Topical Luncheons
Topical Luncheons provide OTC attendees the opportunity to hear presentations by leading experts on management, implementation, research, and technology-related fields in the offshore industry. Topical Luncheon tickets are US $35 each. Seating is limited, so participants are encouraged to purchase tickets with their registration. If you have already registered and need to purchase tickets for additional activities, you will need to make these purchases on site at the registration counters. On-site registration is open Tuesday 25 April through Saturday 29 April (10 a.m - 5 p.m), and with show hours on all conference dates.
Monday, 1 May 2006
- Challenges in International Operations
Don MacLiver, Senior Vice President, International Business Development, Anadarko International Energy Company
- Meeting the Challenge of Safely Developing the Energy Frontier
Robert Kramek, President and COO, ABS
- The Arc of Invention: Anticipation, to Canonical Inventor, to Exponential Growth
John Lienhard, Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering, University of Houston
- The Outer Continental Shelf: Deepwater and Frontier Opportunities and Hurricane Recovery
Johnnie Burton, Director, MMS
- Operator’s Perspective Luncheon Series: Responding to the New Oil Demand - Saudi Aramco’s Strategies and Activities
Abd Allah S. Al-Saif, Senior Vice President for Exploration and Producing, Saudi Aramco
- Lessons Learned From Major Offshore Incidents
Miklos Konkoly-Thege, President and CEO, DNV
- Contributions by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
Keir Becker, Professor, Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami
- New Waves in Deep Water
Charles A. Meloy, Vice President, Exploration and Production, Kerr-McGee Corporation
- Russian Legal Environment: Pitfalls in Providing/Contracting Oilfield Services
Shane DeBeer, Partner, Chadbourne’s
- Operator’s Perspective Luncheon Series: Indian Deepwater Exploration and Development Strategy
Subir Raha, Chairmanand Managing Director, ONGC Group of Companies
- Future of Nanotechnology in Offshore Energy Research and Technology
Dr. Wade Adams, Director, Rice University Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
- Wells of the Future: How Close is Today’s Technology?
Robert M. Hinkel, President and CEO, Enventure Global Technology
- Global Warming, Consequences and the Responsibilities of Oil Companies: Opportunities for the Offshore Industry
Louis Heuze, Senior Vice President, Total Exploration and Production
Phillipe Jean-Baptiste, Research Director, Climate Control Research Center
- Operator’s Perspective Luncheon Series: Venezuela´s Strategy for the Worldwide Energy Balance
Hon. Rafael Ramirez Carreno, Minister of Energy and Mines, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and President, PDVSA
