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Open to Suggestions and Proposals

SPE Italian Section program

Dear members,
first of all, be aware that you will find below the agenda of the next planned events. As you can see in the table the
program for the year 2015-2016, unless preliminary, is very rich and interesting. Also this year we are lucky enough
to have four instead of three Distinguished Lectures (DL). This, thanks to the kind availability of Nicola Bona, Italian
lecturer selected for the 2015-2016 tour. A further demonstration of the high quality standard of our lecture program.
To keep this excellence level, we are completely open to suggestions and proposals, so do not hesitate to submit any
idea for a new event: just contact the Program Chair (edoardo.dellarole@tea-group.com) or any other section board
member. Members are the energy that makes the Society work.
As anticipated in the last bulletin, starting from 2015 we widely redesign the lecture format, to make the event more
interesting, accessible and engaging. First, our standard location is now a meeting room at Crowne Plaza Hotel in San
Donato Milanese, easily accessible for all the members located in the metropolitan area of Milan.
Exclusively for all those members that not based in San Donato Milanese and Milan area, we developed a new webinar
service, a very powerful tool (see the last bulletin for more detail). Instead, for those based in these areas, it will be
possible to attend in person and gain the opportunity of direct networking.
Remember that networking is about making connections and building enduring, mutually beneficial relationships.
Talking with other international lecturers, technical advisors, or more in general with other members and colleagues
is a great opportunity of professional and personal growth. In other words networking is the catalyst for success and
excellence. For this reason, we decided to add at the end of our events a more informal moment, helping people to
discuss and share ideas, meet together and, why not, have some fun.
We all look forward to seeing you at the next events!

Edoardo Dellarole
TEA Sistemi; SPE Italian Section Program Chairman 2014-2015

SPE Italian Section program for years 2015 - 2016

Date Name Affiliation
Eni E&P
13 October 2015 5.00 pm Nicola Bona Innovative Laboratory Tools and Methodolo-
gies for Quicker and More Accurate Reserves
17 November 5.00 pm William Meddaugh Midwestern State Uni- Assessment
2015 versity Optimism in Reservoir Production Forecasting
–Impact of Geology, Heterogeneity, Geostatis-
Mid December 5.00 pm SPE – Eage- Assomineraria tics, Reservoir Modeling, and Uncertainty
2015 8.00 pm “Gustavo Sclocchi” Theses Award 2015 SPE
SPE Italian section Christmas Dinner

19 January 2016 5.00 pm Eve Sprunt Eve Sprunt & Associates Managing Dual Careers - Work-Life Integration
in a 24/7 World
24 February 2016 5.00 pm Duane McVay Texas A&M University The Value of Assessing Uncertainty (What You
Don’t Know Can Hurt You)

• developing strategies to shape the new gene- gies, propose “out of the box” ideas and solutions
rations of leaders in an evolving “energy” inte- to remain competitive.
grated scenario.
Panorama of energy
I was active already during Zanino mandate 2013 in the years to come
to develop and launch the “Path To Excellence Pro-
gram” 2013-2014 and develop the “Beyond the The newly established board, still active today, wor-
Energy Program” 2014-2015 focusing respectively ked with great enthusiasm and novel ideas and, I
on themes above. The severe oil price drop from believe, reshaped the SPE visibility both in Italy and
September 2014 on, gave the board the mandate abroad, leading us, in few months, to a dramatic
to push our members to further strive for excellen- increase of our membership reaching the historic
ce, to go beyond and take the great opportunity peak of our Section (more than 600 members!) and
offered by crisis periods to find innovative solutions: of the attendance to our workshops, field trips, and
doing the same things cheaply, test new technolo-

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