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Event Date |
Mon Feb 24 CST - Tue Feb 25 CST (3 months ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Mon Feb 24 1:00am - Tue Feb 25 1:00am |
Location |
Norris Conference Centers - Houston/CityCentre
816 Town and Country Blvd #210, Houston, TX 77024, USA |
Region | Americas |
The energy challenges we face today have far reaching impacts beyond the sector that require industry partnerships, innovation and collaboration. AI has a critical role to play in navigating these challenges, and energy companies at the forefront are infusing AI into every facet of their operations to optimize production, sustainability and operational efficiencies.
Join 150+ senior operations, digital, data and AI leaders from this event, and unlock the potential of AI within your enterprise. Key points of discussion for 2025 include:
• Pair Digital Twins and Gen AI
• Move Beyond Pilot Purgatory to Scale AI Across the Enterprise
• Leverage gen AI and Data Intelligence to unlock Asset Reliability and Performance
• Monitor, Report and Forecast Emissions Data using AI
• Make the Most of Historical Data to Extract More Value From Existing Infrastructure
• Future proof your AI Investment
• Empower field teams with decision-ready data, simplified maintenance workflows and institutionalized knowledge capture
• Inject Data Driven Decisions into Daily Workflows
6 Key Themes:
• Creating an AI Strategy
Entergy, Crowley, ExxonMobil, Shell and CPChem will share how they set up AI and data functions, secured buy-in from the business and the field, and augmented their workforce to drive better and faster decision making
• Maximizing AI Based Maintenance and Asset Management
Hear Chevron discuss how ML is simplifying digital asset twin development, while ExxonMobil reveal how they are leveraging predictive analytics to reduce downtime in their Permian operations
• Identifying Use Cases for Gen AI
Learn how Shell, Dow, and AAPG are using Gen AI to unlock new operational efficiencies, generating tens of millions of dollars in business impact
• Building the Data Foundation for AI
Hear Noble Corp share how they are automating maintenance management with data models, and BP explain how to leverage Causal AI to objectively analyze “what-if” scenarios and turn data into insights
• Scaling AI Projects
Entergy’s Chief AI Officer will share how they scaled AI to enhance grid reliability, deliver value and drive sustainable growth
• Build, Buy, or Both? Future Proofing your AI Investment
AES, Western Midstream, G.I.S and ExxonMobil will examine how to approach AI-project prioritization and maximize the full potential (and risk!) of AI investments
2025 Speakers
Andy Quick
Chief AI Officer, Entergy
Sumeet Trehan
Principal, AI/ML, ExxonMobil
Ido Biger
Chief Technology & Data Officer, Delek US
Peng Xu
Senior Principal, Data Science, ExxonMobil
Bala Rangaratnam
Senior Manager of Data Science, Chevron
Partha Chatterjee
Digital Transformation Expert, Independent
Mark Bohn
Vice President, Transformation and Enterprise Portfolio Management, Western Midstream
Giang Mai
Digital Science Principal - Digital Science and Engineering Team, bp
Brent Railey
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Paolo Morra
Director of Analytics, DTE Energy
Nav Chawla
Head of Digital, Civitas Resources
Apurva Bedagkar-Gala PhD
Senior AI Solutions Researcher, Shell
Meenakshi Mishra
Principal Data Scientist, ExxonMobil
Dr. Ashwani Dev
Chief Digital Officer, Crowley
Christopher McQuillin
Senior Director, Technical Maintenance Center, Noble Corporation
Erin Boyd
Chief Digital Commercial Transformation Officer, AES Corporation
Amit Kumar
Data Science Technical Project Manager, ExxonMobil
Cathy Normand
Upstream Data Governance Principal, ExxonMobil
Swee-Teng Chin
Statistics Technical Leader, Dow
Dr. Susan Nash
Director of Innovation & Emerging Science and Technology, AAPG
Jason Gee
Data Science Manager, ExxonMobil
Joshua Holtz
Data Science Manager, Dow
Kamil Poplawski
Manager of Reliability and Condition Based Maintenance, Noble Corporation
Stephan Blasilli
Head of Business Process Excellence, EDP
Taylor Witt
Vice President, Digital & PMO, energyRe
Julie Thyne
Global Improvement Director, Dow
Laura Tibodeau
Chief Technology Officer, DAI Global, Inc.
Dr. Michael D. Moore Ph.D.
Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation, Neo4j
Douglas Stephens
Account Executive, Detect Technologies
Ryan Bankhead
SVP Global Sales & Operations, Savant Labs
Maya D'Souza
Digital Science Associate, bp
Dr. Yue Hu
Asset Management Specialist, bp
Diti Sood
Co-Founder and CEO, Bolo AI
Venky Sankaran
AI & Analytics Leader, HSE&C, Sustainability and Process Safety, bp
Hugo Sheng
Senior Director of Engineering, Qlik
Sathisan Vannadil
Senior Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
Jon Krome
Industry Principal - Energy, Celonis
Christian Barlow
Principal Value Engineer, Celonis
Tammy Giesler-Hagans
President of Houston Chapter, Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
2025 Sponsors
• Bolo.ai
• Celonis
• Detect
• Neo4j
• Qlik
• Savant
• Ansys
• AutogenAI
• EcoMetricx
• Fivetran
• Innovapptive