WPC Future Leaders Forum 2016

In 2016, from 24 to 27 October, IBP – Brazilian Petroleum, Natural Gas & Biofuels Institute brought to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the fifth edition of the largest gathering of young professionals in the petroleum industry. Under the motto “Game changers: new leaders for a new competitive energy industry”, the 2016 edition of the event, created by the World Petroleum Council (WPC), had as pillars of discussion topics such as industry sustainability, business leadership and technology & innovation.

International Agenda

Over 70 speakers shared experiences on FLF stages.

Social Events

Discover what young professionals enjoyed. 

Organization

FLF is a global and collaborative event.
To organize this 5th edition here in Brazil, young professionals from all around the globe did a lot of research, organized a lot of focus groups, discussions and meetings.

Get to know who put this event together for you:

Christiano Pereira

Christiano Pereira

Administrative Adviser

Company:

KPMG

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Sponsorship & Partnership Committee

Laura García Chiquero

Laura García Chiquero

Corporate Strategy and M&As

Company:

Cepsa

City and Country:

Spain

Contribuição para o evento:

Conference Program & Extra Activities Committee

Maria Eduarda Schardong

Maria Eduarda Schardong

Human Resources Analyst

Company:

SHELL

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Communications Committee

Riverson Oppong

Riverson Oppong

Production Engineer (Associate)

Company:

Lukoil International

City and Country:

Ghana

Contribuição para o evento:

Program Committee

Vijay Anne

Vijay Anne

Associate Business Analyst

Company:

CGI Group Inc.

City and Country:

Bangalore, India

Contribuição para o evento:

Program Committee

Speakers

FLF will gather over 60 speakers from 25 countries around the globe, who will be in charge of debates on global oil & gas industry.
Find out the speakers who are already confirmed.

Luiz Eduardo Rubião

Luiz Eduardo Rubião

President

Company:

RADIX Engenharia

Luiz Eduardo Ganem Rubião is a founding partner at RADIX Engenharia, with more than 25 years’ project experience in engineering and Industrial IT. He has earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Militar de Engenharia (Brazil), a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from COPPE-UFRJ (Brazil) and a degree in Duke College's Leadership Program (US).
Formerly, he was head of Siemens Brazil Oil & Gas Solutions, with responsibility for both Chemtech and Siemens's Power Systems, Automation, Process, Compression and Power Generation teams. He had also headed a range of projects globally for companies in the US, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, among others.

Abdulkareem M AlSofi

Abdulkareem M AlSofi

Petroleum Engineer

Company:

Saudi Aramco

PhD in Petroleum Engineering in the Imperial College London and BSc in Petroleum Engineering pela University of Texas at Austin, Abdulkareem M AlSofi is currently one of the petroleum engineers at Saudi Aramco, where he had started to work in 2011. His experience includes reservoir technology, reserves assessment, well testing analysis, petrophysical and special studies, among others.
He is also member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) and Saudi Council of Engineers. He also has a professional certification as Petroleum Engineer by SPE.

Anna Illarionova

Anna Illarionova

WPC YP representative from Russia

Company:

WPC YP

Anna Illarionova has been working in the energy sector for 8 years. She graduated as international economist and continued her career as analyst in energy balances, energy consumption, government relations, corporate social responsibility and university relations. She is working now for a multinational utility as the senior manager for sustainability and trying to introduce creating shared value approach in different company’s projects.
Anna has been working for the World Petroleum Council’s Young Professionals and Students Committee since 2008, first as volunteer and then as official Russian youth representative that contributed to the preparation of the WPC Youth Forums in Paris (2009),New Delhi (2010), Calgary (2013) and WPC Congresses in Madrid (2008), Doha (2011), Moscow (2014).

Brian Sullivan

Brian Sullivan

Executive Director

Company:

IPIECA

Brian joined IPIECA as the Executive Director in 2011 following a 23 year career in BP. He graduated in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Imperial College, London, UK and was recruited into BP’s Refining and Marketing international graduate programme in 1986.
Over the course of 23 years, his career included assignments in London, Copenhagen, Budapest, Athens and Johannesburg, and business experience in over 60 countries. During his time with BP he has had a varied career of technical, commercial, financial and leadership roles across the downstream value chain including crude and products trading, marine fuels, lubricants and alternative energy.

Liat Berger

Liat Berger

Vice President of Human Resources

Company:

Aker Solutions Brazil

Liat Berger works at Aker Solutions Brazil since 2012, at the position of the Vice Presidency of Human Resources. She has executive experience in the field focused on strategies implementation to a high engagement and employees satisfaction. Liat has experience in different business segments and she worked in companies with several cultural backgrounds, being responsible for business throughout Latin America. She is graduated in Business Administration, she has a master degree in Personnel Management and she is specialized in Group Dynamics.

O&G ACTIVITIES IN RIO DE JANEIRO:

82%

of proven reserves of oil and gas in Brazil

70%

of O&G domestic production

1,6 billlion

of R&D investment

+ 50

research and development institutions

Sponsorship

Get to know the companies who are helping us bring FLF to life.

Sponsors

MASTER

PLATINUM

GOLD

SUPPORT

OFFICIAL DAILY NEWSPAPER

MEDIA SUPPORT

Videos

Check out the video gallery of WPC Future Leaders Forum! Discover our speakers’ opinions and meet our organizing team.

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