EAGE-Digi-2026

Side Activities

Side Activities

Join us for a dynamic lineup of side activities at EAGE Digital 2025, designed to enrich your conference experience with opportunities for professional growth and collaboration. Dive into specialized short courses and  hackathons tailored to enhance your skills and provide deeper insights into the digital transformation shaping the energy industry.

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EAGE Digital Side Activities

Short Courses

The EAGE Digitalization Conference features short courses led by carefully chosen renowned instructors, designed to equip professionals and academics with essential knowledge on the latest advancements in the field.

Secure an All-Access Pass to participate in these exclusive short courses!

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Short Course 1

Date Thursday 12 March

Time 00:00 – 00:00 GMT

Language Models for Geoscience Applications

Instructor Dr Thomas Bartholomew Grant
Domain Expert
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This course will explore the potential of Generative AI (Gen-AI) for geoscience. By examining the key concepts of large language models, and real-world applications of them, participants will gain insights into how these cutting-edge technologies are being used to solve complex geoscience challenges. The course material is aimed at geoscientists that are looking to use AI applications and want a better understanding of how they work, how to get the best out of them and how to critically evaluate their performance.

The course will begin by covering the basic concepts for understanding generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), including data embedding, benchmarking, and the mechanics of transformer architectures. The second section of the course will take a deeper look into advanced techniques and methodologies, including retrieval augmented generation (RAG), agents, and improving model results through prompting and grounding. 

Finally, the participants will apply the course content to examine critical discussions for the ethical use of generative AI, cybersecurity concerns, and the necessary regulatory frameworks governing AI deployment in geoscience.

Two group discussion sessions during the day include problem-solving tasks that apply the course material to real-world problems.

Course objectives

  • Understand the main use cases of generative AI for geoscience data
  • Cover the main concepts of how language models work and common architectures for building chat-bots and agents. 
  • Critical evaluation of model outputs and techniques for improving results.
  • Highlight considerations for safe and ethical use of generative AI.

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Hackathons

We are excited to invite you to groundbreaking Hackathons that promises to inspire, challenge, and redefine possibilities with GenAI in geoscience! Whether you’re a seasoned data scientist, a geoscience professional, or a tech enthusiast with a passion for innovation, this event offers the perfect opportunity to showcase your talents, collaborate with like-minded individuals, and shape the future of geoscience through cutting-edge technology.

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Hackathon 1

Date Day 00 Month

Time 00:00 – 00:00 GMT

Hackathon 1 Title

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Hackathon 2

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Time 00:00 – 00:00 GMT

Hackathon 2 Title

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Field trips

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Field trip 1

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Time 00:00 – 00:00 GMT

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Instructor Name Company

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Registration is open

Discover the future of digitalization by joining our engaging workshops, interactive short courses, and exciting field trips! Each activity is designed to expand your expertise and connect you with industry leaders. Explore hands-on learning and innovative approaches that put digital transformation at the forefront. Don’t miss out—boost your skills and be part of the digital revolution with us!

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Dr-Dominique-Guerillot

Dominique Guérillot

President & CEO TERRA 3E

Prof. Dr Dominique Guérillot, former member of the Executive Committee of IFP and Program Director for the Upstream R&D of Saudi Aramco, he is focusing in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production including Unconventional, CO2 EOR and Carbon storage. After a PhD in Applied Mathematics, he joined IFP in 1982 in the Reservoir Engineering Dpt.

He started his career in the Exploration and Production sector developing Expert system for selecting EOR methods and Advanced Compositional Reservoir Simulators for EOR (CO2 and thermal methods).

In 1985, he began cooperating with geologists and he invented with the Paris School of Mines the first software package integrating reservoir characterization and flow simulations in porous media proposing innovative methods for upscaling absolute permeabilities.

After being the Director of the Geology and Geochemistry (95-01, in 2001, he became member of the Executive Committee of IFP and Managing Director of Exploration and Reservoir Engineering Centre with a total budget of 30 Millions of Euros. Consequently, IFP nominated him as board member of several Exploration and Production subsidiaries of IFP: Beicip-Franlab and RSI in France, IFP MEC in Bahrain, etc. He developed new strategic orientations for the business unit he was in charge modifying its business model to generate revenues based on royalties through the development of several strategic marketed software for IFP.

In 2009, he created a Young Innovative Company (YIC), Terra 3E, in Energy and Environment: http://www.Terra3E.com developing innovative plug-ins in Petrel software among which the first tool for accurate calculations of fluids in place for gas and oil shales and upscaling transmissivities. From 2010 to 2013, he was senior expert for Petrobras, Brazil.

In 2012, he served the European Commission for selecting R&D projects on CO2 Storage. In 2013, Qatar Petroleum called Dominique Guérillot for developing their R&D Centre at the Qatar Sciences and Technology park in Doha, Qatar. He is currently full professor at Texas A&M University in their campus of Qatar.

He published more than 50 full and refereed papers, holds 5 patents, is member of the IJOGCT editorial team, the SPE and EAGE associations, is referee of the Oil & Gas Science and Technology (OGST), and member of the editorial board of the Petroleum Geoscience journal of the Geological Society.

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