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SPE EUROPE ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
23–25 June 2026 | Istanbul, Türkiye

Swissotel The Bosphorus, Istanbul, Türkiye

Programme Chair & Co-Chair

Zita B

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zühtü Bati

Vice President

Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı

SPE Programme Committee Chair 

Nihal D

Nihal Darraj

CCS Researcher

Imperial College London

SPE Programme Committee Co-Chair

Programme Committee Members

Serhat Akin, Professor - Middle East Tech. Uni. (Reservoir Eng., Geothermal Energy, Reservoir Modeling) 

Yucel I. Akkutlu, Professor, John Edgar Holt ’27 Chair - Texas A&M University

Emad Walid Al Shalabi, Associate Professor - Khalifa University of Science and Technology 

Majed Al Suwailem, Research Fellow - King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (Energy Security, Geopolitics, and Hydrocarbon Laws and Regulations)

Emre Artun, Associate Professor - Sultan Qaboos University

Eva Avbelj, Reservoir Engineer - Rosen-NXT

Robert S Balch, Scientist -New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 

Idris Ben-Fayed, Specialist, Drilling and Well Construction - Blade Energy Partners

Edna Michelle Bisso Bi Mba, Head of Reservoir Services - Harbour Energy

Carolina Coll, Principal Industry Specialist - Reservoir CGG

Birol Dindoruk, Professor of Petroleum Engineering - Texas A&M University

Alberto Di Lullo, Senior Global Knowledge Owner - Eni

İsmail DURGUT-ODTÜ, Professor - İstanbul Technical University

Gabrijel Grubac, Senior Engineer - Blade Energy Partners

Rafael Hincapie, Head of Department Subsurface Technologies - OMV E&P Gmbh

Heikki Jutila, Technical Director - Jutila Ltd

Akos Kiss, Department Manager Subsurface Optimisation in Asset Crisana - OMV Petrom

Andrea Luigi Lamberti, Reservoir Innovative Technologies Department Manager - Eni

Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Senior Reservoir Engineer - ADNOC Onshore

Taoufik Manai, Senior Advisor Reservoir Engineering - SLB

Pamela Mariotti, Reservoir Development and Optimization Advisor - Eni S.p.A. – Natural Resources

Leida Monterossa, Performance Centre Manager - SLB

Yurii Moroz, Head of New Energies - NaftoGaz

Lukas Ochmann, Wells Engineer - Atkins Réalis

Erdal Ozkan, Professor of Petroleum Engineering - Colorado School of Mines

William Palozzo, Managing Director - DG Impianti Industriali S.p.A.

Francisco Porturas, President and Founder - Peruvian Geothermal Association

Vera Rocca, TBC - Politecnico di Torino

Thomas Schaaf, Reservoir Engineer - Storengy SAS, A Company of ENGIE

Ayhan Sengel, Reservoir Engineer - Panterra Geoconsultants BV

Hans Sizoo, Carbon Capture & Storage Development Manager - BP

Pejman Shoeibi Omrani, Senior Scientist Energy Transition - TNO

Benjamin Stewart, Account Leader, Consultant - Independent

Ömer İnanç TÜREYEN-İTÜm, Professor - Middle East Technical University 

Francesca Verga, Professor - Politecnico di Torino