2024 AWS Energy Symposium

Reinventing Energy, Together

Aug. 13-14, 2024 | George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX

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Agenda Highlights for August 13-14

August 13 | Empowering the Future of Energy, presented by AWS Women Reinventing Energy

Emceed by Caroline Dettman, CMO, The Female Quotient

11:00 – 11:30 AM Registration & networking

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM

Welcome luncheon

12:45 PM  – 12:50 PM

Opening remarks
Howard Gefen, General Manager, Energy & Utilities, AWS

12:50 PM – 1:00 P Empowering all voices | The journey of AWS Women Reinventing Energy
Samhita Shah, Global Head of Industry Marketing, E&U, AWS

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Keynote | Are you AWARE—Embracing your power in tech
Aisha Bowe, CEO, STEMBoard and Lingo

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Panel | Conscious leadership
Niloufar Molavi, Global Oil & Gas Leader, US ESG Tax Leader, PwC 
Silvestre Rincon, Project Portfolio Advisor & PRIDE Global Cultural Awareness Officer, Chevron
Jason Schulweis, Chief Commercial Officer, The Female Quotient
Katie Mehnert, Founder & CEO, ALLY Energy

Moderated by Jay Shah, Head of Product Marketing for E&U, AWS

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM

Think you know when and how to say “NO”?
Purva Upasak, Principal CSM, AWS | Ida Machuca, Transformation Success Lead, AWS
3:00 PM  – 3:30 PM  Responsible AI
Amruta Karnik, Sr. Solution Architect, AWS
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Closing remarks by The Female Quotient

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Complimentary headshots | 3rd floor atrium

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Executive reception

August 14 | Plenary, Breakout and Workshops

7:00 – 8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:00 – 9:30 AM Opening Remarks | Reinventing energy, together.
Howard Gefen, General Manager, Energy & Utilities, AWS

Customer keynotes
Manuj Nikhanj, CEO, Enverus
Pablo Koziner, Chief Commercial Officer, GE Vernova
Keisha Garcia, VP Digital Foundations, Technical Programme Management & Head of Discipline, bp
9:30 – 10:00 AM Fireside Chat | Modernizing energy operations and advancing decarbonization with technology

Moderator: Scott Sanderson, Director, Global Business Development, E&U, AWS
Yanni Charalambous, CIO, Oxy | Mike Avery, President, 1PointFive
10:00 – 10:30 AM Generative AI
Scott Rosecrans, VP of Generative AI Pursuits, AWS
10:30 – 11:00 AM

Panel | Advancing sustainable and profitable growth in low carbon technology

Moderator: Alaina Bookstein, AWS

Jenny Koehler, US COO, PwC’s Advisory Business
Jennifer Stafford, SVP Customer Success, SAP
Grace Kurian, Vice President, Technology Solutions & Operations, NextEra Energy

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Clean Energy Accelerator | Pathways for Powering Rapid Piloting of Emerging Technologies

Hassane Elias Kassouf, Head WW Innovation Programs, E&U, AWS
Shaima Sharif, Global Innovation Programs Lead, E&U, AWS

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Innovations in Energy

Joseph Santamaria, Director Solution Architecture and Customer Success, E&U, AWS
Ben Wilson, Director Product & Solutions, E&U, AWS

12:00 – 2:15 PM Lunch and Spotlight Sessions featuring: Databricks | S&P Global Commodity Insights | Slalom | Seeq
12:40 – 1:00 PM Spotlight: Rapid Modernization of Energy Systems for Resilience and Security
Richard Charlesworth, Senior Director, Slalom | Tracy Derr, Managing Director, Slalom | Jeff Miers, Director, Energy Partners, AWS
Featuring: Slalom
1:05 – 1:25 PM Spotlight: How Proprietary Data Collaboration is Accelerating Oil & Gas Emissions Reductions
Raoul Leblanc, VP, Research and Analysis, S&P Global | Ben Wilson, Director, Product & Solutions, E&U, AWS
Featuring: S&P Global Commodity Insights
1:30 – 1:50 PM Spotlight: Navigating the AI Evolution using Seeq Advanced Analytics on AWS
Mark Pietryka, Senior Analytics Engineer, Seeq
Featuring: Seeq
1:55 – 2:15 PM Spotlight: Energizing AI: Power of Databricks & AWS at NOV
Ali Marzban, Director of Data Science and Analytics, NOV | Shiv Trisal, Global Manufacturing, Transportation, and Energy Industry GTM leader, Databricks
Featuring: Databricks and NOV
2:00-3:00 PM Workshop | Harness generative AI for Oil & Gas | Room 320 A/B (Laptop required)
3:30-4:30 PM Workshop | Harness generative AI for Power & Utilities | Room 320 A/B (Laptop required)
2:30-4:30 PM Workshop | AWS Security Jam for the energy sector | George Bush Ballroom (Laptop required)
2:15-4:40 PM Breakout sessions
4:40 – 6:00 PM Closing reception

August 14 | Breakout Sessions | 2:15 PM to 4:40 PM

TRACK 1

Powering a modern electric grid

Featuring speakers from
Entergy | Conduit Power | Hitachi | Salt River Project | Bandera Electric | ERCOT

TRACK 2

Accelerating the energy transition

Featuring speakers from
Shell | Atlantic Shores | Fugro | Sparkmeter | FlexGen

TRACK 3

Transforming energy with generative AI

Featuring speakers from
Continental Resources | PwC | TC Energy | Nextera | Halliburton | ExxonMobil

TRACK 4

Modernizing enterprise systems

Featuring speakers from
ExxonMobil | Cohesity | Phillips 66 | bp | OXY

TRACK 5

Unlocking subsurface potential

Featuring speakers from
OXY | Shell | EPAM | NVIDIA | Stone Ridge Technology | SLB | Onward | wAIw

TRACK 6

Optimizing energy operations with cloud

Featuring speakers from
ExxonMobil | Oxy | Baker Hughes | EPAM