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 listedJoe 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 CenterQuestions people ask
5 answeredThe 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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