Joachim Van der Meulen

With over 15 years of experience in the drilling industry, I am a passionate advocate and facilitator for Dropped Object Prevention Scheme (DROPS), an industry-wide initiative to prevent and eliminate dropped objects hazards. I have organized and hosted numerous conferences, workshops, and webinars to connect and collaborate with oil majors, drilling contractors, and service providers on this vital topic.Since 2018, I have also been the director of DrillingVR, a company that develops virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and extended reality (XR) solutions for the drilling and safety industry. I am currently developing the DROPS Metaverse, a VR platform for learning and collaboration around dropped object prevention. This is a capstone project that combines my expertise in VR/AR...