BSRG Meetings and Workshops
BSRG Meetings and Workshops
BSRG aims to hold at least two thematic meetings a year, plus at least one field workshop and one or more additional workshops, core workshops and/or short courses appended to the AGM. Please consider convening a meeting in your branch of sedimentology - especially if you feel that it is traditionally under-represented in BSRG. Assistance and start-up loans are available from the Committee.
Please read the BSRG Code of Conduct for meetings and activities.
Thematic meetings
Thematic meetings focus on current "hot" topics and multidisciplinary studies in sedimentology. The committee is keen to see the widest possible scope of sedimentology represented in the meetings, and is enthusiastic to promote joint meetings with other Specialist Groups of the Geological Society (e.g. British Geomorphological Research Group, Petroleum Group, Geochemistry Group, Marine Studies Group, Tectonic Studies Group, Environment Group) - in fact, sedimentology is uniquely able to integrate with most of the other disciplines in the Earth and environmental sciences. We are also open to suggestions of joint meetings with external organisations such as the IAS, SEPM, the Palaeontological Society, and others.
Short courses and field workshops
BSRG is keen to encourage short training courses and field workshops for postgraduates. The Committee would like to hear from anyone willing to offer a course, and to receive suggestions for subjects to be covered. Previous short courses and field workshops include:
- BSRG Workshop: Recipe for a successful poster presentation (Friday afternoon 25 November 2022 & Virtual)
- BSRG Panel Discussions: How to Navigate Through Your Phd (28 October 2021 & 17 November 2021)
- BSRG workshop on "How to write a scientific paper" (9th & 11th November 2020)
- BSRG workshop on "An introduction to stratigraphic forward modelling: why and how we do" (11th & 12th March 2020)
- BSRG workshop on palynological applications to sedimentology (17th-19th February 2019)
- BSRG core workshop 2017: From Core to Depositional Environment in Deep-Marine Systems (8th-10th September 2017)
- BSRG petrophysics short course, University of Leicester (5-6th December 2015)
- BSRG Field Safety Leadership Course, Eastbourne (7-9th November 2015)
- BSRG Ichnofabric Workshop, Manchester University (11th-12th September 2015)
- BSRG Seismic Interpretation Workshop, Imperial College, London (14th-15th June, 2014)
- BSRG core workshop and field day 2014: The Ultimate Carbonate Experience (9-10/05/14, Keyworth & Wirksworth)
- BSRG deep-water core workshop and field trip 2013 (21-23/03/13, British Geological Survey, Keyworth & Castleton, Derbyshire)
- Core workshop at the 7th Petroleum Geology Conference (30/03/09, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London)
- BSRG/AAPG applied ichnology short course (26/02/08, Imperial College, London)
- BSRG Petrel-based course in reservoir modelling and the visualisation of geological data (26/06/07, Imperial College, London)
- BSRG postgraduate workshop on contaminated sediments (25/05/04, Manchester Metropolitan University)
- BSRG/BGRG field meeting on alluvial fans (08/06/03, Sorbas, Almeria, SE Spain)
- BSRG wireline log interpretation workshop (19/05/03, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
- BSRG core workshop (06/01/03, DTI/BGS Core Store, Edinburgh)
Meetings start-up loans
The committee will provide advice, assistance and publicity. We can also book the lecture theatre at Burlington House free of charge. Start-up loans are available, if other sources of funding are limited. Such loans are usually in the order of a couple of hundred pounds, up to a maximum of £500, and are intended to secure bookings of facilities and accommodation, or to pre-pay travel for a keynote speaker. We request that (barring unforeseen circumstances) the loan is repaid from the surplus generated by the meeting. This enables BSRG to maintain a level of cash flow to support a meetings programme without having to charge a membership fee. Funding is also available via the Geological Society; details can be obtained from the
BSRG Secretary.
You do not need to be an "established" academic or industrial sedimentologist to convene a BSRG meeting; some of the most successful meetings have previously been organised and run by postgraduates. Not only does this improve their research profile, it also gives valuable organisational experience that can enhance employability.
BSRG support for other events
BSRG also supports other events with a sedimentology-related theme, including those listed below. If you are interested in finding out about potential support from BSRG for such an event, please contact the BSRG President or BSRG Secretary.
- Fossil Grove Family Day outreach event organised by the Glasgow and Edinburgh Geological Societies (16/04/11, Victoria Park, Glasgow)