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Martin is an independent consultant assisting customers with geological studies and hydrocarbon prospectivity evaluations from basin to prospect range. Previously, he has worked for Schlumberger for ten years. Martin has conducted and published numerous industry and academic projects around the world, in a variety of different basins and at any level of exploration maturity, from frontier to near-field exploration. Martin also holds an honorary lecturer position with Imperial College London (United Kingdom) where he teaches basin and petroleum systems modelling and supervises PhD and MSc students.

Gilles has more than 15 years of experience in the Oil industry, with more than 50 integrated studies completed. He has worked as Development Geologist for major operator and consulting companies. He has developed integrated workflows, to adapt methods of modeling to fit objectives. Since 2012, he has been thoroughly involved in the development of Reservoir modeling trainings for IFP School and IFP Training.

Civil Engineer from the Paris School of Mines, Alain Prinzhofer completed a doctoral engineering PhD on the structural geology and petrology of the New Caledonian ophiolite at the Paris School of Mines, and a state PhD on melting processes of the Earth's mantle at the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris (IPGP). As a researcher in cosmochemistry, he worked on the formation of the solar system at Caltech (California), then on natural gas at IFPEN. For several years as a precursor, he has devoted himself to research into natural hydrogen, a new source of renewable and non-polluting energy. He is Scientific Director of GEO4U (Brazil), and affiliated professor at the University of Paris and Rio de Janeiro. He has published 70 articles in international journals, 1 book, 8 patents, and approximately 200 communications in international conferences.

Benoit GOTAB est géophysicien de formation et travaille depuis plus de dix ans années sur des grands projets de structuration de données. Avec une double compétence IT et gestion de projet IT&DM, de la rédaction de spécification, au déploiement en production.

Hugues Féniès holds a Ph.D. in sedimentology from the Bordeaux University, sponsored by the research center of Total. He has more than 30 years of experience within the oil industry. He has been working for ExxonMobil as a geologist, seismic interpreter and reservoir engineer for 22 years in Europe. He now works with CV Associés Engineering as a consultant specialized in reservoir geology and he organizes training sessions for the petroleum and mining (uranium) industries. He has worked recently for the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) providing clastic facies reservoir courses to the geoscientists of PDVSA, the national company of Venezuela. He is also an Associate Professor at the Bordeaux University, where he teaches sedimentology, seismic interpretation and reservoir geology and supervises Master's degrees and PhDs research projects. He is also involved in research programs sponsored by major oil companies (Total, Nexen, and Engie) and has published several papers related to the characterization of shallow water reservoirs. He is vice-president of the French Association of Sedimentologists (ASF) and a member of the International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS).

Philippe Razin holds a Ph.D. in sedimentology in 1989 from the Bordeaux University, sponsored by the research center of Elf-Aquitaine. He has been working during 8 years in the French Geological Survey before going back to the Bordeaux University in 1998 as aa full-time professor. He is mainly teaching sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis. He is also responsible for several field courses in the Spanish Pyrenees, Morocco and Oman. He has supervised 15 PhD students from 2000 to 2018 on various topics. These main research activities concern the architecture and dynamic of wide carbonate and siliciclastic platforms, the relationships between tectonics, diapirism and sedimentation and the carbonate turbiditic systems. These research projects are largely supported by oil companies (Total, Statoil, NIOC, PDO, ADCO,Saudi Aramco,Repsol, etc.) and mainly developed in the Middle-East (Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Egypt), in Morocco and in the Pyrenees. He uses to organize various field-trips for oil companies and other institutions in the Middle-East, Morocco and Pyrenees on basin analysis, sequence stratigraphy and tectonic-sedimentation relationships, using both outcrop and seismic data.

After more than 20 years of international experience, Sebastien runs its own expertise company. His rich academic background (Universities of Southampton, Kyoto, ISTerre Grenoble, and the ETH of Zurich) allowed him to practice his talents as a geologist, geoscientist, software developer, data manager, and finally as an expert in geomechanics. He was able to develop his expertise by linking structural stress states, geological information acquired at wells, and information related to drilling and mudlogging. Thus, his professional background summarizes a methodology based on the integration of all data. Its operational experience (TotalEnergies, EXCELLENCE LOGGING, etc.) enriched by its R&D projects, allows him to adapt to many industrial contexts, from traditional Exploration & Production settings, to HP/HT wells, or deep geothermal and CCUS projects.

Analyst graduated to a Master's degree in Geopolitics and International Security from the Catholic University of Paris, Jean Gaucher has joined Lavoisier H2Geoconsult in May 2023. He follows the natural hydrogen techno-economic ecosystem and develop the company abroad. He assists also Eric C. Gaucher in the research and exploration programs.

Geochemist expert in water-rock-gas interaction, Dr. Eric C. Gaucher is a world leader for natural H2 exploration as the task leader for natural hydrogen (Task 49) in the International Energy Agency's Hydrogen TCP. After 19 years in academic research (CEA, BRGM in France and the University of Bern in Switzerland) and 10 years in industry (TotalEnergies), he is now building bridges between the worlds of research and industry as CEO of Lavoisier H2 Geoconsult since June 2023. His work focuses on water-rock-gas interactions at the laboratory scale up to basin scale using experimental, field and numerical modeling methods. He is committed in all geo-energy sectors (Nuclear Waste management, CO2 & H2 storage, Geothermal energy, lithium extraction from brines, evolution of porous medium in carbonate reservoirs, environmental concerns related to oil&gas shale). He has published more than 120 publications in international journals (Nature Geoscience, Science...) and 3 patents.

Alain has more than 30 years of experience in the Oil industry. He has worked as Data Engineer, Well Site Geologist, Operation Geologist and Production Geologist. During the last ten years, he has been a teacher in charge of various Well Site Geology courses, including on site individual coaching. He has developed a well appreciated tailor-made approach, for various companies such as TOTAL, ENI, HYPERGAS. More recently, he has been thoroughly involved in the development of a technical Certification process, designed for well site and operation geologists, in cooperation with TOTAL and IFP training.

After a Ph.D. in physics, Simon occupied various positions in advanced R&D teams, mainly focused on optical components and systems. With Thales Research and Technology, he developed non-conventional laser sources. With Draka he worked on hole assisted and nonlinear optical fibers and then joined the Scientific division of the HORIBA group as a novel instrument scientist. Simon is now part of the R&D team of FEBUS Optics to bring his expertise in physical optics.

Daniel, born 1955, embarked on a life-long journey into the world of dinocyst morphology and stratigraphy during his PhD at Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France, awarded in 1981. He then applied his skills to industrial projects, as a summer internship with the exploration team of EXXON's European team. In 1984, he moved to Canada, providing palynological support to an oil exploration partnership involved in offshore Newfoundland plays. In 1986 he crossed the Atlantic back to Europe and moved to British Petroleum, where he was responsible for Tertiary palynology of the Central North Sea. In these early stages of his career, he was fortunate to meet two of the pioneers of dinoflagellate studies, Lewis (Lou) Stover, from ExxonMobil and William (Bill) Evitt from Stanford University and have profitable exchanges with them about dinocyst morphology. He attended Evitt's unique 2 weeks dinocyst course, entirely focused on morphology, regardless of stratigraphy. This reinforced Daniel in his belief that there can be no good biostratigraphy, be it based on dinocyst or other microfossil groups, without an accurate morphological interpretation. He joined Total (now TotalEnergies) in 1989 for an extended career of 32 years, during which he applied this approach to new horizons, broadening his expertise both stratigraphically (in the Cretaceous and Jurassic) and geographically, with a focus on western Africa, Angola, Ivory Coast, and more recently South Africa). Recently retired, he is now keen to share the experience accumulated during four decades of first-hand, eyes down the microscope experience of what represent arguably the most exciting of all microfossil group, Dinoflagellate Cysts of the Mesozoic and - best of all - the Cenozoic.

Geoscientist with 30 years' experience in oil and gas exploration/development in major oil companies: ENI, Gaz-De-France, ENGIE, Neptune Energy. Throughout these decades he was multi-disciplinary team and project leader, peer review team leader, company's key expert, chief geologist and Technical Authority for exploration geology. He is also teacher, mentor and coach of young geoscientists, via pedagogical-educational courses and training-on-the-job activity, leading teams by doing, with technical expertise gained over the years. His core technical background is 2D/3D seismic/structural interpretation and mapping, prospect generation and assessment, from regional play evaluation to target identification, ranking, Play Risk analysis, HIIP volumes evaluation, well location and proposal. He got a strong experience in New Venture analysis and regional or block size assessments for licensing rounds. Piero has worked in several Countries, regions and basins throughout the world: North Sea (UK, Norway, Hollande, Germany), offshore Poland, Italy, France, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil.

Geoscientist with 30 years' experience in oil and gas exploration/development in major oil companies: ENI, Gaz-De-France, ENGIE, Neptune Energy. Throughout these decades he was multi-disciplinary team and project leader, peer review team leader, company's key expert, chief geologist and Technical Authority for exploration geology. He is also teacher, mentor and coach of young geoscientists, via pedagogical-educational courses and training-on-the-job activity, leading teams by doing, with technical expertise gained over the years. His core technical background is 2D/3D seismic/structural interpretation and mapping, prospect generation and assessment, from regional play evaluation to target identification, ranking, Play Risk analysis, HIIP volumes evaluation, well location and proposal. He got a strong experience in New Venture analysis and regional or block size assessments for licensing rounds. Piero has worked in several Countries, regions and basins throughout the world: North Sea (UK, Norway, Hollande, Germany), offshore Poland, Italy, France, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil.

Geoscientist with 30 years' experience in oil and gas exploration/development in major oil companies: ENI, Gaz-De-France, ENGIE, Neptune Energy. Throughout these decades he was multi-disciplinary team and project leader, peer review team leader, company's key expert, chief geologist and Technical Authority for exploration geology. He is also teacher, mentor and coach of young geoscientists, via pedagogical-educational courses and training-on-the-job activity, leading teams by doing, with technical expertise gained over the years. His core technical background is 2D/3D seismic/structural interpretation and mapping, prospect generation and assessment, from regional play evaluation to target identification, ranking, Play Risk analysis, HIIP volumes evaluation, well location and proposal. He got a strong experience in New Venture analysis and regional or block size assessments for licensing rounds. Piero has worked in several Countries, regions and basins throughout the world: North Sea (UK, Norway, Hollande, Germany), offshore Poland, Italy, France, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil.

Geoscientist with 30 years' experience in oil and gas exploration/development in major oil companies: ENI, Gaz-De-France, ENGIE, Neptune Energy. Throughout these decades he was multi-disciplinary team and project leader, peer review team leader, company's key expert, chief geologist and Technical Authority for exploration geology. He is also teacher, mentor and coach of young geoscientists, via pedagogical-educational courses and training-on-the-job activity, leading teams by doing, with technical expertise gained over the years. His core technical background is 2D/3D seismic/structural interpretation and mapping, prospect generation and assessment, from regional play evaluation to target identification, ranking, Play Risk analysis, HIIP volumes evaluation, well location and proposal. He got a strong experience in New Venture analysis and regional or block size assessments for licensing rounds. Piero has worked in several Countries, regions and basins throughout the world: North Sea (UK, Norway, Hollande, Germany), offshore Poland, Italy, France, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil.

Geoscientist with 30 years' experience in oil and gas exploration/development in major oil companies: ENI, Gaz-De-France, ENGIE, Neptune Energy. Throughout these decades he was multi-disciplinary team and project leader, peer review team leader, company's key expert, chief geologist and Technical Authority for exploration geology. He is also teacher, mentor and coach of young geoscientists, via pedagogical-educational courses and training-on-the-job activity, leading teams by doing, with technical expertise gained over the years. His core technical background is 2D/3D seismic/structural interpretation and mapping, prospect generation and assessment, from regional play evaluation to target identification, ranking, Play Risk analysis, HIIP volumes evaluation, well location and proposal. He got a strong experience in New Venture analysis and regional or block size assessments for licensing rounds. Piero has worked in several Countries, regions and basins throughout the world: North Sea (UK, Norway, Hollande, Germany), offshore Poland, Italy, France, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil.

Geoscientist with 30 years' experience in oil and gas exploration/development in major oil companies: ENI, Gaz-De-France, ENGIE, Neptune Energy. Throughout these decades he was multi-disciplinary team and project leader, peer review team leader, company's key expert, chief geologist and Technical Authority for exploration geology. He is also teacher, mentor and coach of young geoscientists, via pedagogical-educational courses and training-on-the-job activity, leading teams by doing, with technical expertise gained over the years. His core technical background is 2D/3D seismic/structural interpretation and mapping, prospect generation and assessment, from regional play evaluation to target identification, ranking, Play Risk analysis, HIIP volumes evaluation, well location and proposal. He got a strong experience in New Venture analysis and regional or block size assessments for licensing rounds. Piero has worked in several Countries, regions and basins throughout the world: North Sea (UK, Norway, Hollande, Germany), offshore Poland, Italy, France, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Malta, Azerbaijan, Mauritania, Ivory Coast, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, Brazil.

Joan F. Flinch is currently an Independent Consultant and Senior Geoscience Consultant for Elsevier based in Madrid, Spain. Joan received his B. S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Barcelona, Spain in 1988 and 1990 respectively. His M.S. thesis focused on the structural mapping of the southern Pyrenees. He enrolled in the Geology and Geophysics Department at Rice University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1994, directed by Professor A. W. Bally. Before becoming an Independent Consultant, he spent 17 years at Repsol where he held the positions of West Africa New Ventures and Asset Manager, Latin America New Ventures Manager, Geology Manager, Geoscience Discipline Manager and Exploration Quality Advisor. He worked from 1997 to 2004 for Total, in Paris and Pau, France. From 1994 to 1997 he was a consultant geologist for Lagoven (PDVSA Affiliate) in Caracas. Joan has given numerous talks and published papers on the Pyrenees and the Betic Cordillera in Spain, the Moroccan Rif, the Northern Colombia Accretionary Prism, the Eastern Venezuelan fold-and-thrust belt, the Gulf of Paria, the Bolivia Sub-Andean region and the Sierra Leone-Liberia continental margin. He has been teaching several courses on Seismic interpretation and deep-water plays and leading geological field trips.

Joan F. Flinch is currently an Independent Consultant and Senior Geoscience Consultant for Elsevier based in Madrid, Spain. Joan received his B. S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Barcelona, Spain in 1988 and 1990 respectively. His M.S. thesis focused on the structural mapping of the southern Pyrenees. He enrolled in the Geology and Geophysics Department at Rice University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1994, directed by Professor A. W. Bally. Before becoming an Independent Consultant, he spent 17 years at Repsol where he held the positions of West Africa New Ventures and Asset Manager, Latin America New Ventures Manager, Geology Manager, Geoscience Discipline Manager and Exploration Quality Advisor. He worked from 1997 to 2004 for Total, in Paris and Pau, France. From 1994 to 1997 he was a consultant geologist for Lagoven (PDVSA Affiliate) in Caracas. Joan has given numerous talks and published papers on the Pyrenees and the Betic Cordillera in Spain, the Moroccan Rif, the Northern Colombia Accretionary Prism, the Eastern Venezuelan fold-and-thrust belt, the Gulf of Paria, the Bolivia Sub-Andean region and the Sierra Leone-Liberia continental margin. He has been teaching several courses on Seismic interpretation and deep-water plays and leading geological field trips.

Joan F. Flinch is currently an Independent Consultant and Senior Geoscience Consultant for Elsevier based in Madrid, Spain. Joan received his B. S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Barcelona, Spain in 1988 and 1990 respectively. His M.S. thesis focused on the structural mapping of the southern Pyrenees. He enrolled in the Geology and Geophysics Department at Rice University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1994, directed by Professor A. W. Bally. Before becoming an Independent Consultant, he spent 17 years at Repsol where he held the positions of West Africa New Ventures and Asset Manager, Latin America New Ventures Manager, Geology Manager, Geoscience Discipline Manager and Exploration Quality Advisor. He worked from 1997 to 2004 for Total, in Paris and Pau, France. From 1994 to 1997 he was a consultant geologist for Lagoven (PDVSA Affiliate) in Caracas. Joan has given numerous talks and published papers on the Pyrenees and the Betic Cordillera in Spain, the Moroccan Rif, the Northern Colombia Accretionary Prism, the Eastern Venezuelan fold-and-thrust belt, the Gulf of Paria, the Bolivia Sub-Andean region and the Sierra Leone-Liberia continental margin. He has been teaching several courses on Seismic interpretation and deep-water plays and leading geological field trips.

Olivia Gémain est anthropologue et travaille sur les questions d'écologie humaine et du facteur humain en entreprise. Elle est spécialiste du Haut Potentiel Intellectuel.

Dominique Wlodarczyk dispose de 20 ans d'expérience dans l'Industrie Oil & Gaz, et plus particulièrement dans les opérations sur puits (forage, etc.). Elle est une spécialiste passionnée dans les domaines du HSE et de la réglementation dans ce domaine.

Olivia Gémain est anthropologue et travaille sur les questions d'écologie humaine et du facteur humain en entreprise. Elle est spécialiste du Haut Potentiel Intellectuel.

Une intervenante experte en son domaine et certifiée @Horses and Coaching et @PCM (Process Communication Model) : coaching, agilité managériale, accompagnement à la prise de fonction managériale.

Holds a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Rennes (1991). After spending 30 years in the Oil Industry, as a recognized structural geology expert, Pascal can concentrate on one of his passions which is teaching structural geology. Pascal is a passionate teacher and coach. He also actively supports academia work contributing to master and PhD programs. His knowledge is based on numerous integrated projects, both at Exploration and Production scales, and on numerous training run since the beginning of his career. Pascal joined Shell in 1991. He initially spent 5 years in the Shell Research lab where he developed, with the team, some of the foundation concepts of modern structural geology. He has led the sandbox laboratory and run numerous experimental programs covering all structural styles. He has then spent 3 years in Oman in Exploration as a seismic interpreter and in a structural geology support role. This was followed by 4 years in Shell Carbonate Development Research Team focusing on Fractured reservoirs. Pascal went back to Oman for 7 years to implement fractured reservoir software technology and act as a focal point for structural geology in the Middle East. He finally spent 10 years in Shell Global Solutions working as a global consultant, working on projects and training. He has spent the last 3 years as the head of the structural geology discipline in Shell.

Gil Machado holds a degree in Geology and a European Doctorate (PhD) in Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology and has ca. 10 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry, in exploration projects of Oman, Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gabon, Morocco, and other Atlantic basins. He is an advanced seismic interpreter, including sediment fairways identification, deep water sedimentation characterization, sequence stratigraphy and prospect generation and risking. He has worked extensively with well correlation, biostratigraphy, regional prospectivity studies and has managed teams and projects in multiple cultural environments. He has mentored and supervised BSc and MSc students, young professionals and taught several short courses and lectures on these subjects. As part of his career, he worked at Petroleum Development Oman as a Stratigrapher where he was responsible for the Precambrian and Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy studies and for the scientific management of the palynology laboratory of the company. He followed multiple wells as operational stratigrapher providing real time advice to the well geologists for casing points, TD calls, etc. He also contributed to the biostratigraphic zonation review of the subsurface of Oman. He is affiliated with the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the PESGB and founder and member of the Portuguese Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. Gil Machado is currently heading a geological consulting company - Chronosurveys - providing services and training in Stratigraphy, source rock evaluation, Petroleum Geology.

Gil Machado holds a degree in Geology and a European Doctorate (PhD) in Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology and has ca. 10 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry, in exploration projects of Oman, Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gabon, Morocco, and other Atlantic basins. He is an advanced seismic interpreter, including sediment fairways identification, deep water sedimentation characterization, sequence stratigraphy and prospect generation and risking. He has worked extensively with well correlation, biostratigraphy, regional prospectivity studies and has managed teams and projects in multiple cultural environments. He has mentored and supervised BSc and MSc students, young professionals and taught several short courses and lectures on these subjects. As part of his career, he worked at Petroleum Development Oman as a Stratigrapher where he was responsible for the Precambrian and Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy studies and for the scientific management of the palynology laboratory of the company. He followed multiple wells as operational stratigrapher providing real time advice to the well geologists for casing points, TD calls, etc. He also contributed to the biostratigraphic zonation review of the subsurface of Oman. He is affiliated with the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the PESGB and founder and member of the Portuguese Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. Gil Machado is currently heading a geological consulting company - Chronosurveys - providing services and training in Stratigraphy, source rock evaluation, Petroleum Geology.

Gil Machado holds a degree in Geology and a European Doctorate (PhD) in Stratigraphy and Petroleum Geology and has ca. 10 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry, in exploration projects of Oman, Mozambique, Brazil, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gabon, Morocco, and other Atlantic basins. He is an advanced seismic interpreter, including sediment fairways identification, deep water sedimentation characterization, sequence stratigraphy and prospect generation and risking. He has worked extensively with well correlation, biostratigraphy, regional prospectivity studies and has managed teams and projects in multiple cultural environments. He has mentored and supervised BSc and MSc students, young professionals and taught several short courses and lectures on these subjects. As part of his career, he worked at Petroleum Development Oman as a Stratigrapher where he was responsible for the Precambrian and Lower Palaeozoic stratigraphy studies and for the scientific management of the palynology laboratory of the company. He followed multiple wells as operational stratigrapher providing real time advice to the well geologists for casing points, TD calls, etc. He also contributed to the biostratigraphic zonation review of the subsurface of Oman. He is affiliated with the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, the PESGB and founder and member of the Portuguese Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. Gil Machado is currently heading a geological consulting company - Chronosurveys - providing services and training in Stratigraphy, source rock evaluation, Petroleum Geology.

As a Sedimentologist graduated from the University of Nançy II, Laurent has 21 years of experience. He started his career with Beicip-Franlab and pursued with Statoil in which he was involved in EXP R&D Basin Analysis, Carbonates & Evaporites, siliciclastics group, then moved to the Exploration Excellence department where he provided solution study supports for EXP and PROD. In 2018, he created Terra Geosciences and is involved into regional to local studies for Oil & Gas and New Energy.

Dominique has 20 years of HSE experience in the Oil and Gas industry, with a Master in Environmental Management. Passionate about Mining and Environmental regulations, she has been involved in Decommissioning cases for several years and is interested in both documentary and historical research about the site and in identifying solutions in line with the environmental constraints.

After a degree in Geosciences, Daniel spent more than 30 years in France and abroad in companies providing services to oil and gas wells. Trained at the University of Aberdeen in Well Plugging and Abandonment, he is interested in all the technical, economic and regulatory constraints that govern well abandonment.

A passionate Geologist and Sedimentologist with a multidisciplinary knowledge from large scale basin geology to detailed heterogeneity modelling. Geoffray is a field geologist with a strong background in clastic environment, especially fluvial and coastal environments, ichnology, core / outcrop descriptions and sedimentary characterization. He has work as consultant for oil industry for 10 years. During this training, he will share his knowledge on geo-resources and reservoir characterization.