Call for Paper Proposals

001. Health in Communities: Community Health Outreach—Collaboration and Partnerships with Agencies, Government, or Other Stakeholders
002. Health in Communities: Community Health Outreach—The Role of the Oil and Gas Industry in Communities 
003. Health in Communities: Community Health Outreach—Health Impact Assessment and Metrics
004. Health Management: Health Culture—Health Strategy and Leadership 
005. Health Management: Health Culture—Welfare and Wellness Management  
006. Health Management: Health Culture—Psychological Safety and Mental Health
007. Health Management: Health Emergency Planning and Response, Pandemic, and Disaster Management
008. Health Management: Technology and Innovation—Digital Health and the Power of Health Data 
009. Health in the Working Environment: Work Environment and Ergonomics
010. Health in the Working Environment: Resilience and Human Performance 
011. Health in the Working Environment: Fitness for Duty 
012. Health in the Working Environment: Disease Prevention and Management
013. Industrial Hygiene: Industrial Hygiene Programme Management
014. Industrial Hygiene: Exposure Assessment and Control, Tools, Technology, and Techniques 
015. Industrial Hygiene: Challenges and Emerging Issues and Lessons Learnt

016. Occupational Safety and Risk Management: Land Transport, Rail, Vehicles, Journey Management, and Driver Monitoring
017. Occupational Safety and Risk Management: Operational Safety Including All Relevant Topics
018. Occupational Safety and Risk Management: Asset and Personal Security 
019. Security: Cyber Security
020. Process Safety and Risk Management: Process Safety—Physical Barriers and Asset Integrity
021. Process Safety and Risk Management: Process Safety—Asset Integrity Including Aging Assets
022. Process Safety and Risk Management: Process Safety—Human Barriers and Safety Critical Task Identification and Management
023. Process Safety and Risk Management: Process Safety—Managing Major Incident Risks and Emergency Response
024. Process Safety and Risk Management: Operating Risk Management—Safety Critical Tasks
025. Process Safety and Risk Management: Operating Risk Management—Well Operations
026. Process Safety and Risk Management: Operating Risk Management—Downstream and Midstream Including Pipeline Safety, Refinery LNG, and Petrochemical Operations
027. Advances and Innovation in Data Management for Learning, Modelling and Statistics, Use of AI and Machine Learning for Predictive Analytics and Enhancing Risk Management
028. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Management Systems
029. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Contractor Management/JVs and Stakeholder Management—Collaboration with Contractors, Partners, and Other Stakeholders
030. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Operational Excellence—Technology and Systems (Digital Twins, Wearables, IoT, AI etc.) 
031. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Operational Excellence—New Approaches, Innovation, and New Technology
032. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Training and Competency  
033. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Learning from Events/Learning from Normal Work—Best Practices from Other Industries
034. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Safety Culture and Leadership
035. Industry Standardisation and Regulatory Compliance
036. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Human and Organisational Performance
037. Human Performance and Learning from Normal Work—Practical Frameworks to Operationalise psychological Safety and Learning Culture
038. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Human Factors
039. Strategy, Systems, and Processes: Managing Workforce Diversity 
040. Innovation in Data Analytics and Predictive Modelling Across HSES, Uses of AI

041. Environmental Management Systems: Design and Operation Considerations in the Oil and Gas Industry
042. Decarbonisation, Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Hydrogen Safety—Emerging Risk Frameworks for Decarbonisation, CCUS, Hydrogen, and Ammonia Systems and Energy Transition
043. Resource Management: Water Management (Including Produced Water and Water Use)
044. Resource Management: Waste Management, Resource Reuse, and Creating Value
045. Environmental Frameworks
046. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
047. Innovative Environmental Solutions and New Technologies Including AI
048. Technical Advances in Environmental Sustainability

049. Social Performance: Managing Human Rights Through the Value Chain 
050. Social Performance: Stakeholder Engagement and Social Acceptance
051. Social Performance: Use of Technology to Monitor Stakeholder Commitments and Constantly Evolving Social Contexts
052. Capacity Building: External: Local Content and In-Country Value: Enabling Talent and Socio-Economic Development
053. Capacity Building: Internal: Embedding Social Performance in the Organisation
054. Just Transition: People-Centered Energy System Transformation/Energy Transition

Please note that abstract submissions should be formatted into four (4) specific paragraphs:

• Objectives/Scope: Please list the objectives and/or scope of the proposed paper. (25-75 words)
• Methods, Procedures, Process: Briefly explain your overall approach, including your methods, procedures and process. (75-100 words)
• Results, Observations, Conclusions: Please describe the results, observations and conclusions of the proposed paper. (100-200 words)
• Novel/Additive Information: Please explain how this paper will present novel (new) or additive information to the existing body of literature that can be of benefit to and/or add to the state of knowledge in the petroleum industry. (25-75 words)

The following guidelines apply:

• DO NOT include title or author information in your abstract
• Word Minimum: 225
• Word Maximum: 450

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• Obtain the necessary clearance from your management, your partners, and customers BEFORE submission.
• Authors whose paper proposals are accepted will be required to provide a manuscript for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
• Authors who do not submit a manuscript and the associated publication forms by the manuscript due date will be withdrawn from the programme and will not be allowed to present per SPE’s No Paper, No Podium policy
• If accepted, your paper proposal may be published, as submitted, in conference information media, including on the SPE website.
• An agreement to present a paper at this SPE conference carries an obligation to participate in the event. Please review SPE's Author Guidelines for Papers.

SPE has a stated policy against use of commercial trade names, company logos, or text that is commercial in tone in the paper title, text, or presentation slides. Use of such terms will result in careful scrutiny by the Programme Committee in the evaluation of paper proposals, and the presence of commercialism in the paper will result in it being withdrawn from the programme.

In an effort to further improve SPE’s technical quality standards, all submitted papers will be checked for plagiarism.

It is the responsibility of the author to obtain company clearance, to ensure the company understands that if the proposal is accepted, you will be required to travel to the event to present. All travel expenses (airfare, hotel, registration) associated with attending the conference are the responsibility of company or individual attending.

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