Official Agenda 2026
Download agenda .pdfEvent will take place in Houston, TX, USA (GMT-5) time zone.
07:00 - 09:00
Registration & Refreshment Networking
09:00 - 09:30
AVAILABLE SESSION
Available Session
09:30 - 10:00
BOOKED SESSION
Business Transformation for Large Corporations – Where Testing Connects
- Testing as a Strategic Enabler
- Ensuring End-to-End Process Integrity
- Data Quality & Migration Readiness
- Connecting People, Process, and Technology
10:00 - 10:30
BOOKED SESSION
Booked for WWT
10:30 - 11:00
BOOKED SESSION
Asset Management Innovation: A Model To Improve The Management Of Engineering Information
- Strategy One: Organizational Roadmap
- Strategy Two: Dynamic Information
- Strategy Three: Data Democratization
11:00 - 11:30
BOOKED SESSION
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
11:30 - 12:00
BOOKED SESSION
Architecting for Autonomy: Why Your 20th Century Core is Killing Your 21st Century AI
- The API First Mandate: How to audit and overhaul legacy middleware to handle the high-frequency, non-linear queries of autonomous agents.
- Hollowing out the Core: Proven strategies for "Modular Modernization" that allow AI to interact with mission-critical data in real-time without a total "rip-and-replace"
- The AI ROI Equation: How to reframe technical debt as an "Innovation Tax" and build a compelling business case for modernization that resonates with the Board
- Why This Matters in 2026: In an era where "Agentic AI" is becoming the primary interface for business operations, legacy debt is no longer just an IT headache—it is a strategic ceiling
13:00 - 13:30
BOOKED SESSION
Digital transformation is not a technology initiative — it is a people movement
- While organizations invest heavily in emerging technologies, true transformation succeeds only when culture, capability, and mindset evolve alongside them.
- This session explores how to intentionally build a culture of innovation that empowers teams to experiment, learn, and continuously improve.
- Drawing from our experience leading enterprise-wide AI adoption workshops, we will share practical strategies for demystifying new technologies, reducing resistance to change, and accelerating digital fluency across diverse teams.
- These workshops were designed not just to introduce AI tools, but to cultivate confidence, curiosity, and responsible adoption at every level of the organization.
13:30 - 14:00
BOOKED SESSION
Digital Transformation in the Oil and Gas Industry - A roadmap
- All industries and functions are undergoing digital Transformation and Oil and Gas too is undergoing bgi changes due to cost drivers, move towards green energy and global economic trends .
- Digital Transformation in today's context is using the latest digital technologies to derive 2 X to 10 X benefits, not just incremental changes. This involves deep insights of the problem and digital solutions.
- This is a new and evolving area, where speed is of the essence. Citizen developers, Low code / No Code.
14:00 - 14:30
BOOKED SESSION
The Technology Trinity (Item 3) Real-time Data, Next-Gen Communication & Blockchain
- Real-time 360 degree execution visibility
- A digital nervous system for containerised and contextualized advanced communication from doers’ to decision makers
- A future technology of a multi-cloud hybrid blockchain enabled EPC project delivery system for precision in management of scope and changes ???????
15:00 - 15:30
BOOKED SESSION
DQRA – digital and dynamic 3D risk watcher and activity planner
- While traditional QRAs provides significant insight in risk drivers during design of facilities and plants, they are not able to sufficiently support the day to day decision making during operation
- Vysus Group has developed a new approach to 3D risk calculations which utilises digital information to instantly display of the risk effects from activities and conditions on the asset
- DQRA aim to take the QRA down from the bookshelf and into the control room for improved operations
15:30 - 16:00
BOOKED SESSION
From Resistance to Resilience: Leading the Human Side of Digital Transformation
- A proven change management model for deploying digital tools across multi-site operations.
- Strategies for measuring cultural readiness before committing to large-scale rollouts.
- How to identify and empower internal digital champions to drive bottom-up adoption.
- Lessons from Ikeja Electric on bridging the gap between IT strategy and field-level reality.
- A practical framework for sustaining transformation momentum beyond the pilot phase
07:00 - 09:00
Registration & Refreshment Networking
09:00 - 09:30
AVAILABLE SESSION
Available Session
09:30 - 10:00
AVAILABLE SESSION
Available Session
10:00 - 10:30
BOOKED SESSION
Change Leadership – The Secret to Successful Digital Transformation
- What does good (business change) look like
- The role of change leadership in securing the success of your digital transformation
- Top 5 business change best practices to support your digital transformation
10:30 - 11:00
AVAILABLE SESSION
Available Session
11:00 - 12:00
BOOKED SESSION
Panel Discussion - AI-driven operational optimization
13:00 - 13:30
AVAILABLE SESSION
Available Session
13:30 - 14:00
BOOKED SESSION
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
14:00 - 14:30
BOOKED SESSION
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)
15:30 - 16:00
BOOKED SESSION
Booked for Spears Consulting Group
