Educated at Glasgow and Liverpool Universities, Roy has spent over 35 years working across the value chain at BG, Conoco, BHP and laterlay Hess.  Now EVP of Global Geoscience at SCA, he utilizes his passion for exploration to offer clients a high-quality, independent, technical view in identifying, prioritizing and maturing their portfolios.

Senior Geophysicist with 20 years of experience in deepwater exploration, seismic imaging, and data acquisition. She currently supports bp’s global New Ventures team, focusing on the integration of geophysical technologies across the exploration workflow. Prior to joining bp, Katarina held technical leadership roles at Viridien, specializing in subsalt imaging. She holds an MSc in Geophysics from the University of Houston and an engineering degree in Applied Geophysics from the University of Belgrade.

Dr. Hernández-Molina is currently Research Professor in the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences (IACT-CSIC), Granada. He has been working before in theDepartment of Earth Science at the Royal Holloway University of London. Dr. Hernández-Molina has long been interested in basin Analysis and Sedimentary Geology. Though initially focused on continental shelves, he has worked on integrated studies of continental margins, and his current research focuses on deep-water sedimentation including the influence of bottom-current/oceanic circulation along marine basins and paleoceanography. Also worked on different sedimentary basins in both low latitude and high latitude and has collaborated on the study of continental margins with many national and international researchers from myriads of international institutions and companies on the characterisation of deep-water deposits. With an extensive international research career and gained worldwide reputation as an expert in Marine Geology and deep-water sedimentation. He has been involved in 6 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Proposals.  He is now leading “The Drifters” Research Group and two Join Industry Projects between academia and industry funded by a consortium of companies about “Contourites”.

Ken McDermott is a multidisciplinary structural geologist at Shell with 16 years of post graduate experience across industry, academia and government. Since 2019, he has been part of Shell’s Integrated Subsurface Characterisation team, where he provides specialist expertise in structural geology, tectonostratigraphy and basin evolution to frontier exploration, new basin entry, and emerging New Energies initiatives.Prior to Shell, Ken spent five years at ION Geophysical, delivering regional tectonostratigraphic studies across ION’s global seismic library, with a particular emphasis on Atlantic conjugate margins. His work sits at the intersection of geodynamics, tectonostratigraphy and basin modelling, spanning plate to play scales through the integration of large scale structural interpretation and tectono magmatic analysis, with a strong focus on the Central and South Atlantic.Ken holds a PhD in structural geology and geophysics from the University of Birmingham and undertook post doctoral research contributing to the NAGTEC Tectonostratigraphic Atlas. He has authored and co authored over 20 peer reviewed publications, regularly presents at international conferences, serves on technical committees, is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and holds an Honorary Lectureship at the University of Aberdeen.

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