Speakers
H.E. Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa
Minister of Oil
KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
Hisham Zubari
General Chair
GEO
GEO
Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani
Senior Vice President – Downstream
SAUDI ARAMCO
SAUDI ARAMCO
Farouk El Baz
Director Emeritus, Center for Remote Sensing
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Plenary session 1
GEOSCIENCES IN AN ERA OF TRANSFORMATION: A NEW LANDSCAPE
Maria Borras
Executive Vice President, Oilfield Services
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes
Luca Savini
Head of Geology and Geophysics
ENI SPA
ENI SPA
Misfir AzZahrani
Executive Director of Exploration
SAUDI ARAMCO
SAUDI ARAMCO
Hinda Gharbi
EVP, Reservoir and Infrastructure
SCHLUMBERGER
SCHLUMBERGER
Plenary session 2
BREAKTHROUGHS IN TECHNOLOGY
Hans-Christian Freitag
Vice President, Intelligent Software Solutions
BakerHughesC3.ai.
BakerHughesC3.ai.
Ali Dogru
Saudi Aramco Fellow
SAUDI ARAMCO
SAUDI ARAMCO
Jan Smits
VP, Technology Development
SCHLUMBERGER
SCHLUMBERGER
Plenary session 3
GROWING TALENT
Bader Al Munaifi
Deputy CEO - South and East Kuwait
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY
KUWAIT OIL COMPANY
Faiza Rahmatullah
People Development Director
PDO
PDO
Najwa Azaimi
Director, Upstream Continuing Excellence
SAUDI ARAMCO
SAUDI ARAMCO
Malleswar Yenugu
Director, Data Analytics
IHS MARKIT
IHS MARKIT
Ghassan AlRegib
Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Gabriel Guerra
VP Exploration Transformation
SHELL
SHELL
Michael Burns
CEO
GLOBAL UAV TECHNOLOGIES
GLOBAL UAV TECHNOLOGIES
Abdulrahman Belushi
Head of Mining Strategy
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Special session 3
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES: A VALUABLE ASSET TO THE MIDDLE EAST REGION
Waleed Khalil Zubari
Professor Water Resources Management Program
ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY
ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY
Jerome Perrin
Area Manager, Middle East and North Africa
BRGM
BRGM
Mohammad Makawi Ashri
Associate Professor of Hydrogeology
KFUPM
KFUPM