Volunteer Opportunity Details

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About the Committee

Each year, the Committee selects topics and lecturers for the Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Program and works with the DLs throughout their tenure in the program. The Committee comprises up to 36 members, including one regional member from each SPE’s governance region. The committee structure is past chair (ex-officio), chair, vice chair and three sub-committees, focusing on webinars, company outreach, and nominations.

Qualifications and Experience

• Strong desire to see our members grow through the dissemination of technical knowledge by fostering outstanding DL presentations.
• Prefer past involvement as a Distinguished Lecturer or experience as a section leader.
• Geologic diversification is preferred. 
• SPE professional membership.

Expected Time Commitment

• Participate in online judging to review presentations. Judging involves two rounds from April – August each year and requires extensive time commitment.  Participate (in-person or virtual) at the Potential Lecturer Selection Meeting in May.
• Attend in person at least one of two Presentation Review (PR) meetings held annually in both hemispheres.  PR meetings are 2.5 days long and take place between August and October each year.  
• Serve as the point of contact for one to three potential lecturers in preparation for the live audition.
• 3-year term

Deliverables and Expectations

• Solicit Distinguished Lecturer (DL) nominations to be considered by the Committee. Each Committee member is asked to nominate at least two persons/season. 
• Select potential lecturers based on their qualifications and the quality of their PowerPoint presentation so they can move forward to a live audition before members of the Committee.
• Actively participate in all rounds of judging to select lecturers.
• Serve as the point of contact for one to three potential lecturers in preparation for the live audition.
• Review and communicate lecturer evaluations with lecturers as needed throughout their tenure to ensure the highest quality of presentations and member experience.
• Attend and participate in at least one of the two in-person Presentation Review meetings. 
• Committee members may attend the May selection meeting by conference or in person. No other committee meetings are by conference. 

Notification: August