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10:01 - 10:30 | Oct 03 2022

A small step to change can be a giant leap for the Organization

  • A journey of an E&P organization to change the way of working and bring in more efficiency, transparency with quicker decision making
  • Moving from manual management of contracts to automation through implementation of Contract lifecycle management tool- A new way of working for all major functions in the company
  • Key pillars for Organization wide digital transformation- Workflow configuration, change management, data
  • The results are more qualitative than quantitative- Atleast 50% reduction in major decisions, claims reduction, single source of truth between company and supplier, reduced manhours spent and more.
Isha Bahal

Senior Manager- Supply Chain and Digital Transformation , Cairn (Vedanta)

11:00 - 11:30 | Oct 03 2022

The Grave Need for a Holistic Systems Approach

  • Digital Transformation is often presented from the prism of emerging technologies (IoT, RPA, AI, etc), which often ignores the subtle complexities that need to be addressed that span the whole value chain which consist of two main blocks: Digital Product Delivery (technical landscape and the IT/Digital Delivery teams), and Digital Products (product design and architecture and business users and customers).
  • This requires a holistic systems approach that employs Progressive Enterprise Architecture and Mature Business Architecture practices, as well as, hyper-automation, XOps, Team-level agility, Organization/Business Agility and Design Thinking.
  • This is particularly true in large companies with many systems and sources of data, and when addressing
Hassan Al Malak

Principal Architect/ Program Manager , Aramco

11:30 - 12:00 | Oct 03 2022

Digital twin: Unlocking the power of your asset's data

  • Wood's full asset lifecycle approach to digital twin
  • Unlocking the biggest challenges faced by clients both now and in the future
  • Wood?s digital twin approach for capital projects including case studies
Rob Kennedy

Global Director, Digital Asset and DataOps , Wood PLC

12:30 - 13:00 | Oct 03 2022

Disrupting the oil and gas industry with Digital Transformation

  • Why Digital Transformation
  • Digital transformation - a means to stay competitive in the VUCA world
  • Change management in a Digital Transformation Journey
Ahmad Adeniji

Manager, Trading , Prudent Energy & Services Ltd

13:30 - 14:00 | Oct 03 2022

Take aways in our Digital Journey in E&P: 2018 - 2022

  • Greenfield First Digital Wave (18 - 22): Expectations vs reality - what we defined back in 2018 and where we are in 2022
  • Lessons learnt: Histories of failure, of pain and of success during the journey
  • Brownfield Second Digital Wave (23 - 25): Focus on data
Alfredo Rodriguez

E&P Digital Sr. Manager , Repsol

14:00 - 14:30 | Oct 03 2022

The Personal Data and Identity Meeting of the Waters: Now and The Future

  • Visualizing and wrapping one's head around the physical:digital confluence
  • Grappling with the five undercurrents of digital transformation: technology, economics, laws & regulations, culture, and politics
  • Planting personal data and actionable insight at the core of your business to create value for your business and those you serve
  • Employing wisdom learning to refine your plans, motivate your teams, and thrive
Michael J. Becker

Founder, Chief Executive Officer , Identity Praxis, Inc.

15:00 - 15:30 | Oct 03 2022

INL Digital Engineering

  • Digital Engineering
  • Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  • Digital Thread
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Extended Reality (XR)
Maria Coelho

Model Based Systems Engineering Scientist , Idaho National Laboratory

15:30 - 16:00 | Oct 03 2022

Industrial Cybersecurity - A Business Driver and not a Cost Center

  • Understand the cybersecurity threat vectors and their impact on operations
  • What are the challenges to implementing an effective cybersecurity strategy?
  • How to turn cybersecurity into a revenue enabler?
Arthi Vasudevan

Senior Product Manager , Baker Hughes

10:00 - 10:30 | Oct 04 2022

The big shift in the mindset and ways of working of enterprise and solution architects in Agile product development

  • How does the traditional way of thinking about and doing architecture change in an Agile product development environment.
  • How do architects and their teams define a digital technology state that can evolve every few weeks based on customers feedback on their digital products
  • How to allow for architecture decision making where analysis paralysis is not acceptable but mistakes are, if you can recover from them.
Bruno Rothgiesser

Chief Architect, B2C - Digital Customers and Markets , BP

10:30 - 11:00 | Oct 04 2022

Oil & Gas Retail Sites in a digital era

  • Disruptive times and how to handle
  • Customer Centric operations
  • Digital transformation in a challenging world
  • Digital innovation in practice
Stelios Panaretos

IT Retail Manager , Motor Oil Hellas

11:00 - 11:30 | Oct 04 2022

Improving operations efficiency via digitizing the procurement & supply chain processes

  • What are the main motivators for adopting digital technologies for the procurement and supply chain processes? These motivators will encourage Oil & Gas operators as well as service companies to opt for digitizing their processes.
  • Exploring the benefits of digitizing procurement & supply chain processes: Various types of benefits can be realized upon deploying digital transformation, some are more relevant to the Oil & Gas industry.
  • Highlighting the associated challenges related to deploying digital transformation: What is the biggest hurdle related to digitalization? And what are the key inhibitors for it?
Aymen Elamin

Section Head Wells C&P (Contracts & Procurement Category) , Petrochina

11:30 - 12:00 | Oct 04 2022

Crossing the Digital Divide to make effective use of digital asset data

  • Accessing and using the orders of magnitude information beyond the process variable from sensors and edge devices for commissioning and maintenance
  • How asset data revolutionizes the commissioning and troubleshooting experience
  • International standards activities supporting the digital asset data initiative
Ian Verhappen

Senior Solutions Architect , Willowglen Systems Inc.

12:30 - 13:00 | Oct 04 2022

REAL-TIME PROCESS MANAGEMENT - NEW STANDARD FOR ORGANIZATION

  • Digital organization and integrated business environment, BPMN values and benefits for agile digital transformation
Sarunas Strasevicius

Real-Time process managemen , Stackflows Ltd.

13:00 - 13:30 | Oct 04 2022

Is Predictive Maintenance and Condition Monitoring ready for Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas?

  • Why digitalizing condition monitoring and predictive maintenance is highly desirable but more challenging for upstream Oil & Gas
  • Why adopting new digital technologies such as wireless vibration sensors require more careful consideration than other industries
  • Why a risk based approach to condition based maintenance is required when going digital and how AI and machine learning would need to think to achieve the holy grail of prescriptive maintenance
Matthew Moore

Global Subject Matter Expert , Petrofac

13:30 - 14:00 | Oct 04 2022

Becoming an operator leveraging digital technologies to support remote operations

  • Building supporting infrastructure in remote areas of Australia's Cooper Basin
  • Worker safety in remote areas - knowing where everyone is at any one time
  • Providing up-to-date information to a dispersed workforce
  • Production enablement and optimisation using off-the-shelf / cloud-based technology
Kai Eberspaecher

Chief Operating Officer , BENGAL ENERGY LTD.

14:00 - 14:30 | Oct 04 2022

Application of Organizational Change Management for the Maximization of value in Digitalization and introduction of new Technologies.

  • Understanding, Identifying and analyzing the Changes in Technology - What is changing? For Whom is it Changing? What?s its effect?
  • Develop a robust Change management Plan and Strategies.
  • Focus on how to derive maximum value from the adoption of Digitalization in the industry.
Oladotun O. Lofinmakin

CHQ/CSU CHANGE MGT OFFICER UPSTREAM-CP&S , NNPC Ltd

14:30 - 15:00 | Oct 04 2022

Improving Offshore Operations Through Industrial Mobility

  • What does Industrial Mobility mean?
  • What are the key enablers for robust industrial mobility implementation for offshore platforms?
  • What are the application and benefits of Industrial Mobility in offshore oil & gas facilities?
Chika J. Nwokeji

Digital Support Advisor , ExxonMobil

08:30 - 09:00 | May 16 2023

Overview of Oil recovery mechanisms and water injection

  • This presentation talks about the different oil recovery mechanisms and the need for water injection.
  • Also covers an overview of the seawater injection schemes, spectrum of filtration, and particle removal.
Manikandan Sakthivel

PS Blue Program Lead Senior , Cameron, A Schlumberger Company

09:30 - 10:00 | May 16 2023

DQRA - digital and dynamic 3D risk watcher and activity planner

  • While traditional QRAs provide significant insight into risk drivers during the design of facilities and plants, they are not able to sufficiently support day-to-day decision making during operation.
  • Vysus Group has developed a new approach to 3D risk calculations which utilises digital information.
  • DQRAs aim to take the QRA down from the bookshelf and into the control room for improved operational decision-making.
Joar Dalheim

VP Technology , Vysus Group

11:00 - 11:30 | May 16 2023

Top 4 Lessons Learned as a Digital Project Manager: Insights from a Digital Factory

  • Who am I? My experience as a digital manager and how my personal life informs my professional life.
  • The #1 skill to work as a digital manager: Empathy. The need to ask and give at the same time for team growth and development.
  • Digitalizing is faster through the implementation of MVPs, which allows for business ideas and processes to be automated faster and more efficiently.
  • Investing in the discovery phase is key to saving time and resources in the long run.
  • The hardest part of project management is transitioning knowledge and processes to new maintenance teams. After all, it's harder to build a bridge to connect an island than it is to build the island itself.
Nuno Coimbra Martins

Digital Project Manager , EDP

11:30 - 12:00 | May 16 2023

IoT and Big Data: Opportunities for the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

  • IoT technologies, deployed with big data and analytics, deliver value by ensuring greater asset integrity, optimising production, minimising downtime, achieving cost efficiency, and ensuring safer operations.
Bolarinwa Durojaiye

IT Infrastructure Lead , Heirs oil & gas

12:00 - 12:30 | May 16 2023

Data-driven to Knowledge-driven organizations - "Model Based Anything (MBx)"

  • The impact of each decision in the oil & gas industry is significant. Oil & Gas companies invest in a data platform to make the best possible decisions - "do things right".
  • However, this is not enough to prepare for any future disruption. Managed knowledge can help employees to "do the right thing" and "avoid the same mistakes".
  • NASA is driving digital transformation with "MBx" to effectively manage a $40B asset and supply chain. We'd like to explain how MBx can be applied to the oil & gas industry.
Hosin Min

Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Consulting & Solutions , Rock15 Inc.

13:00 - 13:30 | May 16 2023

Antecedents for the adoption of Big data and AI in Chemical Industry

  • This presentation follows results of a survey-based quantitative method using structural equation modelling. The data collected was studied to draw scientific conclusions about the myriad of hypothesised relationships. This was accomplished by employing a positivist paradigm in the process.
  • This study recognises the strong relationship between data scalability, process monitoring, and the investment in tools for big data/AI adoption as a contribution towards industry application and practice. Mediation effects between the constructs and final measures, and the significance of their relationships was established.
  • This finding of this presentation contributes to the application of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology in the chemical industry to be limited in early stages of technology adoption. Based on the literature survey and outcomes, it positions the chemical industry in early stages of big data maturity.
  • This presentation's conclusions and contributions towards practical application are expected to enable a shift from conventional methods towards a data-driven approach to decision-making in the chemical industry.
Dr. Ashiff Khan

Sr. Process Engineer - Khurais & Central Arabia , Saudi Aramco Company

13:30 - 14:00 | May 16 2023

Leveraging digital initiatives for business transformation

  • Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Heavy Engineering have been leveraging digitalisation and automation to improve business delivery.
  • Some examples of such digitalisation initiatives for Modification, Revamp & Upgrade (MRU) Business and Specialised Fabrication Unit (SFU) business will be discussed during this session.
Anupam Ghosal

Board Member-L&T Heavy Engineering and Business Head-MRU & SFU , L&T

08:30 - 09:00 | May 17 2023

Real Industrial AI applications deployed in Upstream Enhanced Oil Recovery, Process Optimisation in Downstream Refineries.

  • Prognostic Health Management and Predictive Maintenance. VIDEO Analytics for Safety SOPs Monitoring.
  • ESG Intelligence and Compliance.
Nandan Mishra

Founder & Chief Executive Officer , Algo8 Europe

09:00 - 09:30 | May 17 2023

Digital Office - Next Gen in Productivity Delivery for Capital Projects

  • Oil & Gas industry is transitioning resulting in strategic investment into ESG projects and move to net zero.
  • Traditional approach and capital project lifecycle has not worked.
  • Until recently, technology adoption in capital projects was costly and presented more risk.
  • Digital office presents a catalyst for significant change in the industry.
  • Digital office uses data and digital technology to provide insights, transparency, better coordination, and predictive risk modelling.
  • Leverage Low code No code platform to radically reduce time needed to develop solutions.
  • New ways of thinking are necessary, along with better ways of working across the entire capital project lifecycle.
Ian Duncan

Senior Managing Director & Digital Transformation Leader for Digital Science EMEA , FTI Consulting

Dr. Stephen P. Mulva

Research Professor, Department of Construction Science School of Architecture, Texas , A&M University

09:30 - 10:00 | May 17 2023

Leveraging advanced Machine Learning Methodologies for transforming good governance practices in Oil & Gas retailing.

  • The goal of any O&G process is revenue generation. As of today, the O&G retailing market is a "Pull market," meaning there is "little" to "no effort" required to sell the finished products.
  • As corporates who handle the retailing of O&G business, it is our responsibility that the end customer is provided with fuel that ensures 100% quality & quantity and provides customer delight.
  • With the high volume of transactions happening at Gas Stations, we have enough data to drive complex ML algorithms that leverage Blockchain fundamentals to gain speed of processing, generate actionable analytic insights, and reduce First-Time-Not-Right percentages.
Pragyaditya Das

Assistant Manager (Retail Transformation) , Indian Oil Corporation Limited

10:30 - 11:00 | May 17 2023

The New Digital Economic model Trifecta - Decentralization, Decarbonization, Digitalization

  • Challenge: Decarbonize O&G for Net Zero
  • Solution: DLT Green Bonds & Carbon Trading
  • Process: DLT Capital Markets
Eduardo Rodriguez Jr

President & Director , FlatStone Capital Advisors Inc

11:30 - 12:00 | May 17 2023

Digitizing Well Construction operations to optimize cost per feet

  • Improved data accessibility
  • Faster data processing and analysis
  • Enhanced accuracy and consistency
  • Better decision-making
  • Improved safety and environmental compliance
  • Cost savings
Sameer Bisht

Product champion , SLB

12:00 - 12:30 | May 17 2023

Connectivity's role in Digital Transformation: How Private Cellular can help push the value argument forward.

  • Understand the challenges that are faced by O&G companies today, and how connectivity can act as a roadblock to moving forward.
  • Learn about what private cellular networks are, and how various use cases enabled by private cellular networks are driving operational efficiency, safety, and environmental excellence.
Viren Parikh

Director of Business Development , Ericsson Inc

12:30 - 13:00 | May 17 2023

Transform or Go Extinct: How the future of the oil and gas industry is hinged on the successful implementation of digital transformation projects

  • Digital Transformation as the future - an outlook on how a complete digitization roadmap for a company is more efficient than individual automation or digitalization projects.
  • Success factors for digitization projects - How can these projects give maximum value to the company
  • Case study: How is the application of Artificial Intelligence, Business Intelligence, and Automation transforming other industries?
Oladotun O. Lofinmakin

CHQ/CSU CHANGE MGT OFFICER UPSTREAM-CP&S , NNPC Ltd

13:30 - 14:00 | May 17 2023

Conversational AI in Oil and Gas Data Center

  • Conversational AI utilizes advanced machine learning technologies to convert natural language queries (text or voice) to database SQL and immediately returns the data required from oil industry engineers and decision-makers.
Dr. Frank Jin

Data Scientist , Chata Technologies

14:00 - 14:30 | May 17 2023

Developing a Digital Transformation Plan for Oil & Gas Industries - From Business Outcome to Technical Capabilities

  • Develop a 3-Horizon Map for Digital Transformation
  • Identify Technical Capabilities based on Business Outcome and Value Drivers
  • Use Design thinking methodology (Case study to demonstrate the process)
Raj Krishnan

Director - Industry Digital Strategist - Transformation Advisor , Microsoft

14:30 - 15:00 | May 17 2023

Innovation as part of a successful digital transformation strategy - Meetthe case of Supergasbras, a Brazilian LPG subsidiary from SHV-Energygroup

  • The role that innovation can play in the digital transformation framework
  • Culture of Innovation: How to Implement a Program of Ideas in the Search for the Balance Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Initiatives
  • Trends in the LPG market
Marcus Ghedini

Head of Innovation , Supergasbras

08:30 - 09:00 | Sep 25 2024

Full Closed Loop AI/ML automation of the DCS towards SOx control in the crude oil refinery.

  • 100% Closed Loop AI/ML implementation in manufacturing as first of its kind in the World with Patent filed.
  • Fully customizable AI/ML model trains & provides set point to DCS in real time.
  • Benefits achieved are 10% reduction in chemical consumption & 90% reduction SOx deviations.
Amit Gupta

Machine Learning Lead , HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited

12:00 - 12:30 | Sep 25 2024

Aggregate and access digital information with a 3D digital twin to revolutionize operations, maintenance and modifications.

  • Pillars of high-value digital twin solutions, industry trends in digitalization, the abundance of data, and common challenges in traditional operations
  • Facilitating holistic intelligence for equipment and work processes, redefining decisions on-site by leveraging interoperable digital twin architecture
  • The importance of progressive implementation for impactful ROI and adoption
Meaghan Snethlage

Director of Client Development , Veerum

12:30 - 13:00 | Sep 25 2024

Generative AI in Oil & Gas manufacturing process – no longer fiction

  • In 2023 the buzz around Gen AI took over the world. A year later, we see significant adoption of Gen AI in the industry and many organizations are either experimenting or already implementing Gen AI a
  • For this session will have curated a selection of tangible Gen AI use cases for manufacturing and operations in O&G – upstream, midstream, and downstream
  • We will see how Gen AI supports process optimization, quality control, maintenance & reliability, and supply chain management.
  • Finally, we will discuss a methodology to Gen AI capabilities development as well as tip and tricks to successful prompting.
Niv Weisenberg

Director, Strategy& Operations , Pwc

15:00 - 15:30 | Sep 25 2024

SWITZERLAND AS A TRADING CENTRE FOR OIL AND GAS: Opportunities & Challenges

  • Role of Technology in Oil and Gas Trading (USE CASES OF BLOCKCHAIN FOR OIL AND GAS)
  • Swiss Liberal Law
  • Swiss Tax Framework (Switzerland offers a highly favourable tax regime for international trading companies, which has been instrumental in attracting major players in the oil and gas sector)
  • Sanctions Compliance and Strategies
Dr. Alexander Lindemann

Founder and Managing Partner , Lindemann Law

16:30 - 17:00 | Sep 25 2024

The Ultimate Double Move: Operationalizing AI and Achieving Process Excellence

  • AI implementation is expensive. One of the best places to operationalize AI is through processes, especially end-to-end orchestrations that drive business-critical strategic KPIs.
  • By combining AI with processes, AI can guide processes to achieve business goals continuously including closed-loop optimization. Yet not all process solutions can operationalize AI without incurring technical debt.
  • Why an abstraction-enabled composable platform can enable the reuse of existing IT investments to create AI-ready automation and orchestrations that generate AI-ready data to operationalize AI and eliminate technical debt.
Jesse Shiah

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder , Agile point

17:00 - 17:30 | Sep 25 2024

Unleashing Efficiency: Empowering Gas Wells Handover Through Digital Transformation.

  • Objectives/Scope - Oil and gas industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation as it embraces digital technologies to streamline operations and enhance productivity. One area that has witnessed significant advancements is the transition from paper-based to digital workflows in the gas wells handover process
  • Methods, Procedures, Process- This abstract explores the journey of digital transformation in gas wells handover and highlights how this transition unleashes efficiency and empowers the industry. By replacing cumbersome paper-based systems with intuitive digital workflow
  • Results, Observations, Conclusions- The abstract delves into the key benefits of embracing digital transformation in gas wells handover, including enhanced efficiency, real-time collaboration, improved document control, centralized storage, and accessibility.
  • Novel/Additive Information- The abstract concludes by highlighting the importance of embracing digital transformation and the potential it holds for optimizing the gas wells handover process.
  • Key words- Efficiency, Digital Transformation, Gas Wells, Handover, Transition, Document Control, Sustainability, Operational Excellence, Data Analytics
Mohamed Elmetwalli

Oil/Gas Ops Technical Advisor , Aramco

09:00 - 09:30 | Sep 26 2024

ENERGY FORECASTING SOLUTION TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE DIGITALIZATION FOR OIL & GAS FACILITIES- HAWIYAH GAS PLANT CASE STUDY

  • Until recently, a historical data of facilities and MS Excel-based offline linear regression models were utilized to forecast and monitor the energy demand.
  • Energy Demand Forecasting Solution leverages machine learning and comprehensive data analysis to overcome the challenges posed by the dynamic nature of oil & gas processing facilities.
  • This project is another example toward utilizing the digital and innovative technologies for converting conceptualized engineering techniques and methodologies into effective solutions.
  • Case study: This solution leads to significant reductions in the facility's energy consumption, resulting in cost avoidance and improved environmental performance.
Khalid S. Babtain

Operation Unit Head , Aramco

09:30 - 10:00 | Sep 26 2024

Leveraging LoRaWAN Technology for Smart Utility Solutions Across Gas, Water, and Electric Markets

  • Exploring how LoRaWAN is transforming natural gas safety and efficiency through remote monitoring and valve shut-off capabilities.
  • Advancing water AMI initiatives with scalable LoRaWAN networks for enhanced resource conservation and sustainability.
  • Enabling electric utility innovations with smart metering, microgrid management, and wildfire mitigation through LoRaWAN solutions.
  • Showcasing real-world case studies of LoRaWAN deployments across utilities to solve infrastructure and service challenges.
  • Highlighting partnerships and innovations that enhance connectivity and safety in gas, water, and electric utilities through advanced IoT applications.
Noelani Mcgadden

Vice President of Strategic Accounts , Senet

10:00 - 10:30 | Sep 26 2024

People, Processes and Participation: ‘The Heart of Digital Transformation in Oil & Gas’

  • Digital transformation is more than just technology. It's about empowering people, optimizing processes & fostering collaboration across the organization and not simply doing the same things in a different way.
  • How technology is an enabler of digital transformation, but full value is only realized when people participate in developing the new ways of working along with how they will be managed.
  • Understanding the importance of involving all stakeholders, including employees, partners and suppliers in the journey to ensure alignment.
  • Discuss common challenges faced by operators on their digital transformation journey and strategies to overcome these obstacles.
Fred Clarke

Consultant , Stepchange Global

12:00 - 12:30 | Sep 26 2024

Generative AI for Supply Chain

  • Why Generative AI is important for Oil and Gas Supply Chain
  • What benefits does Generative AI have over Traditional AI in supply chains?
  • Steps in adopting Generative AI in Oil and Gas supply chain organizations
  • Oil and Gas Supply chain use cases for Generative AI
Remasankar Sivasankaran Nair

Vice President of Energy & Resources Logistics , IBS Software

12:30 - 13:00 | Sep 26 2024

ML-generated metadata and Agile Governance improves data Trust and Accessibility.

  • Ever have one or more of these data challenges – all team members not using or knowing which is the most up to date data input file, can’t find critical data from acquired assets for regulatory reporting, manual searching and cataloguing of acquired asset data, multiple versions of files taking up large volumes of storage?
  • Digital Transformation is a step change driven by combining first principal approaches with data-driven insights to drive key business decisions. Reliable and accessible data is therefore key to drive digital transformation
  • Data-driven approaches require easy access to high quality data with reliable context for understanding. A local case study reveals that clunky file systems and fragile folder/file organization conventions create huge impediments for data science due to duplication, inconsistency and generally unreliable datasets.
  • A scalable, trusted metadata management approach or system? can bring context to data and a cloud-based, intuitive, user-friendly discovery system can provide search and visualization of available data sets with lineage and quality context. Embracing agile, smart data governance policies shift data management perspective from one of burden to overall asset team value.
  • presentation will focus on the challenges and the solution employed accelerating the digital transformation journey for companies in the acquisition space.
Raj Kannan

Business Development Manager , SLB

Jason Baihly

Integration & Production Solutions Ma , SLB

09:30 - 10:00 | Oct 01 2025

Shaping Digital Strategy in the Age of GenAI, Unlocking New Pathways for Operators to Innovate, Scale, and Transform Their Organizations

  • Digital transformation is no longer optional. Market pressures, workforce changes, and fast-moving technology mean digital agility is now the edge that helps operators stay competitive.
  • GenAI is becoming a true growth driver. Companies are moving beyond pilots, growing budgets, and using AI agents to streamline workflows, speed up decisions, and unlock real operational value.
  • Winning with digital takes more than tools. It requires leadership support, cross-team alignment, and effective governance to scale experiments into lasting enterprise impact..
Sami Sultan

Research Director , Darcy Partners

10:00 - 10:30 | Oct 01 2025

Maximizing Gas Efficiency and Sustainability Through SMART: A Digital Approach to Demand Forecasting and Supply Optimization

  • Leveraging the SMART tool for real-time demand forecasting and optimized supply planning
  • Enhancing gas allocation to national power generation during peak consumption periods
  • Utilizing digital analytics to schedule outages and maintain pipeline inventory health
  • Reducing crude burn and CO? emissions through maximized natural gas production
Nasser Busbait

SR ENGINEER , Aramco

11:00 - 11:30 | Oct 01 2025

Redefining the Audit: A Digital Blueprint for Hydrocarbon Measurement, Governance, and Compliance

  • In an era where digital transformation is often more buzz than breakthrough, how do you turn fragmented field real-time data into regulatory trust, financial clarity, operational control, and financial clarity?
  • Dr. Daere Akobo, CEO of AKD Digital Solutions, presents a compelling case study on Measurement di²to², the first end-to-end digital audit and hydrocarbon measurement platform for the upstream oil and gas sector.
  • The session will explore how digital twins, AI-enabled analytics, GIS-powered asset mapping, and closed-loop governance are reshaping and redefining regulatory and commercial engagements at a national scale. 
  • Whether you’re managing field assets, reconciling volumes data across a fragmented ecosystem, or accountable for revenue assurance,di²to² shows how to build a future-ready, digitally governed operation that moves beyond compliance and toward precision and performance to deliver measurable precision, trust, and performance.
Dr Daere Afonya-a Akobo

Chairman/GCEO , PANA Holdings

13:00 - 13:30 | Oct 01 2025

Accelerating operational readiness through data-centric operations across asset lifecycle

  • Enhance your operational readiness by leveraging data centric strategies across the asset lifecycle, utilizing data platforms, generative AI and digital twin technologies. 
Shirley Ike

Global Director, Digital Consulting , Wood PLC

13:30 - 14:00 | Oct 01 2025

Unifying Siloed Systems to Create a Single Source of Truth

  • Break Down Barriers: Identify and integrate disconnected systems across departments to eliminate duplication and data confusion.
  • Define Shared KPIs: Align teams around standardized definitions for key metrics to ensure consistent reporting and performance measurement. 
  • Centralize with Care: Use data lakes, warehouses, or integration tools to build a reliable foundation—without forcing a one-size-fits-all platform.
  • Govern Access and Ownership: Establish clear roles, data stewardship, and access policies so the right people have the right data at the right time. 
  • Enable Decision-Making at Every Level: Deliver clean, trusted, and actionable insights to executives, field teams, and analysts—reducing delays and driving better outcomes.
Rodney Spears

President/CEO , Spears Consulting Group, LLC

14:00 - 14:30 | Oct 01 2025

Digital Workplace AI Tool Assessment and Recommendations for the Oil & Gas Industry

  • Intro and overview of Sunipro
  • Common Digital Workplace Challenges facing Oil & Gas companies across Data Management, Service Desk Management, Project Management and Workflow Management
  • AI Tool recommendations and considerations when evaluating new DWP AI Tools
  • Key Insights and Succes Factors for successful implementation
Erik Ruediger

Director , Sunipro

15:00 - 15:30 | Oct 01 2025

From Tribal Knowledge to Trusted AI Knowledge Base

  • The challenge: Energy operators depend on hundreds of legacy apps that are difficult to maintain and risky to change.
  • The business impact: Delays in modernization stall innovation, increase attrition risk, and slow delivery of new business capabilities.
  • The opportunity: AI-driven knowledge bases de-risk legacy portfolios, shorten engineer ramp-up, and free teams to build the products the business needs.
Sharad Agrawal

Chief Operating Officer (COO) , Adapts

15:30 - 16:00 | Oct 01 2025

Unlocking the Digital Future: Converging People, Culture, and AI

  • Explore how people, culture, and AI converge to drive adoption, safety, and ROI, with a live readiness assessment.
  • Technology alone doesn’t guarantee digital success.
  • Explores how people, culture, and AI must converge to drive adoption, safety, and ROI.
  • Includes a short online assessment for attendees to benchmark change readiness.
  • Provides actionable insights for building a resilient digital workforce and ensuring sustainable business value.
Shamoun Maayr

SME Digital Transformation , Digineox

Jaimy Mathew

SME OCM, People & Culture , Digineox

10:00 - 10:30 | Oct 02 2025

Innovative Approaches to Accelerated Facility Commissioning: A Strategy Framework for Speed, Precision, and Digital Excellence

  • Overview of the proposed holistic approach to accelerating commissioning
  • Emerging technologies: AI, machine learning, and their potential in commissioning
  • Application of the framework and results
Alsulmi Mohammed Othman

Process Engineer , Aramco

Suhaib Alsaikhan

Instrument and Process Control Engineer , Aramco

10:30 - 11:00 | Oct 02 2025

plantOS: A One-Stop, Data-Centric, and Comprehensive Solution for Oil & Gas O&M

  • As an EPC contractor, we have always acted as neutral integrators, combining diverse technologies and vendors to deliver complex physical plants. Extending this expertise into the digital domain, we developed plantOS — a one-stop, data-centric, and comprehensive solution for oil and gas digital transformation. plantOS integrates process knowledge, AI, IoT, and Digital Twin technologies to enable truly data-driven O&M activities, improving decision-making, predictive maintenance, and plant reliability
  • Uniquely, we curate best-of-breed, cutting-edge technologies from around the world and integrate them under a unified framework, ensuring flexibility and alignment with each client’s needs. This curated, vendor-independent approach empowers operators to take advantage of the latest innovations while maintaining long-term adaptability
  • The presentation will highlight real-world cases where plantOS delivered actionable insights, enhanced asset integrity, and sustainable performance — bridging the physical and digital worlds to achieve operational excellence
Toru Yoneyama

Head, Overseas Project, O&M-X Solution , Chiyoda Corporation

11:00 - 11:30 | Oct 02 2025

New Language, New Era in Shipbuilding

  • Traditionally, 2D drawings have been the primary means of communication throughout the shipbuilding lifecycle.
  • However, the industry is shifting toward a "Single Source of Truth" approach, where 3D models are becoming the central medium of communication.
  • Government-led initiatives are also promoting the use of 3D models to enhance collaboration between shipyards and partner companies.
  • This presentation highlights how the "language" of shipbuilding is evolving from 2D drawings to 3D models..
Jin-Hyung Park

Principal Researcher , Research Institute of Medium & Small Shipbuilding

11:30 - 12:00 | Oct 02 2025

Bridging the Tech Gap: How Oil & Gas Leaders Can Modernize Without Overwhelm by Aligning Story, Strategy, and Systems for Sustainable Digital Transformation

  • Discover a practical framework for identifying which technologies and processes truly matter, so leaders can prioritize investments with clarity and confidence
  • Learn how to align leadership, strategy, and IT systems to prevent overwhelm and keep digital transformation efforts on track
  • Explore strategies to recognize and resolve tech debt without losing momentum or straining organizational resources
  • Gain actionable tools to streamline operations, strengthen leadership alignment, and modernize while maintaining focus on core business priorities
Dusty Gulleson

CEO , eResources

12:00 - 12:30 | Oct 02 2025

Digital ROI Blueprint: Prioritize and Deliver Business Value

  • A practical framework with live ROI tools to prioritize digital initiatives and focus on projects that deliver EBITDA and cash flow
  • Most digital projects overpromise and underdeliver.
  • Introduces a practical ROI Blueprint to evaluate and prioritize initiatives.
  • Includes an interactive ROI calculator and online self-assessment for attendees to test their own projects.
  • Helps leaders focus on projects that drive EBITDA, cash flow, and real business value.
Salman Khan

Managing Director , Digineox Consulting

Shamoun Maayr

SME Digital Transformation , Digineox

13:30 - 14:00 | Oct 02 2025

Smart Moves to Modern Manufacturing

  • In this session, we’ll explore the Smart Industry Readiness Index (SIRI) methodology—a globally recognized framework developed to help manufacturers assess and accelerate their digital transformation journey.
  • We’ll begin by unpacking the three core building blocks of SIRI: Process, Technology, and Organization, followed by a walkthrough of the assessment matrix and prioritization tools used to identify high-impact areas.
  • Real-world examples from Yokogawa’s global engagements will illustrate how SIRI enables companies to benchmark maturity, align transformation goals with ROI, and build actionable roadmaps. 
Karthik Gopalakrishnan

Technical Consultant , Yokogawa

14:00 - 14:30 | Oct 02 2025

Cost-Effectively Optimizing Deviated Well Production

  • Advanced Solution for Rod Lift in Deviated Wells – A validated automation algorithm built for deviated and horizontal wells, bridging the gap between modern drilling practices and outdated optimization models to improve rod lift efficiency.
  • Operational Impact – Enhances pump fillage accuracy, diagnostic reliability, and operational decisions, helping operators reduce downtime and optimize production performance in complex well geometries where legacy algorithms fall short.
  • Cost & Efficiency Benefits – Extends rod string life, reduces failure rates, and minimizes costly workover rig interventions (averaging $160,000 per cycle), driving significant cost savings and better well economics
  • Future Benchmark – Establishes a new performance standard for artificial lift by combining validated data-driven insights with automation, reducing over-engineering while optimizing reliability and lowering operating costs in deviated wells
Peter Westerkamp

V.P. Global Sales, Automation , Lufkin Industries

Tom Mills

Project Manager , Lufkin Industries

14:30 - 15:00 | Oct 02 2025

From Energy Hungry to Energy Smart: The Future of Sustainable Data Centers

  • Data centres’ rising energy demand and the impact of AI workloads.
  • Smart efficiency solutions: AI-driven optimization, liquid cooling, and waste heat recovery.
  • Clean energy transition: renewables, hydrogen backup, battery storage, and emerging SMRs for reliable baseload.
  • Future vision: data centres as flexible, sustainable hubs supporting the energy transition.
Saeed Mehmood

Program Manager - Commissioning and Quality , Tesla

15:00 - 15:30 | Oct 02 2025

Smart Digital Hospitality: Redefining Workforce Wellbeing and Productivity in Oil & Gas

  • Hospitality as Workforce Strategy – It is beyond rooms and meals – To position hospitality as a driver of safety, morale, and employee retention.
  • Smart Workforce Villages – Using IoT, AI, and automation to transform worker accommodations into digital-first hospitality hubs (energy-efficient housing, wellness facilities, entertainment, communication with families).
  • Personalized Workforce Experience – Leveraging data (health, food preferences, shift patterns) to tailor services, improving wellbeing and efficiency.
  • ESG Link – Sustainable accommodations (green buildings, renewable energy use, optimized logistics) contributing to net-zero targets.
  • Cross-Industry Benchmarking – Draw parallels with cruise lines, aviation, and hospitality industries to show how oil & gas can adopt proven hospitality models to elevate worker experience.
Remasankar Sivasankaran Nair

Vice President of Energy & Resources Logistics , IBS Software