2024 Annual Meeting, Education Program, Networking and Barb Dunst Memorial Fund Bottle Auction
The Best Western Central Hotel & Conference Center
Ballroom A/B/C
800 East Park Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17111
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(with session descriptions and speaker biographies)
8:30-9:30 Registration/Morning Refreshments/Networking (Pre-Function Ballroom A/B/C)
9:30-9:35 Welcome/Opening Remarks (Ballroom A/B/C)
Jason Floyd, PG, President / Chief Hydrogeologist (Mountain Research, LLC), PCPG President
9:40-10:40 State of the Survey 2024
Gale C. Blackmer, PhD, Pennsylvania State Geologist
TBA Student and Young Professionals Session (Ballroom D/E)
10:40-10:55 Break
11:00-11:45 Karst hazard remediation for civil land development projects
Sean Burns, P.G. (Barry Isett & Associates, Inc.)
11:45-12:45 Luncheon, Networking
12:45-1:00 PCPG Year in Review, Current and Planned Activities, Recognition of Special Guests (Ballroom A/B/C)
Jason Floyd, PG, President / Chief Hydrogeologist (Mountain Research, LLC), PCPG President
1:00-1:50 A “Brief” History of Carbon Sequestration in the US: What Does the Future Hold?
Bryan Guzman, Director Global Business Development & Technology
1:55-2:40 The role of the Pennsylvania Geological Survey in the search for rare earth elements, critical minerals, and novel geological resources
Adam Ianno, Section Head, Mineral Resource Analysis (DCNR PA Geological Survey)
2:40-2:55 Break
2:55-3:40 I-99 Acid Rock Mineral Deposit, A look Back at the Historical Perspective and the Site Conditions 20 Years Later
Mark Ioos, PG, Senior Associate (Skelly & Loy, Inc., A Terracon Company)
3:40-4:30 (Title Pending)
Scott A. Gould, Member, Co-Chair Energy & Environmental Group (McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC)
4:30 Announcements / Adjournment
4:30-6:00 2nd Annual Barb Dunst Memorial Bottle Auction Fundraiser & Continental Drifters Reception
Hotel Room Block: PCPG Overnight Group Rate is $99.95++ for the nights of Wednesday, February 28 and Thursday, February 29. Visit PCPG's Best Western web page to make your reservation, or phone the hotel directly dialing 717-561-2800, enter 0, give your check in and check out date, and ask for the PA Council of Professional Geologists Group Rate. The room block expires January 30 or when sold out.
