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Max Velasques holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Master’s degree in Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines. He has been working at Petrobras since 2006, where he built a solid career as a geophysicist. Max began his professional career in Seismic Data Acquisition, participating in several onshore seismic surveys across different Brazilian basins. He later transitioned to Seismic Data Processing, playing an important role in major exploration projects. Between 2010 and 2018, he served as coordinator of seismic processing projects for the pre-salt province in the Santos Basin, one of Petrobras’ most strategic exploration areas. Since 2020, Max has been leading the Geophysical Data Processing Management at Petrobras, with overall responsibility for the company’s seismic processing activities. His current role involves overseeing a large portfolio of complex processing projects focused on new exploratory frontiers as well as on the monitoring of post-salt and pre-salt producing fields—areas that represent major technical and strategic challenges for the company.

Is a Senior Researcher in Geophysics at Equinor’s Brazil R&D Centre, with 14 years of experience across the full E&P value chain, from exploration through field development and production. His work focuses on extracting value from seismic data to support subsurface understanding and decision-making, with expertise in seismic imaging, quantitative seismic interpretation, seismic-to-geomodel integration, and uncertainty analysis. Jorge has a track record in multidisciplinary collaboration, translating complex seismic and geological challenges into models. He has been directly involved in key seismic processing and imaging projects across Equinor Brazil, strengthening the link between acquisition, processing, and subsurface interpretation. He currently leads research projects on pre-salt geology and geophysics, with particular focus on seismic imaging challenges, rock physics, 4D seismic, and multi-scale integration in complex carbonate reservoirs at Brazilian pre-salt. He is particularly focused on bridging acquisition, processing, and interpretation to improve seismic-driven decisions in complex pre-salt carbonate reservoirs. He holds a BSc in Geophysics from IAG-USP and an MSc from COPPE-UFRJ.

Is the seismic processing manager for SLB in Brazil. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Geophysical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a master’s degree in management from Esden Business School. Since joining SLB in 2012, he has built extensive experience in seismic processing and imaging across land, marine, and transitional datasets, serving as a signal processing geophysicist, earth model builder, and depth imaging specialist. He later moved into leadership of multidisciplinary geoscience teams, progressing through project management, team leadership, and service/performance leadership roles. Since 2023, he has led SLB Geosolutions’ geophysical data processing center in Rio de Janeiro, supporting projects across Brazil and South America and applying advanced processing and imaging technologies to address increasingly complex geological environments.

Was born in 1957 in the city of Rio de Janeiro and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Physics from UFRJ in 1979. He joined Petrobras in 1982, where he remains to this day. He obtained his PhD in Geophysics from Stanford University (USA) in 1992, under the supervision of Prof. Jon Claerbout, with a dissertation on VTI elastic migration. In 2007, he received the Décio Oddone Award from SBGf (outstanding achievement in geophysics in the oil category). Since 2013, he has served as a Master Consultant in geophysics, working in the areas of imaging, attributes, and seismic data inversion.

Is a Geoscience Advisor at ThinkOnward LLC, where he helps lead the development of cloud-native seismic imaging workflows and multi-vendor subsurface technology partnerships. With over 25 years of experience in computational geophysics, seismic processing, and digital transformation, he specializes in translating emerging computing architectures into production-ready exploration capabilities. Before joining ThinkOnward, Tim held senior leadership roles at Shell, leading large global organizations responsible for seismic acquisition, processing, high-performance computing, and advanced imaging workflows, including Full Waveform Inversion

A geologist by training from Universidade de Brasilia (inspired and guided by my own father, a Geology professor there), I spent five years trekking the hills of the Carajás mining province in the Brazilian Amazon looking for gold and copper, only to find out that my dream job actually involved air conditioning and a computer screen. That pivot required a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Colorado School of Mines (2008), a defining journey that taught me how to see the world through seismic waves. 

Since then, I have worked across research labs and exploration teams, start-ups and industry giants, operators and service companies in Brazil, the UK, and now in the US. I joined Shearwater in 2022, and since 2024 I have led the Houston Geophysics R&D. I am fascinated by seismic imaging and inversion (love at first wiggle), especially if we are talking about anisotropic earth models; I enjoy combining seemingly unrelated geological, physical, mathematical, and engineering concepts, because eventually they will help you find new ways to probe and to understand the Earth's subsurface.

Outside of geophysics, I am a loud fan of Grêmio de Futebol Porto-Alegrense (the best football team on the planet, full stop), a barbecue enthusiast, an avid chess player, and a history buff, especially since my knees decided they would no longer allow me to grace either a football pitch or a volleyball court. I also love to strum the same guitar tunes over and over --- much to my wife's resignation.