About the conference

The SPE Colloquium on Petroleum Engineering Education provides an opportunity for industry, government, and academia representatives to work together to build a stronger educational experience for petroleum engineers, leading to meaningful contributions to the oil and gas industry.

The event will focus on several key areas affecting the training of next generation petroleum engineers and geoscientists. Topics include:

• Analysis of the evolving and troubling trends in federal financing for academic training of geoscientist and petroleum engineering research scientists
• Curricular changes that need to be introduced at schools to enhance the training of digital petroleum engineers
• Breakthroughs in digital, audio, and video communication that have opened up new avenues to equip the schools with virtual access of field operation as well as opportunities for sharing resources among schools
• Critical overview of effective ways to address the graying of petroleum engineering faculty across the US and potential solutions to recruit new faculty into academia

Who Should Attend?

All those concerned with recruiting petroleum engineers and geoscientists who are equipped to tackle the challenges facing the energy industry will be interested in attending and contributing to the outcome of this colloquium.

The planning committee seeks equal representation from industry and educational institutions. Organizations are encouraged to send individuals with a range of industry and academic experiences who will bring their perspectives and ideas on petroleum engineering education and lifelong learning to the discussion.