With the rapid pace of innovation in AI, energy and utilities leaders face a critical question: How do we invest in AI today without being left behind tomorrow? With AI capabilities doubling every 6–10 months, the risk of technological obsolescence is real and costly. Poorly chosen initiatives can lead to mounting technical debt, draining resources from high-value opportunities and delaying ROI in markets where every dollar must count.
Every year, the
AI in Energy Summit brings together 200 senior operations, digital, data, and AI leaders from utilities, oil and gas, power generation and renewables for three days in Houston - the heart of energy innovation.
This isn't just another AI conference. It's where the real-world meets real results. Join your peers and:
- Hear directly from operators who've taken AI projects from proof of concept to full deployment
- Learn how to clean, structure, and govern data to make it AI-ready
- Align AI with business goals, prioritizing projects, and overcoming resistance to change
- Discover what's actually working in GenAI, ML Ops, Agentic AI, Digital Twins, and real-time decision support
- Dive into 22+ operator-led case studies that showcase proven AI applications in asset optimization, predictive maintenance, emissions reduction, and supply chain efficiency
If you're responsible for leveraging AI in your operations, this is the event for you.
Join your peers and learn how to:
- Manage AI Investment: Keep up with the rapidly evolving AI landscape, accelerate ROI and avoid tech debt by learning how to prioritize AI initiatives and evaluate their value and resilience to change.
- Amplify Your Workforce: Discover how to leverage Agentic AI to forecast talent gaps, reduce bottlenecks, model workforce scenarios, and make smarter, safer, faster decisions at the frontline.
- Drive Decisions with Data: Learn how to turn pilots into enterprise-wide success and turn AI into a strategic advantage with advanced analytics.
- Revolutionize Asset Performance: Explore how to maximize production capabilities and predict, prioritize, and prevent equipment failures with the use of Machine Learning, Edge AI and Computer Vision.
- Optimize Processes: Gain insights to enhance enterprise-wide efficiency and capitalize opportunities to reduce costs by revealing business inefficiencies with Generative and Agentic AI.
- Move from Strategy to Execution: Discover how your peers are securing leadership support and building an AI roadmap that aligns with evolving business needs, operational realities, and sustainability goals.
I was very impressed with the organization, the content and the vendors in the conference expo area. We were able to catch up with industry peers, deep dive on topics with our existing vendors, and be inspired by the new technology solutions offered.
I thought the event provided some key bullets that I can bring back to my leadership team as focal points and considerations as we progress in our digitalization journey.
Your 2026 Expert Speakers
- Erin Boyd – Chief Digital Commercial Transformation Officer, AES
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Brent Railey – Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
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Shyam Perugupalli – Chief Information Officer, Strata Clean Energy
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Larry Bekkedahl – Senior Vice President, Advanced Energy Delivery, Portland General Electric
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John A. Shannon – Vice President, Data Science and Insights, Capital Power
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Elan Feagin – Vice President, Electric Technology Solutions, Southern Company
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Taylor Witt – Vice President, Digital and PMO, EnergyRe
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Robert King – 3× Federal Chief Data Officer & Former Vice-Chair, Federal CDO Council
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Ted Furlong – Executive Director, Data Science, Baker Hughes
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Daniel Byrne – Senior Director, Digital Transformation, Marathon Petroleum
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Arundhati Biswas – Senior Director, IT Strategy and Business Operations, National Grid
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Aaron Perez – Senior Director, Business Transformation, Delek US Holdings
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Patrick Robinson – Senior Director, Operations Technology & Advanced Process Control, PBF Energy
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Marcus Johansson – Director, Technology Services – Application Delivery, Xcel Energy
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Sriram Ramaganesan – Director, APC, Blending and Optimization, Phillips 66
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Kristine Swan – Vice President, Digital Strategy & Innovation, Phillips 66
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Ram Seetepalli – Director, AI and Digital Solutions, Motiva Enterprises
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Petros Paterakis – Director, Performance Analytics, RWE
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Eyob Gebremariam – Senior AI Delivery Manager, Duke Energy
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Matthew Alberts – Manager, Innovation and Emerging Technologies, Southern Company
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Richard Stinson – Senior Manager of Predictive Insights, TC Energy
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Rachel Mattix – Product Manager – Digital AI Solutions, Duke Energy
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Jonathan Alexander – Global Manufacturing AI & Advanced Analytics Manager, Albemarle
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Jim Parker – Senior Program Manager, Tennessee Valley Authority
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Adam Pryor – Manager, Strategic Analytics, Murphy Oil
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Jason Gee – Manager, Data Science, ExxonMobil
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David Corliss – Senior Data Scientist, DTE Energy
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Chris Leinweber – AI Product Manager, Chevron
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Prerit Shah – Product Manager – AI Platforms, MLOps & Data Science, Equinor
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Kiara Thomas – Innovation Specialist, Noble
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Tim Sandford – Refining PI Coordinator, Marathon Petroleum
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Nathan Church – Data Science Lead – Drilling, Completions & Interventions, Murphy Oil
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Zefan Tang – Senior Data Scientist, Eversource Energy
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Zach Price – Data Scientist, National Grid
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Joshua West – Engineering Manager – Safety Systems & Innovation, Oxy
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Saima Absar – Data Scientist, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
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Ron Norris – Founder, Advanced Innovation Management; Former Director of Innovation, Georgia-Pacific
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Julie Thyne – Global Improvement Director, Dow
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Lisa Williams – Senior Director, Operations Talent Strategy & Employee Experience, Dow
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Julio Figueroa – Manager of Artificial Intelligence, Methanex
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Stephan Blasilli – Head of Business Process Excellence, EDP Renewables North America
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Gary Dunbar – Head of Business Transformation, Signal Energy
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Harvinder Singh – Platform & Services Manager, Knowledge Management, bp
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Philippe Daroux – Operations Technology Product Line Manager, Chevron
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Yousef Hamedi Shokrlu – Advisor, Data Science, Ovintiv
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Meenakshi Mishra – Principal Data Scientist, ExxonMobil
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Shuxing Cheng – Principal Research Data Scientist, Chevron
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Ivan Castillo – Senior Data Scientist, Dow
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Mathias Klinkby – Senior Performance Specialist, Noble
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Sandeep Mukherjee – Petrophysics Advisor, Apache
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Amit Kumar – Research Program Manager, Exploration AI, Technology & Engineering, ExxonMobil
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Shivaprasad Sankesha Narayana – Lead Architect Consultant, bp
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Swee-Teng Chin – Statistics Technical Leader, Dow
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Raymond Mitten – Vice President, Advanced Digital Technologies & Business Transformation, Imperative Chemical Partners
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Indu Nambiar – Principal, IT Architecture, California ISO
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Iqbal Qasim – Global Process Safety & Regulatory Compliance Leader, Baker Hughes
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Inderpreet Jalli – Senior Power Trading Analyst, NRG Energy
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Molly Determan – President, Energy Workforce & Technology Council
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Jennifer Rogers – Senior Director of Education & Executive Officer, Learning Technology Standard, AMPP & IEEE
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Ukeme Essien – Former Senior Innovation Partner, Noble
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Vitor Lopes Pereira – Regional Manager, Systems & Digital Twins (Americas), Ansys (part of Synopsys)
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Nima Bahrami – Digital Twin Sales Executive, Ansys (part of Synopsys)
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Jose Luis Gonzalez Hernandez – Lead Application Engineer, Ansys (part of Synopsys)
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Eric Anderson – Chief Executive Officer, SynMax
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Rahul Verma – Director of Technology, SynMax
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Kim Price – Principal Customer Success Manager, Seeq
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Tom Horner – Director of Sales & Business Development – Americas, NevadaNano
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Carol Lee Andersen – Global Vice President Oil & Gas, IBM Technology
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Patrick Wolf – Head of Business Value Engineering, Qlik
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Davi Almeida – Senior Partner & USA Country Partner, EloGroup
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Augusto Borella Hougaz – Chief Product Officer, INTELIE
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Corry Phelan – IT Director, ProPetro Services
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Kevin Bohan – Director of Product Marketing, Denodo
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Heather Gilligan – Senior Advisor – Operational Excellence & AI Innovation, Pyxis Group
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Christopher A. Behme – Vice President & Senior Partner, IBM
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Venue
Norris Conference Center - City Centre Location
816 Town and Country Blvd , 77024
Houston, Texas, USA
Accommodation
The Moran CityCentre (Adjacent to the Conference Venue)
800 Sorella Court
Houston, TX
77024
There are now limited discounted rooms available at The Moran CityCentre.
Please secure your discounted room here.
Parking information:Valet Parking Time Price
(1) one hour up to (8) eight hours $10.00
(8) eight hours and more (overnight) free in/out privileges $39.0
Onsite ParkingFor your convenience, we encourage you to park in the garage that is attached to the Norris Centers location (paralleling Beltway 8). You will see signs with the Norris name and logo directing you to the correct floors to park. Please note that a number of parking spaces are reserved for other tenants of the complex and have “reserved” signs identifying these spaces. There is plenty of parking, so please avoid parking in these reserved spots. Park on the third level of the garage. (this level leads to the main entrance of the Norris)
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. We will always endeavor to negotiate the best available rates for you.
