2004 POSC Annual Member Meeting & Conference

Registration Information

Date:
November 17, 2004
0830 - 1730

Location:
Shell Auditorium
Jones Graduate School of Management
Rice University
Houston, Texas

Meeting Space Provided by:
Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship

Reception Sponsored by:
Petris

POSC Annual Member Meeting and Conference

Invited Presentations
President's Remarks
Chairman's Report
Election of Directors

POSC Directors

David Archer (POSC)
Peter Breunig (ChevronTexaco)
Steve Comstock (Exxon Mobil)
Stewart Robinson (DTI, Vice Chair.)
Y. B. Sinha (ONGC)
Ihab Toma (Schlumberger SIS)
Eldad Weiss (Paradigm)
Morag Watson (BP)
Herb Yuan (Shell, Chairman)

POSC Conference

Reception

2004 Annual Meeting

Preliminary Agenda

08:30	Registration
09:00	Welcome and Introductions David Archer (POSC) Brad Burke (Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship) Invited Presentations "Democratizing" Information through the Portal - Tom Halbouty (Pioneer Natural Resources) Annual Meeting Chairman's Remarks A Look to the Future - Herb Yuan (Shell, POSC Chair) Election of Directors Panel of Directors Digital Tidal or Steady Erosion? - Peter Breunig (ChevronTexaco) It's All About Being Standard - Steve Comstock (Exxon Mobil) POSC and the UK DTI - Stewart Robinson (UK DTI, POSC Vice Chair) The Role of POSC-based Standards in Next Generation Geoscience Computing - Eldad Weiss (Paradigm) Increasing oilfield efficiency through smart field development and role of POSC there in Y.B. Sinha (ONGC) 2004 in Review - Perspectives for 2005 - David Archer (POSC CEO) Any other Business
12:30	Adjourn Annual Meeting
12:30	Lunch
13:30	Conference WITSML - an Oil Company Perspective - Jake Booth (ExxonMobil) WITSML - a Service Company Perspective - John Turvill (Paradigm Geophysical) Industry at a Tipping Point: Value Derived from Integration Operations - Scott Shemwell (Strategic Decision Sciences) Achieving the Digital Oil Field One Click at a Time - Andy Howell (Schlumberger SIS) An Update on MMS' OCS Connect Project - John Price (US Department of the Interior / MMS) Gaining Acceptance in the New Upstream Environment with Windows^TM - Kent Horstmann (SMT) RESCUE in 2004 - Mike Castelberg Governance & Neutrality, OR, how corporate structure of technology companies impacts oil companies decisions - Dan Piette (Open Spirit) Speaker Panel

17:30	Adjourn
17:45	Reception The Ginger Man Pub 5607 Morningside [ in Rice Village ] Reception Sponsored by Petris