Technology, Innovation & Decarbonisation in the Energy Sectors

 * Subject to change

Tuesday 17 October 2023
All timings in CET

08:00 Introduction
Adam Soroka, Managing Director, Cavendish Group International
08:05 ETCA Opening Remarks
08:20 Opening Keynote: Digital Twin from Deployment to Business Value
Merijn Backx, IDT GM, S & E, Asset & Technology, Shell
08:35

Panel 1: Open Innovation as an Enabler for Energy Transition – Sustainably Scaling the Ecosystem across the Value Chain

  • Carbon Tracking, Transparency and Verification – A focus on Value Chain Optimisation and ESG Reporting
  • Implementing a systemised and democratised way of working – How to start small, think fast and scale quickly
  • Understanding role of an Open Twin Platform – Capturing emission sources and unlocking opportunities
  • Integrating an effective governance policy - Should platforms be agnostic to the application layer.
  • Achieving Interoperability at Pace - Developing Robust, Reliable and Secure Pilots focussing on digital guidelines and procedures

SPEAKERS:
Taoufik Ait-Ettajer, Subsurface Manager, Technology, E&P, Repsol
Merijn Backx, IDT GM, S & E, Asset & Technology, Shell
Ingrid Sternhoff, OPS Digital Twins Program Manager, Aker BP
Moderator: Adriana Begeer, Managing Director, Energy & Sustainability, Accenture

09:30 “Fireside Chat”- with Shane McArdle, CEO, Kongsberg Digital
09:45 NETWORKING BREAK
10:15 PRESENTATION: Role of Equipment Master Data for Successful Digital Twins
Mohammed Al Hashim, Lead Business Systems Analyst, Saudi Aramco
10:30

Panel 2: The Industrial Metaverse – How Does the Digital Twin and Metaverse Interconnect whilst promoting Value creation and Innovation?

  • Managing the integration of VR, AR and IIoT– How do we transform digital from a technology to an ecosystem
  • Open Asset Digital Twins and the Industrial Metaverse – Creating an open data platform with industrial IoT
  • Creating a Responsible Metaverse – Opening up Digital Twin datasets and restricting the open platform
  • Upskilling through the Metaverse – How mixed reality enhances safety amongst the workforce

SPEAKERS:
Martijn Vis, Product Innovation Manager, Extended Reality & Metaverse, Shell
John Watters, Vice President Well Delivery & Technology Support, OMV
Dan Isaacs, GM & CTO, Digital Twin Consortium
Sara Amar, VP, Digital & Technology, Aker Solutions
Moderator: Abhinav Priyadarshi, Senior Director, Process Optimisation Solutions, Wood

11:20 PRESENTATION: Digital Twins on AWS: Unlocking Business Value – A Connected Worker Case Study
Ashish Naik, Senior Specialist, Autonomous Compute, Predictive Modelling & Simulation, AWS
11:35

Panel 3: Understanding the Pathways to Decarbonisation through a Digital Twin – The Significance of a data driven eco system to facilitate a Net Zero Future

  • The Impact of Digitalisation on Planning and Energy Delivery – Managing the integration of data Interoperability, Digital Settlement and Blockchain
  • Establishing a Common Platform for Transformation – Utilising Legacy data to Drive Energy Transition
  • Improving Asset Efficiency and Reducing Energy Consumption – How to Implement Data Insights through the Design and Engineering Phase
  • Understanding the Future of Carbon Capture and Carbon Tax – Measuring the impact of policy and regulation whilst acknowledging the emerging role of technology
  • How can digitalisation and innovation improve energy efficiency through CCUS - Enabling Appropriate Action Through Real Time Data Modelling

SPEAKERS:
Subrata Bhowmik, PhD, Principal Engineer, Global Innovation, McDermott International
Mike Aylott, Chief Technology Officer, KBC (A Yokogawa Company)
Rik Sneep, Director of Strategy & Transformation, CEPSA
Mark Enzer, Vice Chair, Digital Twin Hub
Sadik Noman, IT Program Manager, Mid Africa IT Leadership Team, Chevron
Moderator: Dr.Mike Roshchin, CTO, Data Practice for Energy, EPAM

12:25 PRESENTATION: Profit Improvement Through Process Digital Twins
Philippa Hayward, Technical Pre Sales Manager, Digital Twins, KBC (A Yokogawa Company)
12:40 LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
13:40

ETCA Breakout Sessions – Open Collaboration, Enabling Technologies and Renewable Energies

  • Integration of two digital twin solutions: an ETCA project – Edda Abelvik-Engmark, Kongsberg Digital & Steven Calder, CEO, Streamba
  • On how we are building a campus – Simone Kranendonk, ETCA Liaison Manager, Shell
  • Interoperability with Databricks for the Digital Twin – Ivo Everts, Strategic Architect, Databricks
  • Bringing Digital Twin to the next level, the power of AI – Ravi Khadka, Senior Manager Enterprise AI, C3.ai
  • Digital Twin: Technologies under the Hood – Victor Sanchez Chumillas, EMEA CTO Digital Twin & Connected Edge CoC, IBM
  • Role of GenAI for Integrated Asset Modeling – Mike Roshchin, CTO, Data practice for Energy, EPAM Systems
14:10

FIRESIDE CHAT
Peik Lean Yap, Head of Global Digital Strategy, PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI)​

14:20 PRESENTATION: Bridging The Gap Between Technology & Transformation
Rob Kennedy, Global Director, Digital Twin Solutions, Wood
14:35 Panel 4: Assessing the Relationship Between Operators and Vendors – An Insight into Roles, Data Ownership and Understanding the Pathways to Collaboration

  • Collaboration and data sharing – How has the digital twin facilitated internal and external communications
  • Assessing Predictive, Dynamic, Product Twins and Performance Twins – Comparing static visualisation with dynamic modelling for asset performance management
  • The Roadmap to Digital Maturity – Understanding data dimensionality and contextualisation. • How to successfully leverage the ecosystem – Overcoming Data Siloes and misaligned processes.
  • Achieving realistic expansion and scope – Examining the long-term adoption and the sustainability of a Digital Twin

SPEAKERS:
Alan Bibb, Global IT Business Partner Manager, Assets, Neptune Energy
Suhaib Kaissi, Senior Expert, Procurement, Reporting & Risk Management, MOL
Menno Van Vechgel, IDTM Information, Data & Analytics, Shell
Youssef El-Sherif, Data Management Lead, Wintershall Dea
Moderator: Ragnar Alstad, Senior Enterprise Architect, Aker BP

15:20 PRESENTATION: Increased ROI – 10 Lessons Learned from Assurance of Digital Twins
Kjell Eriksson, VP, Digital Partnering, DNV
15:35 NETWORKING BREAK
16:05 PRESENTATION: Put Time-Series to Work with GenAI and Digital Twins
Brian Parsonnet, Founder, Seeq
16:20

Panel 5: Digital Twin and Generative AI – Measuring the Impact on Operational Efficiency and Productivity

  • AI Integration and Maintaining Digital Twin Integrity – The Case for AI and Improved Efficiency and optimisation
  • Integrating Asset Management with AI based Predictive Maintenance - The challenges and opportunities for Scaling up
  • Explainable AI – How to build trust in Predictive Maintenance through machine connectivity
  • Adopting Hybrid Modelling Capabilities – Assessing the benefits of natural language processing
  • Augmentation of Humans – Understanding the current limits of AI integration and aligning people and processes

SPEAKERS:
Imre Szucs, Head of Group Enterprise & Analytics, MOL
Steve Higgon, CEO, TAAP
Victor Vertregt, Digital Lead Engineering, Shell
Ryan Herman, Managing Director, Europe, Gecko Robotics
Moderator: Hannah Frederiks, Government Affairs Analyst, bp

17:10 PRESENTATION: Fast Track to Value Without the Data Overwhelm
Murray Callander, CEO, Eigen
17:25

Panel 6: How to Encourage User Adoption and Acceptance – Lessons Learned and Managing Cultural Shifts

  • Maintaining the appropriate processes for Digital Twin Deployment - Encouraging collaboration and exchange of ideas
  • How to Align strategies for Data Infrastructure – Championing Change management whilst building scalable platform
  • Enhancing human decision making – understanding the predictive role of the intelligent digital twin whilst facilitating user collaboration
  • Managing Individual and Organisational Change simultaneously – Ensuring interoperability of varied solutions • Successfully securing buy in from end users – Navigating the steps from strategy to execution and moving away from a “command and control” organisation

SPEAKERS:
Emmanuelle Brechet, VP Data Technologies, TotalEnergies
Nina Brattetaule, Director, IT & Digitalisation, Archer
Shane McArdle, CEO, Kongsberg Digital
Arnout Roos, Asset surveillance & Intelligence Manager, SBM Offshore
Moderator: Shanjoy Malkani, Global Product Owner, Digital Twin, Shell

18:15 Closing remarks and Drinks Reception

 

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