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:

Diego Pereira

Diego Pereira

Control and Automation Engineer

Company:

LNDC/COPPE/UFRJ

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Conference Program & Extra Activities Committee

Moises Silva

Moises Silva

Reservoir Engineer

Company:

SHELL

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Conference Program & Extra Activities Committee

Victor Alves

Victor Alves

Contracts Coordinator

Company:

FMC Technologies

City and Country:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Contribuição para o evento:

Sponsorship & Partnership Committee Coordinator

Vijay Anne

Vijay Anne

Associate Business Analyst

Company:

CGI Group Inc.

City and Country:

Bangalore, India

Contribuição para o evento:

Program Committee

Andrés Miranda

Andrés Miranda

Operations Engineer

Company:

Repsol

City and Country:

La Coruña, Spain

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.

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.

Doneivan Ferreira

Doneivan Ferreira

Director

Company:

C3i Institute

Doneivan is a startup strategist, startup mentor, serial entrepreneur, co-founder of 7 tech-based startups (USA & Brazil). Professor, author, inventor, business development specialist. Ph.D. in Petroleum Economics (UNICAMP & UMD). Post-Doc in Petroleum & Environment (UNICAMP). MSc. in Economic Geology, BS in Geology (SJSU). Former Professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Former Halliburton Technology Director. Former Coordinator at Bahia State Science & Tech Park (TecnoVia). Former Oil Center Coordinator at the Bahia Federation of Industries. Worked with the Mineral Resources Branch - United Nations, NY. Science initiation with NASA, Moffett Field, CA. CNPq Researcher (technology productivity grant from Brazilian Council for Technological Development).

Eduardo Costa

Eduardo Costa

CEO

Company:

Ouro Negro

Eduardo Costa is CEO of Ouro Negro, a technology and innovation company directed to the Oil & Gas Business, since January 2015.
Before that, he was a Business Development Director at Lupatech S.A, Co-founder Director of Gavea Sensors Sistemas de Medição, a fiber optics start-up, and Product Manager at Embratel S.A.
With a great variety of social and collaborative projects as part of his background, Eduardo Costa has a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications and Production Engineering, a Master’s Degree in Production Engineering and an MBA in Business Administration from ESADE Business School in Barcelona.

Patricia Garcia

Patricia Garcia

Vice president for External Relations of Projects & Technology

Company:

Shell

Since 2002, Patricia has held different managerial position in Shell, with focus on Reputation Management; Stakeholder Engagement; Identification and Integration of Non-Technical Risks; Government Relations and Social Performance. Patricia started to work in the oil & gas industry when hired by the British Government in Rio de Janeiro to support British companies interested in doing business in Brazil after the country opened up for investments in 1998. She has a bachelor degree in International Relations and is qualified in Foreign Trade. Her professional experience covers both public and private institutions.

Paulo Carvalho

Paulo Carvalho

Researcher, Coppe

Company:

UFRJ

Paulo Carvalho is post-doctoral researcher of the Production Engineering Program at COPPE/UFRJ, in the Laboratory of Advanced Systems in Production Management – SAGE, where he works with research about Sustainable Production and Management Systems.

He has 30-year experience in the oil and gas industry as senior executive in Sustainability, HSSEQ-SR, Compliance (Anti-Corruption and Ethics) and Human Resources, developed in multinational companies.

He is a Mechanical and Safety Engineer from PUC-RJ, with Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) degrees in Production Engineering from COPPE/UFRJ.

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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