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Operational Excellence in Oil & Gas Summit 2026

The summit focuses on operational excellence in the oil and gas sector.

Norris Conference Center

Date
November 3, 2026
Venue
Norris Conference Center
City
Houston, TX

Who you'll find in the room

Innovators

The organizer identifies innovators among the event’s audience.

Featured speakers

46 listed

Joe Carroll

Chief Information Officer & Head of Cybersecurity

Ido Biger

EVP, Chief Technology & Data Officer

Meghan Jones

Vice President, Midstream Refining, Americas

Paa-Joe Akoto-Ampaw

Vice President, Gulf of America

Sean Smith

Vice President of Business Transformation-Refining

Sarah Karthigan

Vice President, Artificial Intelligence

Diana Lopez

Vice President Drilling and Completion Fluids

Anirban Banerjee

Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence, Rig Technology

James Brown

Vice President Enterprise Business Services

Bridget Todd

Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety, Enterprise

Tanya Seymour

Vice President Commercial Operations Americas

Paul Whipp

Vice President US Subsurface

Sarah Sherman

Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management

Brent Ilott

Vice President Operations

Eugenia Sorotokin

Executive Director, Digital Technology Delivery

Daniel Byrne

Senior Director, Digital Transformation

Shaun Baker

Chief Technology Officer & Head of Software Engineering

Julie Thyne

Asset Director, Environmental Operations

Laura Anderson

Director, Safety Strategy and Optimization

Gee Lauder

Director, Supply Chain Strategy - Deepwater

Justin Ceterski

Global Manufacturing Excellence Lead

Yasmin Gutierrez

Director, Learning Excellence & Operations

Matthew Alberts

Manager, Innovation and Emerging Technologies

Dipti Sankpal

Manager, IT Analytics & AI Enablement

Habeib Al-Hashimi

Senior Innovation and PMO Manager

Vasu S Pillai

Senior Manager, Robotics

Hugo Ashkar

Projects Risk Authority

Niall Burns

Senior Advisor Commercial Operations Americas

Frank Beck

Manager, Ethics & Compliance Programs

Lisa Williams

Senior Director Operations Talent Strategy and Employee Experience

Elizabeth Kendrick

Director, Change Management

Denis Petrakov

Corporate ERP Program Director

Blake Gilson

OT Cyber Security Risk Manager

Jack Hu

Process Automation Director - Energy, MSP, EOB & Logistics

Jonathan Alexander

Global Manufacturing AI & Advanced Analytics Manager

Merajul Huq

General Manager of Supply Chain, Gulf of America

Prasanna Tankhiwale

Senior Manager - Digitalization

Marcus Johansson

Director, Technology Services, Application Delivery

Paul Johnson

Group Senior Vice President, Operational & Business Excellence

Rafael Paura

Testing Portfolio Manager

Raj Rapaka

Digital Transformation / Technology Scouting & Ventures Advisor

Emmitt Wooten

NA Operations Early Career Development Director

Natacha Maddox

Supply Chain Director - Wells Western Hemipshere

Stephan Blasilli

Head of Business Process Excellence

Jason Howard

Vice President, Planning

Abdulhadi Al Atiq

Operational Excellence Specialist

Venue & travel

Venue

Norris Conference Center

Questions people ask

5 answered

The summit starts on November 3, 2026.

The summit takes place at Norris Conference Center in Houston, Texas.

The organizer identifies innovators as part of the audience.

It is most useful for operations, digital and transformation leaders at oil and gas operators, since the speaker list is dominated by vice presidents and directors covering AI, automation, supply chain, cybersecurity and safety. Field-level engineers and vendors seeking a large exhibition would get less, because the program targets senior decision-making in a conference centre setting.

Attendees at Houston oil and gas summits usually wear business casual, such as khakis and a collared shirt or company polo, with jackets less common than in finance. Indoor rooms are heavily air-conditioned, so a light layer helps.

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