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Registration for the AIPG MN Section's Tuesday, April 2, 2024, technical talk is now open online!

The cost is $20 for non-members and $15 for members when registering before Tuesday, April 2, 2024, before 9:00 AM Central Time. Please note this is the 1st Tuesday of the month and we will begin at 2:00 PM Central Time. The event will last 2 hours.

You must register by 9:00 AM Central Time the day of the talk to be sent the login link/information, otherwise check the meeting page or your registration receipt.

As always, non-members and non-geologists are welcome to attend!

Per the Minnesota Board of AELSLAGID website Frequently Asked Questions FAQs | Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (mn.gov), “As with all other continuing education activities, it is up to licensees/certificate holders to use their judgment to determine whether a particular course or activity meets the statutory requirements for continuing education.” In a prior email announcement for the Tuesday, April 2, 2024, ethics training event, AIPG MN mentioned that priority be given to licensed professionals to register for the training to meet their biennial ethics educational requirement for professional licensure in Minnesota; this statement has since been removed and was not intended to guarantee that the training will meet the statutory requirements. Instead, the statement was intended to convey that available registrant capacity for the training is limited. As always, please exercise individual professional judgement regarding interpretation of statutory requirements for professional licensure in Minnesota.

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AIPG Ethics Discussion Forum: Ethics, Diversity, and Unconscious Bias

by Sara Pearson, CPG, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and Jessica Davey M.S., Davey Consulting Corp

Presentation Overview

An interactive discussion on ethics from a geoscience perspective, including discussion on how professional ethics interact with diversity and inclusion, and unconscious bias. The general format is outlined below. 

1. Definition of ethics, including the intent of the AIPG Code of Ethics. As part of the small group discussion (using breakout rooms), attendees should consider the following: Ethics are based on a moral sense of right and wrong that do not always have a bright line to distinguish what may be ethical. Have you encountered a situation that may fall into a gray area?
2. A review of the AIPG Code of Ethics (https://aipg.org/page/Ethics).
3. A discussion about diversity and inclusion and the intersection with professional ethics.
4. As part of the small group discussion (using breakout rooms), attendees should consider the following: What does diversity and inclusion mean to you?
5. Unconscious bias discussion and the intersection with professional ethics. As part of the small group discussion (using breakout rooms), attendees should take at least two of the Harvard Implicit Bias Tests before the talk (https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html) and note their results for the discussion.
6. A discussion of additional resources.

 Biography

Sara Pearson, CPG, served as AIPG’s National Ethics Committee Chair from 2017 until 2023 - following David Abbott's footsteps. David Abbott is the AIPG National Ethics Committee Chair Emeritus. She is the current National AIPG President-Elect. Sara has been a member of AIPG since 1998 and Certified Professional Geologist since 2003. Sara is a supervisor overseeing the Source Water Program for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). She has spent the majority of her 30-year career working as a hydrogeologist in the environmental field both as a private industry consultant and as regulator for the State of Michigan's remediation programs. As a regulator, she has been involved in various enforcement cases for the State of Michigan. She has also presented on AIPG ethics related topics. Sara holds a B.S. degree in Geography and Environmental Studies from Aquinas College and a M.S. degree in Environmental Earth Science from Western Michigan University. She is also a graduate of Michigan State University Extension's Great Lakes Leadership Academy.

Jessica Davey, M.S., is President of Davey Consulting Corp, a company dedicated to providing business operations and geologic, land, and regulatory support primarily to energy companies. She received her undergraduate degree in Applied Geology from MSU Denver and her graduate degree in Global Energy Management from the University of Colorado Denver. Jessica possesses geological field experience in Ireland, Germany, and the United States and has provided geologic, land, and regulatory support on projects in Australia, Europe, Africa, South America, and throughout the oil and gas basins of the United States and Canada, and professional experience in mining, oil and gas, helium, environmental geology, and geologic hazards. Jessica is passionate about well-rounded economic and feasibility studies in oil and gas and minerals development projects and has presented at several conferences, including AIPG Annual Conferences, on topics including resource evaluation, environmental studies, and business and professional ethics.

Jessica has served the Colorado Section since 2013, most recently as President in 2023, and serves as the ongoing sponsor to the MSU Denver Student Chapter and has been involved in the National Executive Committee, most recently volunteering on the Ethics Committee.