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DAY TWO
0830 Registration & Networking Refreshments
0945 Welcome from the Conference Chair
Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programme Development, GVF
1000 Opening Feature Presentation
New Training Dynamics for Oil & Gas Communications
GVF has developed a range of training resources designed to offer the oil & gas E&P environment essential resources to facilitate professional development amongst satellite earth station installation engineers. In this session a GVF VSAT Installation & Maintenance Course Certified Trainer will explain the GVF installation training offering, and demonstrate how the oil & gas sector has already benefited from it.
Mazen Nassar, Managing Director, MenaNets & GVF Certified Installer Training Instructor
1030 Session 6
Platform-Technology Neutrality in E&P Applications Development
This session asks a simple but important question. Do the developers of business mission-critical applications, including those employed in the unique operating environments of the oil & gas industry (e.g., such as SAP, CITRIX, etc) work within a “technology specific frame of reference” in the broadband world? How will the oil & gas industry benefit from evolution in the operating parameters of such applications to make them more compatible with the high-latency environment of VSAT? Would this introduce an entirely new business model to radically offset the perceived potential advantages of, and create a barrier to entry for, a fibre infrastructure?
Paul Khayat, Global Marketing Manager, Global Connectivity Services, Schlumberger Second Panelist: TBC
1110 Showcase D: Vizada
Broadband Mobile Communication for Oil & Gas: BGAN via Inmarsat by Vizada
Roger Harfouch, International Sales Manager, Vizada FZE
1130 Networking Refreshments
1200 Session 7
Real-Time Remote Collaboration & Operations Support Centre Networking
This session will cover the application of convergent digital solutions specifically to the drilling and production environments of North African & Middle Eastern oil & gas fields. The real-time gathering of data, the management and manipulative analysis of that data and the remote collaboration of various physical locations and facets of professional expertise will be particularly addressed. Omar Mansour, Operations Support Centre Engineer, Egypt, Schlumberger Second Panelist: TBC
1240 Regional Satellite Operator Focus
ArabSat: Towards the 5th Generation Moneef Ammash Alharbi, Regional Manager, ArabSat
1310 Networking Lunch
1430 Session 8
Communications Terminals: Installation, Maintenance & Performance Metrics Case Studies
Whilst cost-effective, reliable and scalable communications are one of the essential precursors of E&P efficiencies for the oil & gas sector, exploration and extraction of these essential economic resources often takes place where the natural environment creates significant challenges for equipment design and physical resilience. Personal radio, DECT, mobile telephony, WiFi, satellite outdoor units, and other hardware used at the well-head and throughout rig and field locations must be built to take the roughest of rides. This session will offer some case study examples of hardware built to take it.
Jack Buechler, Sales Director, EMEA, Advantech Satellite Networks
Second panellist t.b.c.
1510 Session 9
Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity & Environmental Impact in North African & Middle Eastern Oil & Gas
In the real-world realities of the oil & gas environment, maintenance and restoration of essential communications pathways is a number one priority. The comparative effectiveness of different communications platforms in providing redundancy for business continuity/disaster recovery/emergency management in various situations will be analysed, together with the role of communications links in the management of environmental impact.
Dr. Harald Stange, Director BU ICT Services, Detecon Al Saudia Kannan Soupramanien, Area Sales Director (French Speaking Africa, North Africa, Nigeria), Hughes Network Systems
Larry Jones, Chief Executive Officer, SDN Global
1550 Closing Feature Presentation
The Energy Industries & GVF Market Sector Initiatives
That the oil & gas vertical market depends on satellite technology for its mission critical operations in the E&P environment, and that new broadband satellite based applications are essential in supporting the operational imperatives of the ‘Digital Oilfield’ is all well established. GVF recognition of the central importance of this user vertical in the satellite industry customer-base, together with coverage of oil & gas connectivity requirements in GVF global programmes has now extended to a formal relationship between GVF and the GulfOilandGas.com industry information portal. In this session the benefits to GVF members of the collaboration with GulfOilandGas.com will be explained.
Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Programme Development, GVF
1620 Closing Remarks from the Conference Chair
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3rd Annual Conference Oil & Gas Communications: North Africa & the Middle East Grand Hyatt Hotel, Cairo, June 16th & 17th, 2008 |
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