2025 IADC Annual General Meeting

8:30 – 11:30 am Estuary I
IADC North America Onshore Advisory Panel Meeting (Advisory Panel Members Only)

8:30 – 11:30 am Estuary II
IADC Offshore Advisory Panel Meeting (Advisory Panel Members Only)

11:45 am – 5 pm Estuary II
IADC Executive Committee Meeting (Executive Committee Members Only)

3:00 – 4:45 pm Registration Vanderbilt Ballroom Foyer

5:00 – 7:00 pm  Welcoming Reception Sponsored by Enverus Center Court
Attire: Business Casual

7:45 am  Registration & Coffee Service Sponsored by Pason Systems USA Corp Vanderbilt Ballroom Foyer

8:15 am  NOV Breakfast & Rig Census Ritz Carlton Ballroom III & IV
Host: Joe Rovig, President, Rig Technologies, NOV
The NOV Rig Census and associated contractor survey is a major statistical benchmark on the land and offshore drilling industry. Mr. Rovig will present the annual census findings revealing current industry trends.

Presentation of the 2025 IADC Contractor of the Year
Host: Joe Rovig, President, Rig Technologies, NOV
This annual award was established in 1988 to recognize an individual drilling contractor’s outstanding lifetime achievement in technical innovation, safety, and economic efficiency within the drilling industry. The prestigious industry award is the only one reserved exclusively for drilling contractors. All recipients of the Contractor of the Year Award are nominated and selected by other drilling contractors who are IADC members.

Breakfast Keynote Address: Wllisses Menezes Afonso, Drilling & Wells Executive Manager, Petrobras
Wllisses Menezes Afonso, master petroleum engineer, holds a degree in civil engineering, a master’s in structural engineering, and an MBA in business management. He has 19 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and works at Petrobras, where he has served as an offshore engineer, sector operations manager, specialized projects manager, and general manager of well services and the Campos Basin business unit. He has also held the role of executive in production development projects. He currently serves as executive manager of wells.

9:45 am Coffee Service  Sponsored by Pason Systems USA Corp Vanderbilt Ballroom Foyer

10:00 am Vanderbilt Ballroom
Featured Presentation: Scott W. Tinker, PhD, CEO, Tinker Energy Associates, LLC
Dr. Scott W. Tinker is a global energy explorer and educator bringing industry, government, academia, and nongovernmental organizations together to address major societal challenges in energy, the environment, and the economy. Following a 17-year career in the energy industry, Dr. Tinker spent 24 years as an Endowed Professor and Director of the 250-person Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin. He is CEO of Tinker Energy Associates and Chairman and CEO of the nonprofit Switch Energy Alliance. With Director Harry Lynch, Tinker co-produced and is featured in the award-winning documentary films Switch and Switch On, screened to millions of viewers globally. Tinker is the host of Energy Switch, an energy and climate point-counterpoint show appearing on over 80% of PBS stations and on major podcast channels, and the voice of Earth Date, featured on over 460 public radio stations nationwide. His writing appears from Forbes to Fortune to Scientific American. In his visits to some 60 countries, Tinker has given over 1100 keynote and invited lectures and presented a TEDx on The Dual Challenge: Energy and Environment. Tinker has been president of several international scientific societies, serves on many public, private and academic boards and councils, and is an angel investor bringing companies from startup to sale. He is an AGI Campbell Medalist, AAPG Halbouty Medalist, GCAGS Boyd Medalist, AIPG Parker Medalist, and a Geological Society of America Fellow.

11:00 am  Reaching Terminal Velocity: What O&G Leaders will Need to Navigate as Demand for Hydrocarbons Enters a 15-Year Plateau: Bill Ambrose, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Forget about a peak; energy trends will require a long plateau for oil and gas demand over the next 15 years. Oil companies are preparing by merging and driving cost efficiencies, this will have implications for service companies and their growth as they get caught in the middle of these two forces.

11:30 am  Annual General Meeting Luncheon Ritz Carlton Ballroom III & IV
The luncheon will feature recognition of IADC officer nominees for 2026 and presentation of the 2025 IADC Chairman’s plaque.

Luncheon Keynote Presentation: Sarah Fenton, Senior Vice President, EQT Corporation
Sarah Fenton was appointed Executive Vice President Upstream in October 2024. Previously, Sarah served as EQT’s Senior Vice President Asset Performance since February 2023. Prior to that she was Vice President Asset Performance for EQT from July 2019 to February 2023. Sarah holds an Executive MBA in Energy from the University of Oklahoma.

1:00 pm Vanderbilt Ballroom
Transforming Productivity in Drilling Operations: Tommy Sigmundstad, SVP Drilling & Wells, Aker BP
Mr. Tommy Sigmundstad will cover a range of innovative topics, including the digital twin of drilling plans, digital workflows, autonomous operations, new technology, high-performing rigs, and the role of the IOC in driving productivity.

1:30 pm  Charting the Course: The Political Landscape of 2025 and the Path Forward: Dr. Sandra Pavelka, Professor, Department of Political Science, Public Administration & History, Florida Gulf Coast University
As we stand at a pivotal moment in politics, 2025 presents both challenges and opportunities that will shape the course of our shared future. Charting the Course: The Political Landscape of 2025 and the Path Forward invites us to reflect on where we are, examine the forces reshaping governance, and envision a more resilient and forward-thinking political world.

2:00 pm  Drillers Outlook
Industry leaders representing land and offshore with US and global scope will share their views on key issues facing the contract-drilling industry from both a personal and company perspective.

Caroline Alting, SVP, Operational Excellence and Sustainability, Noble Corporation	John Lindsay, President & CEO, H&P

2:30 pm  Coffee Service  Sponsored by Pason Systems USA Corp Vanderbilt Ballroom Foyer

2:45 pm  Petrobras/Constellation Partnership: Leonardo Guimaraes, Chief Technology Officer, Constellation
This project is the second third-party owned asset to be operated by Constellation, aligning with our core competencies as Drilling Contractors and playing a vital role in Petrobras’ ambitious decommissioning plans. The scope of work includes P&A assignments in shallow waters in the Sergipe, Alagoas, Ceará, and Potiguar basins off the coast of Brazil using the Admarine 511 jackup.

3:15 pm  Raising the Bar Through Evolutionary and Revolutionary Innovation: Brooke Polk, VP Accreditation, IADC
At IADC, our members are continuously focused on collaboratively evolving existing products, processes, and systems. Our member-driven initiatives revolutionize the way we operate on a global scale. This presentation will discuss the work IADC members are doing to raise the bar on safety and competence.

4:45-5:15 pm  IADC Board of Directors Meeting (IADC Directors Only)

6:00-8:00 pm  Annual General Meeting 85^th Anniversary Reception Vanderbilt Courtyard
Musical Entertainment: Bay Kings Band

8:00 am  Registration & Coffee Service Sponsored by American Block/Southwest Oilfield Products

8:20 am HMH Keynote Breakfast  Ritz Carlton Ballroom III & IV

Presentation of IADC Exemplary Service Award
IADC Exemplary Service Awards recognize individuals’ notable for outstanding contributions to the drilling industry and to IADC. Recipients have, during their career, repeatedly demonstrated their commitment to improving the drilling industry and advancing its safety, training, or technology.

Guilherme Vanni, Senior Advisor, Petrobras
Guilherme Vanni is an experienced Petroleum Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. Skilled in Petroleum, Gas, Oilfield, Engineering, and Project Engineering. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Science (MS) focused in Civil Engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Breakfast Keynote Address: Gabriel Higuera, Wells Operations Manager GoA, bp
Gabriel Higuera is the bp’s Gulf of America Well Operations Manager for Deepwater activities, leading safe, reliable, and efficient operations, currently with three Drillships (Ocean Black Hornet, Ocean Black Lion, and Invictus).  Gabriel has more than 30 years of Wells engineering and operational leadership experience having joined bp in Colombia right after graduation as a Petroleum Engineer in 1994. He has held various technical and leadership positions around the world for bp, onshore in Colombia and Alaska, and, offshore in the North Sea, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Gulf of America, and most recently in Indonesia. He is passionate about how safety and operational performance aspects are shaped by people, teams’ interactions and human factors.

9:45 am Vanderbilt Ballroom Foyer
Coffee Service Sponsored by American Block/Southwest Oilfield Products

10:00 am Vanderbilt Ballroom
HSE & Sustainability Efforts

10:20 am Celebrating 85 Years with Insights Across the Professional Spectrum
Moderators: Amelia Nelson, Assistant Rig Manager – Ocean Blackhornet, Noble Corporation and Liana Carnes, Marketing & Contracts, Proposals and Services Analyst II, Transocean
A multigenerational panel will share their perspectives on a variety of topics, including technology adoption and digital transformation, energy addition, knowledge transfer, and work-life balance. The session will be moderated by IADC’s Young Professionals Committee.

Anna Ramirez, Field Engineer, SLB	Jacob Bruster, Marketing Representative, Unit Drilling Company	Mike Holcomb, Executive VP & Chief Business Officer, Patterson-UTI

11:05 am  Market Outlook
These highly regarded market specialists will provide perspective to current market trends and some guideposts to 2026 and beyond.

Dan Romito, Managing Director – Consulting & Advocacy, Pickering Energy Partners	Geoff Jay, Partner, Daniel Energy Partners

12:05 pm Adjournment: Jason McFarland, President, IADC