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This article provides news of recent past or upcoming SEG activities.
SEG welcomes Dorsey Morrow as new executive director
The SEG Board of Directors announces its selection of Dorsey Morrow as the new SEG executive director. He will begin his tenure with SEG on 1 June 2015 upon relocation from Montgomery, Alabama.
Morrow has more than 20 years of experience in technology and law. He has 13 years of executive leadership with a nonprofit organization serving international information-security professionals. Morrow was general counsel, corporate secretary, and executive vice president for (ISC)2, which has more than 90,000 members in 135 countries and offices in Florida, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Morrow's education includes a bachelor's degree in computer science and business administration and an M.B.A. from Troy University, a J.D. from Jones School of Law, an L.L.M. from Queen Mary University of London, and graduate study in management information systems at Auburn University.
“On behalf of the SEG Board of Directors, I am delighted to welcome Mr. Dorsey Morrow as our new SEG executive director,” said President Chris Liner. “He brings strong day-to-day operations experience to the job, including budgeting, finance, member services, and staff management. Dorsey's personal qualities include being a keen listener and a continuous lifelong learner of technology. SEG is excited to have Dorsey lead our geophysics society in its continued growth and globalization.”
SEG Annual Meeting makes Top 250 U. S. Trade Shows list
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) recently announced that its 2014 SEG International Exposition made the prestigious Top 250 U. S. Trade Shows list by Trade Show News Network (TSNN). TSNN, a leading news and online resource for the trade-show industry since 1996, annually compiles data and ranks the largest trade shows in the United States by net square footage. The 2014 SEG International Exposition was ranked 145th in the nation.
“SEG is extremely proud of the distinction of being named to the 2014 TSNN Top 250 Trade Shows list,” said Steven H. Davis, executive director of SEG. “As we continue to evolve to meet the challenges of the future, SEG is deeply committed to providing our members and customers with essential face-to-face opportunities to network, exchange information, and cultivate new ideas. We look forward to the continued growth and success of the SEG International Exposition in 2015 as we enhance our efforts in providing unique platforms and educational conference programs for oil and gas professionals around the world.”
The SEG International Exposition will return to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 18–21 October 2015. The meeting is expected to attract 8,500 attendees from more than 78 countries.

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Interpretation call for papers Quantitative reservoir prediction and delineation by geophysical technology integration
In the frontier areas, geophysical data are the only subsurface measurement we have in most cases. Use of geophysical technologies to minimize uncertainty when finding and assessing reservoirs is essential for a successful exploration program. When a discovery is made, geophysical data provide reservoir information away from the discovery well, including thickness, distribution, and other properties (such as porosity) for assessing the resource of the play. A seismic-conditioned geologic model has to be built for development planning and drilling-program design. As the field progresses to production, infill drilling or near-field wildcatting, and field surveillance, geophysical technologies still play an indispensable role in updating the geologic model and improving history matching. Integrating all related measurements and maximizing the value of geophysical technologies are critical components of upstream activities from exploration to production.
The editors of Interpretation (http://www.seg.org/interpretation) invite papers on the topic Quantitative reservoir prediction and delineation by geophysical technology integration for publication in a May 2016 special section. The objectives of this special section are to illustrate the contributions of geophysical technologies, mainly surface and borehole seismic data, and to provide the understanding of the state of the art in geophysical quantification of reservoirs. Encouraged contributions include but are not limited to:
identifying the occurrence and distributions of reservoirs and source rocks
delineating the reservoirs as a container and mapping framework
estimating the rock properties (e.g., thickness, porosity, volume of shale, and fracture orientation and density)
quantifying reservoir property, conditioning geologic model, and assisting history matching of a field
Interested authors should submit for review no later than 1 September 2015 via the normal online submission system for Interpretation (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/interpretation) and select the Quantitative reservoir prediction and delineation by geophysical technology integration special section in the dropdown menu. In addition, the special-section editors would like to receive a provisional title and list of authors as soon as possible. The submitted papers will be subjected to the regular peer-review process, and the contributing authors also are expected to participate in the peer-review process. Please see the “Instructions to Authors” (http://www.seg.org/resources/publications/interpretation/authorinfo) with links to a manuscript template in Word and other information (e.g., tutorials for special-section editors).

After Zhang et al., 2010, Seismic constrained reservoir property prediction — Example from a Middle East carbonate field offshore Abu Dhabi, UAE: 80th Annual International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 1312–1316.
The submissions will be processed according to the following timeline:
Submission deadline: 1 September 2015
Peer review complete: 26 January 2016
Final files submitted for production: 9 February 2016
Publication of issue: May 2016
Special-section editors:
Jie Zhang, Jie.
Hougliu Zeng, h_zeng@yahoo.
Abbas Raad, abbas.
Gene Skeith, GSkeith@zadco.
Peter Janak, pjanak@statoil.
Rupert Cole, Rupert.
Ken Waddell, Kenneth.
Karl Rettenmaier, kandprett@hotmail.
Interpretation, copublished by SEG and AAPG, aims to advance the practice of subsurface interpretation.