OGAT Week 2025 Sessions
DAY ONE: Tuesday, 11 February 2025
7:30 am | Registration and Networking
8:00 am | CHAIRPERSON’S WELCOME ADDRESS
Speaker
- Lance Medlin EVP, Engineering and Operations - Element Fuels
8:10 am | Executing Our Global Digital Transformation Initiative: AI & ML at Scale to Capture and Create Value, Improve Effectiveness, and Drive Optimization
• The strategic vision driving disruption: How digitalization is improving our organization and enhancing decision-making • How AI-driven insights enable us to optimize processes, streamline work...
Speaker
- Jonathan Alexander Manufacturing AI & Advanced Analytics Manager - Albemarle Corporation
8:40 am | Encouraging Human-Centric Digital Transformation: Harmonizing AI and Disruptive Technologies with Human Intervention and Natural Intelligence
• Questioning techniques to identify needs and highlight prime use cases for disruptive technology implementation • Preparing your organization: Creating a flexible digital strategy with suitable...
Speaker
- Partha Chatterjee Data & Analytics SME - Shell
9:10 am | Big Data Analytics: Exploiting Cloud Computing and Edge Device Capabilities for Superior Data-Driven Decision-Making
• Harnessing real-time insights: Creating transparency across operations for optimized business performance and reduced downtime with proactive maintenance • Safeguarding personnel and assets: Ut...
9:40 am | QUICKFIRE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS WITH TrueContext and Voovio
This session provides an additional opportunity to meet with our AI/ML, IoT, Automation, Process Control, OT, and Data Analytics product and solution providers in the exhibition hall to learn more ab...
10:30 am | NETWORKING BREAK & EXHIBITION
COLLABORATIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
TRACK 1
11:00 am | Roundtable Discussion: Defining Our Digitally Enhanced Future to Maximize Stakeholder Value With Suitable Technology and Applications
Speaker
- Philippe Daroux Operations Technology Product Line Manager - Chevron
TRACK 2
11:00 am | Roundtable Discussion: Utilizing Advanced Analytics & Big Data for Improved Decision-Making to Minimize Risks and Boost Efficiency
TRACK 3
11:00 am | Roundtable Discussion: Evolving Organizations to Adopt Cutting-Edge Technologies That Drive Unmatched Operational Excellence
Speaker
- Bikram Sharda Business Intelligence & Productivity Director, Industrial Intermediates & Infrastructure Business - Dow
TRACK 4
11:00 am | Roundtable Discussion: Enhancing Asset Health Management with IIoT: Enabling Real-Time Feedback to Transform Oil, Gas, and Chemical Operations
TRACK 5
11:00 am | Roundtable Discussion: Adopting Transformative Mindsets and Re-Evaluating Digitalization’s ROI to Identify Strategic Long-Term Value
Speaker
- Jan Shumate Director, Worldwide Engineering & Construction Solutions and Corporate Manufacturing Automation Transformation - Eastman Chemical Company
12:00 pm | How will Immersive Technologies, Digital Twins and Connected Worker Solutions Reshape Organizations and Empower our Workforces of the Future?
• Transformative benefits of immersive technology within existing learning, workforce development and operational risk management environments • Preparing our organizations and stakeholders to em...
Speaker
- Jennifer Rogers Executive Officer, Learning Technology Standards Committee - IEEE
12:30 pm | Leading Outcome-Based Business Transformation: Normalizing Continuous Innovation to Stay Competitive, Relevant and Resilient
• Strategic approaches to digital disruption: Identifying stakeholders impacted by technology implementation, who will use it and why • Tailoring your messaging and conveying clear benefits of te...
Speaker
- Prabhu Ramachandran Senior Manager Digital Transformation - Kaneka North America
1:00 pm | NETWORKING LUNCH & EXHIBITION
2:00 pm | Digital Twins: Exploring a Game-Changer for Asset Integrity, Optimization and Operational Improvements
• Combining the power of AI and digital twins to enable advanced data simulation and predictive modeling for superior process optimization • Quickly and effectively demonstrating value to overcom...
2:30 pm | QUICKFIRE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS WITH SOTI
3:20 pm | NETWORKING BREAK & EXHIBITION
3:50 pm | Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Achieve ESG Goals, Minimize Environmental Impact and Boost Sustainability
• How disruptive technologies can fast-track our progress towards low-carbon objectives and ease our journey towards net zero goals • Creating a tech-supported, data-driven roadmap for decarboniz...
TRACK 1
4:20 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Exploring Strategies for Pioneering Sustainability, Decarbonization and Energy Transition with Technology- Driven Innovation
Speaker
- Lance Medlin EVP, Engineering and Operations - Element Fuels
TRACK 2
4:20 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Combining Existing Knowledge with AI for Enhanced Decision-Making and Increased Operational Efficiency
Speaker
- Diti Sood Co-Founder & CEO - Bolo AI
TRACK 3
4:20 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Navigating Complexities of Process, Technology and Innovation When Driving Digital Disruption and Human- Centric Change
Speakers
- Jacob Vizinat Senior Manager Technology - Hess Corporation
- Jason Harry Offshore Technology & Innovation Advisor, - Hess
TRACK 4
4:20 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Transforming Safety, Efficiency and Sustainability Across Industrial Workforces with Immersive Technology
TRACK 5
4:20 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Leveraging Evolving Technology and Digital Solutions to Close Skills Gaps and Amplify our Existing Talent
Speaker
- Lisa Williams Sr. Director Operations Talent Strategy and Employee Experience - Dow
5:20 pm | Panel Discussion: Digitally Redefining the Future: Aligning Disruptive Technologies with Clear Business Objectives and Human-Centric Transformation
Our panelists will share insights on how technology can support organizational objectives and overcome rising operational costs, environmental pressures, resource constraints, generational transition...
Speakers
- Julie Thyne Global Improvement Director - Dow
- Andrea Course Digital Innovation Program Manager - Shell
- Prabhu Ramachandran Senior Manager Digital Transformation - Kaneka North America
- Jan Shumate Director, Worldwide Engineering & Construction Solutions and Corporate Manufacturing Automation Transformation - Eastman Chemical Company
- Bret Bement Director Supply Chain, Petrochemicals N. America - BASF
- Harvinder Singh Platform & Services Manager - Knowledge Management - bp
6:05 pm | CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSING REMARKS & END OF CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Speaker
- Lance Medlin EVP, Engineering and Operations - Element Fuels
6:10 pm | DRINKS RECEPTION
DAY TWO: Tuesday, 12x February 2025
8:00 am | REGISTRATION & NETWORKING
8:20 am | CHAIRPERSON’S OPENING REMARKS
8:30 am | Laying the Foundations for AI Success: Building Data Infrastructure to Harness Generative AI and LLMs
• Cultivating a data-centric approach to unite stakeholders • Centralizing and democratizing data for empowered innovation: Smashing data silos to enable informed, data-driven decision-making and...
Speaker
- Abhay Singh Manager Data Engineering & Governance - Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
9:00 am | Navigating the Digital Revolution: Harnessing AI and Disruptive Technologies to Transform Industrial Operations and Deliver Tangible Results
Speaker
- Varun Anand PMP, PMI-ACP, CM Enterprise Architect and Business Partner - The Lubrizol Corporation
9:30 am | The Digital Expert for Knowledge Transfer: Creating a More Reliable Workforce
• Implementing digital tools to ease workforce turnover challenges, resulting in reliance on fewer SMEs across downstream operations • Optimizing knowledge capture and transfer methods: Leveragin...
Speakers
- Christian McDermott SVP of Americas - Voovio
- Francis Montemurro Operations Director - Voovio
10:00 am | QUICKFIRE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT DEMONSTRATIONS
10:50 am | NETWORKING BREAK & EXHIBITION
11:20 am | Control What You Can: Preparing Workforces for Widespread Digital Disruption
Speaker
- Peter Dill Senior Manager - Indirect Purchasing - Huntsman Corporation
11:50 am | Driving Standardization in Process Automation: Unlocking the Benefits of Standardized Technology Across Oil, Gas, and Chemical Industries
• Enhancing consistency and efficiency: How can standardized automation processes enable uniformity of operations, increase reliability, boost productivity and minimize downtime? • Tackling inte...
Speaker
- Jack Hu Process Automation Director - Energy - Dow
12:20 pm | Unlocking the Power of Connected Assets: Developing a Suite of Digital Technologies that Improve Efficiency, Safety and Operational Transparency
• Seamless monitoring and intervention: Utilizing IoT devices to enable accurate and timely monitoring of assets and facilities • Advanced Analytics and AI: Reduce costs, increase efficiency and ...
12:50 pm | NETWORKING LUNCH & EXHIBITION
1:50 pm | Faster, Safer and Better: Unlocking Operational Efficiency with AI in Oil, Gas and Heavy Industries
• Discovering Generative AI’s role in enhancing knowledge accessibility across the enterprise • Learning about the transformative impact of AI on decision-making and how it’s enabling faster,...
Speaker
- Diti Sood Co-Founder & CEO - Bolo AI
TRACK 1
2:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Overcoming AI’s ‘Blackbox’ Perception by Inspiring and Upskilling Stakeholders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence to Solve Business Challenges
Speaker
- Jay Chen Natural Science AI Team Lead - Shell
3:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Capitalizing on Momentum for Emerging Tech and Digital Disruption to Help Accelerate Existing Digitalization Initiatives
Speaker
- Bryan (Damon) Shackelford Automation : XR Project Manager - Eastman Chemical Company
TRACK 2
2:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Harnessing the Power of Digital Twins and Data Simulation for Asset Optimization Across Complex Processes, Systems and Infrastructure
3:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Strategies for Safeguarding Digitally Transformed Assets and Critical Infrastructure from Emerging Cyber Threats
TRACK 3
2:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Evaluating Real-World Applications for AI, Considering the Implications and Defining Effective Strategies for Smart Deployment
Speaker
- Bryan Kaus Manager, Global Development Projects - Neste
3:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Finding the Sweet Spot for Integrating AI and Disruptive Technologies to Create and Articulate Tangible Value
Speaker
- Harvinder Singh Platform & Services Manager - Knowledge Management - bp
TRACK 4
2:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Empowering & Uniting Frontline Workforces to Reveal Untapped Potential and Opportunities with Digitally Connected Technology
3:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Suitability of Digital Solutions for Enabling Decarbonization and Accelerated Progress Towards Energy Transition and Net-Zero
TRACK 5
2:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Harnessing Evolving Technology Advancements to Digitally Transform Frontline Industrial Workforce Capabilities
Speaker
- Julie Thyne Global Improvement Director - Dow
3:50 pm | Roundtable Discussion: Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Greater User Adoption and Efficiency from Existing Data and Analytics Processes
Speaker
- Abhay Singh Manager Data Engineering & Governance - Chevron Phillips Chemical Company