Downstream USA 2024 | Reuters Events | 26 June 2024 | Galveston Island Convention Center, 5600 Seawall Blvd, Galveston, TX 77551, USA

Despite the return of positive cashflow, downstream investment has normalized at a new low making budget pools more competitive to win than ever before. Rising inflation, workforce shortages and persistent supply chain delays are slashing ROI to the point some assets may no longer be viable even if they do win budget.

The conference will bring together 500+ executives from major downstream producers and EPCs for 2-days of exclusive case-studies evidencing real ROI and discussion sharing lessons learned and successful strategies cutting costs, creating value, and driving decarbonizing.

In our action-packed exhibition 3,500+ budget gatekeepers from across reliability, maintenance, turnarounds, capital projects, digitalization and decarbonization will explore 160 booths, expo tours, product demos, workforce development opportunities and much more. Attend FOR FREE to meet the innovators behind the latest solutions, tools, equipment and components to meet all your procurement needs and deadlines in 2024 and beyond.
   

2024 Speakers

Katie Ellet
President, Hydrogen Energy and Mobility, Air Liquide

Suresh Padmanabhan
CTO, Polymers, Indorama Ventures

Abhishek Vyas
General Manager, Procurement, CITGO

Venki Chandrashekar
VP Research and Technology, Chevron Phillips Chemical

Luiziana Ribeiro
Head of Sustainability North America, BASF

Rebecca Rosas
Vice President, Strategic Planning, Texmark Chemicals, Inc.

Madhivanan T A
Supply Chain Regional Director, Microsoft

Lawrence Moreaux
Director, Digital Technology Integration, LyondellBasell

Kapil Kohli
Director of Facilities & Real Estate, Air Liquide

Glenn Lohfink
Director, Projects, Chevron

Rajan Puri
Corporate Medical Director, PBF Energy

Lisa Williams
Senior Director, Corporate and M&E Operations Global Contract Labor Strategy, Dow

Tyler Sines
Global Turnaround Support Manager, Eastman Chemical

Daryl Gilbert
Senior Project Manager, BASF

Scott Shaw
Rotating Equipment Specialist, Phillips 66

Jorge Jimenez
Senior Technology Manager, SABIC

Courtney Olson
Project Support and Transformation Manager, Chevron Phillips Chemical

Jennifer Pipkin
Houston Dow Center Site Leader, Dow

Robin Harris
Global Project Controls Lead, Phillips 66

David Nixon
Maintenance and Engineering Manager, LyondellBasell

Chad Bate
Asset Supervisor, Geismar Polyol, BASF

Aqeel Gurji
Project Manager, LyondellBasell

Stacie Wrobbel
VP, Pathfinder

Steve Cabano
President, Pathfinder, LLC

Heith Robey
Turnaround Leader, Celanese

Kaveh Hooshvar
Corporate Project Controls Manager, Marathon

Daniel Ferrell
Electrical Reliability Specialist, Flint Hills Resources

Quadri Kazeem
Reliability Engineer, Phillips 66

Jeff Ackerman
Managing Principal, Ackerman Management Consulting

Alex Buehler
Partner, Evolve Partners

Chris Heckle
Director, Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center, Argonne National Laboratory

ByengDong Youn
CEO, OnePredict

Rick Cruz
Managing Director, Apps and Innovation, Americas, CTG

Ibrahim Al-Syed
Director Digital Transformation Manufacturing, Celanese

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

David Sheffield
Project Manager, Huntsman

Theunis Myburg
Digital Portfolio Manager: Manufacturing, Global Engineering, Capital Projects & Turnarounds, LyondellBasell

Rajan Rathinasabapathy
Process Optimization Engineer, Phillips 66

Ben Randell
Product Line Manager – Assurance, Chevron

Timothy Chappell
XR Training Portfolio Lead, ExxonMobil

Daniel Boctor
Sales Director, DIMATE

Dave Kuketz
Vice President of Global MDM Strategy, Sphera

Juan Lopez
Senior Solutions Engineer, Prometheus Group

Colin McNeece
Technical Sales Director, Cognite

William Hendricks
Vice President, Sales, Cognite

Jillian Davidson
Director, Industry Marketing, Aspentech

Zafar Ali
Vice President, Solutions Consulting, Aspentech

Yoojung Kim
Global Process Technology Principal Engineer - Syngas/Methanol, Celanese

John Aldrete
Sales Leader, Americas, Near-Miss Management LLC

Malori Meyer
Strategic Consultant II, PROS

Kristin Schwab
Business Development Manager, Aggreko

David McLeish
Technical Services Manager, Aggreko

Kamran Ali
Sales, OnePredict

Jan Shumate
Director, Worldwide Engineering & Construction Solutions and Corporate Manufacturing Automation Transformation, Eastman Chemical

Mark Wrzyszczynski
Retired, Shell

Greg Alvarado
Founder and Chief Editor, Inspectioneering

Jeremy Osterberger
President and COO, BIC Alliance

Srinivasan Vanchinathan
Director, Refining Digital Operations, Phillips 66

Chandra S Pulleti
Director Value Enhancement Program, Americas, Ingenero

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Prometheus Group
• ADNOC
• Cognite
• Intertek

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Aggreko
• ONEPREDICT
• Aspen Technology
• Sphera Solutions
• PROS, Inc., a Delaware corporation
• Near-Miss Management
• ARIX Technologies
• L&T Technology Services
• Svante

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Dimate
• Computer Task Group

WI-FI SPONSOR:
• Sabin Metal