Nazrul Naim Saari is a Geoscientist and Petroleum System Modeller at Beicip-Franlab Asia, Malaysia, specializing in basin and petroleum system modelling for hydrocarbon exploration and subsurface evaluation. He holds an MSci degree in Geology from Imperial College London, where his research focused on hydrocarbon charge and petroleum system analysis. He has worked on a range of basins across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia, contributing to integrated basin modelling studies involving complex tectonic settings and limited subsurface data. His technical interests include petroleum system analysis, hydrocarbon migration and accumulation, basin evolution, and the integration of geological understanding with numerical modelling to reduce exploration uncertainty. He is also a Certified Graduate Geologist with the Board of Geologists Malaysia.

Roberto Baldanza Ribeiro is a Geophysicist Specialist at Eneva with more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, working across exploration, subsurface evaluation, and petroleum systems analysis. He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and is currently completing an M.Sc. in Geology at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). His research focuses on source-rock characterization, basin evolution, hydrocarbon generation, and petroleum systems modeling in intracratonic basins. His current work investigates the hydrocarbon potential of the northern Paraná Basin through the integration of geochemical data, seismic interpretation, structural analysis, and petroleum systems modeling. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the role of mafic intrusions in the thermal maturation of the Devonian Ponta Grossa and Permian Irati source rocks and their implications for hydrocarbon generation, migration, and accumulation. Throughout his career, Roberto has contributed to multidisciplinary projects combining geology and geophysics to support exploration strategies and reduce subsurface uncertainty. His professional interests include basin modeling, petroleum geochemistry, seismic interpretation, exploration risk assessment, and igneous-sedimentary petroleum systems in South America.

Senior Geologist with over 12 years of experience in structural geology, petroleum geology, and integrated geoscience studies with current expertise including structural interpretation, regional and tectonic analysis, seismic interpretation, structural restoration related to petroleum systems analysis, with a particular focus on complex sedimentary basins and hydrocarbon exploration.

Gustavo Garcia graduated in Geology from the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2006. In 2011, he completed a specialization in Carbonate Rocks at São Paulo State University (UNESP) and earned his M.Sc. degree from the same institution in 2014, focusing on Stratigraphy, Depositional Systems, and Stratigraphic Modeling. He joined Petrobras as a geologist in 2006 and has been working in the Applied Exploration Geology Department since 2007, with a strong emphasis on Petroleum Systems Modeling. In 2025, he was recognized as a Technical Consultant and Master Exploration Geologist in Petroleum Exploration and Petroleum Systems Modeling. Currently, he conducts Petroleum Systems Analysis studies in both domestic and international sedimentary basins, providing technical consulting and coordinating projects within Petrobras' Petroleum Systems team. His expertise includes the integration of geological, geochemical, and thermal data for petroleum system evaluation, basin modeling, and exploration risk reduction. He has extensive experience in source rock characterization, hydrocarbon generation and migration studies, and the assessment of complex petroleum systems in frontier and mature basins.

Mr. Schrynemeeckers holds a B.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Texas A&M University and a M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of North Texas. He has worked in the oil industry for 20 plus years. He began his career working for Sun Oil Company in Dallas in the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) division. He then worked for many years in the environmental arena as a Laboratory Director and General Manager of several laboratories in his career. He then returned to the oil industry working for the geochemistry laboratory Baseline Resolution in the greater Houston area, TX. His focus was developing international partnerships and setting-up satellite geochemistry laboratories around the world in countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, and Egypt. He then worked for StratoChem Services, a geochemistry laboratory in Cairo for two years, and now oversees all operations (e.g. manufacturing, analytical services, environmental sales, and explorations sales) for Amplified Geochemical Imaging, LLC. Mr. Schrynemeeckers is also the Chief Technology Officer for Low Carbon Services and leads the Low Carbon Services endeavors within the company which include capability promotion, leading research development & innovation as well as staying abreast of breakthroughs in the industry.

Renaud Traby is a Petroleum Systems Modeling Specialist with 20 years of experience. During his career at BEICIP-FRANLAB, IFP Energies Nouvelles, and TotalEnergies, he has been exposed to virtually every facet of basin modeling, including software development, technical support, consulting, research, training, business development, and operational applications. He has contributed to petroleum systems studies across a broad range of geological settings worldwide, from frontier exploration to mature producing basins. Strongly solution-driven, he is passionate about understanding the physical processes governing geological systems and translating ideas into practical workflows. Having programmed for more than a decade, he regularly develops algorithms, software tools, and digital workflows to address technical challenges and extend the capabilities of existing geoscience solutions. This combination of scientific insight and coding skills has enabled him to contribute innovative methodologies, publications, patents, and operational workflows across a wide range of geoscience disciplines.

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.

Alex Hartwig is the Head of Modelling at GEOS4 covering basin analysis and exploration risk assessment. He has 15+ years of experience in upstream R&D and global exploration. He holds a PhD in exploration geology from TU-Berlin. Alex began is exploration career as petroleum system analyst with ConocoPhillips’ Lower48 exploration team in Houston, working on all onshore basins before moving to Global New Ventures. In 2016, Alex moved to Norway and joined Aker BP. There he worked in specialist and project-lead roles for exploration, R&D and digitization until he became the manager for Aker BP’s New Ventures team from 2020-2023. In 2024, Alex decided to change direction and has been working as a consultant for petroleum and natural hydrogen exploration.

Dr. Raheel Ahmed is a Lead Petroleum Engineer at Saudi Aramco where he is involved in the development of Aramco’s in house basin and reservoir simulators. He earned PhD from Swansea University, United Kingdom in 2016 and he has expertise in numerical and discretization methods for simulating complex fluid flow in subsurface environments.

Dr Adriana Lemgruber-Traby is a geological engineer and research scientist, specialized in basin and petroleum system modelling, with 20 years of experience across industry and R&D. At IFP Energies nouvelles, she leads the research and development of basin modeling tools (TemisFlow, Arctem), extending their use from petroleum systems to natural hydrogen systems, geothermal energy, lithium rich brines, and geological carbon storage. Her background spans pore-pressure prediction, regional and prospect scale modeling, and complex petroleum systems gained at PUC-Rio, PGT/Vale Óleo e Gás, Beicip Franlab and IFPEN. Adriana also supervises postdoctoral researchers, PhD and master’s students, and teaches basin modeling at IFP School and Sorbonne Université.