Join 200+ industry trailblazers, visionaries and game changers.
The Calgary
Operational Excellence in Energy, Chemicals & Resources Summit is the most inspiring showcase of industry innovation in Canada. Now in its 10th year, the summit brings together over 200 senior level executives to share use cases and showcase trailblazing technologies that will transform your operations.
It's the best place to discover powerful solutions - from innovations in AI and robotics, to hands-on site tours, to use cases from operations leaders paving a new way forward. Hear from industry titans during must-see keynote speeches.
The 2023 event agenda will show you how to:
- Enhance operational resilience and build a culture of Operational Excellence
- Plan for the operational and organizational impact of decarbonization
- Leverage connected worker tools to keep your frontline workers safe, mobile and efficient
- Unlock new value fast by zeroing in on the most promising operational innovation opportunities
- Build future-proofed organizations and take steps towards a more sustainable operational infrastructure
- Use remote operations to track production performance
- Link your Operational Excellence plan to business needs and changing objectives
Why wait? Make your move today.
The event was great, the organizing was fantastic - great job you all!
I always enjoy the event and the networking and the staff make it easy to be there and participate!
Great experience, learned a lot.
Great selection of speakers. I had a great experience at my first OPEX and will certainly look to attend another.
Meet the Speakers
- Craig Dirk, President and Chief Executive Officer, KMC Mining
- Sarah Shortreed, Chief Technology Officer, ATCO
- Max Easley, Chief Operating Officer, Petronas Canada
- Kelly Ogle, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
- Sudhakar Virupakshi, Chief Information Officer, Buckeye Partners
- Dennis Lee Banks Sr, Senior Vice President, Operations Services, Suncor
- Edmond Thompson, Vice President, Engineering, Technology and Capital, Nitrogen and Phosphate, Nutrien
- Jackson Hegland, Executive Director, Methane Emissions Leadership Alliance
- Jan Shumate, Director Worldwide Engineering & Construction Solutions and Corporate Manufacturing Automation Transformation, Eastman Chemical Company
- Ron Norris, Director, Operations Innovation, Georgia-Pacific
- Jon Mitchell, Vice President, Sustainability, Suncor
- Marvin Wong, Vice President - Business Intelligence, Technology & Security, Secure Energy
- Grigor Bambekov, Former Senior Vice President, Business Transformation, Delek
- Vineeta Maguire, Former Vice President Supply Management, Ovintiv
- Eric Wakley, Vice President, Health & Safety, Cenovus Energy
- Julie Thyne, Global Improvement Director, Dow, Inc.
- Jeremy van Loon, Director, Sustainability, Parkland
- Stephane Demers, General Manager, Operations, Fixed Plant Fort Hills, Suncor
- Quoc Hao Mach, Operational Excellence Manager, Vale
- Cristian Matei, Ph.D, LSS, MBB, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Thinking Switzerland
- Brian Engbers, Specialist, Operations Technology, Plains Midstream Canada
- Sheldon Wall, Director, Analytics Centre of Excellence, Suncor
- Wendy Cukier, Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Joe Vornbrock, Manager, Corporate Applications, Information Services, Plains Midstream Canada
- Robin Gardiner, Founder and Director, Leading Safety Partners
- Greg Pollack, Business Automation Sales Leader, IBM
- Shannon Ouellette, Global Process Owner, Production, Shell
- Phil Macartney, Senior Vice President, FlowForma
- Arden Albert, Director of IoT and Automation, ProFrac
- Tom Woginrich, Principal Value Consultant, IBM Sustainability Software, IBM
- David Lod, Chief Executive Officer, Veerum
- Thomas Grand, Chief Operating Officer, Samp
- Denis Drolet, Senior Operations Engineer, Real Time Operations, Vermilion Energy
- David Vlajic, Manager, Maintenance Excellence,, NOVA Chemicals
- Ty Levine, Vice President, Global Marketing, Sigga Technologies
- James McLean, Partner, PWC Canada
- Devin Peters, Senior Functional Consultant, Prometheus Group
- Paul Stone, Product Strategist, FlowForma
- Madaline Spencer, Product Manager, Bently Nevada
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Venue
Calgary TELUS Convention Centre
136 8 Ave SE, T2P 0K6
Calgary, AB, Canada
AccommodationCalgary Marriott Downtown
110 9 Ave SE
Calgary, AB, T2G 5A6
You can book your hotel with a discounted rate
here.
Please note: We will never recommend, approve or appoint any third party rooming service to act on our behalf. Please be extremely wary if you are approached by any such companies; regrettably a number of our speakers and sponsors have recently been targeted by companies claiming to beat the prices offered but this is simply a fraudulent attempt to secure your credit card details.
