Pre-conference Workshops
We are offering two Pre-Conference Workshops in association with the 2022 Biennial Meeting to be held in the CSIRO ARRC Building in Perth on Sunday 6th Nov. Details to be confirmed.
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1. Geochemical thermodynamics for Critical Minerals: data, tools and applications
Convenors: Fang Huang (CSIRO) and Evgeniy Bastrakov (GA)
Sunday, 6 November, 2022, time tbc
Venue: TBC
This half-day workshop will review thermodynamic modelling tools currently available for our work, and currently in use with us, with a focus on the application/limitation of the thermodynamic tools and data in the critical minerals modelling. We will also share hands-on experience on the below:
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What’s software tools and datasets for critical elements are available, what you/we use
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What are the current limitations?
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What should be done (if we can influence the development, or keep developing something in-house like GeoTPD or any utilities complimenting the major programs)
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Further info and to register interest: email
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2. Using ‘pyrolite’ for Geochemical Data Analytics: An Introduction
Convenor Morgan Williams (CSIRO).
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pyrolite is an open-source Python package for working with geochemical data which aims to help geoscientists new to coding get off the ground quickly. It contains a variety of functionality for the processing, transformation and visualisation of geochemical and mineralogical data (see pyrolite.rtfd.io for more information). This hands-on workshop will introduce Python and the Jupyter ecosystem, showcase some of pyrolite’s key features and demonstrate a series of geochemical data analytics workflows. This workshop will run throughout the morning, with some time for exploration and open discussion in the early afternoon. No previous experience with programming or Python is necessary. Participants should bring their own laptops, but the workshop will largely be conducted via web browser, so no software installation will be necessary.
Workshop content is accessible here.
Further info and to register interest: email
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Registration fee for each: ($60 TBC), catering (lunch + tea break) included
Transport to Yallingup (the SGMMP conference venue): Bus is organised by the conference, departure Sunday afternoon. Fees not included here. Please check upon your registration.
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