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The Global Forum in Dallas 2003

Global Forum Organizer

Karen McDonald

International Showcase chairman

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In a watershed moment of SEG's history, the 2003 Annual Meeting theme "Geophysics—An International Language" was a fitting tribute to the fact that non-U.S. members recently surpassed the number of U.S.-based members. This and the fact that global members are younger than their American counterparts will have a major effect on the future of SEG.

Therefore, the time was ripe for an in-depth discussion of global issues in the context of our science and our industry. This is the reason why the Global Forum was added to the list of international events, which started eight years ago with International Showcase and, more recently, the Global Theatre. (Pamela Meredith, who launched International Showcase at Dallas 1995, also had an inaugural Global Forum at that time. It wasn't, however, tried again until Chuck Diggins, this year's vice chairman, International Showcase, suggested its resurrection. Diggins and Burianyk moderated.)

To get past the tentative stages, we developed a vision. The Global Forum will be an annual event at the SEG Annual Meeting. It will provide a platform to discuss the impact of geophysics and our resource industries on global issues and, conversely, the effect of global conditions on geophysics, resources, environment, and business. It will be a venue in which the excitement and the frustrations of global affairs can be discussed in a manner that can bring enlightenment and understanding.

Sponsored by BP, Anschutz Overseas, and Hunt Oil Company, SEG's new Global Forum was inaugurated Tuesday, 28 October 2003. This year's theme was purposefully broad, "The Business of Doing Business in a Global Market" and the eight invited panelists were given great leeway in structuring their comments as they saw fit within this theme.

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