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Technical Program Circular & Call for Abstracts

Yellowknife Geoscience Forum 2010


The 38th annual Yellowknife Geoscience Forum will be held Tuesday November 16th through Thursday November 18th. This conference provides an intimate setting for the exchange of information on Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, Mining Activities, and Government and Academia Geoscience Research in Canada's north. The 2009 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum attracted over 800 delegates from industry, academia, and government.

The technical program, organized by the NWT Geoscience Office, consists of both oral and poster presentations. The technical program web page can be found at www.nwtgeoscience.ca/forum/ and will be updated regularly. The NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines organizes the Forum registration, trade show and social events. More information can be found at www.miningnorth.com.

General technical program inquiries can be directed to Technical Program Chair – Doug Irwin at Doug_Irwin@gov.nt.ca.

ALL SPEAKERS, POSTER PRESENTERS, AND CHAIRS MUST REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE.  BADGES WILL BE CHECKED AT EVERY VENUE. 
Both full and single day registration passes are available. 
Visit www.miningnorth.com/geoscienceforum/ for more information.

Instructions for Speakers (PDF)
Instructions for Poster Presenters (PDF)
Abstract Specifications and Example (Word)

Technical program topics for 2010 include:

  • Energy in Canada's North, Northern Alternate Energy Sources, Exploration & Geoscience, Environment and Earth Sciences, Climate Change, Mining & Environmental Management, Geoscience Outreach, Northern Infrastructure, and Mining and Energy Regulatory Issues

  • Poster presentations (Soapbox talk optional)

Presentations from various disciplines are welcome. If you wish to submit an abstract but are not sure which session is most appropriate for your topic, contact the Abstract Submissions Chair - Luke Ootes at Luke Ootes@gov.nt.ca for advice.

Do not email your abstract; please use our online submission page.  If you have a problem with the online submission page, contact our webmaster - Alan Udell at Alan_Udell@gov.nt.ca.

If you are interested in making a presentation and require more information, please contact the Abstract Submissions or the Technical Program Chair.

Abstracts are required for both oral and poster presentations and will be compiled in the conference abstract volume; this document will be posted to the program web page one week before the conference starts.  Abstracts must be submitted before 17:00 MT Friday, October 15th using the online Abstract submission page at www.nwtgeoscience.ca/forum.

 

Specifications for 2010 Yellowknife Geoscience Forum Abstracts

NOTE: Submit Abstracts online at:
www.nwtgeoscience.ca/forum

  1. Maximum number of words: 500 (excluding title and author names)

  2. Formatting:
    Please use the abstract template example from www.nwtgeoscience.ca/forum

    Font    : 12 point Times New Roman, single spaced, insert one space between paragraphs (do not indent paragraphs)
    Title: Proper Case and BOLD (do not use italics)
    Authors: list by surname, initials; all authors to be listed, then their association(s).  If more than one association, use superscript numbers to denote which author belongs to which association i.e.

Abstract Title (12pt Times New Roman, Proper Case, BOLD, Centered)
Surname, Initial. Initial. (12 pt Times New Roman, Centered)
Place of Business, City, Province
Corresponding_author@email.ca (optional)

OR

(Two Authors)
Surname, Initial. Initial.1 and Surname, Initial. Initial.2 (12 pt Times New Roman, Centered)
(1) Place of Business, City, Province
(2) Place of Business, City, Province
Corresponding_author@email.ca (optional)

OR

(More than Two Authors)
Surname, Initial. Initial.1, Surname, Initial. Initial.2, and Surname, Initial. Initial.3 (12 pt Times New Roman, Centered)
(1) Place of Business, City, Province
(2) Place of Business, City, Province
(3) Place of Business, City, Province
Corresponding_author@email.ca (optional)

Body of Text - Single Spaced Text. Do not indent paragraphs; provide a line space only (12 pt Times New Roman. Left justified)

  1. Special characters (e.g. Greek letters, subscripts) should be included in your abstract. If you want to ensure the characters in the final document appear correctly, you may fax a hard copy of the abstract to: 867-669-2725, attn: Erin Palmer, Abstract Compiler.

  2. No figures (unless approved by the Abstract Submissions Chair - Luke Ootes at Luke Ootes@gov.nt.ca)