This two-day workshop will be dedicated to capturing best practices and lessons learned in the field of knowledge management, especially in the context of a changing oil market. The upstream organizations within the Middle East’s NOCs, IOCs and service providers are paying close attention to the issue of knowledge management due to the major demographic shift which has been dubbed as the “Great Crew Change”. There are two major events which are occurring simultaneously: experienced professionals are retiring in large numbers over the coming years, and simultaneously a large influx of talented young professionals are joining the workforce. There is a significant risk of losing key knowledge as well as the challenge of accelerating the development of the younger generation and transferring this critical knowledge before it is lost. This at risk knowledge has a high intellectual asset value for upstream which will impact both short and long term plans if it is not retained.

Workshop Aims:

• Get up to date with current best practices in the critical field of Knowledge Management (KM)
• Understand the key KM challenges facing Upstream organizations in the GCC and develop strategies to address them
• What’s working and lessons learned - case studies from the region
• Justifying and measuring the impact of KM initiatives
• Trends, new technologies and methodologies expected to impact KM in the near future.

Benefits of Attending

The workshop will provide both experienced practitioners and those new to the field with an essential update on best practices, relevant case studies and lessons learned, as well as practical tools and techniques to help ensure the success of KM initiatives within upstream organizations. The workshop will include speakers from the Middle East’s NOCs, IOCs and service providers as well leading experts in the field of knowledge management. The workshop will provide a forum for attendees to share key information and knowledge while discussing approaches to dealing with specific organizational challenges in a highly interactive environment.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop targets professionals from all aspects of upstream who deal with knowledge management initiatives (geoscientists and engineers), HR professionals, young professionals (geoscientists and engineers) and professionals from academia.

Areas of Discussions

• Building KM Programs
• Current KM practices
• Knowledge Mapping
• Communities of Practice
• Transferring Knowledge and Expertise
• Collaboration