Gunnar H. Lille has more than 25 years of international experience in the oil and gas and public transportation industries. The experience includes strategy development and implementation, HES management, safety and environmental risk management, and technology management.
Mr. Lille has since 2013 been the Managing Director of OG21, the national technology strategy for the petroleum industry in Norway. Prior to that, Gunnar has worked for Chevron, DNV and ABB.

Mr. Lille graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1989 with an M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering.

Dr. Tao Yang is a chief professional at Equinor, holding a position as a senior specialist in reservoir technology. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA). Dr. Yang has vast industrial experience from global reservoir engineering consulting projects for about 300 fields, especially on PVT and gas-based improved oil recovery methods. For the past ten years, he has focused on advanced data analytics, low-carbon solutions on CCS and hydrogen value chain.

Dr. Lorena Moscardelli is a Venezuelan American geoscientist, with more that 20 years of experience in both industry and academia. Her industry experience includes work for PDVSA in Venezuela and for Equinor where she engaged in research, exploration, and field development activities in the Americas and in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. In 2021, Dr. Moscardelli was appointed as the leader of the State of Texas Advanced Resource Recovery (STARR) program at the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG).

Prof. Chunming Rong has been academician of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) since 2011. He has served the extended IEEE Cloud Computing community for many years. Starting the CloudCom conference series in 2009, he gave numerous keynote addresses at IEEE conferences all over the world. He played a vital leadership role (first as vice chair and then as chair) in both the IEEE Cloud Computing initiative and the IEEE CS STC Cloud Computing, and led its transition to the IEEE CS Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD).

Reidar B. Bratvold is a Professor of Petroleum Investment and Decision Analysis. He works at the University of Stavanger and at the Norwegian Institute of Technology where he is teaching and supervising graduate students doing research in decision analysis, project valuation, portfolio analysis, real-option valuation and behavioural challenges in decision-making. Prior to academia, he spent 15 years in the industry in various technical and management roles including as Vice President in Landmark Graphics Corporation in Houston, Managing Director of Smedvig Technology Software Solutions (now Roxar), Senior Scientist with IBM, and Reservoir Engineer with Statoil. He spent his early working years as a roughneck and roustabout in the North Sea.

Felix works as a Research Scientist at NORCE, where he contributes to the development of IORSim and the modeling of SCAL experiments. Besides implementing IOR and EOR models, Felix is interested in developing field-scale carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage IORSim modules. Before joining NORCE, he completed a PostDoc at the University of Stavanger and worked several years at the ADNOC Research and Innovation Center in Abu Dhabi. Felix graduated with a Ph.D. in Reservoir Engineering from the Clausthal University of Technology.

Erik H. Saenger is since 2014 a Professor of Reservoir Engineering and Rock Physics at the Hochschule Bochum and a private lecturer (Venia Legendi) at the Ruhr University Bochum. Since 2020 he is also affiliated with Fraunhofer IEG. His research interests include scale-dependent estimation of effective elastic properties of fractured and porous rocks, fluid effects on wave propagation, passive seismic data, geothermal applications, and development and implementation of various finite difference approaches to model wave propagation in anisotropic and viscoelastic media. He is Assistant Editor of Geophysics.

Dr Gomari completed his MSc in Petroleum Engineering in 2003 from NTNU, Norway followed by his PhD at the University of Stavanger in 2006. He has gained 12 years of industrial experiences with the National Iranian Oil Company, and Statoil ASA (Equinor) before joining Teesside University as Senior Lecturer in Energy and Environmental Engineering. During his academic career he has secured several research fundings as Principal Investigator (PI)in the domain of CCS, Machine Learning, porous media, mineral waste valorisation and H2 transportation. Dr Gomari’s diverse research path has been and continues to be key aspects of the energy sector, earth sciences, geo-energy, geopolymer, waste management, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen production, transportation, and storage.

Morten leads a public-private research and technology center and network at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). They develop technology solutions to improve the sustainability and value potential of the Danish offshore industry during the energy transition. Their innovative solutions deliver economic and environmental benefits to stakeholders in industry, academia and society more broadly.

Dr. James’ research focuses on sustainable offshore oil production by increasing oil recovery rates through enhanced oil recovery and production optimization; and carbon utilization and storage.
She is leading local multidisciplinary collaborative projects and initiatives in drilling data analytics, clean energy, and critical minerals. Dr. James was awarded the 2018 Dean’s Award for Research Excellence along with awards for her volunteering efforts.

She is a professional engineer with PEGNL, a member, technical committee member, and past president of the Society of Core Analysts (SCA); committee member and faculty advisor for the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE); and members of the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers (CSChE) and European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).

Dr. Zachary Paul Alcorn is a Research Scientist at the Dept. of Physics and Technology at the University of Bergen in Norway. His research describes scale-dependent CO2 displacement and storage mechanisms to bridge the gap between laboratory observations and field performance. He also serves as the Research Director for the Norwegian Petroleum Research Center, NCS2030. He holds a PhD in Reservoir Physics from the University of Bergen, a Master of Science from the University of North Dakota, and a Bachelor of Science from Marietta College.

Dr. Spyros Bellas is a Principal Researcher geoscientist at the Institute of GeoEnergy (IG), Foundation for Research & Technology -Hellas (FORTH), Chania/Crete, Greece.
Between 2016 and 2020, he was appointed as Vice President (Upstream), Executive BoD, in the State Company Hellenic Hydrocarbons Resources Management S.A. (HHRM SA). He has studied Geology in the University of Patras (Greece) and received his PhD from the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. His interests are the Hydrocarbons Exploration (SRs, clastic/carbonate reservoirs, bio- & sequence stratigraphy), Subsurface Geo-storage of C02, CH4, H2, and environmental sustainability through Energy Transition- minimizing the carbon footprint.

Ali A. Eftekhari is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Offshore Technology Centre – Technical University of Denmark. He is a Chemical Process Engineer by background with a PhD in low-emission extraction and conversion of fossil fuels from the Delft University of Technology. His research interests are reactive multiphase flow in porous media (oil recovery, geothermal, carbon storage), and thermodynamic analysis of energy processes (production, conversion, and storage).

Marlene Louise Lund has a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 2017. She has been working at Equinor for 5 years. Since 2021, she has been leading a technology portfolio on energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions related to reservoir drainage and oil and gas production.

Marta Rós Karlsdóttir holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland. Her research involves methods of life cycle assessment (LCA), energy policy and thermodynamics associated with geothermal utilization.

Geoff Johnson is a Reservoir engineer working on the offshore Captain EOR polymerflood project. He has been working on Captain on and off since 2011, firstly with Chevron and more recently with Ithaca Energy. He has responsibilities for reservoir management, well planning and polymer product optimisation for the existing and new polymerflood developments on Captain. Captain began continuous injection of polymer in 2011, beginning with a pilot and subsequently expanding to progressively larger areas of the field, with full-field expansion of polymer now underway.

Nicholas Ashton has 25 years of industry experience in Subsurface both International and NCS. Currently leading subsurface technology development and implementation.

Harald Linga is Research Manager Drilling & well in SINTEF and Centre Director for SFI SWIPA. He has more than 35 years experience within research and product development for the oil and gas industry, including 17 years in industry. Harald holds a M.Sc. in technical physics and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from The Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Arne Stavland is a chief scientist at NORCE where he has worked for 30 years. His main interests are in enhanced oil recovery and chemical water control. He holds an M.Sc. degree in physics from Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.

Aruoture Voke Omekeh is a Senior Research Scientist at NORCE RESEARCH. He received a Master degree and PhD in Reservoir Engineering from the University of Stavanger and a Bachelor degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He has been with the International Research Institute of Stavanger (now NORCE RESEARCH) since 2013 where he has been working in the Improved Oil Recovery group of the institute. Aruoture has 10 years’ experience on simulation of geochemical effects of various EOR processes like low salinity water-flooding, water-flooding for wettability alteration, silicate injection for in-depth diversion, etc. His other research interests include simulation of lab-scale experiments of various EOR processes, CO2 storage, CO2 for EOR.

Jostein Dahl Karlsen is CEO and President of the IEA Gas and Oil Technology Collaboration Programme, GOT. Up to his current assignment, Dahl Karlsen served as Senior Policy Adviser in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, overlooking strategic bilateral and multilateral collaborations within the area of oil and gas technology R & D, and Chair of GOT. He has had a number of responsibilities overseeing multiple national research programmes within offshore oil and gas and worked with national policy programmes aimed at the globalisation of the Norwegian oil and gas industry. Dahl Karlsen was elected Chair of the committee on oil, gas and coal technology by the IEA member countries in two consecutive 3 years cycles, working on a broad spectrum of fossil fuel technologies related to energy security and sustainability globally, including CCUS and next-generation fossil fuels.

Ola has more than 35 years experience form the petroleum industry and research. He is a Founder of Reelwell a.s. in Stavanger, 2004.
He has a MSc in Physics from NTH in Trondheim, Norway and a PhD in Petroleum Engr. from TU Clausthal, Germany.

Fionn Iversen is chief scientist in NORCE Energy, performing research in the areas of geothermal energy and energy systems, hydrogen value chain, flow modelling and drilling. As chief scientist Iversen is responsible for project development and management, and for ensuring quality in research.
Iversen is a doctor of materials technology, within process modelling, and holds an M.Sc. in hydrodynamics and experimental physics.

Sunniva Rose holds a PhD i nuclear and energy physics from the University of Oslo, where she studied thorium based fuels in existing nuclear reactors. She has been a part of the public debate around nuclear power for more than a decade, written numerous opinion articles, run a blog "about nuclear physics and research and stuff", and is the author of the book "Vi er stjernestøv - kjernefysikk for folk flest". Today Sunniva works as the Chief Communications Officer of Norsk Kjernekraft AS

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César Patiño, IEA EOR TCP , Technology Collaboration program- Executive Chairman 2020 – Actually , Leader of Latin America and Caribbean SPE region, Regional Director ,2018-2020 , Gaia(SPE Sustainability program ) Latin America 2021.

Reservoir Engineer at ECOPETROL , with Sostecnibility applicable to oilfield assets with Geosciences Knowledge: Geothermal – Natural Hydrogen and CO2 abatement initiatives, into the development plans. Petroleum Engineer, MBA , Master Innovation, Studies at Government, Innovation , Technology and Knowledge management.

26 years of experience at Oil and Gas Industry . Ecopetrol Professional – TESG Geosciences & Circular Economy, EOR Technology Group, Technology Strategic Unit , Senior Petrophysicist , Reservoir Engineer, G&G and Operations Manager Weatherford, Wireline Schlumberger ( Argelia at - GTFT- In Amenas - Hassi Rmel- Hassi Messaoud)

Volunteer at different professionals affiliations SPE, SPWLA , AAPG , IEA .Advisor on strategic Innovative. Clustering and Entrepreneurship proposals in the frame of New Technology trends. Vision with a great base on Sustainability and Social Valued added.

Torfinn Harding is a professor at University of Stavanger Business School. He is also associated with NHH, the Oxford Centre for Analysis of Resource Rich Economices and CESifo. Previously he worked for Statistics Norway, the University of Oxford and the University of Sussex. He holds a PhD in economics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2008).
His research focuses on economic development, with an emphasis on natural resources and international trade and investments. His research has been published in journals like Journal of European Economic Association, Review of Economics and Statistics and Economic Journal.

Currently interim Director General of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) with executive responsibilities.

The main aim of the NPD is to contribute to maximising the value of the petroleum activities on the NCS to society. We have additional responsibilities for CO2 storage and marine minerals.

Leader with 25+ years experience from the petroleum industry and 5 years experience from resource management within government administration. Predominant technical and leadership experience within subsurface assessment and drilling operations for exploration and project development. Broadening assignments in Economics, Strategy and Planning, Appraisal and Development plus Assurance.

Passionate about staff development, continuous improvement and deployment of new technology.

Rune Volla is department director in the Department for Energy in the Division for Energy, Resources and the Environment at the Research Council of Norway. The department covers renewable energy. energy efficiency, energy systems and CO2 management. Volla has previously held various management positions in the Hafslund group. He started his career as a researcher at NTNU and SINTEF Energi. Volla is a PhD in Engineering from NTNU (1993) and has a master's degree in management from BI (2006).

Viktoriya Yarushina holds the position of Department Head for Reservoir Technology at IFE. She is a work-package leader in the National Centre for Sustainable Utilization of Energy Resources on the Norwegian Shelf (NCS2030) and the National Centre for Subsurface Well Integrity, Plugging, and Abandonment (SFI SWIPA). She has a Ph.D. in solid mechanics and the physics of geological processes. Before coming to IFE, she worked at Yale University and UiO. Her research interests focus on coupled fluid flow processes, chemical reactions, mass transfer, and deformation in the subsurface, with applications to the energy transition, CCS, P&A, and hydrogen storage. Her research involves a range of approaches, from experimental work, through chemical and isotopic analysis, to numerical simulations.

Head of Unit for Natural Gas in the Department for Electricity and Gas of the Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment. Responsible for overall gas market policy and regulation (including negotiation of the EU legislative acts), with the main goal of ensuring the energy security of the country. Previously served in the Polish diplomatic service and EEAS, including posts to missions in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. Holds a postgraduate degree in “Economy, State and Society: Politics and Security” from the University College London.

Alexander joined Schlumberger in 2010, at the Schlumberger, Stavanger. He received his MSc. in reservoir engineering from IFP-School in France. Alexander is passionate about Digital Subsurface Innovation and Technologies.