Monday, 2 August

Marina Vista, The Ritz-Carlton

0700 

Continental Breakfast at the Marina Vista Veranda

0730 

Registration at the Marina Vista Foyer

0830–1015

Welcome: The National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Summit

John O’Brien, Senior Associate Dean for USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Evolving the Global Energy System: Implications for Engineering Research and Education

Don Paul, USC Energy Institute

RPSEA Funding and University Research

James Pappas, Research Project to Secure Energy in America (RPSEA)

ACS and Other Research Funding for Young Faculty

Paul Willhite, University of Kansas

1030–1200

Session A: Perceptions About Petroleum Engineering Research

• Training the Well-Rounded Petroleum Engineers
  Tad Patzek, UT Austin
• Industrial Consortia Research - University of Tulsa Perspective
  Mohan Kelkar, University of Tulsa
• Applied Research vs. Basic Research
  Turgay Ertekin, Penn State   
• The Role of Competitive Research in Petroleum Engineering
  Christine Economides, Texas A&M

1215–1330

Lunch at the Ballroom Terrace

Petroleum Engineering in the Greenhouse:  Meeting the CO2 Challenge

Lynn Orr, Stanford University

1345–1545

Session B: Industry’s Need for Digital Petroleum Engineers

Jim Crompton and Mike Hauser, Chevron and Cindy Reece, ExxonMobil Technical Computing Company

Presentations and discussion in this session will focus on the changing expectations for petroleum engineers and geoscientists over the last three decades and how the digital oil field/integrated operations era presents further change. Both academia and corporate organizations have to attract, develop, and engage this new generation of digital upstream oil company professionals.        

1600–1630    

The National Academy of Engineers Grand Challenge for Earth Resources and Integrating Health, Environment and Safety in Petroleum Engineering Education

Lyndon Arscott, former Executive Director of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers

1630–1700    

Session C: Faculty Hiring Needs and Evolving Shortages and Sharing Resources

Lloyd Heinze, Texas Tech; Bob Chase, Marietta College; and Susan Howes, Chevron

Tuesday, 3 August

Morning: University of Southern California
Afternoon: The Ritz-Carlton

0700

Continental Breakfast at the Marina Vista Veranda

0730

Board Bus in front of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel

0830–1000

Session D: Distance and Virtual Education

Carolyn Suckow, Student Affairs Director for USC

Virtual Operations in Classrooms via Innovative Digital Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges in Introducing New Methods to Train and Develop Petro-Technical Professionals Internally and Externally

Najib Abusalbi, Director of University Collaboration, Schlumberger Reservoir Characterization; Elie Daher, VP and Managing Director, NExT; and Mirta Leon, Education Services Manager, Schlumberger Information Solutions

1000

Break

1015–1145

Session E: Collaborative Ways to Share Seminars and Lectures Among Schools

Fred Aminzadeh, USC and Shari Dunn-Norman, Missouri University of Science and Technology

1200

Board Bus to The Ritz-Carlton

1230–1830  

Recreation/Networking

1830

Buffet Dinner at the Marina Vista

1930–2100

Session F: Training Needs for Graduating Digital Petroleum Engineers

Live Webcast/Interaction with Select International Schools

The Competency Matrix/ Implementation 

Discussion Leaders: Iraj Ershaghi, USC; Peter Breunig, Chevron Information Technology, James E Bobo, ConocoPhillips; and Cindy Reece, ExxonMobil

Wednesday, 4 August

Marina Vista, The Ritz-Carlton

0730

Continental Breakfast at the Marina Vista Veranda

0800

Digital Communication/ Video Communication: Exhibitors Display

0830–0930

The Virtual World for Education
Sorin Marghitoiu, CiSoft

0900–1030

Session G: Discussions, Colloquium Summary, and Next Steps

Susan Howes, Chevron Corporation

Recommendation to SPE/Schools/ABET

Lloyd Heinze, Texas Tech University and Robert Chase, Marietta College; Kashy Aminian, West Virginia University

1100

Adjourn

1200–1600

The Education & Accreditation Committee and PTE Department Head Meeting at the Ritz