Tariq A. Alkhalifah is a professor of geophysics in the division of Physical Sciences and Engineering at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST). He assumed his duties there in June 2009. Prior to joining KAUST, Tariq was a research professor and director of the Oil and Gas Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST). He has also been associate research professor, assistant research professor and research assistant at KACST. From 1996 to 1998, Tariq served as a postdoctoral researcher for the Stanford Exploration Project at Stanford University, USA. He received the J. Clarence Karcher Award from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) in 1998 and the Conrad Schlumberger Award from the European Association for Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) in 2003. He is a member of SEG and EAGE.

Tariq received his doctoral degree in geophysics (1997) and master's degree (1993) in geophysical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, USA. He holds a bachelor's degree (1988) in geophysics from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. Tariq's research interests are in imaging and velocity model building for exploration seismic data with special emphasis on media that exhibit anisotropic behavior.

Graeme received his PhD in geophysics from Monash University in 1996, for a project looking at the thermal history of the Browse Basin. He then worked 18 months with geothermal researchers in China and the United States. Returning to a research and teaching position at Monash, Graeme co-wrote with Jim Cull "Crustal heat flow: A guide to measurement and modelling" (2001; Cambridge University Press). He fell into the Australian geothermal industry in 2003, and has worked exclusively in that industry since then. He has held his current role of Technical Director of consulting company 'Hot Dry Rocks' since 2006. Graeme is a Board Member of the International Geothermal Association, an Adjunct Research Fellow at Monash University, and sits on numerous committees of the IGA, the Australian Geothermal Energy Group and the Australian Geothermal Energy Association.

Craig completed B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics and then joined  Western Geophysical 1981.  He served in several capacities in the Computer Sciences, R&D and Data Processing departments including Worldwide VP of R&D and Worldwide VP of Data Processing in Western Geophysical and continued as VP, Data Processing after the formation of WesternGeco.  He has received 2 Litton Technology Awards, a Performed by Schlumberger Silver Medal and the SEG Award for Best Presentation and served as the Esso Australia Distinguished Lecturer.  He has twice received honorable mention for the Best Paper in Geophysics.  He is an Honorary Member of the Geophysical Society of Houston and Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.  He has presented and published widely on a variety of topics ranging from prestack imaging, migration, acquisition and the connections between acquisition, processing and imaging.  He served as the 2001-2002 SEG 1st Vice President and as the 2004-2005 President of the SEG.  He served as the Fall 2009 SEG Distinguished Lecturer.  He was the Founding Chair of the SEG Foundation program Geoscientists without Borders. He is located in Houston and is Chief Geophysicist for WesternGeco and a Schlumberger Fellow. 

Peter M. Duncan is founding President of MicroSeismic, Inc. a Houston based geophysical service company.  He holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Toronto.  He began his career as an exploration geophysicist with Shell Canada before joining Digicon Geophysical, first in Calgary then in Houston. In 1987 he helped Digicon found ExploiTech Inc, an exploration and production consultancy. He was named President of ExploiTech when it became a subsidiary of Landmark Graphics in 1989. In 1992 he was one of 3 founders of 3DX Technologies Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration company where he served as Vice President and Chief Geophysicist. Duncan was 2003-04 President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). Duncan was the Fall 2008 SEG/AAPG Distinguished Lecturer speaking on the subject of passive seismic at 45 venues around the world. He is an Honorary Member of SEG, the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG), the Geophysical Society of Houston (GSH) and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE).

Mike Hall, P. Geoph, Centre Manager in Calgary, Canada for Geokinetics received his master's in electronic engineering from the University of Calgary in 1977 specializing in sign bit Vibroseis. Mike has over 40 years of experience covering seismic acquisition, processing, interpretative processing and seismic survey design. His main interests are in reservoir characterization, seismic imaging and development geophysics; using 3D seismic in conjunction with other disciplines to achieve interpretation objectives. He has extensive experience in interpretive processing and a strong interest in the use of time lapse (4D) and multi-component surveys plus accurately imaging the subsurface in depth. Mike's experience covers land, transition zone, OBC and marine seismic throughout the world. He is keen on ensuring integration between acquisition, processing and interpretation while incorporating external information for calibration and control. Mike was Chairman of the ProMAX Users Group and Geophysical Adviser to the UK government R&D LINK funding program. He has provided geophysical training for the OETB, presented courses on 3D Survey Design and on the QC of 3D seismic processing. Mike is a member of the SEG, AAPG, CSEG, EAGE and APEGGA.

Peter Hatherly is a geophysicist with 35 years experience in research and consulting for coal mining. Over that time he has had involvement with many geophysical techniques but his main interests lie with geophysical logging and the active and passive seismic methods. Much of his research has been funded through the Australian Coal Association Research Program and has involved working closely with geologists and geotechnical engineers to solve practical mining problems. Peter currently offers geophysical services through his own company, Coalbed Geoscience. He is also employed part-time at the University of Sydney where he is contributing to a large mine automation project funded by Rio Tinto. Peter holds a PhD from Macquarie University. He has received a number of awards for his contributions to geophysics and coal mining.

John Hughes is a consultant Geophysical Operations Adviser running his own company, John R Hughes Geophysical Pty Ltd. He graduated from UCW Aberystwyth in 1969 with a BSc (Hons) degree in geology and during his 42-year career has become a highly experienced acquisition and processing geophysicist with an excellent command of environmental issues and economic/geological objectives. This has led to him being invited to talk at numerous conferences and workshops and sit on national and international committees. Having retired from corporate life in 2007 after 20 years as Santos' Chief Operations Geophysicist, John now specialises in providing services to operators on the more challenging aspects of seismic surveys such as operations in Central Asia, offshore environmental approvals, onshore seismic productivity improvement and near surface (statics) issues. He is an honorary member of ASEG, and a member of SEG, EAGE and PESA.

Professor Liner earned a BS in Geology (U. Arkansas, 1978), MS. in Geophysics (U. Tulsa, 1980), and PhD in Geophysics (Colo. School of Mines, Center for Wave Phenomena, 1989). He has 11 years industrial experience in exploration (Conoco) and geophysical research (Western Geo, Fairfield, Saudi Aramco). From 1990-2004 Liner was a faculty member in Geosciences at The University of Tulsa. In January 2008 he joined the faculty of the University of Houston Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences where he is currently Professor and Associate Director of the Allied Geophysical Labs industrial consortium. Prof. Liner’s research interests include Petroleum reservoir characterization and monitoring, CO2 sequestration geophysics, advanced seismic interpretation methods, seismic data analysis and processing, near surface, anisotropy, and seismic wave propagation. He has served as Editor of Geophysics (1999-2001), authored many technical papers, scientific meeting abstracts, The Leading Edge column Seismos (since 1992), and the text book Elements of 3D Seismology now in 2nd edition. Liner is a member of SEG, AAPG, AGU, and the European Academy of Sciences.

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Andrew Long is Chief Scientist for Geoscience and Engineering at Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS). Andrew holds a Ph.D. from the University of Western Australia. He has variously worked in academia and both the minerals and petroleum industry. He joined PGS in 1997, working in various technical roles with particular interests in survey design, rock physics, and acquisition-imaging links. He was SEG Honorary Lecturer for the Pacific South region in 2009. He is a member of ASEG, PESA, SEG, EAGE, and SEAPEX.

David Lumley is a Winthrop Professor in the School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia (Perth) and is appointed as the first Woodside-Chevron Chair, and Director of the Centre for Petroleum Geoscience and CO2 Sequestration. He is a geophysicist with a focus on energy and environment applications, including prior research and operations roles in industry, and academic positions at Stanford and the University of Southern California. He has significant experience as a business owner, including co-founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of 4th Wave Imaging, a geophysical research company purchased by Fugro in 2007 (www.fugro.com) .

David actively participates with international scientific societies, where he has served as a member or chairman of various scientific committees and workshops, and was elected First Vice President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2009-10 representing 35,000 members worldwide. Dr. Lumley has served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the SEG, SPE and AAPG, and has received several scientific honors including the SEG Karcher Award for his pioneering work to develop the time-lapse 4D seismic technique to image subsurface fluid flow. David is a member of a Technical Committee for the Geological Survey of Western Australia to advise on regional exploration and development of hydrocarbons, geothermal energy and CO2 storage, and has served as an Adviser to the US National Academy of Sciences.

After obtaining a Bachelors degree in Economy from the University of Grenoble (France) and a Masters degree in Physics in 1971 from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, Julien Meunier joined CGG in 1973 and spent four years as a field geophysicist and party chief in various parts of the world. He then served as area geophysicist and processing center manager before taking responsibility in 1996 of the R&D team of the Land Acquisition product line of CGG, later CGGVeritas. He was in this position until last year when he became geophysical advisor in the Land Acquisition product line. The main research topics in the land acquisition R&D team included 3D acquisition design, Vibroseis acquisition, Reservoir monitoring and Ocean bottom acquisition. Julien Meunier has been granted numerous patents and presented numerous papers on these techniques. He participated in the EAGE Distinguished Lecturer Program in 2005 and was the SEG-EAGE Distinguished Short Course Instructor in 2011.

Dave Monk is the Director of Geophysics at Apache Corporation. Dave is responsible for worldwide seismic activity including acquisition and processing in areas such as: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, North Sea and the USA. Having completed a Ph.D. in physics, he worked on seismic crews in Nigeria for two years, and has subsequently been involved in seismic processing and acquisition in most parts of the world. Author of over 100 technical papers or articles and a number of patents, Monk has received "best paper" awards from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the Canadian SEG, and was recipient of the Hagedoorn Award from the European Association of Exploration Geophysics. He was the first vice president of SEG in 2006.

Doug Oldenburg received a B.Sc. Honors degree in Physics in 1967 and an M.Sc. in geophysics in 1969 from University of Alberta in Edmonton. He completed a Ph.D. in 1974 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, in earth sciences. After a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Alberta he joined the Geophysics and Astronomy department at University of British Columbia. He remains at UBC where he is currently Professor, Director of the Geophysical Inversion Facility (UBC-GIF) and holder of the Teck Senior Keevil Chair in Mineral Exploration. He is an honorary member of the CSEG and SEG. Doug’s research career has focused upon the development of inversion methodologies and their application to solving applied problems. He, with students and colleagues at UBC-GIF, have developed forward modeling and inversion algorithms for seismic, gravity, magnetic and electromagnetic (EM) data.  Doug’s current research activities include 3D forward modeling and inversion of EM data, enhancing potential field and EM inversion by incorporating various types of geophysical and geological information, and development of software for unexploded ordnance discrimination.

Bill Pramik has served as Vice President of Acquisition Technology for Geokinetics since February, 2010 where he directs their research and development activities related to seismic data acquisition and is chairman of Geokinetics' internal patent committee.

Before joining Geokinetics, Pramik was Vice President of Geophysics & Quality for PGS Onshore beginning in January, 2007. After joining PGS in January, 1995, he had held various positions within PGS' Research Division as a founding member of the Geophysical Support Team. Pramik's duties at PGS included being the Global Team Leader of the Geophysical Support group. Pramik is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where he received his degree in Geophysics with an emphasis on Mathematics in 1979.

Pramik worked for the Amoco Production Company from 1979 to 1995. During this tenure, he gained experience in data processing, seismic interpretation, seismic field operations, and VSP acquisition and processing. In 1989, Pramik was assigned to Amoco's Tulsa Research Center where he focused on developing job specific seismic acquisition methods along with directing the Problems and Solutions group. Pramik was selected as the chairman of Amoco's Seismic Acquisition Technology Team which was responsible for quality control of seismic survey design.

Etienne Robein graduated from the Ecole Nationale Spupérieure d'Aéronautique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Pétroles / IFP in Paris in 1973. He started his career with Shell in the Hague before joining Elf, now Total, where he has worked on operational, research and managerial assignments in France and abroad. His professional experience covers seismic acquisition, processing and interpretation. In 2003 he published a text book on "Velocities, Time-Imaging and Depth Imaging in Reflexion Seismics", and in 2010, a text book on "Seismic Imaging: a review of the Techniques, their Principles, Merits and Limitations", which became best-sellers EAGE Edition .

Etienne was elected "EAGE Education Tour IV" speaker in 2010 and has presented his course on "Seismic Imaging" to more than a thousand attendees in 25 countries. He has set up now his own Consultancy Company, "Etienne Robein Training" and delivers courses in Seismics worldwide.

In 2000 Etienne was President of the EAGE, of which he has been an Honorary Member since 2009. He is a former SEG's representative for Sector 7, Europe and is still an active member of this Association.

Dr. Brian Russell holds a B.Sc. in physics and geophysics from the University of Saskatchewan, a M.Sc. in geophysics from Durham University, U.K., and a Ph.D. in geophysics from the University of Calgary.  He worked for Chevron, Teknica and Veritas as an exploration geophysicist before co-founding Hampson-Russell Software with Dan Hampson in 1987.  Hampson-Russell develops advanced seismic inversion and rock physics software for the worldwide exploration industry. In 2002 Hampson-Russell became a wholly-owned subsidiary of VeritasDGC Inc, subsequently CGGVeritas, where he is now Vice President, Software of the Hampson-Russell division. Brian was also recently appointed as one of the first two CGGVeritas fellows. His research interests include rock physics, seismic inversion and seismic attribute analysis and he is also a widely known continuing education speaker.  Brian is a Past-President of both the Canadian SEG (CSEG) and international SEG and has received Honorary Membership from both societies, as well as the Cecil Green Enterprise Award from SEG (jointly with Dan Hampson). Brian is currently Chairman of both the CSEG Foundation Board and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Board. Dr. Russell is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary and is registered as a Professional Geophysicist (P.Geoph.) in the Province of Alberta.

In addition to being a geophysicist with over 30 years industry experience, Nick - originally from Wales - is a proud member of the South Australian Crippled Crows Rugby team, and an accomplished Curler representing Australia in the World Senior Curling Championships 2009 in New Zealand (came 7th).

Currently Nick is the Executive Chairman of Carpentaria Exploration Limited where he enjoys the exciting challenge of being involved with every aspect of the growing company. Nick started Carpentaria in 2007 and in only a short time the company announced their Maiden Resource in December 2010 at their Hawsons Iron Ore Project, 60kms South of Broken Hill in NSW.

Nick was most recently the Vice President for Inco Limited in Canada, managing a 250-strong exploration team for one of the world's largest nickel miners. During his tenure Inco increased their nickel resource based considerably and made at least one world class discovery.

Prior to that he was the Exploration Manager for MIM Holdings Limited based in QLD exploring for base metals and gold worldwide. Whist at MIM in his role as Chief Geophysicist, Nick managed the development of the MIMDAS (MIM Distributed Acquisition System) - a deep looking electrical geophysical tool that is now in commercial use.

Nick is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), a Professional Geoscientist (AIG), and a member of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

Scott Thomson is a geologist with over 30 years experience in the coal mining and energy industries. He started working in geology in the days of fireclay and grey post.

He has held leadership roles in industry and has worked as a Consultant to the Coal Seam Gas (CSG) and coal mining industry for the past 15 years. He has been a Managing Director of a leading directional drilling service and technology supply company, and a Research Leader in coal seam gas associated with a major Australian CRC.

Scott is Managing Director of CoalBed Energy Consultants, which provides project management, technical services, business development, due diligence and consulting services in CSG, Coal Mine Methane (CMM), fugitive emissions and related areas.

CoalBed counts in its client list all of the major mining companies in Australia, and many CSG players. Scott and his son Duncan have developed a popular training course in CSG Fundamentals, which has been delivered to a range of clients in Australia and overseas.

Scott has authored of a number of papers, and was also the recipient of the prestigious Stefanko Award for best paper at the 2007 SME Conference in Denver, CO, USA for a paper titled "A Petroleum Industry Approach to Coal Mine Drainage".

He holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Newcastle, an MSc in Geology from the University of New England and an MBA from Deakin University. He is a member of the Geological Society of Australia and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Oz Yilmaz received his B.S. in Geology with Geophysics Option from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1970, M.S. in Geophysics with research in rock physics and earthquake seismology from Stanford University in 1972, and after five years in the industry,  Ph.D. in Geophysics with research in exploration seismology from Stanford University in 1979.  Oz has been working in the seismic industry for 38 years.  He founded Anatolian Geophysical (Istanbul) in 2000, and became Chief Technology Officer to GeoTomo in Houston in 2001.  He was honored by the SEG in 1991 with the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal Award, and  by the EAGE in 1992 with the Conrad Schlumberger Award.    His biography has been included in Who’s Who in the World, 1998 edition.  He was elected a member to the European Academy of Sciences in 2002.  He was honored by his Alma Mater University of Missouri-Rolla with an Honorary Professional Degree in Geology and Geophysics in 2003, by the Geophysical Society of Houston in 2009 with Honorary Membership, andby the SEG in 2011 with Honorary Membership.

Michael S. Zhdanov is a Full Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah, Director of the Consortium for Electromagnetic Modeling and Inversion (CEMI), founder and CEO of TechnoImaging, a spin-off company from the University of Utah.  He holds degrees in geophysics, physics, and mathematics from the Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas, and Moscow State University. He was previously a Visiting Professor to the Department of Geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines, Director of the Geoelectromagnetic Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN) of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is an Honorary Gauss Professor of the Gottingen Academy of Sciences, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Fellow of Electromagnetics Academy (USA), and Honorary Professor of the China National Centre for Geological Exploration Technology.