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Agenda

 

Monday 7 January 2008 
5–7 p.m. Registration and Welcome Reception "Whine and Cheese"

Tuesday 8 January 2008
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8 a.m. Welcome / Colloquium Overview / Set Stage for Day /Introduce Keynote/Recognize Sponsors
Susan Howes
8:15 a.m. Welcome Keynote Speaker: "Attributes of Tomorrow's E&P Leaders, Insights for Today's Educators"
Lane Sloan, University of Houston, former Director Global Energy Management Institute, Director of University of Houston Strategic Energy Alliance, Special Assistant to the Provost, and Coauthor “Terra Incognita: A Navigation Aide for Energy Leaders”
9 a.m. Break
9:15 a.m. Session I—Sourcing E&P Manpower Needs and Other Issues of Importance
Co-Chairmen—Tom Engler, New Mexico Tech and Ron Hinn, Oxy
 This session will focus on conventional sources regarding challenges and solutions, along with creative sourcing options.

Framing the issue—Tom Engler will represent Department Heads, presenting statistics on demographics

Attracting quality students-Domestic & International Perspectives—Ramona Graves, Professor CSM

API Workforce Committee Initiatives and Research—Monte King, Shell, API Committee Chair

Hiring 200 engineers? Try 2000!: Creative sourcing options and employment criteria. Implications & opportunities for today’s petroleum engineering programs—Chris Hopkins, Schlumberger
11:30 a.m. Networking
Noon Lunch Keynote: Manpower Forecast, based on National Petroleum Council's report titled  "Facing the Hard Truths About 
Energy"
Dr. Donald Paul, Chevron, VP and Chief Technical Officer
1:30 p.m. Session II—Preparing Tomorrow's Petroleum Engineers... Today's Challenge
What education do engineering professionals who will be doing petroleum engineering for the next 40 years really need?

Leo Roodhart, Shell; 2009 SPE President

Christine Economides, TAMU

Louis Durlofsky, Stanford

Invited: Joe Bryant, CEO Cobalt, former Chairman Unocal
3:30 p.m. Networking
4 p.m.

“Innovation Insights – Part I” (Introduction by James Pappas)

"Engineering at Harvey Mudd: One of a Kind," Clive Dym , Dept. of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College
The engineering program at Harvey Mudd College is recognized as one of the top undergraduate programs in the country. This talk will cover some of the innovative learning and teaching methods employed by the program, as well as provide insights into the desired qualities of students that enter the program.
5:15 p.m. Close / Recap Day #1 / Overview Day #2
6:00 p.m. Dinner

Wednesday 9 January 2008
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Day 2—Lloyd Heinze
8:15 a.m. Keynote—Bill Pike, Editor-In-Chief, Hart's E&P Magazine
9 a.m. Networking
9:15 a.m. Session III—Identifying the Key Challenges for Today's PE Departments

Co-Chairmen—Scott Heck, Hess, and Ron Hinn, Oxy

Results from Fall 2007 PE Dept. Industry Advisory Board Survey will be shared. The report will identify common items of importance.

Ron Hinn will share the results from Fall 2007 PE Dept. Industry Advisory Board Survey. The report will identify common items of importance. 

Ron Harrell, Ryder Scott (Retired)

Jon Olson, UT

Invited: Steve Chesebro, Harvest Natural Resources
10:45 a.m. Networking
11 a.m.

Session IV - Early Career E&P Young Professionals Panel -
Insights on Competencies, Chaired by Susan Howes, Chevron.

How well does Petroleum Engineering Education prepare Young Professionals for their career and how can they continue their development on the job?

Hope R. Aures, ExxonMobil, BS PE Penn State
Jay Graham, Wildhorse Resources, BS PE Texas A&M
Jill Evans, Marathon Oil, BS PE UT, MBA Tulane
P. R. (Hari) Hariharan, Shell, BSME Univ. of Calicut, MSPE, Univ. of Tulsa, PhD Mat. Sci. & Minerals Engr, Univ. of CA @ Berkeley
Aine Fitzgerald, BP, BS ChE , Univ. College Dublin
Chris Daniel, Grant Prideco, BS ME, UT
Noon Lunch Keynote:"Continuing Education Trends and Competency Development"
Introduction by Tim Deines
Ford Brett, President, Petroskills
1:30 p.m.

Session V - The Future of Petroleum Engineering Departments
Co-Chairs - Jon Olson, University of Texas and Tim Deines, Marathon

Each department has a vision for the future (5 years out). What are the “roadblocks” to achieving that vision? Are the factors internal to their universities or external? What assistance can industry offer?
Dr. Michael Harold, U of Houston (new program);
Dave Donohue, IHRDC (distance learning);
Ramona Graves, CSM (Abu Dhabi campus).
3:30 p.m. Break
4 p.m. Innovation Insights—Part 2:Education the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century” 
David Craig, Vice President RTI Energy Systems,NAE “Engineer 2020” Phase I Committee member 
National Academy of Engineering Study, Phase II. Emphasis on application of recommendations to the Upstream E&P Industry
5:15 p.m. Close / Recap Day #2 / Overview Day #3
5:30-8 p.m. Social with hors d’oeuvres and bar
Discussion led by Eve Sprunt on "Possible Way to address faculty shortages.”

Thursday 10 January 2008
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Day 3
8:15 a.m. Keynote: "Trend in Engineering Education"
Dr. Myles W. Scoggins, President Colorado School of Mines
9 a.m. Networking
9:30 a.m.

Session VI – E&P Competencies. Today vs. Tomorrow
Co-chaired by John Beaird, Legado Resources, and Bob Chase, Marietta

Cindy Reece, ExxonMobil; IT skills
Steve Martin, Legado Resources; “Leadership in the Oil and Gas Business: What I Wish They Had Told Me 30 Years Ago”
Larry Brown, Consultant; Registration
James Bobo, ConocoPhillips; Certification & competency
Keith Millheim, Global Drilling Fluids; Technology transfer-“Teaching Innovation to Engineers”
11:30 a.m. Networking
Noon Luncheon & Keynote: TBA
1:15 p.m. Colloquium Wrap-Up– Lloyd Heinze, TTU
1:30 p.m. Adjournment

Friday 11 January 2008
Optional Golf
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