Dr. Nakao Shinsuke
Dr. Nakao Shinsuke is an accomplished executive officer and director general at the Geological Survey of Japan (GSJ), a division of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). With a distinguished academic background, including a Bachelor of Engineering from Kyoto University and a Doctorate of Engineering from the same institution, Dr. Nakao has been a pivotal figure in the field of geothermal reservoir engineering and CO2 geological storage. His career at GSJ spans over three decades, during which he has held various leadership roles, including Deputy Director and Director of the Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment. In 2021, he was appointed Director General of GSJ, and in 2022, he assumed the role of Executive Officer at AIST. Dr. Nakao's expertise and contributions have significantly advanced the understanding and application of geophysics in the field of geothermal energy and carbon capture and storage.
Dr. Keiichi Suzuki
Dr. Suzuki graduated from the Faculty of Science of Chiba University in 1988 which upon graduation he joined Kawasaki Geological Engineering. In March 2013, he had obtained his Ph.D. in Engineering from Kyoto University and in June 2022, he was appointed as the President of SEGJ until present.
Dr. Craig J. Beasley
Craig completed B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics and then joined Western Geophysical 1981. He has spent his entire career in Schlumberger companies and their antecedents serving in various technical and management positions including VP for R&D and VP, Data Processing. He has received technical and honorary awards from entities such as Litton Industries, Schlumberger and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, among them the SEG Award for Best Presentation. He has twice received honorable mention for the Best Paper in Geophysics. He is an Honorary Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG) and of the Geophysical Society of Houston and is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. He has presented papers and published widely on a variety of topics ranging from prestack imaging, migration, acquisition and the connections between acquisition, processing and imaging. He pioneered Simultaneous Source technology and has recently worked in broadband seismic techniques and new methods for sparse inversion. He was the 2001-2002 SEG 1st Vice President and the 2004-2005 President of the SEG. He served as the Fall 2009 SEG Distinguished Lecturer as well as the 2000 Esso Australia Distinguished Lecturer and as 2014 EAGE Distinguished Lecturer. He was the Founding Chair of the SEG Committee for Geoscientists without Borders (GWB). In 2018, in recognition of his work in founding GWB, the SEG established the Craig J. Beasley Award for Humanitarian Geophysics. He has enjoyed postings in Singapore and Rio de Janeiro and now is in Houston, recently retired as Chief Geophysicist for WesternGeco and Schlumberger Fellow (Emeritus). In retirement, he has served as the General Chair for the 2017 SEG Annual Meeting in Houston and sits on several corporate and nonprofit boards. In 2018, he was elected President-elect for the Geophysical Society of Houston and served in that capacity as well as President. He and Betsy are enjoying retirement and are pursuing their passion for diving, underwater photography and video. They started the Houston Underwater Film Festival (HUFF) as co-chairs and are now preparing for the 4h Annual HUFF.
Prof. Di Qingyun
Professor Di Qingyun is currently director of Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese academy of sciences (CAS). She is an esteemed academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and currently the Chairman of the Chinese Geophysical Society. Professor Qingyun Di is a prominent figure in EM method in China. She has received several awards from the Chinese government and CAS, including National Science and Technology Progress 2nd Prize and outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize of CAS. Her research endeavors primarily focus on the research and development of instruments, forward modeling, and inversion techniques related to Controlled-Source Audio-frequency Magnetotellurics (CSAMT), MT, Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT), and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) methods.
Dr. Makoto Yoshikawa
Dr. Makoto Yoshikawa obtained Ph.D. in Astronomy from The University of Tokyo in 1989. He is the associate professor of ISAS/JAXA. He worked for the planetary missions of JAXA, such as Nozomi (Mars explorer), Hayabusa (asteroid sample return mission), Akatsuki (Venus explore), and Hayabusa2. He worked as the project scientist in the later phase of the mission of Hayabusa, and for Hayabusa2 he was the first project manager and then he worked as the mission manager. Now he is the one of the members of Hayabusa2 extended mission team. The research field is celestial mechanics, especially the dynamics of small bodies in the solar system. He is working for the issues of the planetary defense in JAXA.
Prof. Juan Lorenzo
Juan M. Lorenzo holds the Alice and Neal Professorship in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University and is an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Petroleum Engineering. He obtained his Licenciatura in Geology from the Universitat de Barcelona and trained as a marine seismologist at Columbia University for his Ph.D. His doctoral work focused on the evolution of continental transform margins while his post-doctoral research focused on continent-arc collision along northern Australia. Since 1999 his research group has concentrated on using physical laboratory modeling and field investigations to understand flood-protection levees in New Orleans and the lower Mississippi River Valley. In 2019 he was a NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Faculty Fellow through which he is currently developing an ultra-high-resolution seismic system to characterize soils on Mars and the Moon.
Dr. Kazuya Okada
Dr. Kazuya Okada joined Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. in 1983 and played an active role in the operation of the Hishikari gold mine, exploration in the surrounding areas, and mineral exploration overseas. He has contributed not only to successful exploration but also to the advancement of exploration technology, especially in the areas of geophysical prospecting and remote sensing. In recent years, he served as President and Representative Director of Sumitomo Metal Mining's Peruvian subsidiary, General Manager of Hishikari Mine, and President and Representative Director of Sumiko Resources Exploration & Development Co., Ltd. In 2020, he was appointed as a director of the Ocean High Technology Research Institute, and also taught as a visiting professor at Kyushu University.
Since 2023, he joined Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security and has been engaged in research work to promote offshore wind power in Japan at the newly established Offshore Wind Power Development Department.
Dr. Okada has been an active member of EAGE since 1983. In recent years, he contributed to the 1st and 2nd Conferences on Geophysics for Mineral Exploration and Mining as a member of the scientific committee.