Patronage:
• Barbara Kudrycka - Minister of Science and Higher Education
• Piotr Woźniak - Chief National Geologist, Under-Secretary of State Ministry of the Environment, Poland
To the Honorary Committee:
• Andrzej Jajszczyk - Director of the National Science Centre, Poland
• Marek Karabuła - Vice-President of the Management Board of Polish Oil & Gas Company
• Marko Komac - President of the EuroGeoSurveys
• Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski - Director of the National Centre for Research
and Development, Poland
• John Ludden - Executive Director of the British Geological Survey
• Antoni Tajduś - Rector of the Stanisław Staszic AGH University
of Science and Technology, Poland
• Herbert Wirth - President of the Management Board of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Poland
Scientific Committee:
- Kevin M. Bohacs, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, USA
- Piotr Krzywiec, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
- Nazmul Haque Mondol, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
- Jerzy Nawrocki, Director of the Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Poland
- Juergen Schieber, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, USA
- Jan Środoń, Head of Research Centre in Cracow, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
In Geoshale2012 we discuss about shales on the following sessions:
Stratigraphic study of fine-grained sediments - from biostratigraphy to integrated stratigraphy
chairmen: Teresa Podhalańska, Polish Geological Institute; Daniel Goldman, University of Dayton
Accumulation of muddy sediments - sedimentology of fine-grained rocks
chairmen: Kevin Bohacs, Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company; Paweł Lis, Polish Geological Institute
Shale diagenesis and effects on shale properties
chairmen: Jan Środoń, Polish Academy of Science; Arkadiusz Derkowski, Polish Academy of Science
Tectonics of shales
chairmen: Ken McCaffrey, Durham University; Piotr Krzywiec, Polish Geological Institute
Organic and inorganic geochemistry of fine-grained sediments
chairmen: Achim Bechtel, Montanuniversität Leoben; Leszek Marynowski University of Silesia
Geophysical contributions to understanding shale properties and behavior
chairmen: David Dewhurst, CSIRO Australian Resources Research Centre; Grzegorz Wróbel, Polish Geological Institute
Exploration & Production experience in oil/gas shale prospects
chairmen: Laura Reich, Marathon Oil Corporation; Monika Konieczyńska, Polishi Geological Institute - National Research Institute
Invited speakers included:
Achim Bechtel, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria
Kevin Bohacs - ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, USA
David Dewhurst - CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Australia
Nazmul Haque Mondol - Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway
Ken McCaffrey, Durham University, United Kingdom
Juergen Schieber - Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, USA
Jan Środoń - Head of Research Centre in Cracow, Institute of GeologicalSciences, Polish Academy of Science
