Any interested parties in going?  Department could lend a van.

The Distinguished Instructor Short Course (DISC) is an eight-hour, one-day short course on a topic of current and wide-spread interest. Sponsored by both the SEG and EAGE, it is presented at over 20 locations each year around the world. The instructor is a prominent geophysicists whose work and presentation appeal to a wide audience ranging from students to professionals near the end of their careers. The 2004 DISC, presented by Dr. Paul Weimer, is entitled "Petroleum Systems of Deep-Water Settings".

The  upcoming SEG DISC, "Petroleum Systems of Deep-Water Settings", is being offered on October 21st at the Shell Annex in New Orleans.   The course is free to students and will allow students who are not Student SEG members to become SEG members at no cost.  The SEG requires that student non-members fill out a student SEG membership form and obtain a advising faculty signature.  Obtain a SEG membership form from the SEG website at www.seg.org under For Students - Student Membership.  The course cost to regular SEG members and SGS members is only $35.  The course manual itself sells for $66 at the SEG Bookmart and will only be offered to SEG members following completion of the DISC tour in December. 

 This same information is available at the website, www.sgs-neworleans.org.