The PPDM Association is the not for profit, global society that enables the development of data professionals, engages them in community, and endorses a collective body of knowledge for data capability across the energy and natural resources industry.

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The Houston Convention 2025
Building Connections one Conversation at a time. The Houston Convention registration is now open. The call for abstracts closing January 31st, 2025. Exhibitor booths are available, and sponsor opportunities are also available. Please reach out to us to secure your vendor booth...
PPDM Power Insights Workshop Series - Information Session
This program has been suspended. Please contact professionaldevelopment@ppdm.org if you are interested in PPDM training.

The course launch date is April 3, 2025 – Sign up for Power Insights: Mastering Energy Data workshop series today.

Save your seat for this dynamic biweekly workshop series that will navigate you through foundational standards, data governance, AI basics and the impact...
The Professional Development Committee
With a rapidly shifting landscape, data professionals are being challenged to upskill or reskill to meet corporate requirements, while maintaining the highest level of data quality in a data-driven decision-making world. Does this mean everyone has to become a data scientist...
IEDS: What is Seismic
The "What is Seismic" project launched in July 2024. The committee has been meeting weekly and preparing the content for this new project. The What is Seismic will be available on the PPDM website by the end of March...

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Data Community members are globally connected in a trusted network of data experts and users.

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