Dr Mark Tingay, of Chevron Australia, was awarded the Cam Sproule Award at the AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, held from 11-14 September 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. This award is given for the best paper published by a young author in an AAPG publication. It was a proud moment for me and for the region. Mark was our very first convenor who volunteered to run our very first Geosciences Technology Workshop (GTW) on pore pressure in Singapore, in 2010. Congratulations, Mark, on a well deserved award.