Background
The Ineson Meeting, a one-day event organised around the prestiguous Ineson Lecture, is our annual flagship event and is held in conjunction with the Hydro Group of the Geological Society. The lecture features a keynote speaker of international standing, supported by speakers and poster presentations from around the UK.
The Ineson Lecture is named after Dr Jack Ineson,who:
“…will always be associated with introducing quantitative methods to British hydrogeology. A geologist with a sound knowledge of mathematics and statistics, unusual for the time, he seized the opportunity in 1948 to apply to British aquifers the burgeoning theory of well hydraulics initiated by Theis. Ineson’s career was mainly spent with the Geological Survey of Great Britain, now the British Geological Survey, but in the period 1965-1970 as Chief Geologist of the Water Resources Board. It was, however, a relatively short career with the start postponed by the Second World War and tragically truncated in June 1970 as a direct consequence of his experiences in the war.”
From ’200 years of British Hydrogeology’ (Geological Society Special … Publication Date, 2004)
The lecture features a keynote speaker of international standing, supported by speakers and poster presentations from around the UK.
On occasion, the Ineson meeting also hosts the Darcy Lecturer. The annual, international lecture series organised by the U.S. National Ground Water Association (NGWA) through its Groundwater Foundation, named in honour of Henry Darcy (1803–1858)
Further resources on Jack Ineson:
Jack Ineson (1917–1970) The instigator of quantitative hydrogeology in Britain
