A: Delivering Value on the Global WANBill Green, Global Account Director, Hermes Datacomms

8.30am-1.00pm

PLUS TWO INTERACTIVE PRE–CONFERENCE WORKSHOPSTuesday 19th March 2013, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London

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Oil and GasTelecommunicationsWednesday 20th and Thursday 21st March 2013Copthorne Tara Hotel, London

KEY SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Sponsored by KEY BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:• Overcome telecommunication challenges in harsh environments and remote locations• Improve remote monitoring and control systems• Integrate broadband and remote sensing into digital oil and gas fields• Track assets in dangerous environments with wireless and satellite technologies• Improve communications infrastructure and network security for onshore and offshoreoperations

Murray McLaren, Field Telecomms Manager

and OPS Manager CNSFTC, BP

Andrew Mabian, Head Of Production

Operations, Systems and Business

Improvements / SmartFields Project

Manager, Shell/Salym Petroleum

Torbjørn Kristiansen, Leading Advisor,

Upstream Telecoms, Statoil

Philip Jones, Information Systems Security

Officer, GDF SUEZ E&P

David A. Barker, Senior IT Business Specialist,

Field Telecommunications,Marathon Oil

Andrew Derby, Telecoms Team Leader,

ABB UK Oil & Gas

Petros Theodorakis, Information &

Communications Technology Director, DESFA

Ian D. Theophilus, Global I.S. Infrastructure

Operations Manager, Tullow Oil

Fawaz Al-Khudhairy, Senior IT &

Communications Representative for King

Abdullah Petroleum Studies & Research

Center, Saudi Aramco

Ketil Moe, Executive Officer, 330 Squadron,

Royal Norwegian Air Force

Jan Robert Moen, Telecommunications

Advisor, Statoil

Frank Smiddy, Senior C & I Design Engineer,

Bord Gáis

Sadie Creese, Professor of Cybersecurity,

University of Oxford

John Williams, Director, Geospatial Data

Center,Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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B: Safety and Protection in the Fifth Domain; Cyberspace andCritical Infrastructure Security

Tim Watson, Director, Cyber Security Centre, De Montfort University and Colin Williams, Visiting Lecturer, Cyber Security Centre, De Montfort University

1.30pm-5.30pm

CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY

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Day One I Wednesday 20th March 2013 www.oilandgasOil and Gas Telecommunications

8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksBill Green, Account Director, Hermes Datacomms

9.10 Realising the evolving communication needs of the oil and gas industry• Today’s technology drivers for resilient offshoretelecommunications

• Typical communications systems currently in use • The ideal telecommunications model to provide seamlessoffshore telecommunications

Murray McLaren, Field Telecomms Manager and OPSManager CNSFTC, BP

9.50 Getting it right first time• Getting the correct concept – using a predetermined model• Optimising the design – using a structured HAZID study• Lessons learned from Piper – What went wrong with thecomms?

• Lessons learned from BP Audit – you think it is OK until youdig deeper

• Deepwater Horizon – who was in charge where did thecommunication break down?

Frank Crawley, Honorary Research Fellow, University ofStrathclyde

10.30 Morning Coffee

INTEGRATING TETRA, BROADBAND AND WiMAX

10.50 Telecom system integration - the route ahead• New for old technology• Front-end monitoring and control• Combining telecom monitoring with automation Andrew Derby, Telecoms Team Leader, ABB UK Oil & Gas

11.30 TETRA broadband communications to meet today’s evolving needs • Competing or complementary services• The use of these services within the oil & gas industry• Hybrid solutionsFawaz Al-Khudhairy, Senior IT & CommunicationsRepresentative for King Abdullah Petroleum Studies &Research Center, Saudi Aramco

12.10 Networking Lunch

1.10 Reliable offshore broadband telecommunication infrastructure• Technical requirements• Combination of technologies (fibre optic cable, radio link,satellite)

• How we have succeeded- cooperation between operatingcompanies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

• Experience with offshore broadband telecommunicationinfrastructure

Torbjørn Kristiansen, Leading Advisor, Upstream Telecoms,StatoilJan Robert Moen, Telecommunications Advisor, Statoil

1.50 Considerations for WiMAX networks• O&G needs• WiMax, conceptually, is a great idea• WiMax challenges in real-world deployments • Marathon todayDavid A. Barker, Senior IT Business Specialist, FieldTelecommunications, Marathon Oil

SATELLITE AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES

2.30 Progress in oil & gas vertical telecommunications • Using satellite and associated technologies to connectremote locations; case studies from Ghana and Uganda,onshore and offshore

• The importance of multiple telecommunications channelsto support a 24/7 operation

• Responding to alternative telecommunications channels inpreviously unconnected locations

• A challenge to the network operators in terms of valueIan D. Theophilus, Global I.S. Infrastructure OperationsManager, Tullow Oil

3.10 Afternoon Tea

3.50 Managing DESFA’s ICT• A strategy for installing fibre optic cable• Current map of information technology• Current map of communications technology• Future communications strategyPetros Theodorakis, Information & CommunicationsTechnology Director, DESFA

4.30 Gas pipeline monitoring: moving from analogue to wireless• Utilising a network of wireless pressure and temperaturetransmitters

• 24-hour operation involving constant monitoring throughSCADA systems

• Providing redundant communication paths and betterreliability than direct, line-of-sight communications

Frank Smiddy, Senior C & I Design Engineer, Bord Gáis

5.10 myTrustedCloud: trust and cloud computing• The security limitations of cloud computing with specificfocus on their implications for business uptake

• Case study : The UK and EU energy industry. The security-critical requirements of this industry and the importance ofdata provenance verification

• Integration of trusted computing technologies into cloudcomputing. A prototype infrastructure showing how trusteddata and computing provenance has been implemented intopublicly available cloud computing platforms (Eucalyptusand OpenStack)

Matteo Turilli, Senior Research Associate, Oxford e-ResearchCentre, University of Oxford

5.50 Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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telecomms.com Day Two I Thursday 21st March 2013OPENING ADDRESS

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8.30 Registration & Coffee

9.00 Chairman's Opening RemarksBill Green, Account Director, Hermes Datacomms

9.10 Approaches to satellite networking: a critical evaluation of impact on capacity and quality of service• Delivering large communication capacity with limitedspectrum: How well are we doing in satellite communicationsand how much better can we do?

• Quality of service considerations in multimediacommunication networks

• Link characteristics of geostationary and non-geostationarysatellite orbits and impact on system architecture

• Transparent versus onboard processing transponders, andglobal versus narrow spot beam technologies

• Case studies of the Inmarsat, Iridium, Globalstar and otherapproaches in industry

Ifiok Otung, Professor of Satellite Communications, University of Glamorgan

OPERATIONS IN HARSH AND AND REMOTE LOCATIONS

9.50 Delivering communications in extreme environments• Hermes introduction• Global coverage• Our marketplace and challenges• Technologies in use• Case studiesBill Green, Account Director, Hermes Datacomms

10.30 Morning Coffee

10.50 The reality and tangible benefits of continuous field optimisation in Western Siberia• Introduction and Salym fields overview• Salym’s ‘Smart Fields’ concept and deployment phasing• Project impact and results achieved in Salym fields• Next steps and way forward – “sustain and maximise thebenefits”

Andrew Mabian, Head Of Production Operations, Systems andBusiness Improvements / SmartFields Project Manager,Shell/Salym Petroleum

11.30 Managing telecoms data at high altitudes- safety at sea in Norwegian arctic waters• Co-operation on aeronautical and maritime search and rescue(SAR) in the Arctic

• Communication, surveillance and monitoring• Use of sensors on persons and equipment for monitoringpeople and equipment in advanced and dangerous workoperations

• Infrastructure - traffic separation schemes and safe corridorsin areas with no or limited access to electronic navigationalcharts

• Seasonal and geographical optimized use of SAR resourcesbased on dynamic risk assessments, improved infrastructurefor communication and differential global navigation satellitesystems

Beate Kvamstad, Research Scientist, Marintek/SINTEF

12.10 Networking Lunch

1.30 Medevac helicopter service in the northern areas • Introduction to 330 Squadron (organisation, mission,operations area)

• Cooperation with other units• Means of communication • Necessity of radio systems when liaising with otheremergency services

• Challenges with satellite communications• Future integration of TETRA into communicationsinfrastructure

Ketil Moe, Executive Officer, 330 Squadron, Royal NorwegianAir Force

COMMUNICATION NETWORK VULNERABILITIES

2.10 Current cybersecurity threats• Understanding the vulnerabilities of global computer networks• Simulating cyber or physical attack scenarios• Network and software performance modeling after an attack• Applications to information synchronisation and availabilityacross global organisations

John Williams, Director, Geospatial Data Center and Professorof Information Engineering, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology

2.50 IT security on a greenfield offshore development• Why is InfoSec important to GDF SUEZ • Approaches & activity set • Self-assessment and benchmarking • The challengesPhilip Jones, Information Systems Security Officer, GDF SUEZ E&P

3.30 Afternoon Tea

3.50 Defending against APTs• Why the APT presents such a significant challenge• Current defence options• Limitations and challenges• Cutting edge thinking and future solutionsSadie Creese, Professor of Cybersecurity, University of Oxford

4.30 Safety and protection in the fifth domain; cyberspace and critical infrastructure security• Cyberspace is now the fifth domain of human existence withfull equivalence to land, sea, air and space

• Society has become functionally, if not existentially, dependantupon cyberspace, and cyberspace is transforming every aspectof the human condition

• Cyberspace has become both a critical infrastructure in itsown right and the infrastructure upon which all of the othersdepend

• There is no meaningful separation between industrial controlsystems and any other facet of cyberspace. Any attempt tomanage elements as though there were, will fail

• Simultaneously, cyberspace provides both these challengesand the means to address them

Colin Williams, Visiting Lecturer, Cyber Security Centre, De Montfort University

5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY

Delivering Value on the Global WAN8.30am-1.00pm

Workshop Overview:The workshop will cover the commercial and technicalaspects of provision of managed services on a globalbasis. The Oil & Gas sector is increasingly moving to acentralised data centre model and requires reliablecommunications with a consistent SLA across all sites.The workshop will show demonstrations of latesttechnology and service management tools as well asnetworking and discussions sessions.

Who should attend: C-level personnel and senior IT managers. Costsavings and resource to manage your global WAN areincreasingly on the agenda from not only the CFO butthe CIO and IT Management team. Find out how tooptimize costs and resource whilst retaining controlevidenced by current case studies.

Timetable:8:30 Registration & Coffee 9:00 Chairman's Opening Remarks - Introductions 9:15 Introduction to Hermes Datacomms 9:30 Managed Network Services Overview –

Intelligent Network Outsourcing 10:00 Managing a Global Network

• Organisation considerations• Geographical Planning• Who’s IP is it anyway? - Responsibilities of customer and provider

• How much do you outsource to gain maximumbenefit?

10:30 Morning Coffee 11:00 Technologies to support a Global Network

• Designing and building a Global Network• What is the Real SLA and MTTR?• Demonstrations- Voice QoS- Throughput Optimisation- NetFlow- Overcoming Latency Issues- Riverbed Acceleration- Out of Band Management

12:00 Discussion Forum – Current Issues and SharedLearning

1:00 End of workshop and private consultationswith attendees

About your workshop leader:Bill Green has worked in the Internationalcommunications arena for over 14 years,including generating over £100M of sales forBT. Bill currently serves as Global AccountDirector at Hermes Datacomms, where he

manages the Intelligent Network Outsourceproposition, providing global communications networksfor oil & gas companies in both 'business as usual' andhostile and challenging environments.

About Hermes:Hermes is a British company owned by its directorsand backed by private equity with over 20 years ofexperience providing high quality, reliable and efficientcommunications to the oil & gas industry, particularlyin difficult and challenging locations. Hermes have astrong regional presence in the Middle East, Americas,Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Russia and Central Asiaacross all communication technologies.

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B: Safety and Protection in theFifth Domain; Cyberspace andCritical Infrastructure Security

1.30pm-5.30pm

Workshop Overview:The cyber domain has added an entirely new set ofdimensions to the patterns of interconnection andinterdependence that we analysed and organised for at theturn of the last century. It has changed the actuality of, ifnot yet our thinking about, our critical infrastructures. Thisworkshop explores the implications of cyberspace as amatrix of interconnectivity that encompasses industrialcontrol systems including SCADA.

By attending this workshop, you will: • Gain fresh insights in to the origins and nature ofcyberspace.

• Develop an understanding of the consequences ofconceptualising cyberspace as the fifth domain ofhuman existence.

• Explore the implications of cyberspace as a matrixof interconnections that encompasses IndustrialControl Systems including SCADA and to developan understanding about what this means for thesecurity of critical infrastructure.

Timetable:1.30 Registration and Coffee2.00 Chairmen’s opening remarks2.10 The origins of cyberspace in mind and matter.

• The ideas that created cyberspace• The machines that created cyberspace

2.40 The internet of things• When the virtual becomes real• The myth of the discreet system

3.10 The great interconnectedness of everything• The world after CodeRed• The end of the hierarchical network

3.40 Afternoon tea4.00 The imminent singularity

• The robots are coming• And they can think

4.30 "Tea, Earl Grey, hot"• Printing reality• The economic and social transformations of corporeal printing

5.00 Securing the fifth domain• Cyberspace as the fifth domain of human existence• Harnessing complexity and interconnection toachieve safety and protection in the fifth domain

5.30 End of workshop and private consultationswith attendees

About your workshop leaders:Dr Tim Watson is the Director of the Cyber SecurityCentre at De Montfort University. With more thantwenty years' experience in the computing industryand in academia, he has been involved with a widerange of computer systems on several high-profileprojects and has acted as a consultant for some ofthe largest telecoms, power and oil companies. He

has also designed, produced and delivered a number of courseson cyber security for a variety of public and private-sectororganisations.

Colin Williams, Director of SBL and a VisitingLecturer in the Cyber Security Centre at De MontfortUniversity. Colin regularly speaks, consults and writeson matters to do with Information Assurance, cybersecurity, business development and enterprise levelsoftware procurement, to public sector audiences andclients at home and abroad.

About The Cyber Security Centre (CSC):The Cyber Security Centre (CSC) is a multidisciplinary group ofacademics and industry experts who focus on a wide variety ofcyber protection issues. The Centre's mission is to provide thefull benefits to all of a safe, secure and resilient cyberspace.The CSC combines a thorough understanding of the real-worlddigital environment with deep insights into its underlyingfoundations. From the subtle, technical aspects of networksecurity and live forensics through to the intricate interplaybetween economics, psychology, policies and practice, the CSCcombines expertise across disciplines to producetransformational solutions to hard problems.

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