Mathieu Ducros is Chief Product Officer at Kognitus, a technology company driving AI and machine-learning adoption in subsurface workflows. He is a geoscientist with over 18 years of experience at the intersection of geosciences, applied mathematics, AI, and software development. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and a PhD in Geosciences. After 10 years at the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP), he joined Kognitus, where he leads projects for oil and gas companies focused on subsurface data analysis, decision support, and E&P workflows. His work particularly focuses on combining physics-based simulators with machine learning to improve risk and uncertainty analysis.

Professional Profile: Systems-Based Exploration Specialist Strategic Regional Geoscientist with 20+ years of global experience specializing in identifying and framing exploration opportunities across basin, play, and prospect scales. Expert in integrating multi-scale G&G data into genetic basin frameworks to establish geological dependencies and quantify shared risk. Proven track record in translating complex subsurface uncertainties into decision-focused narratives for technical leadership, with a focus on Yet-To-Be-Found (YTF) potential and portfolio competitiveness. Extensive regional expertise spanning the Guyana-Suriname margin, Brazilian basins (Campos, Santos, Pelotas), Ghana and Cote-d-Ivoire basins, Precaspian and the South Caspian, Western Siberia, and the Barents Sea. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core Technical Competencies & Software Expertise Modeling & Play Analysis • Petroleum Systems Modeling: PetroMod (Expert), TemisFlow, OpenFlow Suite (TemisFlow, DionisosFlow, Kronos). • Stratigraphic & Facies Modeling: DionisosFlow, GPM-Petrel, Petrel Facies Modeling.

Constantin Sandu is a Geological Specialist at the Aramco Research Center in Houston, where he conducts research in quantitative geochemistry and geochemical modeling for petroleum, hydrogen, and carbon storage systems. His work focuses on modeling geochemical and geological processes that control hydrocarbon and other compounds generation, migration, accumulation, and alteration. He has about 20 years of petroleum exploration experience across basins in United States, Europe, Middle East and other areas, gained through roles with leading service and operating oil companies. His core expertise is in petroleum, hydrogen and carbon systems analysis, basin modeling, and probabilistic risk assessment. In his current role, he develops numerical algorithms to study subsurface hydrocarbon and inorganic compounds migration, and to apply Bayesian statistics analysis to exploration methods. Constantin earned a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Bucharest, Romania, an M.S. in Geology from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Rice University. His academic research area covered organic geochemistry applied to petroleum systems, geophysical fluid dynamics, and role of fluids in planetary evolution.