SPE African Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility Conference and ExhibitionGuided by History, Shaping the Future: Protecting People and the Environment in Africa

Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel18–20 October 2016 / Accra, Ghana

Visit www.spe.org/events/hsea/2016 and learn more.

Call for PapersDeadline: 8 May 2016

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SPE African Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility Conference and ExhibitionGuided by History, Shaping the Future: Protecting People and the Environment in AfricaMövenpick Ambassador Hotel 18–20 October 2016 / Accra, Ghana

Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the 2016 Programme Committee, we would like to invite you to the second Health, Safety, Security, and Environment and Social Responsibility Conference and Exhibition hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers in Accra, Ghana.

This year’s theme “Guided by History, Shaping the Future; Protecting People and the Environment in Africa” is targeted to focus on leveraging our diverse and unique industry expertise, together understand the genesis and emerging futures of the oil and gas opportunities and build capacity in addressing the daunting operational challenges faced by industry.

The Society of Petroleum Engineers has a history of providing an outstanding conference with new and exciting avenues for learning and growth and as such this is an interesting time to be part of the unfolding history of the bourgeoning oil and gas industry in Africa, not only for its enormous potential for increased growth but the requirement to align its Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Social Responsibility strategies with regulation, opportunities and challenges that are at the heart of operations.

Please join this unique conference to share your research and professional experiences with colleagues from around the globe. By submitting a paper to this conference, you will be providing invaluable opportunities for sharing knowledge, experiences, best practices, and research fi ndings. It is the largest gathering in Africa designed to create opportunities to network with professionals and key stakeholders and meets everyone with needs to remain profi cient in the health, safety, environment, security while maintaining a social license to operate.

Your participation is vital to the success of this conference and your paper proposals can be submitted online at www.spe.org/events/hsea/2016

We look forward to meeting you at the SPE HSE Conference in Accra.

Sincerely,

Kwame Boakye Agyei, Kosmos Energy Manuel O. Graças de Deus, ChevronConference Committee Chairs

Technical Categories: • Health (Community & Work Environment)

• Safety (Occupational & Process)

• Security

• Environment

• Sustainability

• Social Responsibility

If you have any questions

about the submission process

please contact Ann Nagem at

londonprog@spe.org or

+44 207 299 3300.

Paper Proposal Submittal Guidelines:1. Obtain clearance from your management.

2. The paper proposal must be a minimum of 225 words and no more than 300 words in length. Include a description of the proposed paper, results/conclusions, and the technical category applicable to your paper.

3. The paper proposal must be received by Sunday 8 May

4. Submit your paper online.

5. Do not include the title or author names in the body of the abstract. The title and author information will be requested separately through the submission.

6. Do not include tables, fi gures, bibliographic lists, or subscripts in your abstract. They can be uploaded separately.

7. Please note that, if accepted, your paper proposal may be published – as submitted – in conference information media, including on the SPE website.

8. Authors whose paper proposals are accepted will be required to provide a manuscript for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Authors who do not submit a manuscript and the associated publication forms by the manuscript due date will be withdrawn from the programme and will not be allowed to present. Manuscripts will be due at SPE no later than 1 August 2016

9. Please note: if you are interested in having a technical paper published without presenting at a conference, you should submit the paper as an unsolicited manuscript. For more details, please visit www.spe.org.

Changes, Cancellations, and WithdrawalsSPE and the Programme Committee consider an accepted abstract as a commitment to present. If extenuating circumstances prevent the author from making the presentation, it is that author’s obligation to fi nd an alternative presenter and notify their SPE Programme Lead and their session chair(s) (if applicable). Withdrawals must be made in writing to the SPE o� ce as soon as possible. Under no circumstances

can a submitted abstract be changed once it has been submitted. Cancellations, particularly after a paper has been accepted and publicised, are viewed by the Programme Committee as highly unprofessional.

CommercialismSPE has a stated policy against use of commercial trade names, company logos, or text that is commercial in tone in the paper title, text, or slides. Use of such terms will result in careful scrutiny by the Programme Committee in evaluating abstracts and the presence of commercialism in the paper may result in it being withdrawn from the programme.

CopyrightAll authors of papers presented at the conference will be required to complete and submit a copyright release form to SPE or submit the copyright exemption form where applicable.

SPE Conference Dual Submission PolicyAs of 1 May 2013 authors will be allowed to submit abstracts to only one conference at a time. An abstract must be declined by a programme committee prior to being submitted to another conference for consideration. In the event it is detected that an abstract has been submitted to more than one conference, all versions/copies of that abstract will be removed from consideration.

Any paper previously presented at a conference and published in OnePetro may not be re-submitted for publication at another SPE conference. The author may present the subject matter at subsequent conferences at the invitation of the programme committee, but the paper will not be included in the conference proceedings.

No Presentation PolicyThe failure of SPE conference authors to have at least one designated individual present the paper at the conference will result in the conference paper being permanently withdrawn from the SPE technical paper archive in OnePetro.

Call for PapersDeadline:8 May