History

EAGE was founded in 1951 when much of the formality of an earlier era still persisted. But, from the beginning, the Association managed to stay true to its motto 'Quaere et Invenies', Seek and ye shall find. EAGE and its successors reached out first to geophysicists, but then as the nature of the petroleum industry changed, it broadened its platform. There were watersheds in 1989 and again in 1995 over the EAEG, EAPG and establishment of the EAGE we know today.

The evolution of EAGE, its growth and structure, almost perfectly reflects the emergence of the geosciences and petroleum engineering industry with its related academic and research institutions. This is true also for our mining and civil engineering membership and activity.

The years between the first 'organised' EAGE meeting in Scheveningen (The Netherlands) in 1951 and the present have demonstrated to be a phenomenal progress in a science and practice which is often in fact almost always, very complex and challenging. Huge obstacles, theoretical and operational, have been overcome to the immense benefit to the petroleum industry and by extension to the society as a whole.

Historical Overview of Venues of Meetings & Exhibitions

2020	82nd Meeting	Amsterdam	2019	81st Meeting	London
2018	80st Meeting	Copenhagen	2017	79th Meeting	Paris
2016	78th Meeting	Vienna	2015	77th Meeting	Madrid
2014	76th Meeting	Amsterdam	2013	75th Meeting	London
2012	74th Meeting	Copenhagen	2011	73rd Meeting	Vienna
2010	72nd Meeting	Barcelona	2009	71st Meeting	Amsterdam
2008	70th Meeting	Rome	2007	69th Meeting	London
2006	68th Meeting	Vienna	2005	67th Meeting	Madrid
2004	66th Meeting	Paris	2003	65th Meeting	Stavanger
2002	64th Meeting	Florence	2001	63rd Meeting	Amsterdam
2000	62nd Meeting	Glasgow	1999	61st Meeting	Helsinki
1998	60th Meeting	Leipzig	1997	59th Meeting	Geneva
1996	58th Meeting	Amsterdam	1995	57th Meeting	Glasgow***
1994	56th Meeting	Vienna	1993	55th Meeting	Stavanger
1992	54th Meeting	Paris	1991	53rd Meeting	Florence
1990	52nd Meeting	Copenhagen	1989	51st Meeting	Berwlin (W)**
1988	50th Meeting	The Hague	1987	49th Meeting	Belgrade
1986	48th Meeting	Ostend	1985	47th Meeting	Budapest
1984	46th Meeting	London	1983	45th Meeting	Oslo
1982	44th Meeting	Cannes	1981	43rd Meeting	Venice
1980	42nd Meeting	Istanbul	1979	41st Meeting	Hamburg
1978	40th Meeting	Dublin	1977	39th Meeting	Zagreb
1976	38th Meeting	The Hague	1975	37th Meeting	Bergen
1974	36th Meeting	Madrid	1973	35th Meeting	Brighton
1972	34th Meeting	Paris	1971	33rd Meeting	Hannover*
1970	32nd Meeting	Edinburgh	1969	31st Meeting	Venice
1968	30th Meeting	Salzburg	1967	29th Meeting	Stockholm
1966	28th Meeting	Amsterdam	1965	27th Meeting	Madrid
1964	26th Meeting	Pau	1964	25th Meeting	Liège
1963	24th Meeting	Strasbourg	1962	23rd Meeting	Wiesbaden
1962	22nd Meeting	London	1961	21st Meeting	Triest
1961	20th Meeting	The Hague	1960	19th Meeting	Paris
1960	18th Meeting	Vienna	1959	17th Meeting	Copenhagen
1959	16th Meeting	Munich	1958	15th Meeting	London
1958	14th Meeting	The Hague	1957	13th Meeting	Bordeaux
1957	12th Meeting	Brussels	1956	11th Meeting	Milan
1956	10th Meeting	Hamburg	1955	9th Meeting	London
1955	8th Meeting	Paris	1954	7th Meeting	The Hague
1954	6th Meeting	Copenhagen	1953	5th meeting	Milan
1953	4th Meeting	Paris	1952	3rd Meeting	Hannover
1952	2nd Meeting	London	1951	1st Meeting	The Hague

_{^{Exhibitions from 1971 onwards}}
^{_{** 1st (Founding) Conference EAPG}}
_{^{*** 1st Conference EAGE}}

Past Presidents

Past Presidents of the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (until 1995 European Association of Exploration Geophysicists):

2020	E. Muijzert
2019	M. Poppelreiter	2017-2018	J.J. Biteau
2016	C.D. Ward	2015	M. Alfaraj
2014	P.S. Ringrose	2013	G. Gonzalez
2012	L. Srnka	2011	J. Underhill
2010	D. Calcagni	2009	M. Abdulbaqi
2008	P.A.F. Christie	2007	F. Roar Aamodt
2006	Th. Kortekaas	2005	G. Williams
2004	O. Dubrule	2003	D. Milne
2002	P. Van Riel	2001	H. Gaertner
2000	E. Robein	1999	M. Peltoniemi
1998	F. di Cesare	1997	J. Smethurst
1996	M.A. Ak	1995 June	I. Gausland
1995 January	I. Gausland	1995	F.X. Führer
1994	T. Bodoky	1993	I. Gausland
1992	J.J. Nooteboom	1991	J.-P. Henriet
1990	G. Omnès	1989	M.J.G. Cox
1988	H.J. Körner	1987	W. Goudswaard
1986	F. Rocca	1985	K.A. Oppebøen
1984	P. Kennet	1983	D. Stefanovic
1982	A.W. Smit	1981	D. Michon
1980	W.J. Jankowsky	1979	D.S. Parasnis
1978	L. Alfano	1977	P.N.S. O'Brien
1976	G. Grau	1975	R. Bortfeld
1974	H.J. Hoogeveen	1973	S. Werner
1972	N. Anstey	1971	C. Aynard
1970	O. Koefoed	1969	R. Cassinis
1968	B.F.J. Kunz	1967	Th. Krey
1966	A.A. Fitch	1965	S.E. Saxov
1964	J.J. Breusse	1963	I. de Magnée
1962	C. Morelli	1961	H. Closs
1960	B. Baars	1959	V. Baranov
1958	J.M. Bruckshaw	1957	L. Solaini
1956	E.H. Hedström	1955	G. Brinckmeyer
1954	J. Goguel	1953	D.T. Germain Jones
1952	A. van Weelden	1951	A. van Weelden

Presidents of the former European Association of Petroleum Geoscientists & Engineers (merged with the EAEG to become EAGE in 1995):

1994.	O.Skontrop	1993.	F.X. Führer
1992	J.M. Bowen	1991	K.-A. Oppebøn
1990	W.F. Steenken	1989*	W.F. Steenken