December 2012 - Joaquin Ruiz, Dean of the College Science and Executive Dean of the Colleges of Letters, Arts and Science, University of Arizona, Challenges in the Geological Sciences and Education

November 2012 - Virginia T. McLemore, Senior Economic Geologist, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and Adjunct Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Rare Earth Elements Deposits in New Mexico

October 2012 - Karl Flessa, Director, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, Past, present and future of the Colorado River delta

September 2012 - William H. Wilkinson, Vice President Africa, Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation, Mineral Exploration and Challenges in Africa

August, 2012 - Jeffrey Cornoyer, Senior Mine Geologist, Rosemont Copper Company, Geology and Development of the Rosemont Copper Project

July 2012 - Tim Marsh, President, Bell Copper Corporation, Geology of the Van Dyke Copper Deposit, Miami, Arizona

June 2012 - Douglas Kreiner, Senior Exploration Geologist, Bronco Creek Exploration, Diversity of Intense Acid (advanced argillic) Alteration

May 2012 - Dan Lynch, Retired, Remember me when I am dead: A geologist looks at gravestones

April 2012 - Student Poster Presentations

March 2012 - Colin Williams, Director of the Geology, Minerals, Energy and Geophysics Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, The Future of Geothermal Energy

February 2012 - Steve Peters, Research Geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, Afghanistan:  Gold Rush in a War Zone

January 2012 - Poul Emsbo, Research Geologist, Central Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, Sedex Deposits, Black Shales, and Anoxic Events