Industry transition accelerates digitalisation drive at Future Downstream

[London, 2nd October 2019] The downstream and oil and gas industry is rushing headlong into the digital era. And the transformation that is underway is one that will eventually affect all aspects of the industry’s global supply chain.

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Keynote: Improving asset performance with digital technologies
Claudia Zuluaga, Principal Digital Product Manager, Shell

Panel discussion: Stuart Broadley, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Industries Council; Inge Wild, Program Manager Digitalisation, Linde AG; Elisabetta Purlalli, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Competence Center, Change, Eni SpA; Raahil Burhaani, Chief Information Officer, Essar Oil (UK) Limited

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EXPLORING THE DISRUPTION AND INNOVATION SHAPING THE INDUSTRY

Future Downstream is a high-level strategic forum for refining and petrochemical business leaders and technologists to meet and explore the impact of disruptive innovation & digital transformation on the industry.

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FUTURE DOWNSTREAM AT A GLANCE

250+
OIL & GAS PROFESSIONALS

20+
INFLUENTIAL SPEAKERS

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Future Downstream Attendee Testimonials

Future Downstream addresses the most critical issues impacting the advancement of our industry bringing together top experts to share best practices. Adoption of these practices is critical to our future.

Jason Gislason

Chief Digital Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

The Future Downstream event was brilliant. The program touched on all the key themes facing the sector and also provided great Subject Matter Expertise on Asset Management, Asset Readiness, Energy Transition and Digital which are all critical for Downstream operators and contractors to maximise value for our assets

Dan Rigby

Business Development Director, Wood

I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the Future of Downstream event. The program had a great mix of sector defining topics and trends and I found the Energy Transition and decarbonization focus especially valuable from my particular business angle. I look forward to next year’s event.

Marc Heerink

VP Business Development & Strategy, Production, Fuels & Energy Transition, Fluor

Really enjoyed my participation in this year’s Future Downstream Event. An excellent program, with industry leading participants and with a clear focus on key transformative trends within our industry as we drive digitalization, efficiency, and sustainability within our assets.

Bob Maughon

EVP Sustainability, Technology, and Innovation, CTO & CSO, SABIC

Excellent congress and excellent quality in presentations and panels. It really shows how the industry is moving forward and committed to a process of non-negotiable industrial transformation

Miguel Garcia Carreno

Senior Manager, Circular Economy & Industrial Decarbonisation, Repsol

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WHEN & WHERE

Future Downstream took place at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London on 1-2 October 2019

CONFERENCE VENUE: Millennium Gloucester London Kensington Hotel, 4-18 Harrington Gardens, South Kensington, London SW7 4LH

Digital in the HPI represents a very substantial opportunity, but companies need a strategy to succeed in this new world. Changes are starting to happen and at a pace that is unprecedented, but the impact of change is uneven and significant uncertainty exists. Strategy is the art of making hard-to-reverse choices ahead of time and in the face of uncertainty to create and capture economic profit.

Industry leaders should not shy away from this task but instead develop clear digital strategies based on an understanding of where and how impacts will occur in their sector.

Digital in chemicals: From technology to impact, McKinsey & Company

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