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        13–14 JANUARY 2026
        DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

    13–14 January 2026
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The IPTC Board of Directors was formed in June 2010 to oversee the management of IPTC. The Board is made up of members elected from IPTC's four organising societies.

Members of the Board are appointed to three-year terms. The two principal officers, the Chairman and the Vice Chairman/Treasurer, are elected to two-year terms by the Board during their annual meeting.

Pinar

Chair

Pinar O. Yilmaz
Retired from ExxonMobil
American Association of Petroleum Geologists

roald

Vice Chair

Roald van Borselen
Senior Research Advisor
Shearwater GeoServices
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers 

samer

Samer S. Al Ashgar
Senior Vice President Exploration
Saudi Aramco
American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Jean

Jean-Marc Rodriguez
Retired from TotalEnergies
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

badri

Mohammed Badri
Executive Vice President
Woodlands Energy Services
Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Sandeep

Sandeep K. Chandola
Head (Technical Capability)
Technical Assurance & Capability, Exploration
PETRONAS
Society of Exploration Geophysicists

Mike

Mike Gunningham
Principal Petroleum Engineering Consultant
Mike Gunningham Consultancy
Society of Petroleum Engineers

Hazli

Hazli Sham Kassim
Vice President, Development, Upstream
PETRONAS
Society of Petroleum Engineers