On 12th-13th October 2015, Asia Petroleum Geoscience Conference & Exhibition (APGCE) was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Malaysia. It is Asia’s premier geoscience event with over three decades of history since its inception. Themed “Energising Asia Through Geoscience Ideas & Solutions”, APGCE 2015 offers spectacular journey through Asia’s possibilities, from the rich details of the outcrop landscapes to the immense knowledge-enriching and network building platforms that will leave participants giddy with excitement.
A special Student Programme has been organised in reaching out to the future generation of petroleum geoscientist. The student activities consist of short seminar, oral and poster presentations from the oil-and-gas industry and related field such as remote sensing. The exciting GeoQuiz had involves students from many public and pivate universities in Malaysia, including 6 post graduate students from INSTeG, UTM which compete with other 21 teams. In this biannual event, a PhD student from INSTeG, Syarifuddin Misbari was selected by the conference committee as one of the receiver of Student Excellence Award 2015, together with other excellent student from other university. He received an award certificate and a set of smartphone from the organizer.
