Official Agenda 2026
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07:00 - 09:00
Registration & Refreshment Networking
09:00 - 09:30
Available Session
09:30 - 10:00
Leveraging Data and Technology by Infusing Virtual Digital Assistance
- Applying data analysis for predictive maintenance
- Utilising technology to organize data and empower decision makers
- Gaining competitive advantage by lowering maintenance costs and minimizing downtime
10:00 - 10:30
They Didn't Hack In, They Logged In: BeyondTrust on Closing the Identity and Privilege Gaps in OT
- The most consequential OT incidents of the last few years didn't start with an exotic zero-day; they started with access that was already there.
- This session walks a real, phase-by-phase attack chain from 2026, including a coordinated strike on U.S. critical infrastructure and a very different AI-driven failure from the same month that shares the exact same root cause.
- Walk away with five control categories that would have stopped both, no new technology required.
- The hard part was never finding the problem. It's what you do next.
10:30 - 11:00
BOOKED SESSION
Understanding the Automation Continuum in Energy
- What we've learned as customer zero
- Why do AI Automations fail?
- What is the Agentic journey?
- What is means to use the right tool for the right job
11:00 - 11:30
From Prompt to Plant: Leveraging AI and Automation to Accelerate Process Design, Reduce Engineering Bottlenecks, and Unlock Millions in Industrial Optimization
- How AI-powered engineering tools can reduce early-stage process design time from weeks to minutes while improving consistency, collaboration, and iteration speed across multidisciplinary teams.
- Why even a 1–2% missed optimization in production, energy efficiency, or emissions can cost industrial plants millions annually—and how automation helps capture that value.
- A practical roadmap for integrating AI-driven digital workflows into existing oil & gas and industrial environments without disrupting legacy systems like Aspen, DWSIM, or traditional engineering tools.
11:30 - 12:00
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.
13:00 - 13:30
The HRBP of the Future: How Automation Frees HR to Be Strategic
- Transforming HR from a transactional function into a strategic business partner
- Leveraging automation to reduce repetitive tasks and improve HR service delivery
- Utilizing HCM platforms to enhance workforce planning and talent management
- Gaining actionable workforce insights through data-driven decision-making
- Strengthening organizational resilience through proactive risk management and strategic HR initiatives
13:30 - 14:00
How robust Cybersecurity solution can help in reliable Digitization of Oil and gas industries
- State of Cybersecurity in Oil and Gas Industries (Unclear/Lack of Cyber Security Policies and Procedures, Outdated Industrial Control Systems, Inadequate separation of Industrial and IT networks, Too few Network security measures- On- and Offshore, etc.)
- The reason for the current state of cybersecurity (Lack of cybersecurity awareness in staff due to their expertise in entirely different areas, Legacy systems that could handle the operational requirements without being upgraded, leveraging IT network security controls as OT network security controls are minimal due to various reasons, etc.)
- Ways to address the cybersecurity challenges (Training staff, Deploying cost-effective OT security solutions without necessarily revamping the OT network, employing cybersecurity experts, understanding that good cybersecurity practices would entail changing operational workflows, etc.)
- State of the art in cybersecurity technologies that address the above challenges.
14:00 - 14:30
Supporting artificial lift with multiphase pumping
- Multiphase pumping lowers bottom hole pressure and increases well inflow
- Improves uptime and performance of ESP’s and SRP’s and lowers CAPEX and OPEX
- Increases production rate and adds to total hydrocarbon recovery while limiting GHG emissions
15:00 - 15:30
Blockchain and Digitalization: How will blockchain technology accelerate the digitalization of the energy sector
- Key drivers for digitalization of the energy sector
- Role of blockchain in accelerating energy sector digitization
- Use cases:
- Digitizing Measurement, Reporting and Verification
- Guaranteeing the origin of fuels using blockchain
15:30 - 16:00
Session booked for Knowidea
07:00 - 09:00
Registration & Refreshment Networking
09:00 - 09:30
From Raw Tags to AI-Ready Data: Contextualizing Operational Technology Streams to Build Trustworthy Foundations for Analytics and Machine Learning in Oil & Gas
- Why most AI/ML initiatives stall at the data layer: the gap between raw SCADA and historian tags and the contextualized, model-ready datasets that analytics actually require.
- Building a contextualization layer: applying asset hierarchies, metadata, and unified namespace principles to turn disconnected field data into structured, self-describing information.
- Edge vs. cloud trade-offs: where contextualization should happen across upstream and midstream architectures to balance latency, bandwidth, and data governance.
- A practical roadmap: lessons learned and common pitfalls operators encounter when preparing operational data infrastructure for AI, drawn from real-world deployments.
09:30 - 10:00
Digitalizing Capital Project Management Applying Digital Transformation to the YASREF+ Giga Growth Project
- Transforming capital project management through an integrated digital operating model
- Leveraging workflow automation, dashboards, and risk analytics to improve project readiness
- Strengthening governance, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration across complex programs
- Enhancing decision-making through real-time project visibility and structured data
- Lessons learned from implementing digital transformation on the YASREF+ Giga Growth Project
10:00 - 10:30
Available Session
10:30 - 11:00
Available Session
11:00 - 11:30
Digital Twin Empowering Energy Solutions of the Future
- Digitalization vs Success Digital Transformation – Why some digital transformations fail?
- Need for a Digital Twin and How to Think about it Holistically.
- Digital Transformation Avenues
- Benefits of Digital transformations
- Future of Digital Twin
11:30 - 12:00
Available Session
13:00 - 13:30
Digital Business Model Innovation in Oil & Gas
- Digital transformation is becoming the norm of how we do business.
- However we are focused primarily on operational improvement and not business model innovation
- A shift to business model innovation from operational improvements will lead in a significant increase
13:30 - 14:00
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
14:00 - 14:30
Industrial Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Financial Modeling
- Balancing cybersecurity, safety, and operational availability within Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS)
- The convergence of IT and OT cybersecurity practices in modern industrial environments
- Applying cyber financial risk assessment to quantify industrial cybersecurity exposure
- Using risk assessment insights to guide cybersecurity investments, insurance strategies, and operational resilience planning
15:00 - 15:30
Case Study - Using Automation to Increase Drilling Operational Efficiencies & Reduce Downtime Related to Overpressure Events
- This case study presentation will discuss current methods being used in drilling operations related to high pressure and the industry challenges faced with high pressure events.
- It will also discuss a new method using automation to increase drilling operational efficiencies including increased ROP (rate of penetration) and eliminating high pressure events.
- It will also discuss the drilling/operational results seen during field trial use.
15:30 - 16:00
Navigating the Depths: Overcoming Deepwater Challenges in India’s Samudra Manthan – From Subsea Completions to Technological Edge in Ultra-Deep Exploration
- Understanding the operational and technical challenges of deepwater exploration and drilling in India's offshore basins
- Managing subsea completions, appraisal wells, reservoir uncertainty, and HP/HT drilling environments
- Leveraging advanced technologies such as MPD, digital twins, and real-time pore pressure prediction to improve drilling performance
- Enhancing operational safety, efficiency, and cost optimization in complex deepwater projects
- Unlocking India's deepwater resource potential through innovation and next-generation offshore technologies
