Monday, October 27
AI Plenary Session: 11:00am - 11:45am
Brent Railey
Global Manager of Data & Analytics, Digital Transformation
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Biography: Brent Railey is the Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, where he has worked for the last 19 years in various roles, all over the world, from IT to commercial to supply chain. His achievements at CPChem in analytics include creating the self-service analytics program and forming the Data Science team, as well as delivering multiple high-value advanced analytics projects. His passion is torturing data until it tells the truth hidden within it.
Tuesday, October 28
Keynote Address: 8:15am - 9:00am
Dr. Greg Kusinski
Projects & Technology Teams Lead Regulatory Affairs
Chevron
Biography: Dr. Greg J. Kusinski is a seasoned professional in the energy industry with over 25 years of experience. He currently leads Regulatory Affairs for Chevron’s Gulf of Mexico Business Unit, where he spearheads the development of regulatory strategies for major capital projects and technology qualifications.
Throughout his career, Dr. Kusinski has held diverse roles encompassing major capital project execution, regulatory compliance, joint venture management, and technology development and commercialization. His broad expertise and leadership qualities have made significant contributions to the industry.
Dr. Kusinski's academic foundation is robust, having earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from UC Berkeley. His commitment to lifelong learning is further demonstrated by his Executive MBA focused on Corporate Strategy and Finance from Rice University, and the completion of the Management of Technology program at UC Berkeley.
Active within his industry, Dr. Kusinski chairs the Technology Policy Committee of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). His peers elected him to the Executive Committee of ASME Petroleum Division, and he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC).
Tuesday, October 28
Renewables Plenary Session: 11:00am -11:45am
Celine Gerson
President & Group Director Americas
Fugro
Biography: With over 25 years’ experience, Céline has a proven record of successfully growing complex technical businesses across various industries. Before joining Fugro, Céline served as Vice President, Global Account Director for Schlumberger. She was particularly focused on energy transition, sustainability, and digital transformation. Prior to that, she was President of Schlumberger Canada. Along with being a Harvard Business School Alumna, Céline holds a Bachelor’s degree from the European University of Brussels and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston.
Tuesday, October 28
O&G Plenary Session: 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Patrick Bangert
VP & Chief of AI
OXY
Biography: Patrick is the Chief of Artificial Intelligence at Occidental Petroleum where he leads a global cross-functional team to improve many physical and human processes by leveraging advanced analytics and AI. His thought leadership on AI has won him several awards and makes him a popular speaker at conferences and events.
Previously, he was senior vice-president for data, analytics, and AI at Searce, which provides professional services for Google Cloud and AWS. He headed the profit center that is responsible for all projects with a data scientific character globally. Before Searce, Patrick was the vice-president for corporate strategy at Samsung SDS where he led the AI Division from 2020 to 2023 bringing AI tools and services into Samsung Cloud for computer vision, natural language processing, and machine learning with a particular focus on medical imaging.
As a volunteer, Patrick spent six years co-directing the Digital Energy Technical Section of the Society for Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and published their quarterly newsletter.
Before joining Samsung, Patrick spent 15 years as CEO at algorithmica technologies, a machine learning software company serving the chemicals and oil and gas industries. Prior to that, he was assistant professor of applied mathematics at Jacobs University in Germany, as well as a researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Patrick obtained his machine learning PhD in mathematics and his Masters in theoretical physics from University College London, and his business degree from INSEAD.
A German native, Patrick grew up in Malaysia and the Philippines, and later lived in the UK, Austria, Nepal and USA. He has done business in many countries and believes that AI must serve humanity beyond mere automation of routine tasks. An avid reader of books, Patrick lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children.