Future Oil & Gas Agenda

• Cognitive systems: how are they augmenting expert knowledge in the Oil and Gas industry? What is the future of AI in the industry?
• Lessons learnt from implementing IBM Watson within Woodside Energy’s offshore operations
• Blockchain: what is it and what are the use cases within Oil and Gas?

Luq Niazi, Global Managing Director, Chemical and Petroleum Industries, IBM

• Where are oil companies starting in their digitalisation efforts?
• Which improvements do companies want to see from contractors and suppliers, to support this digital transformation?
• What needs to be done to ensure we all are going in the same direction as an industry?

Speakers include:
Einar Landre, Lead IT Analyst, Statoil
David Edem, Director, Digital and Information Management, Chrysaor

• The strategy behind using digital twins on FPSOs at Premier Oil
• Case example 1: data analytics for a gas turbine (power generation or mechanical drive)
• Case example 2: data analytics for the flexible risers that connect the FPSO to the subsea wells
• What are our next steps in the digitalisation of FPSOs?

William David Hartell, Senior Development Manager, Premier Oil

• The Wintershall approach for implementation of digital technologies in the offshore environment for production optimisation and operational excellence
• Plug and play modular operational environment: creating a real-time monitoring suite
• Field case implementation

Vitaly Elichev, Senior Production Technologist, Wintershall
Esteban Muñoz, Asset Manager, Wintershall

• How can we transition to a digital way of working without interruption to operations?
• Protecting internal knowledge throughout the process of automation and roboticization of work
• Can we avoid being exclusively tied to a single vendor when we go digital?
• Managing the cybersecurity issues without negating the desired performance improvements

Confirmed panellist:
Raahil Burhaani, CIO, Essar Oil
Kieran Kavanagh, Innovation and Data Analytics Director, Wood
Darrell Knight, EVP, Global Accounts, FutureOn
Malcolm Brown, Head of IT, Ithaca Energy

• How should we work in the future? How can we change the entire company culture to be faster and more agile?
• What can we learn from the start-up model? Should we be undoing silos and hierarchies to foster greater speed and collaboration?
• Taking an agile approach to experiments with new technology to accelerate the pace of innovation and focus efforts where they are needed
• Converting teams throughout the business to accept different ways of working with a digital presence

Panellists include:
Ed Evans, Committee Member, BCS Data Management Special Group
John Saiz, Principal Industrial Fellow, University of Cambridge IfM
Svein Bjørnstad, VP Information Management and Technology, Fred. Olsen & Co.

• Extending collaboration to the wider supply chain across the industry: how can we work together?
• Putting the right incentives in the right place to get everyone to cooperate
• Working remotely across geographically diverse teams: information sharing and remote monitoring
• Data sharing across the value chain to improve overall cost efficiency: how can we make this happen?
• Do we need standardisation of systems and data formats to enable supply chain optimisation? What efforts are being made on this front?

Confirmed speakers include:
Ronald Lansdell, Chief Operating Officer, Jersey Oil and Gas
Barry Authers, Commercial Director, Veracity, DNV GL
Elgonda la Grange, Director Digital Solutions, Dresser-Rand
Dr Fionn Iversen, Chief Scientist, IRIS

• What benefits have other industries realised from their digitalisation journeys? How has Industry 4.0 affected the bottom line?
• Examples of automated processes and technologies that have been applied in other industries that could be transferred to Oil and Gas
• Stumbling blocks from the implementation of robotic automation, AI and other digital technologies: how can we avoid the same problems?

Moderator: Ben Thuriaux, Partner, Arthur D Little
Speakers include:
David Sanders, Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Dr Paul Cantwell, Oil and Gas Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Advanced Forming Research Centre
Will Leonard, Digital Lead, ABB

• Where is the greatest potential for future applications of this technology?
• How can we address the regulatory concerns about the ‘black box’ of machine learning?
• Creating organisational readiness, gaining trust in a machine-driven method of decision making
• The role of a hybrid approach to introducing machine learning and AI into operational processes

Speakers include:
Dr Angus Murray, Head of IT, TAQA Europe
Kaveh Pourteymour, CIO and Vice President, Seadrill
Jeroen van der Hoek, Investment Manager, Statoil Technology Invest
Dr Caroline Chibelushi, Knowledge Transfer Manager - Artificial Intelligence, Innovate UK

• Experiences of using drones for inspections, assembly, monitoring and supply
• Overcoming the challenges of using augmented reality to support operations and maintenance
• Successes and potential future applications for virtual reality
• Experiments with 3D printing within a tight regulatory framework

Panellists include:
Julien Da Vela, UAVs and Robotics Officer, Total
Mika Tienhaara, COO, Manufacturing Technology Norwegian Catapult
Semeen Akhter, Group CIO, SBM Offshore

• How are we collaborating with start-ups, smaller tech providers and universities on digital projects?
• Accelerating partnerships to achieve outcomes sooner: which tendering and contracting processes can be by-passed without exceeding acceptable business and legal risk?
• Tapping into the potential: combining the external organisation’s knowledge of the technology with your knowledge of the industry
• Partnering and building networks with universities: Hackathons, innovation programmes and research collaborations

Speakers:
Dr Juan Farré, CTO, FORCE Technology
Fredrik Tukk, Digital Transformation Architect, Maersk Drilling

Morning refreshments and…

Start-up tech den
Which emerging technologies will become the new standard in Oil and Gas? A selection of leading tech start-ups showcase their solutions in front of a panel of investors, tech experts and industry leaders.

Our judges:
Dr Caroline Chibelushi, Knowledge Transfer Manager - Artificial Intelligence, Innovate UK
Martin Copeland, Managing Director, Head of EMEA Oil and Gas, RBC Capital Markets
Robin Duggan, Managing Director, Riverstone Europe LLP

• Are cost-driven decisions driving quality down?
• If you can improve two out of three, which two are the priorities: better, cheaper, or faster?
• Is there a new solution that will allow us to have all three?

Moderators:
Andrew Reid, President, Westwood
Jonathan Carpenter, Group Head of Strategy, Petrofac