Over the past 10 years, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has been on an exponential growth path, explained David J. Monk, SEG president, during the opening session at the annual SEG Convention in Houston.
Membership has expanded to over 320,000, up from 180,000 in 2003, and continues to grow. Ten years ago SEG was dominated by members from the US, but now Asia and Africa are swelling the ranks, and have reduced the US component to around 40%. This expansion has grown SEG’s exposure to 138 countries, with 53 regional sections and 287 student sections, continued Monk.
The new members include many young professionals, many of them women, and near-surface geophysicists. A new Near Surface Geophysics subsidiary is being formed to serve this growing segment of the membership.
The growing diversity within SEG is presenting new challenges to ensure sufficient resources to meet the growing membership’s needs, and to stay connected to members scattered across the globe.
Monk noted that the SEG has recently broken ground for a new headquarters building in Tulsa Oklahoma to meet the needs of the growing membership. The new facility should be completed by December 2014. He said that the growth and deiversity is making SEG the “go-to” place for geophysical information.
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