The IADC Drilling Engineering Committee’s Q2 Tech Forum seeks to establish a rigorous and shared understanding of the current state of data interoperability within the drilling industry, encompassing an assessment of existing contributions, established frameworks and the technical and commercial gaps that remain. Central to the mandate is the collaborative identification of viable strategies, best architectural practices and actionable next steps toward the adoption of open, contractor-neutral, vendor-neutral and standards-based interoperability, an approach that is increasingly recognized as the necessary foundation for the responsible and effective integration of emerging technologies into drilling operations.
To that end, dedicated technical sessions will examine the most suitable automation architectures for enabling seamless integration between interoperable systems, with particular attention to the performance, latency and scalability requirements of closed-loop drilling applications.
The forum will further engage the distinct integration perspectives of drilling contractors, electronic drilling recorder providers, software-as-a-service platforms, operators, equipment manufacturers and data governance bodies, recognizing that durable interoperability solutions must accommodate the operational realities and commercial interests of each. In doing so, this forum will serve as a technical and strategic platform for aligning the protocols, frameworks and implementation pathways necessary to advance the industry toward a genuinely open and integrated digital drilling environment.
Submission deadline is 20 April.
