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International awards recognize individuals who make significant technical and professional contributions to the petroleum engineering profession and to the worldwide oil and gas industry. Please do not submit a new nomination each year. Please View the Following Presentation Prior to Submitting a Nomination View full presentation on mobile. Prior to submitting a nomination, it is imperative that you thoroughly review the full presentation found above. Prior to submitting a nomination, it is imperative that you thoroughly review the full presentation found above.
President's column As I write this, we have just completed our Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. A highlight of this event is always the presentation of international awards to our members for their technical and professional contributions. SPE's international awards recognize the outstanding achievements of members who have given outstanding levels of technical knowledge, time, energy and expertise to SPE and to advancing the industry. These awards are particularly prestigious and meaningful because they are conferred by peers. As SPE has grown globally, we have made special efforts to ensure that the awards program engages our worldwide membership. Yet we know that many deserving individuals have not yet been recognized for their work. Although we have seen significant increases in the geographic diversity of the award recipients since 2001, we know we can and must do more to publicize our awards program to nurture global participation. A good start is to ensure that members understand the nomination and selection process. The timing of this column is fortunate, since nominations for the 2010 awards are due no later than 15 February. I'd like to discuss three important points about our awards program:How SPE goes about selecting award recipients What you can do to prepare a nomination that will most effectively present the accomplishments of your colleague to the selection committee What SPE is doing to improve the awards process Award Selection Process The selection of the SPE international award winners requires a huge volunteer effort. First, our members must step up to nominate their peers. These nominations are reviewed by the respective awards committees (15 of them!), made up of members from throughout the world who have the technical or professional qualifications relevant for the particular award. In 2009, 50% of award committee members were from outside the US, reflecting the makeup of our membership. Each award committee operates independently of the others, and does not know the geographic locations of the recipients selected by other committees. Each committee makes its selection only on the basis of the nominations received for its award. The committees are charged with identifying the most qualified recipient from among the nominations received. We do not have a quota system based on regions. To further increase the number of international candidates, SPE expanded its regional awards in 2006 to include technical awards and additional service awards. The regional award recipients are automatically added to the nominations for the comparable international awards in the following year. The geographic distribution of the recipients changes from year to year, depending on the number of nominations submitted from around the world and the quality of the nomination information. Note that, above, I said that committees select award winners from among the nominations received. So, first you have to nominate somebody. That leads to my second point: preparing an effective nomination is essential.
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The Stephen A. Holditch Visionary Leadership Award recognizes individuals that have devoted significant time, effort, thought, and action and have demonstrated exceptional visionary leadership resulting in a lasting and momentous impact on the Society of Petroleum Engineers and/or the oil and gas industry. The nomination process for the Holditch Award is exclusive to current members of the SPE Board of Directors. If an SPE professional member would like to recommend a candidate for the Holditch Award, they must notify a member of the Board on or by 15 February. The Board member has the discretion to either move forward with a nomination or not. Award nominees must demonstrate impactful visionary leadership and broad significant influence, reflecting the qualities exemplified by Stephen A. Holditch.
The SPE Regional Technical Awards acknowledge exceptional contributions to the Society of Petroleum Engineers at the section or regional level and recognize singular devotion of time and effort to the programs and development of technical expertise. Must be a paid, professional member. Must be residing in region for at least the most recent 12 months prior to award. Note: The region is determined by the section the nominee belongs to. Must not have served as an officer or director of the SPE International Board of Directors within 24 months of award.