Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition heads to the Middle East

THE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre in 2016, the first time the conference is taking place in the Middle East.

The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) announced this week that ATCE will run from September 26-28, 2016.

Explaining the choice of Dubai as the next host destination in a press release, Jeff Spath, 2014 SPE president, said: “SPE’s membership is dispersed globally. More than 11,000 of our professional members and 2,200 of our student members reside in the Middle East.

“Dubai’s position as the crossroads of the east and west make it an ideal meeting point for our global industry.”

ATCE gathers approximately 10,000 attending engineers, scientists, managers, and executives for networking, as well as certification and training opportunities. The event will also see the annual general meeting of SPE members where awards and recognitions are given out to industry technical leaders.

An exhibition of over 10,000m2 will run concurrently.

Khalid Zainalabedin of Saudi Aramco has been selected as the ATCE 2016 programme chairperson.

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