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:

Bruna Baitello

Bruna Baitello

Relationship Management Coordinator

Company:

IBP

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

FLF Project Manager

Laura García Chiquero

Laura García Chiquero

Corporate Strategy and M&As

Company:

Cepsa

City and Country:

Spain

Contribuição para o evento:

Conference Program & Extra Activities Committee

Victor Alves

Victor Alves

Contracts Coordinator

Company:

FMC Technologies

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Sponsorship & Partnership Committee Coordinator

Vijay Anne

Vijay Anne

Associate Business Analyst

Company:

CGI Group Inc.

City and Country:

Bangalore, India

Contribuição para o evento:

Program Committee

Jaime Naveiro

Jaime Naveiro

Upstream Project Manager

Company:

Petrobras

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

WPC YP Committee - Brazil

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.

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.

Liat Berger

Liat Berger

Vice President of Human Resources

Company:

Aker Solutions Brazil

Liat Berger works at Aker Solutions Brazil since 2012, at the position of the Vice Presidency of Human Resources. She has executive experience in the field focused on strategies implementation to a high engagement and employees satisfaction. Liat has experience in different business segments and she worked in companies with several cultural backgrounds, being responsible for business throughout Latin America. She is graduated in Business Administration, she has a master degree in Personnel Management and she is specialized in Group Dynamics.

Wagner Granja Victer

Wagner Granja Victer

State Secretary for Education of Rio de Janeiro

Company:

State Government of Rio de Janeiro

Current State Secretary for Education, Wagner Victer, the engineer held management positions in companies such as Gerdau Group, Light and Petrobras. He was State Secretary of Energy, Naval Industry and Petroleum of Rio de Janeiro for 8 years, President of the New CEDAE for 8 years, and president of FAETEC. In academic area, he served as Professor in post-graduate educational institutions in Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV-RJ), COPPE and Estácio de Sá University. Degree in Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), he also graduated in Business Administration, from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), he is post graduated in finance from the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV-RJ) and in project management from Harvard University. He received public recognition such as "Administrator of the Year" in 2014 by the Regional Board of Directors - CRA, and "Public Administrator of the country's Year" in 2015 by CEBRASSE.

Dr. Pierce Riemer

Dr. Pierce Riemer

Director General

Company:

World Petroleum Council

Dr. Pierce Riemer is the Director General of the World Petroleum Council, managing 70 member countries and international committees. He is a climate change expert and represents WPC at UNFCCC meetings and at the UNFC Sustainability Committee and UNECE Reserves and Resources committees. In addition, he sits on the board of the Energy Access Platform with the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID). He was awarded the “Kazenergy” Medal for contributions to international cooperation in the oil and gas sector.


He joined the WPC after 8 years with the International Energy Agency, where he set up the GHG Programme in 1990, responsible for initiating carbon dioxide capture and storage activities. During this time he also set up a monitoring programme for the Sleipner activities. He worked with the British Coal Corporation , where he was involved in the Environmental and later the Corporate Planning Branch. Prior to this he worked on environmental projects and power generation and utililisation studies for the National Coal Board and Coal Products Ltd. Dr Riemer holds a Degree in Applied Chemistry from the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Fellow of The Energy Institute and a PhD in Catalysis (Gas to Liquids). He is the author of over 200 technical papers, more than 60 magazine features and 15 books.

Syahid Deradjat

Syahid Deradjat

Human Resources Officer

Company:

Pertamina

Syahid joined Pertamina in 2010 and is currently assigned as Assistant to HR & GA Director.

He graduated with B.Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung. Syahid is deeply passionate upon the issue of human resource and actively engages in energy policy discussions, representing Pertamina and Indonesia in numerous international youth platforms.

Syahid has a long exposure in learning organization as he involved in Pertamina Corporate University transformation, and was a key person in developing Pertamina Professional Certification Center as well as Universitas Pertamina as a higher-education institution under Pertamina Foundation.

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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