Draft Agenda
DAY ONE - Thursday, 22nd May 2025
07:00 - 7:55
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING
08:00 - 08:10
Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
CIRCLE CHALLENGES
We kick off the summit with our NEW ‘Circle Team Challenges,’ delivered over three separate 25-minute sessions. The sessions consist of 15 tables of 8-10 attendees, including sponsors and industry leaders.
The 15 tables will be labelled with a specific industry challenge. Pre-event, all guests will choose 3 out of the 15 challenges that are most interesting and relevant to them. During each session, the group of like-minded attendees will work together to find a solution and potential business impact.
08:15 - 08:40
Circle Challenge 1
08:45 - 09:10
Circle Challenge 2
09:15 - 09:40
Circle Challenge 3
09:45 - 10:05
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
10:10 - 10:50
HEADLINER PANEL DISCUSSION
Joining the Dots: Next-Generation Connectivity
10:55 - 11:20
WORKSHOP
Predictive and Preventative Maintenance
Takeaways:
- Maintain equipment and optimize operations
- Navigate your dynamic operational environments with greater efficiency and reliability
- Cut maintenance costs and reduce unplanned equipment failures
Meeting session 1
11:25 - 11:50
WORKSHOP
IT/OT Convergence
Takeaways:
- Boost your data ecosystem by delivering secure, real-time data sharing across stakeholders
- Gain better control and visibility into production environments, make data-driven decisions and improve compliance with regulations
- Bridge the gap between cybersecurity and physical security for your organization with centralized monitoring systems and tools
Meeting session 2
11:55 - 12:20
WORKSHOP
Zero Trust Architectures
Takeaways:
- Zero Trust (ZT) – A security approach to protect environments and enable digital transformation
- ZT Architecture – Reduces the risk of cyber attacks. Continuously verify access requests using strong authentication methods.
- Continuous monitoring to protect critical assets from internal and external threats
Meeting session 3
12:25 - 13:25
NETWORKING LUNCH
13:30 - 13:55
WORKSHOP
Unlock the Power of Generative AI
Takeaways:
- Enhancing Safety with Generative AI in Oil and Gas
- Optimize operational efficiency across oil and gas operations
- Environmental Compliance and Sustainability
Meeting session 4
14:00 - 14:25
WORKSHOP
Data Governance and Regulatory Compliance
Takeaways:
- Regulatory compliance: Ensuring data integrity is essential for meeting regulatory requirements
- Risk mitigation: Maintain data integrity to help reduce the likelihood of errors and losses
- Requirements for Data Governance in Digital Transformation – Achieve Full Data Sharing
Meeting session 5
14:30 - 15:10
HEADLINER PANEL DISCUSSION
Data Driven Digital Transformation - Maximizing Opportunities
15:15 - 15:40
WORKSHOP
Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk Management
Takeaways:
- A solid third-party risk management program prevents exposure companies to operational, integrity, and ESG risks
- Reinforce your overall risk management by proactively identifying and addressing vulnerabilities
- Effective supply chain management delivers efficient resource delivery, mitigates risks, optimises costs, and maintains operational efficiency
Meeting session 6
15:45 - 16:10
WORKSHOP
Digital Twin Integration: Enhancing Decision Making & Operational Visibility
Takeaways:
- Enhance remote monitoring and process optimization and meet your business objectives
- Optimize your resource utilization and reduce environmental impact
- Modeling of networks, asset tracking, and evaluating complex scenarios
Meeting session 7
16:15 - 16:35
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
16:40 - 17:05
WORKSHOP
AI in Asset Management
Takeaways:
- Effective asset management is crucial to maintaining operational integrity, ensuring safety, and maximizing profitability
- Artificial Intelligence – enhance predictive maintenance, optimize asset utilization, and drive sustainable operations
- How valuable data on the performance and condition of assets is used to make informed decisions about asset use, maintenance schedules, and investments.
Meeting session 8
17:05 - 17:25
WORKSHOP
Identity & Access Management
Takeaways:
- Identity Governance – Overcome the complex landscape created by your disparate systems, outdated manual processes and regulatory changes
- Empower Your Workforce With the Right Information – Streamline access processes, reduced costs, tighten security controls across your extensive user ecosystem
- IAM in Operational Technology: How and Where to Make it Work
Meeting session 9
17:30 - 17:55
LIVE INTERVIEW
18:00
END OF DAY ONE - DRINKS RECEPTION!
DAY TWO – Friday, 23rd May 2025
07:00 - 08:00
REGISTRATION, REFRESHMENTS AND NETWORKING
08:00 - 08:10
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO THE DAY
08:15 - 09:00
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Small group discussions tackling your most pressing challenges.
09:05 - 09:30
WORKSHOP
I-ML: Prediction & Optimization Models
Takeaways:
- Gain competitive advantage, from operational efficiency to revenue optimization
- Analyze large amounts of data to make predictions and decisions without explicit programming
- Advances in machine learning techniques to make targeted and timely interventions possible by anticipating possible problems across your assets
Meeting session 10
09:35 - 10:15
HEADLINE PANEL DISCUSSION
Cyber Resilience: Facilitating Growth, Innovation & Transformation
10:20 - 10:45
WORKSHOP
Supply Chain Diversification
Takeaways:
- Supply Chain Monitoring – Monitor your supply chain performance and ESG risks
- The Benefits of Diversifying Your Supply Chain include risk Mitigation, Enhanced Resilience, Compliance and Sustainability, and Cost Efficiency…..
- Reassess your supply chain operating model and how its function fits into your organization-wide commitments and goals
Meeting session 11
10:50 - 11:10
COFFEE AND NETWORKING
11:15 - 11:40
WORKSHOP
Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Critical Systems
Takeaways:
- Cybersecurity is vital for the industry to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data and to prevent cyberattacks
- Supply Chain: Understand cyber threats and develop targeted strategies to protect critical assets in the complex supply chain
- How to Safeguard Critical Infrastructures: Consistent network monitoring, advanced threat detection tools, and ensuring industrial control systems are secure from potential infiltration
Meeting session 12
11:45 - 12:10
WORKSHOP
Hybrid Cloud – Advanced Connectivity
Takeaways:
- Increase the efficiency of your multi-cloud networking and connectivity across your global ecosystem
- Create effective collaboration between platforms, stakeholders and departments to increase agility
- Reduce operating costs, streamline processes and drive efficiencies to deliver on your ability to innovate
Meeting session 13
12:15 - 12:40
WORKSHOP
AI – Securing the Journey
Takeaways:
- Ensure data integrity and ethical AI implementations. Feel confident in driving accurate and beneficial business decisions
- Artificial intelligence (AI); Improves security by providing greater perimeter security and access control
- Balancing Security and Innovation: Understanding and overcoming the cybersecurity challenges that AI integration brings
Meeting session 14
12:45 - 13:10
WORKSHOP
Edge Computing for Sustainability
Takeaways:
- Transform operations with real-time data processing, remote monitoring, and accurate decision-making
- Consume less energy than centralized infrastructure, reduce the need for power-hungry centralized data centres
- Edge computing enhances your industrial operations by enabling near real-time data processing, reducing latency, and lowering bandwidth requirements
Meeting session 15
13:15 - 14:15
FAREWELL LUNCH
Only representatives from Oil & Gas companies are permitted to attend as delegates.
Interested in Sponsoring? Call +44 (0) 20 3004 8930 or learn more here.