"Where oil is first found, in the final analysis, is in the minds of men.
The undiscovered oil field exists only as an idea in the mind of some oil-finder.
When no man any longer believes more oil is left to be found,
no more oil fields will be discovered,
but so long as a single oil-finder remains with a mental vision of
a new oil field to cherish,
along with freedom and incentive to explore,
just so long new oil fields may continue to be discovered."
Toward a Philosophy of Oil-Finding, Wallace E. Pratt,
Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, December, 1952
What this conference is about is no less than taking 1-D, 2-D, and 2.5-D
interpretation and communications processes and moving them into
3-Dimensions and actually N-Dimensions.
This process will not occur overnight.
It will not be easy or inexpensive.
However, the potential return for those who take the risk is phenomonal.