2003 POSC Annual Member Meeting and Conference


Registration Information

Logistics Information

November 19, 2003
0800 - 1730


McMurtry Auditorium
Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
Rice University
Houston, Texas

Sponsors
Rice University
Landmark Graphics (Lunch)
Petris Technology (Reception) Stone Bond Technologies (Reception)

The  2003 POSC Annual Member Meeting

Chairman's Report - Herb Yuan (Shell, POSC Chairman)

State of the Consortium - David Archer (POSC CEO)

Election of POSC Directors

POSC Director Presentations & Discussion
List of current POSC Directors

POSC Conference


Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003 Annual Meeting

Agenda


 

08:00
Registration and Refreshments
08:30 Annual Meeting
Welcome
David Archer, POSC President & CEO

Election of Directors
David Archer, POSC

Keynote Address
Geophysical Industry Challenges, Issues and Outlook
Peter Duncan, President SEG

POSC Chairman's Address
Herb Yuan, Shell (POSC Chairman)

POSC Directors' Presentations and Panel

Hardware, Data, Work Flows...
The Value of Standards in a Global Enterprise...
Or, "It's about the Data, Stupid!"

Steve Comstock, ExxonMobil

ChevronTexaco Thoughts
Peter Breunig, ChevronTexaco

XML in The UK
Stewart Robinson, UK DTI (POSC Vice Chairman)

What is the POSC Value Proposition for MMS?
Gary Lore, US MMS

POSC President's Address
David Archer, POSC

Panel of Directors

Any other Business

Adjourn Annual Meeting
12:00
Lunch - sponsored by Landmark Graphics
Farnsworth Pavilion
Rice Memorial Center, Rice University
13:15 POSC Conference
Portals, xFields, WITSML, Data Federation and E&P
Catalogues

Keynote Address
The Enabler - The E&P Portal
Carol Tessier, Pioneer Natural Resources

The E&P Catalogue - Shell's Implementation
Peter Kemper, Shell

Moving Toward Real Time Asset Management
Rick Morneau, ChevronTexaco

Digital Oil Field of the Future (DOFF)
Helen O'Connor, Landmark Grahics

WITSML, an Update
Jake Booth, ExxonMobil

Using Text Search to Manage Document Repositories
Mike O'Dell, Metacarta
 
The RESCUE Project -- Status and  Plans
Gary Masters, POSC
Mike Castelberg, RESCUE Project Manager

Interoperability = Data Integration + Application Integration
Clay Harter, OpenSpirit Corporation

The road from managing content to context has been paved with smart, intelligent and fit-for-purpose information management technologies; this road is now open to traffic! Najib Abusalbi, Schlumberger Information Solutions

OCS Connect:  MMS' e-Government Transformation
Gary Lore, US MMS

Emerging Trends in Geoscience Computing
Eldad Weiss, Paradigm Geophysical

Panel of Conference Speakers
Moderator: Scott M. Shemwell, Strategic Decision Sciences

17:30
Adjourn
17:45 Reception - co-sponsored by Petris Technology & Stone Bond Technologies 
The Ginger Man Pub
5607 Morningside [ in Rice Village ]