0730-0900

Registration

0900-1000

Opening Program

Welcome Address

Dr. Francisco G. Delfin Jr.

President

Geological Society of the Philippines 2009

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Redempta P. Baluda

Vice President - Exploration

Philex Mining Corp

Keynote Address

Dr. Walter W. Brown

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Philex Mining Corporation

1000-1030

Coffee Break

1030-1230

Panel Discussion on the Extended Continental Shelf

Dr. Emmanuel Ramos

Moderator

Discussants:

Usec. Diony Ventura

NAMRIA Administrator

Atty. Jay Batongbacal

UP Asian Center

Sen. Leticia Ramos Shahani

Miriam College

Atty. Eduardo F. Hernandez

 Philippine Petroleum Association

Lunch Break

Revitalizing Mining Exploration in the Philippines

PMEA, Exploration Geology Working Group

Fernando Sajona

Transforming Resources into Reserves – Opportunities  and Risks

Mark Berry

AMC Consultants Pty Ltd

Metallophyte Studies in Ni-Fe and Cu-As Enriched Soils:  Implications to Phytoremediation and Phytomining

Rene Juna R. Claveria

Ateneo de Manila University

Significance of Company and Internal Quality Assurance/ Quality Control (QAQC) Results and Field Sample Reduction Procedures from the Macroasia Nickel Laterite Deposit/ Mainex Project, Brooke's Point, Palawan

Ramon A. L. Flores,  Rikki Pamela L. Pineda, Rogel A. Santos

TMM Management Inc. &  Macroasia Corp.

Leapfrog™: New Software for Faster and Better 3D Geological Modelling

Paul Hodkiewicz

SRK Consulting

1500-1530

Mitigating a Deep-Seated Landslide Hazard – The Case of 105 Mahiao Landslide Area, Leyte Production Field, Philippines.

WP Pioquinto,  JA Caranto, LF Bayrante, MH Zarco & S.G. Catane

EDC, UP Dept. of Engineering Sciences, & UP-NIGS

What Underlies the Philippine Island Arc?

Clues from the Calaton Hill, Tablas Island, Romblon (Central Philippines)

B.D. Payot , S. Arai, R.A. Tamayo, Jr.  and G.P. Yumul, Jr.

Kanazawa University, UP NIGS, & DOST

Structures In Carbonate And Turbidite Sequences In Offshore Bondoc Peninsula - Burias Island Region, Luzon, Philippines

M Aurelio, E Cutiongco, KJ Taguibao, Z Calucin, M Forbes and J Foronda

UP NIGS , Pearl Energy, & PNOC-EC

Applications of 2-D Resistivity Surveys in Characterizations of Active Faults in Luzon: Implications for Fault Occurrence Beneath the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

Mario Collado and Carlo A. Arcilla

Department of Agriculture & UP NIGS

Linapacan Limestone Fractures – Illuminated through Seismic, A case study

A.A. Morado Jr., J.P. Micu, J.B. Barajas, V.W.T. Kong, Pang Ching Mei

Pitkin Petroleum & Schlumberger Kuala Lumpur

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

Noel D. Salonga

Co-Chair

Geocon 2009

Keynote Address

Vincent S. Perez

Managing Partner

Merritt Partners

1000-1200

Panel Discussion on the Philippine Nuclear Power Plant

Dr. Francisco G. Delfin Jr.

Moderator

Discussants:

Cong. Mark Cojuangco

Rep., 5^th District, Pangasinan

Dr. Alumanda dela Rosa

Director, PNRI

Dr. Rene Solidum

Director PHIVOLCS

Dr. Christopher Newhall

Nanyang Technological University

Renewable Energy Act of 2008

Mario Marasigan

Dept. of Energy

Public Engagement and Local Benefit Sharing in the Northwind Bangui Bay Project, Philippines

Jay L. Batongbacal,

UP Asian Center

Mak-Ban Geothermal Field, Philippines: 30 Years of Commercial Operation

Vilma T. Capuno, Roman B. Sta. Maria and Emy B. Minguez

Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings, Inc.

Tiwi Geothermal Field, Philippines: 30 Years Of Commercial Operation

Anthony J. Menzies, Larry B. Villaseñor And Eugene G. Sunio

Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings, Inc.

The State of the Environment of the Mindanao Geothermal Production Field (MGPF), North Cotabato, Philippines

Regina Victoria J. Pascual

Energy Development Corporation

High-Grade Mineralization Controls at the Guinaoang Porphyry Copper-Gold Deposit, Mankayan, Philippines

Ciceron A. Angeles Jr.

Consultant

The Tapaya Gold-Porphyry Copper Prospect in Ampucao, Itogon, Benguet – its Geology, Mineralization and Alteration

Sonia Eguia, et. al

Philex Mining Corp.

Mining in a Geothermal Environment, Lihir Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea

Romeo Rodriguez and Sarowaget Menggenang

Lihir Gold Limited

Gold Occurrences in Proterozoic Rocks, Madagascar

Mario A. Aurelio, et. al.

UP NIGS & Philex Mining Corp.

Developments in the Geoscience Curriculum:  Coping Up to Global Demands

Rene Juna R. Claveria

Ateneo de Manila University

 History, Status and Outlook of the Philippine Mineral Reporting Code

 Rudy Obial et al.

 GSP  Competent Persons Accreditation Committee

 Announcement of New GSP Board of Directors