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Conference and Executive Committee Chairs

Cem Erdem

Cem Erdem

Chief Executive Officer

Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO)

Conference Chair

Riza T

Rıza Özgür Temel

Deputy General Manager and Vice President

Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO)

Executive Committee Chair

Executive Committee Vice-Chairs

Osman K

Osman Kuyucu

Managing Director, Türkiye

SLB

A Smit

Alessandra Smit

Global Chief Reservoir Engineer

Shell

Executive Committee Members

Filippo A

Filippo Abbà

Senior Executive Advisor

Saipem

Z Bati

Zühtü Bati

Vice President

Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı 

Leon B

Léon Beugelsdijk

Technical General Manager - China CCS

Shell

Nihal D

Nihal Darraj

CCS Researcher

Imperial College London

Pierre Emmanuel d'Huart

Pierre-Emmanuel d'Huart

Head of Offshore Technology Development - SAIPEM

Regional Director Europe - SPE

Ibrahim F

Prof. Ibrahim Fahmy Abdelaty 

Professor, NAOME Department 

University of Strathclyde Glasgow 

Thomas G

Thomas Gautherot

Vice President, Drilling and Wells

TotalEnergies

OH

Olivier Houzé

Managing Director - Kappa Engineering

2025 SPE President

Erdal Ozkan

Erdal Ozkan

Professor of Petroleum Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

Kirsten P

Kirsten Pasturel

CEO & Founder

ZeGen Energy

Laura

Laura Precupanu

Senior Scientist Integrator

TNO

Deb Ryan

Deb Ryan

Faculty

CU Denver Global Energy Management

Darcy Spady

Darcy Spady

Managing Partner

Carbon Connect International

Dan Sparkes

Dan Sparkes

Engineer - Energy and Natural Resources &

Vice President Subsurface Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye

bp

Francesca

Francesca Verga

Strategic Advisor and Professor

Politecnico di Torino