“GEOSCIENCE DEVOLOPMENT IN THE PACIFC ISLANDS – PLANING FOR 2030”
Holiday Inn, Suva, Fiji. 10-13 July 2018.
First Circular & Call for Papers Second Circular & Call for Papers Instructions-to-Authors-for-Abstracts
Dedication
STAR 2018 will be dedicated to the memory of Peter Rodda who passed away on
12 October 2017. A special session will be convened to showcase Peter’s
geological work in Fiji.
2018 STAR Conference Official Opening Programme
| TimeWindow | Presenters | Title |
| Tuesday 10.07.18 |
OFFICIAL OPENING
HON. FAIYAZ KOYA |
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| 08:00-09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00-10:00 | Conference Opening | |
| 10:00-10:30 | Morning Coffee | |
| Session 02 MINERALS & MINING and GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES & GEOLOGICAL MAPPING/MONITORING | ||
| 10:50-11:10 | Noa Tuiloma | Resources for Pacific Communities: Community consultation and Participation for Mining projects in Fiji |
| 11:10-11:30 | Sandip Chand | Seamless Geological Mapping Project |
| 11:30-11:50 | Robert Smith | Urban geology, pitfalls in land zoning without geology impinges on resource utilization |
| 11:50-12:10 | Gary McMurtry | The Continuing Kilauea Volcanic Eruption of 2018: It’s Different but with Shades of the Past |
| 12:10-12:30 | Sandip Chand | Mineral Investigation Project (Poster and Magazine) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| Session 03 REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS | ||
| 13:30-13:50 | Hirdeshni Gautam | Identifying Forest Degradation through Logging Track Detection – Status of Investigations |
| 13:50-14:10 | Kataebati Bataua | Accuracy Assessment of Coconut Palm Counting with Very High Resolution Image Data |
| 14:10-14:30 | Akata Takala | UAV photography: Challenges for collection of imagery for mapping |
| 14:30-14:50 | Lanieta Rokotuiwakaya | Detecting Forest Change in Fiji between 2006 – 2012 - 2016 |
| 14:50-15:10 | Diocel Harold M. Aquino | Post-Disaster Structural Assessment Using Drones |
| 15:10-15:30 | Solomoni Vueti | GIS Application on Environment Monitoring for River Gravel Extraction |
| 15:30-16:00 | Afternoon Coffee | |
