Join us for a hybrid lunch in March

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2026

JOIN US IN PERSON OR oNLINE

Talk Title: "The New Exploration Tool: GenAI That Builds the Solutions You've Always Wanted"

Speaker: Nate Suurmeyer, ThinkOnward

Large language models have moved from novelty to a near necessity, offering geoscientists the ability to turn their creative ideas into working code, analytical workflows, and custom tools. This session demystifies what GenAI actually is, sophisticated pattern matching rather than a search engine, along three practical methods: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompting and context, and code generation.  You’ll leave the conversation with clearer insights into how these tools work, where they excel, where they fail, and experiments you can try immediately.  Geoscientists are inherently creative problem-solvers with deep insights into their data and GenAI coding tools finally give you the means to build what you need, test your hypotheses faster, and understand your data better, all while maintaining scientific rigor and ethical practices.

Biography:

Nate Suurmeyer is a geoscientist with a passion for finding new ways of working for over 19 years in unconventionals, deep water exploration, and digitalization. He's been with ThinkOnwards since its beginning and is eager to see how different brains can solve some of our Industry's biggest needs.

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Hybrid luncheon schedule:

• 11:15am: In-person check-in opens
• 11:30: Lunch service begins
• 12:00pm: Online event opens
• 12:15pm: Talk begins
• 1:00pm: Talk/Q&A session ends; Online event closes

Hybrid Luncheon costs:

• Member Lunch: $35
• Non-Member Lunch: $40
• Walk-in without Lunch: $15
• Member Online: $10
• Non-member Online: $20
• Student online: Free

Refund policy:

If you need to cancel an in-person lunch registration for any reason, you must do so by 4:00pm on the Thursday before the Wednesday luncheon. Refunds will not be available after 4:00pm on the Thursday before the luncheon. If you are unable to attend, your luncheon registration is transferable to another RMAG member, or if you are a non-member your registration is transferable to whomever you wish. Refunds will not be issued for online talk registrations.

Sponsorship Opportunities: 

Interested in supporting RMAG through the Luncheons? Sponsor the lunch, or run a specific advertisement during the slide show. 

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