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Technical Program

The 18th SBGf International Congress Technical Program will include technical sessions, workshops and round tables, to be held from October 16th to 19th, at EXPO MAG Convention Center (former SulAmerica), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Opening Ceremony

16th October 2023, 5 to 7 PM (Main Conference Room)


AWARDS

- Best PhD Thesis (2021-2023);
- Best MSc Dissertation (2021-2023);
- Alcides Barbosa, for a professional with relevant contributions to the SBGf.
- Décio Oddone, for a professional with relevant contributions in the O&G sector.
- Nero Passos, for a professional with relevant contributions in the Academic area.
- Irnack do Amaral, for a professional with relevant contributions in the Mineral sector
- Carlos Alberto Dias, for professionals who have excelled in the development of Applied Geophysics.

Technical Program

17th - 19th October 2023

17th October
Time V Brazilian Seismology Symposium Workshops Roundtables Technical Session Poster Session
8:30am to 9:30am Keynote: Expansion of the Brazilian Seismographic Network to offshore
Sergio Fontes (National Observatory - ON)
Workshop: Machine Learning Applied to Geophysics: Methods and Applications
Chairpersons: Pedro Mário Cruz e Silva (Nvidia) and Pablo Machado Barros (Petrobras)
How can diversity propel innovation in Geophysics? Technical presentations, up to 7 simultaneous rooms 50 simultaneous panels
9:30am to 11:15am Symposium Program
11:30am to 12:30pm Keynote: Energy Transition - André Romanelli Rosa
12:30pm to 2pm Lunch break
2pm to 4:45pm Symposium Program Workshop: High Performance Computing Applied to Geophysics: Techniques and Applications
Chairpersons: Pedro Mário Cruz e Silva (Nvidia) and André Bulcão (Petrobras)
Technical Drives to Explore the Brazilian Equatorial Margin Technical presentations, up to 7 simultaneous rooms 50 simultaneous panels
18th October
Time V Brazilian Seismology Symposium Workshops Roundtables Technical Session Poster Session
8:30am to 11:15am Symposium Program Workshop: INCT on Tectonic Studies
Chairpersons: Reinhardt Fuck (UnB) & Roberta Vidotti (UnB)
Ground Gravity Database (BNDG): carried out activities, future perspectives and the new Bouguer Map of Brazil Technical presentations, up to 7 simultaneous rooms 50 simultaneous panels
11:30am to 12:30pm Keynote: Twenty years of CSEM Exploration in the Brazilian Continental Margin Paulo T.L. Menezes (Petrobras)
12:30pm to 2pm Lunch Break
2pm to 4:45pm Discussing fiber-DAS opportunities in Brazil
Mediator: Marcelo Belentani de Bianchi (USP)
Participants: Eduardo Cezar Grizendi (RNP/ MCTI) George Sand França (UnB)
Workshop: Full Azimuth Seismic: Where we are and the way ahead
Chairpersons: Anderson Cavalcante (CGG) & Carlos Eduardo Borges de Salles Abreu (Petrobras)
Technical presentations, up to 7 simultaneous rooms 50 simultaneous panels
BrJG - Brazilian Journal o Geophysics
Chairpersons: George Sand (UnB), Alanna Dutra (UFBA), Cícero Régis (UFPA) & Giuliano Marotta (UnB)
19th October
Time Workshops Roundtables Technical Session Poster Session
8:30am to 11:15am Workshop: Best MSc and PhD thesis awards
Chairperson: Andrea Teixeira Ustra (USP)
The role of Geophysics in Energy Transition Technical presentations, up to 7 simultaneous rooms 50 simultaneous panels
Workshop: INCT on Petroleum Geophysics
Chairpersons: Milton José Porsani (UFBA) & Wagner Lupinacci (UFF)
11:30am to 12:30pm Keynote: Sustainable Development in the Brazilian Mineral Industry Maria José Grazzi Salum (SGB/CPRM)
12:30pm to 2pm Lunch break
2pm to 4:45pm Workshop: INCT on Petroleum Geophysics
Chairpersons: Milton José Porsani (UFBA) & Wagner Lupinacci (UFF)
OSDU™ Data Platform - Energy data integration, governance and interoperability Technical presentations, up to 7 simultaneous rooms 50 simultaneous panels
Workshop: Mining Geophysics & Advanced Multiphysics
Chairperson: Alan de Souza Cunha (UFRJ - METTA)

Technical Sessions

Detailed description about the topics

Focused on providing the basis for a quantitative seismic interpretation, AVO, Rock Physics, and Petrophysics techniques aim to deliver, within integrated workflows via upscaling processes, the link between elastic and rock properties such as porosity, mineralogy, pore shape, fractures, and stresses. Lateral variations of statics and dynamics properties play an important role in complex reservoirs modeling. Being spatially predictive using Seismic Inversion results calibrated by Rock Physics and Petrophysics analyses are key factors in the geological and geomechanical model building process. Theoretical and applied results developed by Industry and Academia are welcome and can include, but not limited to, the following methods:

  • Rock Physics Models: Development and Applications;
  • AVO, Seismic Inversion, and Quantitative Seismic Interpretation;
  • Anisotropy, Fractured Reservoirs, AVOz;
  • Petrophysics and Borehole Geophysics;
  • Reservoir Characterization;
  • Uncertainty Analysis;
  • Digital Rock Physics Analysis;
  • Data driven Rock Physics;
  • Fluid Substitution and 4D Feasibility;
  • Pore-pressure Prediction;
  • Rock Mechanics, Geomechanics, and Stresses Analysis;
  • Emerging Technologies;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    The topic of Data Acquisition & Devices covers a broad range of geophysical methods, including research and development of equipment and techniques. Their focus is to recover as much information from the subsurface as possible, in an affordable and, most importantly, sustainable way, including the introduction of new devices to allow for better data quality and more efficient acquisitions. Sessions in this topic will cover many aspects of acquisition, including:

  • Optimizing Acquisition Design;
  • Broadband Seismic;
  • Multi-Component and Multi-Physics Data Acquisition;
  • New sources and related configurations;
  • Data Acquisition and Sustainability;
  • Emerging Technologies;
  • VSP and Borehole Geophysics;
  • Permanent Acquisition and Monitoring;
  • Automation and Robotics;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    Processing of geophysical data, which is closely related to digital signal analysis, aims to treat data acquired in the field through seismic, gravimetry, electromagnetic, radar and other techniques. Data processing can be used to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), address interfering signals, gather and analyze statistical information, and even infer missing data, among many other uses. Presentations in this topic are welcomed, with suggested focus in the following themes:

  • Data Interpolation and Regularization;
  • Noise Attenuation;
  • Multiples Attenuation;
  • Simultaneous Sources Data and Deblending;
  • Statistical Methods in Data Processing;
  • Pre-Conditioning Methods;
  • Data Deconvolution;
  • Wavelet Extraction;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    This session is dedicated to geophysics applications focused on bringing insights to different geological environments. The section involves qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative analysis of several geophysical methods and their interpretation in terms or geology. Some topics are suggested below:

  • Geophysics for geological mapping;
  • Structural framework of sedimentary basins;
  • Craton and orogenic belts studies;
  • Continental margin and oceanic basins studies;
  • Geophysical-geological models;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    ESG (Environmental, social and governance) is one of the most important issues at the moment, not only for Industry but also for Academia. The agenda is driven by many challenges, particularly, climate change. For example, the urgency to find solutions for clean, affordable, and safe energy calls for efforts from several expertises. Geoscientists have an important role to play in this agenda. We invite authors to submit contributions that explore the following topics:

  • Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), e.g., reservoir, trap and seal mapping and characterization;
  • Geophysical monitoring applied to climate-related events, CO2 plume migration, CO2 leakage from CCS projects, industrial practices (e.g., toxic materials), induced seismicity, natural disasters;
  • Geophysical characterization of environmental contamination.
  • Geophysical investigation of continental and submarine geohazards.
  • New technologies to minimize environmental impact during geophysical operations.
  • Geophysical techniques to find critical resources that enable safe Energy Transition.
  • Gender Equality in Geosciences.
  • How to atract and retain new talents for the future.
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    Geophysics has always been a very multidisciplinary field, and computers have been a part of this science for many years. Recent advances have made this relationship much closer, with Geophysical applications ranked among the top HPC users in the world. The technical session AI & HPC will focus on how these topics can enable geoscientists to combine data- driven and physical-based modeling in complex environments and with fast, high-quality decisions. We invite presenters in the following and related topics:

  • Data Engineering;
  • Applications in High Performance Computing;
  • Cloud Computing and other virtual computational environments;
  • Machine Learning applications in Geophysics;
  • Digital Transformation in Geophysics;
  • Big Data and the challenges of creating integrated Geophysics databases;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    This technical session is dedicated to the use of geophysical methods applied to mineral exploration, groundwater investigation and environmental characterization. It involves a broad range of activities commonly, but not exclusively, related to the sub-fields of Exploration Geophysics, Environmental Geophysics, Archaeo-Geophysics, Hydro-Geophysics, Glacio-Geophysics, Marine-Geophysics and Hydrography, including different topics such as:

  • Geophysics in mineral exploration: new methods and case studies.
  • Groundwater geophysical mapping and monitoring.
  • Advances in applied geoacoustics.
  • Developments in near-surface geophysics data acquisition, inversion and interpretation.
  • Near surface methods and controlled experiments for long-term geophysical monitoring studies.
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    The ability to deal with complex geological models and generate synthetic data is paramount in Geophysics, especially regarding the scales involved and the way to access the related uncertainties. Model Building is an important tool for survey design, imaging, interpretation, fluid flow simulations, well drilling activities, security and many other applications. This is an integrated field, where the expertise and knowledge of geoscientists play equal roles to complex data inversion algorithms. We invite authors of this very multidisciplinary area to contribute with works related to:

  • Tomography;
  • Full Waveform Inversion (FWI);
  • Migration Velocity Analysis (MVA);
  • Physical Model Building;
  • Multiparameter Model Building;
  • Reservoir Scale Models and Parametrization;
  • 3D Pore Pressure estimation for safety and reservoir;
  • Uncertainty Analysis.
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    The Multiphysics session brings together contributions from different geophysical methods covering methodological and applied content to different sectors of Academia and Industry. Currently, the challenges to understand the geological evolutionary processes added to the difficulty of imaging emphasize the importance of combining different geophysical methods, adding reliability and reducing ambiguities in the interpretation. The contribution of these methods to mining, oil & gas, environmental and solid Earth are widely known to the scientific community. We invite presenters to share your experiences regarding the Geophysical Methods listed below:

  • Geoelectrical Methods: Induced Polarity (IP), Self-Potential Method (SP), Eletro Resistivity Method;
  • Electromagnetic Methods: CSEM, Magneto telluric, FDEM and others;
  • Radiometric Methods;
  • Magnetics;
  • Gravity;
  • Geothermal Methods;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    Geoscientists use Remote Sensing to register and understand the Earth’s geophysical processes. From proximal to orbital technologies, Remote Sensing can be used for geophysical, geological and geothermal energy exploration, and evaluation for environmental geology and geotechnical engineering, among other fields. We invite the community to contribute to this session, suggesting the following themes:

  • Geological and geophysical applications;
  • Oil & Gas;
  • Mineral and Geothermal exploration;
  • Terrain, bathymetry and DEM analytical techniques;
  • Surface energy balance (models an application);
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR);
  • Hyperspectral and Multispectral Sensors;
  • Multiscale remote sensing;
  • Remote Sensing in Seismology
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    The Technical Session Reservoir Geophysics comprises technical discussions and oral and poster presentations from a broad set of disciplines, technologies and methodologies, involving a full range of industries, state and private companies' professionals as well as academia researchers, and involving areas such as:

  • Integrated Reservoir Modeling and Characterization;
  • Reservoir Monitoring & Time-Lapse Seismic;
  • Fast models updating processes;
  • Passive Seismic Analysis;
  • Reservoir Geomechanics;
  • Reservoir Properties from Seismic Inversion Techniques;
  • Diagenesis, Karsts, Fractures and Fractures and Reservoir Quality;
  • Uncertainty Analysis;
  • Geohazards Prevention;
  • Reservoir Geophysics Value of Information (VOI) & Economic Added Value (EVA);
  • Seismic Data Bandwidth & Reservoir Heterogeneities Representation;
  • Emerging Technologies;
  • Multiphysics for Improved Reservoir Modeling.
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    The goal of Model Building & Seismic Imaging methods is to produce reliable subsurface property models, either for interpretation or to serve as input for imaging techniques, as well to generate high resolution (broadband) images of the subsurface from seismic data. Usually, the accuracy of such methods is evaluated from a structural (kinematic) standpoint, but novel techniques such as FWI Imaging, Elastic FWI and Least Squares Migration aim to be dynamically accurate as well. Such novel approaches, together with current challenges pertaining to complex geological settings and deeper imaging targets, have kept this field current in both Industry and Academia. Oral and poster sessions in this topic will focus on novel and well-known approaches in this field, including but not limited to:

  • Tomography and Migration Velocity Analysis (MVA);
  • Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) and correlated methods;
  • Physical Model Building;
  • Multiparameter Model Building;
  • Kirchhoff and Other Integral Methods;
  • Reverse Time Migration (RTM) and Other Wavefield Continuation Methods;
  • Gaussian Beam Methods;
  • Downward Continuation and Other Fourier Based Methods;
  • Least Squares and Deconvolution based Methods;
  • Diffraction Imaging;
  • Imaging with Multiples;
  • Shear-wave Imaging;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    This topic covers a broad range of disciplines that address the quantitative analysis of the structure, dynamics and evolution of the Earth including continental/oceanic crust and lithosphere. We encourage oral and poster contributions in all topics listed below but not restricted to them.

  • Seismology;
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism;
  • Geodesy;
  • Gravity and Magnetics;
  • Electromagnetic Induction Methods;
  • Heat Flow;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

    The technical session on Engineering and Environmental Geophysics covers a wide range of Engineering applications where geophysical data and methods play a major role, encompassing but not limited to Geotechnical, Petroleum and Mining. The main topics expected to be presented and discussed in this session involve:

  • Archaeological and forensic applications of geophysics.
  • Geophysical subsurface investigations to predict landslides;
  • Geological hazards and karst areas;
  • Integration of Geophysical methods aiming at establishing foundation engineering of large structures for mineral exploration, including Oil & Gas, Ore deposits, or Geothermal plants;
  • Tunnels, bridges and dams building and monitoring;
  • Geophysical investigation for groundwater exploration and environmental problems;
  • We welcome proposals for Symposiums and Workshops in this topic.

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