Speaker #1 Title: Chief Subsurface Engineer

Speaker #1 Company:  CausewayGT

Speaker #1 Bio: Alison Isherwood has 24 years of O&G experience in reservoir engineering and technical leadership. She recently completed a post-graduate programme in Sustainable Business at University of Cambridge which included a research project on the subject of this talk. Alison is the Net Zero Chair of the London SPE Section and recently joined a geothermal start-up as their Chief Subsurface Engineer.

Speaker #1 Abstract: Empowering, preparing, and connecting oil and gas workers to the future of energy

The social impacts of striving for net-zero are epitomized in the term “Just Transition” and at the heart of this sits O&G workers. What are the current barriers to O&G workers fully connecting to the future of energy, what stakeholders are involved in supporting this process, and how do transferable skills translate into sustainable employment?

Speaker #2 Title:   Chief Operating Officer

Speaker #2 Company: i2k Connect

Speaker #2 Bio: Thomas’s work experience spans 30+ years of commercializing products for startup companies. After 10 years in the legal industry, Thomas transitioned to technology in 1989.  She has been involved in 13 startup companies spanning the globe, industries, and technologies. Thomas is responsible for delivery of i2k Connect’s Artificial Intelligence platform within the Energy industry. The i2k Connect AI Platform powers the Society of Petroleum Engineers Research Portal, embedded AI in Schlumberger’s DELFI and sold direct to Operators. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from University of Phoenix. She mentors Young Professionals, volunteers with Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and with SPE-GCS Sporting Clays Event raising scholarship funds.

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Speaker #2 Abstract: Transforming your Future

Our industry’s transformation to New Energy is in full swing.  How are you transforming your career journey? How can thinking like an entrepreneur help you navigate these changes? Whether you are in transition, in a secure job or Mergers and Acquisitions are looming ahead, learn strategies which you can use now to transform your career for 2022.