President's Page: The changing landscape for geophysicists and SEG
Anna Shaughnessy · The Leading Edge · 2022
Abstract In 1930, a group of visionary leaders founded SEG to support professionals interested in applied geophysics. In the decades since, we have secured a prime position as a leading professional society in geophysics with solid and well-earned prestige. The landscape for geophysicists is now changing rapidly. The employment of geophysicists in the petroleum industry, to which the majority of our members belong, has been in decline for almost 10 years, impacting many of SEG's current members. The good news is that other areas of geophysics have been expanding and offering new opportunities for geophysicists. My goal is to find a path forward by which SEG can provide an inviting and inclusive home for practitioners in all areas of applied geophysics.