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The 2001 Fall Conference and Annual General meeting held October 22nd - 26th in Calgary was an immense success. Check below for a re-cap of conference activities, presentations, sponsors and the Association's newly elected Board of Directors.
A total of 85 delegates participated in the week-long activities including the Annual General Meeting, Fall Conference and Work Group Sessions. The Association would like to thank the speakers, work group co-chairs, and the many participants who shared their experience and expertise on the theme "Knowledge Management A Global Viewpoint".
Conference highlights included guest speakers from three continents presenting:
- Spatial PPDM at Woodside: Woodside Australian Energy (ZIP, 21MB)
- Business Associates A PPDM Implementation: Brad Gaulin, MyMarketWorks Inc. (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Global E Challenges and Opportunities: Pete Stark, IHS Energy Group (PDF, 1.44MB)
- The Exciting Future of Documents & Data Exchange: Gail Breen, Visions Software; Pat Rhynes, Applied Terravision Systems (PDF, 176K)
- The Practical Side of PPDM Compliance: Wes Baird, dataMatters Inc. PDF, 2.57MB)
- Data Management in PanCanadian: Hlne de Beer, PanCanadian energy (PDF, 2.59MB)
- Data Exchange Standards for Seismic: Paul Coward, Seitel Solutions Canada Ltd. (PDF, 255K)
- Dancing with the Data A Records Management Perspective: Jan Hay, The Excalibur Gemini Group Ltd. (PDF not available)
- PPDM Association Spatial II Project: Mark Sombach, Steven Waters, ESRI Canada (PDF, 94K)
- Deployment of a Public Key Infrastructure for the Oil & Gas Industry: Bill Melvin, e-Scotia (PDF, 633K)
- Interoperability of Applications via XML Adapters: John Jacobs, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (PDF, 157K)
- Business Drivers to Implement PPDM: Richard Corbet, Government of Yukon (PDF, 617K)
- Data Management Issues in Sudan: Ralph Melin, Talisman Energy Inc.
Delegates were also updated on all the active and new initiatives of the Association:
- Land Work Group: Anne Hand, Pricewaterhouse Coopers; Verna Moodie, Petro-Canada (PDF, 1.41MB)
- Seismic Work Group: Antonello Lilliu, PDVSA, Ross Huntley, ExxonMobil Canada; Paul Coward, Seitel Solutions Canada Ltd. (PDF, 1.76MB)
- Biostratigraphy Work Group: Bruce Palmer, Rakhit Petroleum Consulting Ltd. (PDF, 2.9MB)
- Reserves Work Group: Colin Knill, Petro-Soft Systems Ltd; Robert Gair, Applied Terravision, Jesus Diaz, PDVSA (PDF, 1.92MB)
- HSE (Environmental) Work Group: Deidre Macht, ISO Resources Technologies Inc. (PDF, 1.40MB)
- PPDM Association Data Exchange Project: Rick Taylor, PPDM Association (PDF, 2.08MB)
- PPDM Association Technical Update: Trudy Curtis, PPDM Association (PDF, 2.3MB)
- PPDM Association CEO Report: Scott Beaugrand, PPDM Association (PDF, 1.52MB)
The Association again wishes to recognize the 10 Sponsors whose generous support at the Gold, Silver and Bronze levels helped to foster member relationships and idea exchange throughout the meetings and sponsored events:
GOLD LEVEL
SILVER LEVEL
Applied Terravision Systems
IHS Accumap Ltd.
Nexen, Inc.
BRONZE LEVEL
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Auto-trol Technology (Canada)
Excalibur Gemini Group Ltd.
PanCanadian energy
Seitel Solutions Canada, Ltd.
Shell Canada
The Association extends congratulations to the new Board of Directors, elected at the Annual General Meeting, for the 2001/2002 year:
- Art Boykiw, Petro-Canada
- Larry Chadwell, Marathon Oil Company
- Paul Coward, Seitel Solutions Canada, Ltd.
- Kathy Farr, Mitchell Energy & Development Corp.
- Greg Hess, Kelman Archives Ltd.
- Orlando Morean, PDVSA - Petroleos de Venezuela
- Bruce Palmer, Rakhit Petroleum Consulting Ltd.
- Yogi Schulz, Corvelle Management Consultants
- Pete Stark, IHS Energy Group