What is the future for Downstream Automation?
Downstream oil, gas, and chemical operators are continuing to embrace disruptive technologies to help navigate ongoing price volatility, sustained market uncertainty, and an increasing drive towards net zero goals.
By leveraging Automation, IIoT, AI, ML, Digital Twins and Emerging Technologies, operators can unlock cost savings, superior decision-making, and optimized efficiency, safety, and reliability across their assets, processes, and workforce.
However, integrating technology at pace and scale is often complex, costly, resource-intensive, and disruptive to traditional workflows.
Secure your place alongside peers and competitors to collaboratively solve complex challenges and digitally transform your downstream organization.
2023 Downstream Automation Speakers

Brent Railey
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Mathew Sudeesh
Digital Transformation & Innovation Lead
Covestro

Erjola Buzi
Sensors Technology Manager
Dow

Bryan (Damon) Shackelford
Automation : XR Project Manager
Eastman Chemical Company

Lance Medlin
Chief Operating Officer
Element Fuels

Joe Jackson
Former Project Process Assurance Lead & Turnaround Project Manager
LyondellBasell

Robert Confair
Process Control Engineer
LyondellBasell

Bryan Kaus
Manager, Business Development, Renewables Platform
Neste

Meaghan Snethlage
Sr. Client Executive
VEERUM
Attending this event will enable you to:
- Developing, Progressing and Adapting Downstream Digitalization Initiatives:Adopting intelligent automation, digital tools and disruptive technology for reduced operating costs, optimized operational efficiency, increased profitability, and enhanced workforce capabilities
- Modernizing Downstream Assets, Processes and Workflows:Digitally transforming oil, gas, and chemical refining, manufacturing, and supply by incorporating emerging technologies that enable accelerated data-led decision-making for superior results, and improved competitiveness
- Guiding Workforces through Generational Change and Technology Transition: Managing stakeholders through technology adoption and implementation, identifying critical talent and resources to encourage continuous innovation and unlock compounding business value
- Driving Cost Savings and Enhanced Operational Efficiency:Creating a digitally connected ecosystem of assets to transform resource-intensive processes, improve operational transparency, with real-time monitoring and control and reduced human intervention
- Managing Safety and Risk in Remote, Complex and Hazardous Environments: Incorporating digital solutions to identify, monitor and track hazards, reducing human error, mitigating risks and facilitating predictive maintenance, for more robust, reliable, and resilient operations
- Drive Environmental Compliance, Decarbonization and Energy Transition:Embracing digital tools, disruptive technology and digitalization initiatives to streamline the transition towards reduced energy consumption, improved emissions, and less waste for sustainable and compliant downstream organizations
Who You Will Meet
C-Suite Execs, VPs, Directors, Heads, Specialists, Advisors and Stakeholders specializing in:
- Digital Transformation / Digitalization / Digital Strategy / Innovation / Digital Optimization
- Business Systems / Business Improvement / Business Transformation
- Operational Technology / Field Technology / Emerging Technology
- Automation / Robotics
- Engineering / Construction
- Maintenance & Reliability / Shutdown & Turnarounds / Project Controls
- Advanced Process Control / APC / Control Systems / Monitoring Systems / Process Engineering
- IoT / IIoT / Devices / Platforms / Infrastructure / Connectivity / 5G
- Cyber Security
- IT / IT Operations
- Enterprise Architecture / Capability Architecture
- Business Intelligence / Data Science / Analytics / AI (Artificial Intelligence) / ML (Machine Learning) / Deep Learning
- Digital Twins / Digital Asset Intelligence / 3D Modelling / Data Simulation / Data Visualization
- Immersive Technology / Connected Worker
- Asset Assurance / Asset Optimization / Asset Management
- Environment, Sustainability and Governance ESG
- Energy Transition, Decarbonization and Sustainability
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