speakers

7 pm Rhian Lynes (Structural Soils)

Optimising Water Content Preservation with regards to rock samples for strength testing

7.15 Lara Mani (Plymouth University)

Using video games for volcanic hazard education and communication

7. 30 Chris Yeomans (Camborne School of Mines; Exeter University)

Using radioelement distributions to classify a composite granite batholith in the South West England Orefield

7.45 Tom Blackhouse (Terrafirma Mine Searches Ltd)

The Hidden Legacy of Mineral Extraction in the UK

8.00 Mark Packer and Vladimir Simov (Camborne School of Mines; Exeter University)

An Icelandic central volcano, and its association with a silicic magmatic system

8.15 Alex Dawson (Plymouth University)

Climatic signals in the stable isotope geochemistry of palaeosols spanning the Paleocene-Eocene boundary

8:30 Camilla Owens (Camborne School of Mines; Exeter University)

Utilising froth flotation for the extraction of rare earth elements

Time

6.30pm for 7.00pm

Venue

Plymouth University

Portland Square Stonehouse lecture theatre