
Cem Erdem
Chief Executive Officer
Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO)
Conference Chair


Conference and Executive Committee Chairs

Cem Erdem
Chief Executive Officer
Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı (TPAO)
Conference Chair

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
bp

Steven Travers
Region Director (Europe-North Sea-Caspian and Sub-Saharan Africa regions)
GaffneyCline

Francesca Verga
Strategic Advisor and Professor
Politecnico di Torino