Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts Open – Submit by 15 March

The Technical Program Chairs, Bunmi Elebiju and Adam Goss, together with the Technical Program Committee, invite you to submit short or expanded abstracts for oral and poster presentations at the upcoming IMAGE 2026 meeting. This year's program is designed to foster stronger integration among geoscientists providing a collaborative forum to discuss, knowledge exchange, debate, and develop solutions in our industry's evolving challenges.

 

We welcome abstracts that emphasize integration, technological innovation, and application - highlighting disruptive technologies, cross-disciplinary teamwork, and forward-looking business solutions. Submissions that address region-specific basins and challenges, as well as key subsurface questions and the future of energy geoscience, are especially encouraged. Your abstract should unite global geoscientists driving discovery, exploration, and sustainable energy solutions.

 

Whether your work advances digitalization, AI, sustainability, or traditional science, join us at IMAGE 26 to connect with global experts, executives, and emerging leaders, and help shape the road ahead for our profession.

 

Deadline: 15 March at 5:00 p.m. Central Time.

Benefits of submitting abstracts for the 2026 program:

  • Global platform for sharing your knowledge, research, and ideas with other thought leaders and technical experts
  • Opportunities to collaborate and network with other presenters and conference attendees
  • Promotion of your abstract and visibility of your findings to the brightest minds in geophysics
  • Interaction with global experts, gaining feedback on current and future projects while also discovering the latest research results and advances in the geosciences sector

To submit an abstract, you must be a member of AAPG, SEG, SEPM or you need to be an invited speaker.

During the submission process, you will be required to select the Society or Societies you belong to and provide your membership number. If you are an invited speaker, you will receive a unique code from the committee member who invited you.

Please note that all membership or invitation codes will be verified after the submission period closes. It is essential to have current membership at the time of submission; submissions from those who are not current members will be rejected. Therefore, ensure that your membership is current and renewed before the call closes.

If you are not a member, please visit:


AAPG: https://www.aapg.org/membership/become-a-member

SEG: https://seg.org/membership/

SEPM: https://www.sepm.org/memberships


For questions or support with abstract submissions please contact, Jenny Cole.

Themes and Subthemes

Exploration and Development (Geographic Regions)

  • Aspects of regional exploration and development
  • Geographically oriented presentations including applied technologies and integrated studies

Geological Technologies

  • Research and applied geological tool presentations

Geophysical Technologies

  • Research and applied geophysical tool presentations

Geosciences

  • Studies that include both geological and geophysical data and approaches

Special Sessions

  • Invited special topic presentations
  • Africa
    • Northwest Atlantic Africa
    • North Africa/Southern Mediterranean
    • Equatorial Atlantic Africa
    • West Africa
    • Southwest Atlantic Africa
    • Central-East Africa
    • East Africa
    • Sub-Saharan
    • Offshore Basins
    • Onshore Basins
  • Asia Pacific
    • Andaman Sea
    • Arafura/Timor
    • Australian Bight
    • Northwestern Shelf
    • New Zealand
    • Southeast Asia
    • China
    • Offshore Basins
    • Onshore Basins
  • Europe and Eastern Mediterranean
    • Arctic/Norwegian Sea
    • North Sea
    • Eastern Europe
    • Western Europe
    • Eastern Mediterranean
    • Black Sea
    • Caucasus
    • Offshore Basins
    • Onshore Basins
  • Middle East and Central Asia
    • Arabian Peninsula
    • Arabian Sea
    • Persian Gulf
    • Red Sea
    • Gulf of Oman
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Caspian
    • India/Bangladesh
    • Pakistan
    • Western Asia
    • Offshore Basins
    • Onshore Basins
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Mexico
    • Caribbean Basins
    • Guyana/Suriname
    • Equatorial Atlantic Margins
    • Campos/Santos
    • South Atlantic Offshore
    • Pacific Basins
    • Andean
    • Onshore Basins
    • Offshore Basins
  • United States and Canada
    • Gulf of Mexico
    • Gulf Coast
    • Mid-Continent
    • Permian Basin
    • Rockies
    • Canada/Alaska/West Coast
    • Appalachian and East Central USA
    • Onshore Basins
    • Offshore Basins
  • Carbonates and Evaporites
    • Marine Carbonate Systems and Reservoirs
    • Mixed Carbonate and Siliciclastic Systems and Reservoirs
    • Lacustrine Carbonate Systems and Reservoirs
    • Evaporite Systems
    • Carbonate Reservoir Seismic Imaging Challenges
    • Outcrops and Modern Analogues
    • Carbonate Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality Prediction
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Petroleum Systems
    • The Petroleum System: Tectonics and Structural Influences
    • The Role of Petroleum Systems in the Energy Transition
    • Remote Sensing for De-risking Active Petroleum Systems
    • Global Source Rock Characterization: Deposition, Identification, and Modeling
    • Heat Flow and Thermal Modeling
    • Basin Modeling: Maturation and Migration of Hydrocarbons
    • Basin Modeling: Reservoir Properties and Risk
    • Basin Modeling: Emerging Technologies
    • Petroleum Geochemistry: Novel Exploration Applications
    • Petroleum Geochemistry: Reservoir Characterization, Reserves, or Recovery Factor
    • Petroleum Geochemistry: Research and Development in Subsurface Fluid Analysis
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Paleontology and Biostratigraphy
    • Biostratigraphy
    • Applied Paleontology and Paleoenvironments
    • New Technologies
    • Breakthroughs in Geological Time
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Siliciclastic
    • Terrestrial Systems + Reservoirs
    • Shallow Water Systems + Reservoirs
    • Deepwater Systems and Reservoirs
    • Source to Sink
    • Outcrops and Modern Analogues
    • Siliciclastic Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality Prediction
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Structure and Geomechanics
    • Global and Regional Tectonics and Plate Modeling
    • Salt Tectonics
    • Structural Styles: Extensional Systems
    • Structural Styles: Compressional Systems
    • The Hydrocarbon Trap
    • Faults, Fractures, and Fluids
    • Rock Mechanics and Deformation
    • Pressure and Seal Capacity Technologies
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Anisotropy, AVO, and Seismic Inversion
    • Anisotropy
    • AVO
    • Seismic Inversion
    • Workflows
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Acquisition
    • Case Study
    • Compressive Sensing and Signal Processing
    • Hardware
    • Land
    • Marine
    • Multicomponent
    • Seismic Acquisition Modeling
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Borehole
    • Borehole Geomechanics
    • Borehole Geophysics
    • EM methods
    • Petrophysics
    • Structural Imaging and Geosteering
    • VSP, Crosswell
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Distributed Acoustic Sensing
    • Case Study
    • Acquisition and Calibration
    • Fiber Optic
    • Low-frequency DAS
    • Numerical Modeling
    • Processing Methods
    • Reservoir Characterization and Monitoring
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Electromagnetics
    • Case Study
    • EM for Exploration
    • EM for Reservoir Surveillance
    • Forward Modeling
    • Instrument, Measurement, and Survey
    • Inversion
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Full-Waveform Inversion
    • Case Study
    • Amplitude
    • Cycle-skipping
    • Elastic and Multiparameter
    • FWI Imaging
    • High-frequency FWI
    • Land FWI
    • Marine Streamer, OBN
    • Novel Approaches and Workflows
    • Reflection FWI
    • Theory, Methodology, and Algorithms
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Gravity and Magnetics
    • Case Study
    • Instrument, Measurement, and Survey
    • Interpretation
    • Inversion and Data Processing
    • New Approaches
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Induced and Passive Seismic
    • Ambient Field Methods
    • CO2 Sequestration Reservoir Evaluation and Monitoring
    • Critical Infrastructure Site Evaluation
    • Fracture Flow (high frequency data)
    • Geothermal Resources
    • Hydraulically-induced Fracture Network Monitoring
    • Induced Seismicity/Fault Monitoring/Containment
    • Mining and Mineral Exploration
    • Petroleum E&P
    • Storage Monitoring (natural gas, H2, groundwater/aquifer, wastewater injection, thermal storage)
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Near Surface
    • Advanced Processing and Machine Learning
    • Agricultural Applications
    • Climate, Coastal, and Cryosphere
    • Groundwater and Environmental Issues
    • Imaging and Inversion
    • Interferometry
    • Monitoring and Remediation
    • Seismic for Near Surface
    • Urban, Geotechnical, and Archeological Applications
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Rock Physics
    • Applications
    • Elasticity and Mechanical Properties
    • Inversion and Integrated Studies
    • Lab Measurements
    • Poroelasticity
    • Recent Developments
    • Resolution, Attributes, and Uncertainty
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Seismic Modeling and Theory
    • New Approaches and Other Relevant Topics
    • Seismic Modeling — Boundary Conditions, Topography
    • Seismic Modeling — Numerical Methods, Efficiency, Accuracy, Stability
    • Seismic Modeling — Q, Anisotropy, and Other Complex Media
    • Seismic Modeling — Time Domain, Frequency Domain, Source Types, Survey Types, etc.
    • Seismic Theory — Imaging and Inversion
    • Seismic Theory — Wave Propagation and Wave Phenomena
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Seismic Processing
    • Case Study
    • Diffraction Imaging
    • Elastic Imaging, Least-squares Migration, Q-migration
    • Emerging Technologies
    • Kirchhoff Migration and RTM
    • Signal Processing — Denoise, Demultiple, Deghost, Ground Rolls, Regularization and Interpolation, Deblending, Statics, Post-processing, Multicomponent, etc.
    • Velocity Model Building, Q-tomography
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Time Lapse
    • Acquisition and Processing
    • Case Studies
    • Improvements in Time Lapse Analysis
    • Inversion and Quantitative Interpretation
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Digitalization, Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, and Analytics
    • AI/ML Algorithm and Novel Approach
    • AI/ML in Interpretation
    • Machine Learning in Development and Production Efficiencies
    • AI/ML in Seismic Acquisition and Processing
    • AI/ML in FWI
    • AI/ML in AVO, Rock Physics, and Seismic Inversion
    • Digitization and Automation
    • AI/ML in Surveillance - TL
    • AI/ML in Mining and Mineral Exploration
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Geologic and Geophysical Interpretation
    • Shallow Hazards
    • Novel 3D Interpretation Methodologies
    • Interpretation with Sparce Data
    • Integrating Well and Seismic Data
    • Models and Analogues in Subsurface Interpretation
    • Interpretation Challenges in Development and Production
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Geoscience Education and Field Experience
    • Future of Geoscience as a Discipline
    • Where have all the rocks gone? Decline in Core Geoscience Curricula in Academia
    • Field Geosciences: Methods and Experiences
    • K-12 Education
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Low Carbon Solutions
    • Carbon Capture and Storage
    • Mitigating Emissions: Monitoring and Detection
    • Energy Transition
    • Technologies to Reduce Carbon Emissions
    • Nature Based Solutions
    • CO2 Sequestration
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Mining and Mineral Exploration
    • Advancements in Imaging and Inversion Methodologies
    • Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    • Business of Mining and Mineral Exploration
    • Instrumentation and Data Acquisition
    • Integrated Interpretation and Prospectivity Mapping
    • Uncertainty Quantification and Decision Making
  • New Subsurface Frontiers: Geological Hydrogen and Geothermal
    • Geothermal Systems: Case Studies
    • Super Hot Rock Systems
    • Applications of Enhanced Geothermal Systems
    • Geological Hydrogen Exploration
    • Helium and Noble Gases
    • Lithium: Pegmatites, Brines, and Clays
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Reservoir Characterization and Modeling
    • Integrated Reservoir Modeling
    • Fluid and Core Analysis: Upscaling to Reservoir
    • Reservoir Simulation
    • Outcrop to Reservoir
    • Reservoir Compartmentalization Case Studies: Failures and Successes
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Risk, Uncertainty, and Business Decisions
    • Stochastic and Deterministic Assessment
    • Defining Subsurface Risks
    • Integrating Above Ground and Technical Risk: Where are the Advantaged Barrels?
    • Future of Upstream Financing
    • Unlocking Stranded Assets - Models and Case Studies
    • Integrated Approaches to Exploration and Development
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Student Research: AAPG, SEG, and SEPM
    • AAPG Student Research Paper
    • SEG Student Research Paper
    • SEPM Student Research Paper
  • Sustainability Energy Development and Environmental Geoscience
    • Geoscience and Energy Policy
    • Hydrology, Contamination, and Groundwater
    • Environmental Monitoring and Remediation
    • Exploring and Producing Hydrocarbons Sustainably
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Technology and Innovation
    • Real Time Wellbore Monitoring
    • Breakthrough Imaging Technologies
    • Big Data: Advances in Quantum Computing and Data Storage
    • Blockchain in the Energy Industry
    • Other Relevant Topics
  • Advances in Next-Gen Geothermal: Geologic Insights from Active Projects
  • Advancing Near-Surface Imaging and Characterization through New Hardware and Algorithms
  • Agentic AI for Geoscience: Principles and Case Studies
  • Best of AAPG
  • Best of HLs
  • Building the Exploration Company of the Future
  • Characterization and Assurance of Resources and Reserves
  • Discovery Thinking
  • Exploration, Mineral Science and Mining of the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids
  • Geologic Hydrogen Exploration and Production
  • Geoscientists without Borders: Geoscience in Service to Humanity
  • History of Petroleum Geosciences
  • Moonshot Geophysics: Transformative Science and Technology Commercialization for a Sustainable Subsurface
  • Near Surface and Mining and Mineral Exploration: New instrumentation to Address Exploration Challenges - In Honor of José (Pepo) Arce
  • Near Surface: Geothermal Resource Exploration and Characterization
  • Near Surface Geophysics and the Human-Impacted Environment
  • Novel Passive Seismic Case Studies
  • Optical fiber - The Value of Optical Measurement: Lessons Learned and Way Forward
  • Recent Advances and the Road Ahead: Global Search for High Impact Frontier Plays: Basins, Technologies, and Pathways to Value
  • Recent Advances and the Road Ahead: The Energy Evolution in Action: Geoscientists Driving Innovation
  • SEG/AGU Hydrogeophysics: Innovative Geophysical Approaches to Improve Understanding of Environmental Transformation
  • SEPM Research Symposium: Critical Minerals and Geothermal Energy in Sedimentary Systems
  • The Critical Minerals Economy: Strategy, Finance, and the Domestic Supply Chain