2nd Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC 2006) organized by Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG), Australia held during 2-6 July 2006 at Melbourne, Australia was participated by Mr. M.B. Singh, Vice President, SPG, India and Mr. K. Sridhar, from Ahmedabad Chapter.

Organizational setup of the conference was very good and it was organized by both the geophysicists as well as geologists. There were 10 parallel sessions during the conference and the technical presentations were on mineral exploration not on oil exploration. During the visit to ASEC 2006 conference SPG, India and ASEG has signed Memorandum of Understanding for the joint cooperation of both the societies with the idea how both the societies can come closer to fulfill their objectives at common platform.