This technology symposium provides attendees a public forum to hear both operators technology needs, summary of the technology advancement within the service company segment, and the introduction of the DeepStar Program, and other industry initiatives that spark technology development.

Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to hear different perspectives on how operators and service companies value technology development, while DeepStar forecasts its technical subcommittees’ focus for the rest of the 2019 Program and beyond. The focus of the discussion will be on linking strategic needs from the operator’s community with the tactical decisions and development from the service companies focusing within specific areas including; Drilling Operations, Flow Assurance, Subsea Systems Engineering, and Floating Systems & MetOcean; with open discussion on extended topics global exploration and technology challenges and solutions.

8:00 - 8:30 Check In with Chevron Security

8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast & Networking

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome, Building Safety, Technology Symposium Opening

9:10 – 9:40 Operator Perspective - Offshore Technology Advancement

• Vincent Saubestre, President & CEO TOTAL Research & Technology USA

9:40 – 9:50 DeepStar Director Report & Nippon Foundation DeepStar Partnership Projects Announcement

• Mitsuyuki Unno, Executive Director, Nippon Foundation
• Shak Shamshy, DeepStar Director, Chevron

9:50 – 10:00 DeepStar Program Overview and Technical Roadmap

• Joseph Gomes, DeepStar Project Manager, OOC

10:00 – 10:10 Drilling, Completions & Intervention Subcommittee Report

• Dave Barrow, Chevron
• Halvor Kjorholt, Equinor

10:10 – 10:20 Flow Assurance Subcommittee Report

• Siva Subramanian, Chevron
• Julie Morgan, Woodside

10:20 – 10:30 Subsea Systems Engineering Subcommittee Report

• Antonio Critsinelis, Chevron
• Ragnar Stokke, Equinor

10:30 – 10:40 Floating Systems & MetOcean Subcommittee Report

• Jim Stear, Chevron
• Cristina Waggoner, Petrobras

10:40 – 11:10 Nippon Foundation DeepStar Partnership Projects Highlights

• Reps from Japanese tech companies and DeepStar Core Members

11:10 – 11:30 Contractors Perspective – Technology Advancement Offshore

• OneSubsea – Schlumberger

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch - Social Lunch Main Lobby

12:30 – 1:00 Regional Discussion - Brazil

• Anish Simon, Equinor

1:00 - 1:30 Regional Discussion – GOM / Mexico

• TBD

1:30 – 2:00 Coffee and Dessert - Social Main Lobby

2:00 – 2:20 Invited Organization DOE – Project & Industry Engagement

• Elena Melchert, Director for Upstream Research Division, U.S. Department of Energy

2:20 – 2:40 Invited Organization Offshore Operators Committee

• Evan Zimmerman, Executive Director, Offshore Operators Committee

2:40 – 3:00 Invited Organization Gulf Research Program

• Kelly Oskvig, Program Officer, Gulf Research Program

3:00 – 3:05 Meeting Closure