23rd Annual CREWES Sponsors Meeting

Limited opportunities are available each year for your company to host an event (Wednesday night reception or Thursday night group dinner) during the CREWES Sponsors Meeting. Donations are acknowledged in all Sponsors Meeting correspondence and at the meeting.

This year, our thanks go to the following companies:

• Icebreaker: CGGVeritas


• Banquet: ConocoPhillips
• Banquet: GEDCO
• Banquet: Landmark Graphics
• Banquet: Shell Canada
• Banquet: Tullow Oil

General Program

The meeting will be held at the Banff Park Lodge, approximately 130 kilometres west of Calgary. We would be very pleased if you could come to Banff and be part of the meeting. The Saturday courses will be held at the University of Calgary.

• Meeting plan (room maps)

Technical Program

• Detailed Talk Schedule

Short Courses, December 3

These courses provide an overview of synthetic seismogram construction and seismic imaging.

The short courses will be held at the University of Calgary. Please contact Laura Baird at labairducalgaryca or 403-220-8863 to register, in order to ensure that there is room for all participants. All other Sponsors Meeting Activities will be held at the Banff Park Lodge. To find us at the University please consult the University Map. We are in the Earth Sciences building, marked ES. The room is ES 254.

Directions (How do I get to the Banff Park Lodge?)

For maps and information on transportation from Calgary, click here.

For additional information on transportation from the Calgary International Airport, click here.

The Banff Park Lodge is located within Banff National Park. Visitors to the Park are charged an entry and service fee of $9.80 per person per day. For more information click Park Canada's Banff National Park Fee Schedule.

Meeting and Course Registration

If you will be attending the meeting and/or any of the Saturday courses, please register by contacting Laura Baird at labairducalgaryca or 403-220-8863.

Room Reservations

Rooms have been reserved for our meeting, however they are only being held until early November before they are released back to the general public. If you are planning on attending the meeting this year, please book your room early!

Attendees can call 800-661-9266 and mention the CREWES conference, November 30 - December 2 or Booking ID 16843 to make a guest room reservation at the preferred rate. You may also make a reservation by going to the Banff Park Lodge website, selecting Conferences & Events, and then Make a Conference Reservation:

        Enter Group ID: 16843, Password: 449, and Find Group,
        then follow the booking procedure.

Please note that rates are also valid 2 days pre & post the conference room block days of November 30 & December 1, but anyone wishing to arrive before these dates or stay after must call the hotel's 800 number to make the reservation.

Room rates are $99 Canadian per day. As in years past, we have arranged a meal plan for attendees of the meeting. The plan will cover breakfast and lunch at a cost of $52.00 per day. As an extra bonus to our sponsor representatives, the hotel has also included the cost of your hotel room's internet with this charge. This amount includes all tax, gratuity and service charges and will be charged to your account along with the contracted rate for your room.