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2024 AAPL Annual Meeting

Boston | June 19-21, 2024

Experience world-class education, tailored networking offerings, unmatched entertainment and time-honored AAPL traditions with hundreds of North American energy professionals at the 70th edition of AAPL's professional development and land conference.

  Annual Meeting
  Registration Types

Priority Rate
Now Through April 15

Standard Rate
April 26 - June 19

  Member $825 $925
  Nonmember $1,015 $1,125
  Spouse/Guest* $350 $350
  Student* $300 $300

 

*No additional discounts allowed.

Group registration discounts are available! Enjoy 20% off full registrations when registering 5 or more people (excludes guest and student registrations). No additional discounts allowed. 

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Location/Hotel Information

Hilton Boston Park Plaza
50 Park Plaza
Boston, MA 02116

AAPL Group Rate: $279 + taxes (destination fee waived)
Discounted booking website included in registration confirmation email.
Reservations cutoff date: May 27, 2024

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Keynote Speakers
Trudy Cathy White

Trudy Cathy White

Chick-Fil-A Ambassador, Author & Entrepreneur

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Trudy Cathy White is the youngest child and only daughter of Chick-fil-A founder Truett and Jeannette Cathy. At just 19 years old, she opened Birmingham, Alabama’s second Chick-fil-A restaurant, making her one of the youngest Operators in Chick-fil-A’s history. She and her husband, John, served in international missions for 20 years with the International Mission Board. Upon completing their work with the IMB, she served for 13 years as the director of WinShape Camps for Girls, while together the Whites co-founded Lifeshape and Impact 360 Institute. Today, she serves as a Chick-fil-A Ambassador and has become nationally known as an influential leader and speaker. She is the author of several books, including her most recent release, A Legacy that Lasts, focused on living today the legacy you hope to leave future generations. She and her husband John are the proud parents of four children and grandparents of 17 grandchildren. In all she does, White is led by her commitment to be used by God to invest in relationships, influence culture, and inspire godly character in the next generation.

Sarah Sandberg

Sarah Sandberg

Vice President, Strategic Initiatives | Tallgrass Energy

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Sarah Sandberg is the vice president of strategic initiatives for Tallgrass Energy, a midstream company leading decarbonization innovation within the energy industry. Previously, she was the head of sustainability and external affairs for PDC Energy through its acquisition by Chevron. Before PDC, she was the vice president of sustainability & energy transition for DCP Midstream, a Fortune 500 energy company that was acquired by Phillips 66. Prior to her sustainability focused efforts, Sarah led DCP’s investor relations, non-op joint ventures, external and internal communications, crisis communications, public affairs and media relations, stakeholder relations, brand management, and community outreach and investment. She previously served as the chief operating officer for the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, the marketing director and a founding executive management team member of GoAuto Insurance, and managed communications and outreach within the Louisiana Governor’s Office, including assisting with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response efforts and several hurricanes.

Trisha Curtis

Trisha Curtis

President and CEO | PetroNerds, LLC

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Trisha Curtis is the president and CEO of PetroNerds, LLC. She founded the company and began running it out of Denver in 2016. She was formerly the director of research, upstream and midstream, at the Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. in Washington, D.C. Since 2010, she has led extensive research efforts and major consulting projects and authored several reports on the North American upstream and midstream markets for government agencies, global think tanks and corporations. She was also the manager for strategy and analytics at Anschutz Exploration in Denver from 2019 to 2020. At PetroNerds, Curtis leads research, advising and consulting services. She is a macroeconomist with an expertise in U.S. shale markets, geopolitics and China. She is globally recognized for her knowledge of U.S. shale and has been asked to speak and present at several academic, industry and investor forums including OPEC in Vienna, SPE in Bahrain, IEF in Saudi Arabia, Stanford University, Chatham House, Oxford University, Denver University and Colorado School of Mines. She is also the host of the PetroNerds Podcast. She provides clients with in-depth analysis of the U.S. and world economy, geopolitics, global oil and gas markets and the U.S. shale industry. She synthesizes this into relevant, actionable and forecastable information integral to her clients and their respective businesses and needs. She spearheaded EPRINC’s projects with Department of Energy for the Quadrennial Energy Review, evaluating future North American crude oil production volumes and midstream transportation options through 2030. She worked extensively with U.S. and Canadian railroads in their efforts to begin moving Bakken crude, by rail, to the East Coast. Curtis also authored multiple reports on U.S. shale and completions in U.S. shale with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Her work for Department of Defense has focused extensively on China, energy and U.S. Shale. She is a board member at the Denver Earth Resources Library, a research associate at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, a recognized independent center of Oxford University, a distinguished fellow at the Energy Policy Research Foundation, Inc. and a fellow at Colorado School of Mine’s Payne Institute. Curtis completed her undergraduate work at Regis University in Denver, where she double majored in economics and politics, minored in criminology and graduated summa cum laude. She has a master’s degree from the London School of Economics in international political economy and wrote her dissertation on Chinese national oil companies. As an undergraduate, she also worked as a staff assistant in UK Parliament for John Grogan, Selby Constituency. Raised in northwest Colorado and southwest Wyoming, she grew up around pumpjacks and has worked on oil and gas sites in Colorado and Wyoming with her father.

Schedule of Events

Read more about the education topics on our Landnews Blog!

*Schedule and education topics are subject to change.

Wednesday, June 19

8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Registration

3-4:30 p.m.

Local Association Workshop

5-7:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception
Cheers Bar — Hampshire House

Thursday, June 20

7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Registration

7:30-8:50 a.m. 

Horizon Breakfast
Sarah Sandberg | Vice President, Strategic Initiatives | Tallgrass Energy

9-10:20 a.m. 

Opening Session & Membership Business Meeting

10:30-11:30 a.m.

Keynote Address
Trudy Cathy White | Chick-Fil-A Ambassador, Author & Entrepreneur

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Networking Luncheon

12:40-1:40 p.m.

Concurrent Education Sessions
Energy Transition | Chris Seiple
The Future of the Anadarko Washout | Brad Gibbs

1:50-2:50 p.m.

Concurrent Education Sessions
Technology, Free & Simple: An AI Primer | Jerris Johnson
Co-locating Energy Assets | Melissa Gardner

3-4 p.m.

Concurrent Education Sessions
Leadership: Evolving Company Culture | Anna Guichard
Marketable Title | Greg Nibert

4:10-5 p.m.

Concurrent Education Sessions
Investing in Energy Stocks | David Darst
Ethics: Landmen & Chat Bots | Curt Horne

5:30-6:30 p.m.

Cocktail Hour
The State Room

6:30 p.m.

AAPL Celebrates
AAPL awards dinner followed by The Bluebird Cafe Singer/Songwriters
The State Room

Friday, June 21

8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Registration

8-9 a.m.

Concurrent Education Sessions
Human Capital in Energy | Tom Seng
Multitract Wells | Ben Holliday

9:10-10:10 a.m.

Education Session
CCS: State of the States | Gerry Walrath and KC McAdams

10:20-11:20 a.m.

Concurrent Education Sessions
Boston Dynamics Robotics Demonstration
Legal Issues: Extraction of Lithium From Brine | Keith Hall

11:30 a.m. — 1 p.m.

Keynote Luncheon
Trisha Curtis | President and CEO, PetroNerds, LLC

1-2 p.m.

Speed Mentoring

1-2 p.m.

Concurrent Education Sessions
Ethics: Landmen & Chat Bots | Curt Horne
Shift Happens | Wade Brawley

2-3 p.m.

Education Session
Estate Planning & Taxes | Javier Tafoya

Special Events
Local Association Workshop
Event Title Local Association Workshop
Date/Time Wednesday, June 19 3-4:30 p.m.
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The Local Association Workshop kicks off Annual Meeting on the afternoon of June 19. The workshop event connects local association leaders from across North America in hopes to build stronger organizations for all. Also new for this year, participants can earn 1 CEU and enjoy a selection of beer and wine as they connect and share with other associations! Please RSVP your local association by emailing Andrea to confirm. 

Welcome Reception
Event Title Welcome Reception
Date/Time June 19 5:30-7:30 p.m.
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As the official opening to AAPL’s 70th conference and one of the most popular networking events for landmen, this reception is a great place to connect with other attendees and make plans for your time in Boston. This year's reception will take place at the iconic Cheers Bar, where attendees can reconnect at the bar where everybody knows your name!

Horizon Breakfast
Event Title Horizon Breakfast
Date/Time June 20 7:30-8:50 a.m.
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This special event was created to celebrate and honor a trailblazing female land leader in the industry who has distinguished herself in her career, in the profession and has supported AAPL and its mission. 

About the Award: The Blankenship Family Horizon Award is the product of a fund set up decades ago by former AAPL President Wayne Blankenship (1975) to honor his wife, Mary Blankenship, upon her passing. Originally, this fund supported the AAPL women’s auxiliaries for many years until they ceased to exist in the early '90s. To continue the Blankenship legacy of generosity, the AAPL Educational Foundation established the Blankenship Family Horizon Award in 2019 to honor female industry leaders and to be presented each year at AAPL’s Annual Meeting.

AAPL Celebrates
Event Title AAPL Celebrates
Date/Time June 20 5:30 p.m.
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Join us for a fun-filled Thursday evening with dinner at the State Room overlooking Boston while AAPL honors its members for achievements over the last year and acclaimed songwriters from Nashville-based The Bluebird Cafe will serve as entertainment!

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