SPE-GCS Young Professionals Emerging Engineers Conference: Riding the Energy Roller Coaster: Challenges, Innovations & Opportunities
June 3, 2010 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Hilton Houston Westchase , Houston
The Emerging Engineers Conference (EEC) is a one day event focusing on various topics that aims to shape and develop the careers of Young Professionals (YPs).
Learn about: Technical skills, Leadership skills, Emerging technology, Professional visibility, Networking, and more.
How much: $150.00 per attendee. This covers breakfast, lunch and social-networking event. $180.00 per attendee after registration deadline (May 28)
Register Now at http://www.spegcs.org/en/cev/reg/1715/
All attendees will be registered for the event door prize - a new Apple iPad http://www.apple.com/ipad
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Ganesh Thakur, Vice President, Global Advisor for Reservoir Management, and Fellow of Chevron Energy Technology Co, recently nominated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers board of directors as the 2012 SPE President. Thakur is a world-recognized leader in reservoir engineering & simulation, secondary recovery, reservoir and well productivity improvement, heavy oil, horizontal well technology and EOR.
Jim Longbottom, Global Business Development and Marketing Manager for Halliburton Completion Tools. He has extensive experience in the energy sector having worked in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and North Sea, primarily dealing with completion and sand-control technology.
Presenters will include executives and senior leaders from an array of energy companies and related organizations – including Occidental Oil & Gas, Chevron, Southwestern Energy, Shell, Decision Strategies, Halliburton, BakerHughes and others. Other confirmed speakers include:
• David Payne, VP of Drlling & Completions (Chevron);
• David Skinner, Founder & Chairman of the Board (Decision Strategies);
• Deniz Dindoruk, Staff Reservoir Engineer (Shell);
• Dr. Zuwa Omoregie, Chief - Reservoir Engineering (Occidental Oil & Gas);
• Mike Parker, Sr. Staff Engineer (Southwestern Energy);
• Mark Andrews, P.E., Project Manager (DORIS, INC.);
• Dr. Ashley Leonard, Research Scientist (BakerHughes);
• Michael Konopczynski, Director of Technology – WellDynamics (Halliburton Completion Tools);
• Terry Suffredini Atkinson, PE Coach/Consultant (The Engineer's Coach)
Registration includes Social-Networking event at Rio Ranch Restaurant sponsored by Petroskills !
EEC Agenda
Morning Agenda:
7:30 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:00 AM Opening Remarks
8:15 AM Morning Keynote Speaker
9:00 AM Worldwide Exploration Drilling Challenges
9:30 AM Challenges & Opportunities in Unconventional Resources
10:00 AM Break
10:10 AM Challenges in Production Engineering
10:40 AM Facilities Engineering - Deepwater Developments
11:10 AM Showing YP Innovations (Poster Session)
12:10 PM Lunch Keynote Speaker
Afternoon Agenda:
12:50 PM Speed Networking Game
1:10 PM Nanotechnology in Oil & Gas Industry
1:40 PM Enhanced Oil Recovery Technologies
2:10 PM Break
2:20 PM Innovative Completion Technologies
2:50 PM Business Strategies for Challenging Oil & Gas Projects
3:20 PM Break
3:30 PM Developing Leaders Workshop (tips & tricks for a successful career)
4:10 PM Engaging Activity (EEC Trivia Challenge)
4:45 PM Closing Remarks
5:00 PM Social/Networking Event @ Rio Ranch restaurant
Event Owner: Eugenia Rojas (West Africa New Ventures Exploration Geophysicist at Chevron)