Association of Kazakhstani Students in Great Britain

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SPE - Aberdeen

Dear frends,

The Association of Kazakhstani Students in Great Britain is happy to invite you to the event for engineers in Aberdeen. We are also happy to announce to You, that we have invited a special guest from Houston, USA - Tom Whipple, a professional development manager from the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He will give a presentation on SPE Certification and related topics.

Professionalism and Credentials

Tom Whipple, BS/MS
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Professional Development Manager

For the petroleum industry, the environmental and consumer era of the past few decades have given the public greater awareness of pollution, energy, and the need for a high level of industry professionalism. Associations, societies and professions offer voluntary certification programs to their members to bring increased recognition of the recipient's high professional standards and commitment to the profession. The Society of Petroleum Engineers’ mission is to assist members in furthering their technical and professional competence by offering the SPE Petroleum Engineering Certification Programme. Topics of the presentation include:

· Why should I be certified?

· What is the importance of post-graduation technical knowledge and practical engineering experience?

· What is the difference between credentials by exam or by interview?

· Advantages of continued professional development.

Also we are awaiting confirmation from BG speaker, who will be also talking about opportunities from BG Kazakhstan.
and Kazakhstan researcher from SOAS