The PPDM Association’s bi-annual Job Market survey is now open. This anonymous survey, covering topics from job roles, experience, benefits, compensation and more, is your opportunity to contribute to our industry. Participants will have access to a dashboard of results to see where they fit in with the rest of industry. This critical body of research is designed to capture important global data to help establish and support our professional discipline. Your participation is key to securing our future as recognized professionals, and enable us to provide current information to future generations of petroleum data managers. Contribute to something big and take the Survey. Thank you for participating and we encourage you to pass this Survey along to your energy data management colleagues.
Please note that due to current conditions, and the health and safety of our community being of utmost importance, the PPDM Association has postponed the 2021 Calgary Symposium to January 18-19, 2022, and the Dallas Fort Worth Luncheon to December 2, 2021. Thank you for your patience with our team during these challenging teams. We look forward to seeing everyone in person soon.
The PPDM Association is recruiting volunteer members within IPDS for the Data Objects Steering committee which will collaborate with the Reference Values Work Group and the Data Rules Committee. Areas of knowledge are needed from many technical and business domains. The main function of the volunteers in the steering committee will be to define data objects leveraging existing PPDM Standards and coordinate data objects publication. For more information, please contact projects@ppdm.org or visit our Volunteer Position.
Registration is open for the 2021 Calgary Symposium, September 21-22, 2021. This two-day event features talks on new innovations and the skills of tomorrow, including our keynote presentations “Energy in Transition” by Steve Piepgrass and “’I Don’t Know Why We Are Here?’ and Other Secret or Not-So-Secret Messages Your Teams Send During a Transformation, What They Really Mean and How to Break Through to Your Teams by Cory Bergh (Former Vice President, Technology & Innovation at NAL Resources). Register now at www.ppdm.org/cdms21
The What is a Facility work group is looking for new volunteer members, specifically those who currently or have previously worked in Operating companies, to share their knowledge and expertise to contribute in the writing of this Technical Standard. Contact projects@ppdm.org for more information.
The Oklahoma City Workshop is coming up September 9 and there is still space for you to join! The theme of this event is "Beyond the Well" and features talks by Mike Stice, John Satterfield, Ian Yingling and more! Check out the agenda and register now.
If you are passionate about community outreach, writing competencies, designing surveys, analyzing data, and growing resources for our professional discipline, this is the committee for you. Please email volunteer@ppdm.org to learn more and get involved.
Save the Date! The PDMCC will be offering a CPDA Information Session on October 6th, 2021. If you or your colleagues are interested in learning more about the CPDA Certification Exam, this is a must see. Join us to learn more about the exam experience and take advantage of an opportunity to ask two of our CPDA’s and Committee volunteers any questions you may have.
The Denver Symposium has moved to November 16, 2021. The agenda and location will remain the same, with the hands-on Navigating Change Workshop, but on the new date. Please visit our event page for the full agenda and more information. Register now!
Tune in to our second in the EXPOSED podcast series as John Thibeaux and Curley Thomas from Chevron join Andy Garrett from the Houston Leadership Team to discuss their talk at the upcoming Houston Expo – October 25-26, 2021. Check it out in our Video Gallery or learn more about the Houston Expo on our event page – www.ppdm.org/hexpo21.