Cem Erdem
Chief Executive Officer
Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO)
Conference Chair
Conference and Executive Committee Chairs
Rıza Özgür Temel
Deputy General Manager and Vice President
Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO)
Executive Committee Chair
Executive Committee Vice-Chairs
Hüseyin Eyeci
Deputy General Manager of Technical Affairs and Vice President
Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO)
Osman Kuyucu
Managing Director, Türkiye
SLB
Alessandra Smit
Global Chief Reservoir Engineer
Shell
Executive Committee Members
Filippo Abbà
Senior Executive Advisor
Saipem
Mohammad Abdullah Al-Bahar
Manager, Gas Fields Development
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC)
Ibrahim Fahmy Abdelaty
Professor, NAOME Department
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Zühtü Bati
Vice President
Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı
Léon Beugelsdijk
Technical General Manager - China CCS
Shell
Nihal Darraj
CCS Researcher
Imperial College London
Pierre-Emmanuel d'Huart
Head of Offshore Technology Development - SAIPEM
Regional Director Europe - SPE
Ahmed ElBanbi
Professor of Petroleum Engineering
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Thomas Gautherot
Vice President, Drilling and Wells
TotalEnergies
Koray Gozubuyukogullari
Country Director, Turkiye
Baker Hughes
Olivier Houzé
Managing Director - Kappa Engineering
2025 SPE President
Erdal Ozkan
Professor of Petroleum Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Kirsten Pasturel
CEO and Founder
ZeGen Energy
Laura Precupanu
Senior Scientist Integrator
TNO
Deb Ryan
Faculty
CU Denver Global Energy Management
Darcy Spady
Managing Partner
Carbon Connect International
Dan Sparkes
Engineer - Energy and Natural Resources and
Vice President Subsurface Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye
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Steven Travers
Region Director (Europe-North Sea-Caspian and Sub-Saharan Africa regions)
GaffneyCline
Francesca Verga
Strategic Advisor and Professor
Politecnico di Torino