Downstream USA 2022 | Reuters Events | 8 June 2022 | NRG Park, Houston, TX 77054, USA

Uniting the full Downstream industry under one roof.

Never has downstream had to balance so many competing priorities. Now is the time to work smart with the resource and experience we have to optimise every decision made, every action taken.

This June, 5,000+ petrochemical, refining, chemical and LNG leaders will descend on Houston, for the US’s only and most trusted destination of the full downstream value chain for the 10th year in a row!

Join leading innovators and decision makers as they identify, discuss, and map out future OPEX & CAPEX success across 4 dedicated conference tracks covering the full value chain – Future of Downstream Plenary, Reliability & Maintenance, Shutdown & Turnarounds and Engineering & Construction. ​

Explore 250+ booths showcasing downstream’s best problem solvers building the solutions and services fuelling success at downstream’s biggest exhibition. Over the course of 2 days, get hands on experience with burgeoning trends, answer your toughest technical questions and network with the whole downstream industry under one roof.

2022 Speakers

Sheryl Telford
Chief Sustainability Officer, Chemours

David Turk
Deputy Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Dr Bob Maughon
Executive Vice President, Sustainability, Technology and Innovation & CTO, SABIC

Shelley Porter
Director, Sustainability and Circular Solutions, Eastman Chemical Company

Dipankar Das
Group Vice President & Head of Digital for Commercial & Value Chain Operations, Marathon Petroleum

Christopher Guith
SVP, Global Energy Institute, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Colin Ward
Senior Vice President Chemicals & Refining (Oil, Gas, Chemicals, Energy, Technology), ABB

Venki Chandrashekar
Vice President, Research & Technology, Chevron Phillips Chemical

Natália Klafke
Head of Energy and Chemicals North America, Radix

Daniel Raj David
CEO, Detect Technology

Dr. Paras Trivedi
Executive Business Consultant, Dassault System

John Nixon
Senior Director for Energy & Utilities, Siemens Digital Industries Software

Erwin Seba
Oil & Gas, Reuters News

Suresh Padmanabhan
SVP & CTO - Global Manufacturing Head, PET, Indorama Ventures

Junaid Muhammad
Director, Manufacturing & Program Management, Huntsman

Clark Dressen
Digital Innovation Centers Senior Director, Hydrocarbons & Energy Business IT Director, Dow

Cliff Moore
Former North America Reliability Director, Petrochemicals

David Reed
Director, Plant Services Division, Eastman

Lisa Williams
M&E Operations Contract Labor Strategy Director, Dow

Ibrahim Al-Syed
Director Digital Manufacturing, Celanese

Jimmy Jernigan
ADir., Global Maintenance & Reliability, Lyondellbasell

Alex Shelton
Director, Rotating Equipment, Phillips 66

Amy Odom
Asset Manager, BASF

Ajo Thomas
Digital Manufacturing Global Data & Information Leader, Celanese

Celeste Jefferson
Engineering, Maintenance and Turnaround Manager, Shell

Larry ‘Dale’ Tidwell
Operational Improvement Coordinator, Chemical Intermediates, BASF

Miguel Hernandez
Refinery East Maintenance Supervisor, PEMEX Deer Park

Eleonor Purcil
Digital Manufacturing Global Change Lead, Celanese

David Nixon
Maintenance & Reliability Manager, LyondellBasell

Chad Bates
Asset Supervisor, BASF

Richard Ellis
DFRAM Global Expertise Leader, Dow

Lott Hall
Global Reliability Manager, Huntsman

Bill Holladay
Liquefaction Maintenance Superintendent, Freeport LNG

Bharat Vats
Chief Revenue Officer, Novity

Clint Jeffus
Director of Operations, Voovio Technologies

Nikhil Chauhan
Chief Strategy Officer, Lummus Digital

Devin Peters
Functional Consultant, Prometheus Group

Ken Stevens
Former Director of Reliability, Invista

Jeff Ackerman
Former IT General Manager - Capital Projects, Engineering, and Asset Support, Shell

Jeremy Osterberger
President & COO, BIC Alliance

Mark Cotugno
Global Procurement Leader Capital, Chemours

Madhi Madhivanan
EPC Director, Dow

Carlos Camera
Senior Advisor - Major Capital Projects, Chevron

William Lewis
Chief Engineer, SABIC

Larry Steiner
Capital Projects Planner Scheduler

Peter Weaver
Construction Management Advisor, Chevron

David Sheffield
Snr. Project Manager, Huntsman

Aqeel Gurji
Capital Project Manager, LyondellBasell

Charles Williams
Solution Manager - IT Engineering Maintenance Operations, Covestro

Jose Pires
Founder & CEO, Global Excellence & Innovation

Mohamed El-Mehalawi
Global Improvement Leader, Dow

Greg Grissom
Program Controls Leader, Dow

Quincy Jones
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Dusty Jones
Construction Manager, INEOS

John Fish
Director Project Support Services and VP Business Development, Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC

Jimmy Cravens
Vice President, Pathfinder, LLC

Steve Cabano
President, Pathfinder, LLC

Sadie Bell
HR Technology Director, Dow

Jay Moser
PTE Construction Global Head Construction Community of Practice, Shell

Swee-Teng Chin
Technology Manager – Chemometrics, AI and Statistics Group - Continuous Improvement Center of Excellence, Dow

Ivan Castillo
Senior Technology Manager – Chemometrics, AI and Statistics Group - Continuous Improvement Center of Excellence, Dow

Ron Cormier
Managing Partner, PGL

Aivars Krumins
Global VP - Downstream, McDermott

Karl Kolmetz
Founder, IACPE

Melissa Jones
General Manager - Agilus, Bechtel

Shelley Porter
Executive Director, Sustainability and Circular Solutions, Eastman Chemical Company

Amanda Duhon
Regional Director, The EIC

Philip Lewis
Chief Technology Officer, Zeep

Theunis Myburg
Digital Portfolio Manager: Manufacturing, Global Engineering, Capital Projects, and Turnarounds, Lyondellbasell

Cindy Gross
Corporate Reliability Engineering, Ascend Performance Materials

David Mason
Director, Reliability, Maintenance & Turnarounds, NOVA Chemicals

Ken Kallaher
Senior Director Global Project Execution, LyondellBasell

Abhishek Vyas
GM, Procurement, CITGO

Tyler Sines
Global Turnaround Support Manager, Eastman

Colin Xander
Corporate Turnaround Manager, Chevron Phillips Chemical

Charlie Dodd
Turnaround Manager, Phillips 66

Roy Wilson
Sr. Turnaround Event Manager, PEMEX Deer Park

Kaveh Hooshvar
Project Controls Lead, Marathon Petroleum

Brandon McNallen
Turnaround Manager, Ascend Performance Materials

Jeff Spigener
TAR Manager, INEOS

Heith Robey
Turnaround Leader, Celanese

Maria Ochoa
Senior Research Specialist, Dow

Nick Beard
Turnaround Controls Manager, Eastman Chemical

Shachit Iyer
Senior Research Specialist, Dow

Snowflake Rosen
Vice President, Procore for Owners, Procore

Dale Kuntz
Vice President for Growth and Customer Development, JVIC, a Zachry Group Company

Brett Schroeder
Co-Founder and Managing Director, AP Networks

Tracy Gray
Global Senior Director of Strategy and Retention, Sodexo

2022 Sponsors

SHUTDOWNS & TURNAROUNDS SPONSOR:
• JVIC

GOLD:
• ABB
• Radix
• Novity
• Dassault Systems

SILVER:
• Procore
• Detect Technologies
• Satellite
• Voovio
• Sodexo
• Pall
• SAP
• Prometheus Group

BRONZE:
• AP Networks
• FTI Consulting
• Lumnus Digital