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2012 Speakers Included:
Antonio Claudio F. Correa
Antonio Claudio F. Correa
Reservoir Engineering Project Manager
Petrobras

Antonio Cláudio de França Corrêa graduated in Mechanical Engineering from FEG/UNESP in Brazil and has a specialization in Petroleum Engineering from PETROBRAS/SEN-BA. He also holds... [ view bio ]

Hetty Hofsteenge
Hetty Hofsteenge
Lead - Groningen Support Centre
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij

In 1991 Hetty Hofsteenge received her bachelor’s degree in technical environmental sciences at the HC van Hall instituut in Groningen and in 1995 she received her masters degree in technica... [ view bio ]

Roelof Platenkamp
Roelof Platenkamp
Executive Chairman
Tulip Oil

Roelof Platenkamp retired in March 2010 as a Senior Executive from Royal Dutch Shell Plc after an international career spanning 29 years in a broad range of jobs. During his last assignment in Ro... [ view bio ]

Anwar Husen
Anwar Husen
Head of Production Technology
BG Group

Anwar Husen joined BG Group as Chief Petroleum Engineering Technical Consultant in Nov 2005. In June 2006, he took the role as Head of Production Technology for BG Group. He received BSc. (Hons) ... [ view bio ]

Andrew O'Donovan
Andrew O'Donovan
Dunlin Area Subsurface Manager, Reserves Coordinator
Fairfield Energy

- Andrew O’Donovan is the Dunlin Area Subsurface Manager at Fairfield Energy. This role has management oversight for all subsurface matters for the Dunlin Field and wider Dunlin area and h... [ view bio ]

Peter Buchanan
Peter Buchanan
Chief Executive Officer
Valiant Petroleum

Peter has had a career spanning two decades in the oil industry. After a Shell sponsored MSc at Imperial College, Peter completed a PhD in structural geology with BP. This was followed by various... [ view bio ]

Lars Gammelgaard
Lars Gammelgaard
Technical License Manager - Gyda & Senior Reservoir Engineer
DONG Energy

Lars Guillaume Gammelgaard holds a role as technical license manager on the Gyda field offshore Norway. He initially worked as project manager in the geotechnical consultancy business, before joi... [ view bio ]

Craig Paveley
Craig Paveley
Head of Discipline - Production Engineering
Nexen

John Woods
John Woods
Chief Development Officer
Ithaca Energy

John has 28 years of Petroleum Engineering and Development Management experience in the North Sea. With a Bachelors degree from Leicester University, he joined Britoil for graduate training in 19... [ view bio ]

Steve Jenkins
Steve Jenkins
Chief Executive Officer
Nautical Petroleum

As part of a 27 year career in oil and gas, Steve spent the 11 years prior to Nautical at Nimir Petroleum as Business Development and HSE Manager, where he was responsible for acquisition strateg... [ view bio ]

David Salt
David Salt
Leader
ITAC

David joined Oil Spill Response in 1981, initially serving as a responder responsible for the operation and maintenance of equipment. He is responsible for response readiness and executive manage... [ view bio ]

Shamrendra Singh
Shamrendra Singh
General Manager
BG India

David Thrasher
David Thrasher
Senior Petroleum Engineer
BP

Dave Thrasher is a Senior Petroleum Engineer with BP working on Bright Water™ EOR technology for improving reservoir sweep efficiency. He joined BP in 1987 after graduating with a BSc in Ma... [ view bio ]

Ashanendu Mandal
Ashanendu Mandal
Deputy General Manager - Production
ONGC

Ashanendu Mandal is a post-graduate in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He has done his B. Sc (Chemistry) & B. Tech (Chemical Engineering) from University ... [ view bio ]

Edgar Rodrigues
Edgar Rodrigues
Integrity Engineer
TAQA Bratani

Edgar has over 9 years experience in energy sector including oil and gas operations in North Sea, corrosion management control, inspection, material selection and internal corrosion assessment an... [ view bio ]

Rune Ramberg
Rune Ramberg
Chief Engineer - Subsea
Statoil

Bjørn Rasch
Bjørn Rasch
Product Lifecycle Manager - Subsea Solutions
Siemens

Bjørn Rasch is working as Product Lifecycle Manager for Siemens Subsea Solutions in Norway. He has several years of experience in power solutions for subsea applications. He has worked 18 y... [ view bio ]

Remi Daudin
Remi Daudin
Chief Executive Officer
Foroil

Remi Daudin is a graduate from the Ecole normale supérieure (1987) and from the Ecole des Mines de Paris (1990). He holds a PhD in Physics (Elementary Particles Physics - 1989) from the Pier... [ view bio ]

Gunnar Birkeland
Gunnar Birkeland
Chief Executive Officer
Polytec

Einar Molnes
Einar Molnes
Chief Executive Officer and Principle Consultant
ExproSoft

Einar has 25 years experience from offshore safety and reliability related projects from various positions at SINTEF in Trondheim, Norway since 1983, and from ExproSoft since 2000. His career exp... [ view bio ]

Ingebjørg Lien
Ingebjørg Lien
Specialist Engineer, Electrical System
Wärtsilä

Ingebjørg Lien graduated from The Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in 1994 (M.Sc. - Electrical engineering). Previously she has been working for The Norwegian Institute of Technology ... [ view bio ]

Richard Braal
Richard Braal
Business Line Manager Production Optimization
TNO

Richard Braal is working as Business Line Manager Production Optimization for TNO in The Netherlands. Richard has a degree in Applied Physics - Fluid Mechanics. He's been with TNO for 15 years an... [ view bio ]

Chris Staveley
Chris Staveley
Chief Executive Officer
Smart Fibres Ltd.

Chris Staveley is Chief Executive Office at Smart Fibres Ltd, a UK Company that has pioneered the introduction of optical fiber sensing technology into numerous industrial market sectors. He gra... [ view bio ]

Torbjørn Sotberg
Torbjørn Sotberg
Market Director
FORCE Technology

Dr. Sotberg is at present Market Director of FORCE Technology Norway AS and is heading the company’s operation in Trondheim, Norway. Dr. Sotberg has about 25 years of experience within th... [ view bio ]

John Gilmore
John Gilmore
Upstream Oil & Gas Director
Invensys Operations Management

David Pinchin
David Pinchin
CTO
Seabox AS

David gained his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester in 1980. Since that time David has spent his 31 years in the oil industry working for operating companies, engi... [ view bio ]

Paul Verey
Paul Verey
EMEA Lead, Real-Time Data Management, Energy, Natural Resources & Utilities
Wipro Technologies

Paul was appointed the RTDM Practice Lead for EMEA in December 2011. Paul has been defining software solutions to meet real-time business needs for many years, initially working in flight control... [ view bio ]

Ian Ball
Ian Ball
Technology Director
Intecsea

Ian G. Ball is currently Technology Director with INTECSEA(UK) Ltd. Previously he was retained by Reliance Industries Ltd Bombay, as Senior Advisor for deepwater challenges in opening the KG basi... [ view bio ]

Michael Szatny
Michael Szatny
Product Manager - Production Software Solutions
Halliburton | Landmark

Michael is Product Manager for Halliburton’s Landmark production software solutions, with over 18 years of experience in engineering software workflow automation. He holds a BS degree in c... [ view bio ]

Dag E. Alfstad
Dag E. Alfstad
Manager CPM, Production Performance Services
FMC Technologies

Dag Evald Alfstad has more than 15 years work experience in the Information Technology and Services Business. His experience includes Business Development & Sales, Requirement & Specifica... [ view bio ]

Wolfgang Krieg
Wolfgang Krieg
Corporate Manager Global Marketing
ROSEN Swiss AG

Over twenty years experience in the In-Line Inspection industry. Extensive experience in new product design and product launch. Co-inventor of the UltraScan corrosion inspection system. Since 200... [ view bio ]

Alain Floutier
Alain Floutier
Director, Industry Marketing
Dassault Systèmes

Since January 2009, Alain Floutier is in charge of the new DS Industry Marketing activity, within the Global Marketing group. He develops the Marketing programs around the Multibrands DS products... [ view bio ]

Kenneth Tierling
Kenneth Tierling
Founder and President
Unisert Multiwall Systems, Inc

Founder and President of Unisert, has worked in the pipe line industry for over forty years. While serving as District Manager for Magna Chem. Ltd., he began developing the concept of pumping a c... [ view bio ]

Joe So
Joe So
VP Global Sales & Business Development
Huawei

Joe So has been in the ICT business for over 26 years. After graduation from University of Waterloo, Joe gained a lot of experience in IT technical support, customer services and service sales f... [ view bio ]



 

2011 Speakers Included:

Roelof Platenkamp
Roelof Platenkamp
Chairman
Tulip Oil
Netherlands

Roelof Platenkamp retired in March 2010 as a Senior Executive from Royal Dutch Shell Plc after an international career spanning 29 years in a broad range of jobs. During his last assignment in R... [ view bio ]

Steve Walker
Steve Walker
Offshore Director
HSE (Health and Safety Executive)
& Chair
OAIC (Oil Industry Advisory Committee)
United Kingdom

After obtaining a degree in Chemical Engineering and working in industry, Steve joined the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 33 years ago. During his time in HSE Steve has worked in a wide numbe... [ view bio ]

Jaap Klein Nagelvoort
Jaap Klein Nagelvoort
VP Production Upstream Europe
Shell Upstream International
United Kingdom

Jaap Klein Nagelvoort is a Mechanical Engineer with a background in upstream production operations, maintenance and asset management. He also worked three years in recruitment. His current role i... [ view bio ]

Sergio Kapusta
Sergio Kapusta
Chief Scientist (Materials)
Shell
Netherlands

Sergio Kapusta is currently Chief Scientist of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. He is concurrently Manager of Innovation & Technology at Shell Global Solutions International BV, in The Hague. Ser... [ view bio ]

Antonio Claudio Correa
Antonio Claudio Correa
Senior Project Manager, Brazil Pre-Salt Production
Petrobras
Brazil

Antonio Cláudio de França Corrêa is graduated in Mechanical Engineering from FEG/UNESP in Brazil and has a specialization in Petroleum Engineering from PETROBRAS/SEN-BA. He also ho... [ view bio ]

David Liddle
David Liddle
Strategic Technology Director
ITF
United Kingdom

David is a graduate of Imperial College of Science and Technology London. He gained his first degree in Aeronautical Engineering and immediately went into a different medium – underwater! ... [ view bio ]

Malcolm Webb
Malcolm Webb
CEO
Oil & Gas UK
United Kingdom

Malcolm Webb is the Chief Executive of Oil & Gas UK. A graduate of Liverpool University and a lawyer by profession, he has extensive senior management experience in both the upstream and dow... [ view bio ]

Jeff Dickens
Jeff Dickens
Manager, Field of the Future® Programme Office
BP
United Kingdom

Jeff Dickens received his B.Sc. in Astronomy from University College, London in 1979. He initially trained in seismic processing with SSL, before joining BP Exploration in 1980 as an interpretati... [ view bio ]

Andreas Kuehne
Andreas Kuehne
CEO
Progress Ultrasonics AG
Switzerland

Geeta Thakorlal
Geeta Thakorlal
Regional Director - EAFME
Granherne
United Kingdom

Geeta Thakorlal is the Regional Director, Europe, Africa, FSU & Middle East (EAFME) of Granherne Ltd. With over 24 years of professional experience in the Oil and Gas sector she is an example... [ view bio ]

Prof Tor Austad
Prof Tor Austad
Professor of Reservoir Chemistry
University of Stavanger
Norway

Professor in reservoir chemistry, University of Stavanger Professional Experience: Chairman for the Petroleum and Chemistry Board at the Norwegian Research Council for 4 years / Consultant for... [ view bio ]

Erlend A Glommen
Erlend A Glommen
IP Suite Manager
IPRES
Norway

Present Appointment: IPRES Norway AS, 2003 – present, Manager IPRISK. Instrumental in the development of the full range of IPRISK products, including IPRISKwell for well planning, IPRISKfie... [ view bio ]

Rob Kuyper
Rob Kuyper
Subsurface and Wells Manager
TAQA Bratani
United Kingdom

Rob Kuyper is Subsurface and Wells Manager for TAQA Bratani. Rob joined the company in 2008, during the acquisition of a large portfolio of mature oil fields from Shell which established TAQA as ... [ view bio ]

Anwar Husen
Anwar Husen
Head of Production Technology
BG Group
United Kingdom

Anwar Husen joined BG Group as Chief Petroleum Engineering Technical Consultant in Nov 2005. In June 2006, he took the role as Head of Production Technology for BG Group. He received BSc. (Hons)... [ view bio ]

Charles Lucas-Clements
Charles Lucas-Clements
Director of Strategy and Business Development
Xcite Energy Resources
United Kingdom

Charles Lucas-Clements, Director of Strategy and Business Development for XER, has over 27 years experience through the oil and gas value chain, in both upstream exploration & production and ... [ view bio ]

Remi Daudin
Remi Daudin
Chief Executive Officer
Foroil
France

Remi Daudin is a graduate from the Ecole normale supérieure (1987) and from the Ecole des Mines de Paris (1990). He holds a PhD in Physics (Elementary Particles Physics - 1989) from the Pier... [ view bio ]

Magne Arne Brekke
Magne Arne Brekke
CEO
Visual Solutions AS, a company in the BB Visual Group
Norway

He is the founder of the BB Visual Group and the Chairman for all the companies in the group. He established BB Visual Solutions in 2005 as the first of the companies. Magne has impressive exp... [ view bio ]

Blair Parkin
Blair Parkin
COO
Visual Solutions AS, a company in the BB Visual Group
UK

Acting as Chief Operating Officer, Blair is critical in contributing to the companies including the group’s strategy and overall communications. Blair establishes Visual Acuity in 2002 and... [ view bio ]

Anders Ovreseth
Anders Ovreseth
CTO
Visual Solutions AS, a company in the BB Visual Group
Norway

Co-founder of the BB Visual Group, leading the technology innovation and inventions in product development and client solutions. Anders brings strong experience and competence in design and archi... [ view bio ]

John Bell
John Bell
Director Oil & Gas Vertical Market (EMEA)
EMC Europe
United Kingdom

John Bell joined EMC as the Head of the Oil & Gas Vertical in Jan 2008 from AspenTechnology where he had been the SVP for EMEA and intrumental in winning market leadership for their Process S... [ view bio ]

Alain Floutier
Alain Floutier
Director, Industry Marketing
Dassault Systèmes
France

Since January 2009, Alain Floutier is in charge of the new DS Industry Marketing activity, within the Global Marketing group. He develops the Marketing programs around the Multibrands DS product... [ view bio ]

Emmanuel Ukegbu
Emmanuel Ukegbu
General Manager Production
Addax Petroleum
Nigeria

Dominic Taylor
Dominic Taylor
Managing Consultant, Upstream Oil and Gas
SAIC
United Kingdom

Dominic has spent the last 10 years working on Digital Oilfield and Integrated Operations projects, and has worked on many of the major Digital Oilfield programs within the industry. Dominic̵... [ view bio ]

Laurie Reid
Laurie Reid
Sr. Manager of Product Strategy, Reservoir & Production Technology
Halliburton | Landmark Software & Services
USA

Laurie Reid is Senior Manager of Product Strategy for Landmark’s Reservoir & Production technical business line. Laurie has over 20 years experience in oil and gas and holds a MSc.... [ view bio ]

Khalid Omaireen
Khalid Omaireen
General Supervisor Production Engineering - Offshore fields
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Arabia

Espen Storkaas
Espen Storkaas
Head of Department, Integrated Operations Sales
ABB
Norway

Espen Storkaas has a MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Norwegian University of Technology and Science, and has been working with engineering, implementation, sales and management of variou... [ view bio ]

Alan Williams
Alan Williams
Operations Manager
Granherne Ltd.
United Kingdom

Alan Williams is the UK Operations Manager within Granherne Ltd, an internationally recognised consultancy to the oil and gas industry. Alan has over thirty year’s industry experience ini... [ view bio ]

Steve Elliott
Steve Elliott
Director, Safety Excellence Solutions
Invensys Operations Management
United Kingdom

Steve Elliott is a TÜV certified Functional Safety Engineer and has over 20 years experience in automation and safety systems. He joined Invensys in 2003 in a UK sales capacity before beco... [ view bio ]

Torbjørn Forthun
Torbjørn Forthun
Managing Director
Kongsberg Drilling Management Solutions
Norway

Mr. Torbjørn Forthun has 17+ years of experience in business development, management, consulting and commercialization of knowledge-based services and technology, mostly towards oil and gas ... [ view bio ]

Ruud van der Linden
Ruud van der Linden
Senior Specialist, Real-time Production Optimisation
TNO
Netherlands

Dr. Ruud van der Linden is a senior specialist in real-time production optimisation at TNO. Before working in the upstream oil & gas sector, he worked as a consultant in various... [ view bio ]

Robert Paterson
Robert Paterson
Health, Safety and Employment Issues Director
Oil & Gas UK
United Kingdom

Robert Paterson is Oil & Gas UK’s Health, Safety and Employment Issues Director. Robert is responsible for managing and coordinating development of industry policy for a wide range of h... [ view bio ]

Mike Tholen
Mike Tholen
Economics and Commercial Director
Oil & Gas UK
United Kingdom

As Economics Director for Oil & Gas UK, Mike Tholen seeks to promote the success of the UK’s oil and gas industry. He takes the lead on fiscal and energy policy and in this regard is r... [ view bio ]

Helen Gilman
Helen Gilman
VP, Digital Oilfield Practise
SAIC
United Kingdom

Bjørn Tore Kristoffersen
Bjørn Tore Kristoffersen
VP Business Development
Kongsberg Drilling Management Solutions
Norway