WPC Future Leaders Forum 2016

In 2016, from 24 to 27 October, IBP – Brazilian Petroleum, Natural Gas & Biofuels Institute brought to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the fifth edition of the largest gathering of young professionals in the petroleum industry. Under the motto “Game changers: new leaders for a new competitive energy industry”, the 2016 edition of the event, created by the World Petroleum Council (WPC), had as pillars of discussion topics such as industry sustainability, business leadership and technology & innovation.

Organization

FLF is a global and collaborative event.
To organize this 5th edition here in Brazil, young professionals from all around the globe did a lot of research, organized a lot of focus groups, discussions and meetings.

Get to know who put this event together for you:

Nina Fernández

Nina Fernández

Relationship Management Analyst

Company:

IBP

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Communications Committee Coordinator

Thiago Valejo

Thiago Valejo

Oil and Gas Strategic Content Coordinator

Company:

Sistema Firjan

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Conference Program & Extra Activities Committee Vice-coordinator

Vinícius Carvalho

Vinícius Carvalho

Commercial Proposal Manager - South America

Company:

FMC Technologies

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Financial Committee Vice-coordinator

Vijay Anne

Vijay Anne

Associate Business Analyst

Company:

CGI Group Inc.

City and Country:

Bangalore, India

Contribuição para o evento:

Program Committee

Renato Palhano

Renato Palhano

Production Engineer

Company:

Petrobras

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Conference Program & Extra Activities Committee Coordinator

Speakers

FLF will gather over 60 speakers from 25 countries around the globe, who will be in charge of debates on global oil & gas industry.
Find out the speakers who are already confirmed.

Brian Sullivan

Brian Sullivan

Executive Director

Company:

IPIECA

Brian joined IPIECA as the Executive Director in 2011 following a 23 year career in BP. He graduated in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Imperial College, London, UK and was recruited into BP’s Refining and Marketing international graduate programme in 1986.
Over the course of 23 years, his career included assignments in London, Copenhagen, Budapest, Athens and Johannesburg, and business experience in over 60 countries. During his time with BP he has had a varied career of technical, commercial, financial and leadership roles across the downstream value chain including crude and products trading, marine fuels, lubricants and alternative energy.

Frances Abbots

Frances Abbots

Global Technology Manager

Company:

BG Group - subsidiary of Shell

Frances Abbots currently works for BG Group Technology as the Global Technology Manager for Carbonate Reservoirs & IOR, managing a portfolio of over 20 multi-discipline R&D projects with international & Brazilian universities and service companies all aimed at improving oil recovery from the Brazilian Pre-Salt.

She has 27 years petroleum industry experience, spending the last 5 years in BG Brazil. She has also worked on projects in 19 countries, has been involved in several strategic Group projects and has extensive experience working with many national oil companies. She has a Ph.D. in Carbonate Geology, Bristol University (1989) and a B.Sc. in Geology, University of Wales (1985).

Solange Guedes

Solange Guedes

Exploration & Production Executive Director

Company:

Petrobras

Works at Petrobras for 30 years and formerly she had occupied several management positions in E&P. Solange Guedes has already occupied positions focused on technical improvement, technological development and on the application of best practices in development and processes of oil and gas production. She is also graduated and post-graduated in civil engineering and has a specialization and a doctor degree in petroleum engineering.

Ali Rahneshin

Ali Rahneshin

Senior Analyst Foreign Purchasing

Company:

Borzouyeh Petrochemical Company

Mr. Ali Rahneshin is official employees of National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC) and Iran Ministry of Petroleum(NIOC). He is Official Representative from Iran Oil Industry Youth Committee in World Petroleum Council Youth Committee (WPC YC) from 2012 up to 2017.In the other side he is Leader of Youth Connect in WPC Youth Professional Connect in LinkedIn.

He has been 14 years' experience in upstream from 2002 to 2006 in Central Iranian Oil Company as administrative affair and Downstream in Khuzestan Petrochemical Co (KZPC-Polycarbonate Plant) in process area from 2006 to 2008, Borzouyeh Petro Refinery Complex in commercial department (BPC- Aromatic Plant) from 2008 up to now a subsidiary of National Iranian Petrochemical Company.

Meanwhile, he is DBA student now. His interesting field is Researcher in on Futures studies in Energy, Environmental issues, CSR & sustainability in Iran Oil & Gas & Petrochemical Company.

Victor Alves

Victor Alves

Contracts Coordinator

Company:

FMC Technologies

Victor Alves is graduated in Oil and Gas Technology from University Estacio de Sá. Since 2010 he is a member of the Youth Committee of IBP, taking Coordination in 2013. He was part of the Mentoring Program WPC as a Mentee from 2012 to 2014. Since 2012 is member of the SPE, and in 2016 became Director of Social Medias and Internet.

Victor has 6 years of experience in Oil and Gas area, specifically with Field Operations. He began his career working in the field by Engineering and Transocean UTC, and since 2011 is at FMC Technologies, where he worked in the technical area, contracts and is currently Coordinator of the Integrated Services unit Surface Services. In 2014 he received the Vanguard Award and Knowledge Management Advocate Award, awards granted to employees who have excelled in collaborative action and innovation that bring value to the business and working in the spread of the GC within the organization, respectively. Since then, he is Core Team Member of two major networks of FMC Technologies Knowledge Management System: School of Engineering and Network Leaders.

O&G ACTIVITIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO:

82%

of proven reserves of oil and gas in Brazil

70%

of O&G domestic production

1,6 billlion

of R&D investment

+ 50

research and development institutions

Sponsorship

Get to know the companies who are helping us bring FLF to life.

Sponsors

MASTER

PLATINUM

GOLD

SUPPORT

OFFICIAL DAILY NEWSPAPER

MEDIA SUPPORT

Videos

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