The topic that brought Andre and Boas to the title is about identification of important aspect in petroleum system, source rock, using seismic data analysis method. Uniquely, that topic is a development of final project presented by Andre on his thesis defense on the last September. The topic was carried out to discover the spread of source rock, and this topic is relatively new in oil and gas exploration in a simple presentation. Research method and flow were learnt from internationally published researches. The main referenced paper is Loseth (2011) that discusses the identification of source rock using seismic data.

In survey design competition, this is the first chance for both Haritsari and Elsa in the competition. The topic they carried out for exploration survey design during the competition is effective and efficient survey design for geothermal exploration in Mount Lawu, East Java.

This competition was participated by students from various Geophysical background. National participants competing in the competition came from all over the country. It also invited well-known professionals as jury. In survey design competition, judging was done by Priyo Atmojo from Pertamina Geothermal Energy, and in paper competition, judging was done by David Ontosari from ISPG IAGI, and M. Tofan from Pertamina Geothermal Energy.