Digitalization in Oil & Gas 2026

From Pilots to Production

Why Attend

● Move beyond AI hype and see what is actually scaling across operations, maintenance, field monitoring, and remote facilities.

● Learn how operators are connecting OT, IT, cloud, edge, data platforms, and legacy systems without compromising safety or resilience.

● Hear candid case studies that include implementation hurdles, ROI timelines, governance barriers, and what had to change to make deployments stick.

● Meet operators, digital leaders, robotics and drone specialists, OT and IT architects, AI and data platform providers, and cybersecurity experts.

Agenda at a Glance

● Day 1 focuses on scaled operational value: AI deployment, data foundations, OT–IT integration, governance, and enterprise operationalization.

● Day 2 focuses on robotics, drones, remote operations, digital twins, workforce transformation, and future-proofing the operating model.

Day One: From AI Hype to Scaled Operational Value

Thursday, September 10, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
 
 
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM
 
 
8:10 AM - 8:40 AM

A flagship opening discussion on what has genuinely moved from pilot to production, where ROI appeared fastest, and what still stalls in execution.

 
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM

A strategic view of how digitalization changes workflows, management systems, and the way the business runs.

 
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

A practical look at where agentic AI is useful now, what data and context it requires, and where human-in-the-loop oversight remains essential.

 
9:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Operators and practitioners discuss what helped scale high-value use cases, what killed momentum, and how ROI was measured and defended internally.

 
10:10 AM - 10:15 AM
 
 
10:15 AM - 10:40 AM
 
 
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Three rapid talks on semantic layers, contextualized industrial data, RAG and metadata, and governance, lineage, and auditability for production AI.

 
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

An executive-level reality check on compute costs, cloud spend, model bills, and how to evaluate AI economics against measurable business value.

 
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

A practical session on secure internal AI platforms, controlled enterprise assistants, model flexibility, and what users actually adopt

 
11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

A dialogue on workflow redesign, decision rights, process change, and what it takes to embed AI into how a company actually operates

 
12:20 PM - 12:25 PM
 
 
12:25 PM - 1:05 PM
 
 
1:05 PM - 1:25 PM

A case study exploring natural-language interaction with facilities, grounded in telemetry, operational context, and bounded autonomy.

 
1:25 PM - 1:55 PM

A forward-looking discussion on quantum and high-performance computing, framed realistically for the next few years rather than the distant horizon.

 
1:55 PM - 2:35 PM

A practical panel on choosing between model types, deployment patterns, hybrid/on-prem/cloud architectures, and how to avoid overbuilding.

 
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
 
 
2:55 PM - 3:45 PM

A fast-moving lightning round on responsible AI in operations, semantic data products, fast model upgrades, and safe automation in OT environments.

 
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM

A case study on where digital twins still create value through standardization, simulation, alerting, training, and operational decision support.

 
4:05 PM - 4:40 PM

A curated showcase of deployable technologies across drone analytics, robotics, semantic layers, IoT, AI governance, and workflow automation.

 
4:40 PM - 4:45 PM
 
 
4:45 PM - 4:50 PM
 
 
4:50 PM - 4:55 PM
 
 
4:55 PM - 5:55 PM
 
 

Day Two: Robotics, Drones, Remote Operations, and Future-Proofing the Operating Model

Friday, September 11, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM
 
 
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM
 
 
8:10 AM - 8:40 AM

A Day 2 opener on portfolio strategy, centers of excellence, standardization, and scaling digitalization across assets and regions.

 
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM

A presentation on avoiding lock-in, building adaptable data foundations, and maintaining flexibility across tools, models, and vendors.

 
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM

A panel on governance boards, auditability, lineage, SAP/SOX realities, and what production-grade AI requires in large industrial companies.

 
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

A practical session on using digitalization to improve daily decisions in reliability, production, and field operations.

 
10:00 AM - 10:05 AM
 
 
10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
 
 
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

A concise Q&A spotlight on governance, role clarity, risk review, and reducing duplication between digital initiatives.

 
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM

An operator-style case study on using operational data for reliability, production optimization, and field decision support.

 
11:05 AM - 11:45 AM

A broad panel on inspection robots, drone-in-a-box systems, ground robots, subsea robotics, and where economics work in real operations.

 
11:45 AM - 12:05 PM

A practical case study on OGI monitoring, drone-based emissions and leak detection, and visual analytics for anomaly identification.

 
12:05 PM - 12:25 PM

A practical presentation on LoRaWAN, low-cost telemetry, battery-powered sensing, and the physical data layer needed for future AI use cases.

 
12:25 PM - 12:30 PM
 
 
12:30 PM - 1:10 PM
 
 
1:10 PM - 1:40 PM

A premium operator fireside on what makes a digital leader different: leadership behavior, supplier ecosystem, scaling logic, and operational discipline.

 
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM

A session on OT cybersecurity, edge protection, segmented architectures, drones and robotics oversight, and safe deployment in high-consequence environments.

 
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
 
 
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM

A lightning round covering drone-in-a-box deployment lessons, low-code robot training, reality capture and GPR, and ROI tracking from day one.

 
3:10 PM - 3:40 PM

A practical workforce session on retiring expertise, digital twin–based training, end-user programmability, and new role design in a more automated sector.

 
3:30 PM - 4:10 PM

A cross-industry panel on simulation, robotics, AI-first workflows, manufacturing automation, and what is realistically transferable to oil and gas.

 
4:10 PM - 4:35 PM

An interactive closing discussion on standards, data models, facility templates, hardware upgrade paths, and decisions that unlock future competitiveness.

 
4:35 PM - 4:45 PM