Bridging the gap between “theory” and “field-ready” technology
As artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data technologies rapidly evolve, energy companies face a critical challenge: transforming powerful theoretical tools into practical, field-ready solutions that improve subsurface understanding and operational performance. This workshop brings together geoscientists, engineers, data scientists, and technology leaders to explore how emerging digital innovations are being applied across the energy value chain—from exploration and development to monitoring, optimization, and the energy transition.
Through expert presentations and real-world case studies, attendees will gain insight into how AI-enabled technologies are reshaping decision-making in complex subsurface environments. Session highlights will include:
• Agentic AI
• New trends in data management
• The growing role of real-time monitoring technologies
• How AI is enabling geothermal development
• Enhanced subsurface and surface characterization
• Operational efficiency through GenAI and LLMs
• Use cases in drilling, completion, operations, and facilities management
• AI for produced water, critical minerals, and brine mining
• AI insights from other industries (mining, medical, space)
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Program
Welcome and Introductions
8:00 am - 8:15 amThe Role of Technology and AI Within Renewed Exploration
- Matthew Fry, Katalyst
- John Boden, i2K
- Allison Gilmore, Director of Product Management, R&D energy software
- Rey Treviño, Director of Operations, Pecos Country Operating
- Richard Van Den Brand, Exploration Manager, TotalEnergies
- Chadwick Holmes, Senior Manager, Exploration Data Technology and AI
Morning Session
Session Co-Chairs
Matthew Fry, Katalyst
John Boden, CEO, i2K Connect
AI in Integration of Seismic, Subsurface Data, and Continuous Monitoring
Sathiya Namasivayam, Vice President of Data, TGS
New Disruptive Machine Learning Technologies for Subsurface Interpretation
Deborah Sacrey, COO, Geophysical Insights
Welcome to the Agentic Era: Build Now, Deliver Value, Transform Every Line of Energy Business
Yuriy Gubanov, Worldwide Energy Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
Open Forum
Networking Break
Behind the Big-Box Black Box: The Hidden Cost of Enterprise AI
Scotty Salamoff, Geoscience Champion, BluWare
Advancing GeoGPT for Next Gen AI-Driven Energy Geoscience
Yitian Xiao, Senior Technical Consultant, Zhejiang Labs
Rapid Commercial Evaluation of Diversified Assets leveraging Agentic AI systems
Claudia Molina, President, SEGUEN
Human–Agent Co-Design: Building Task-Centric Software for the Future Energy Workforce
Reishins Toolsi & Reagan Kennedy, Account Manager Databricks
AI-Enhanced Passive Geochemical Imaging for Exploration De-Risking
Rick Schrynemeekers, CEO & CTO for Low Carbon Services, AGI
Open Forum
Lunch
Afternoon Session
Beyond the Algorithm: Operators, ISVs, and GSIs Deploying Agentic AI in Production
This session will explore how Agentic AI is moving from proof-of-concept to production deployment in subsurface workflows—covering technical architecture, business outcomes, organizational change, and lessons learned. This dynamic discussion will balance technical depth with practical implementation insights from those from Operators, ISVs, and GSI perspectives across the Oil and Gas industry.
- Christine Rhodes, Partner Segment Lead, Oil and Gas – Amazon Web Services
- Lawrence McCune, Principal Petrophysicist – Deepwater, Shell
- Raghu Menon, Senior Technical Product Manager – Bluware
- Ben Lasscock, Director Digital Data Innovation – TGS
- Derrick Bowen, Vice President – Pariveda-Energy
Session Chair
Danny Kingham, Principal Hydrologist, GSI Environmental, Inc.
Horseshoe/ U-Turn Wells: AI and Machine Learning in Action
Julian Chenin, Rogii
Changing Needs for Data Prep. for GenAI
John Boden, CEO, i2KConnect
AI-Augmented Subsurface Interpretation for Optimized Well Planning
Ashish Fatnani, Vivekvardhan Reddy Kesireddy, Yusuf Ajibola Falola and Shaswat Verma, Corporate Strategy, Oil and Gas, Halliburton
Open Forum
Networking Break
Harnessing the Power of LLMs and GenAI across Drilling, Geoscience and Production Workflows
Sunil Garg, President, DataVedik
Is Agentic AI Poised to Transform Subsurface Workflows? And are we ready for it?
Emmanuel Gringarten, Sr. Director Enterprise Solutions, AspenTech
AI and ML-Powered Solutions for Geothermal, Drilling, and Formation Evaluation
Saeed Salehi, Herman Brown Chair, SMU, Yuxing Wu, Ph.D. Candidate, SMU
Scientific AI/ML for Various Offshore Oil & Gas Operations
Miyank Tiyagi, Professor, LSU
From Global Seismic Libraries to Basin-Scale Exploration Insights
Henri Houllevigue, Vice President, Geoscience Western Hemisphere, TGS
Right Signal, Right Time: Unlocking Produced Water Intelligence with AI
Shahid Haq, Founder and Executive Advisor, Wellquest Consulting Inc.
Open Forum
Networking Reception
Welcome and Introductions
8:00 am - 8:15 amMorning Session
Panel - Using Data for Multiple Uses: Geothermal, Critical Minerals, Energy Storage, CCUS, Water Management
- Cucha Lopez, Geophysicist in the Unconventional Technical Team, ExxonMobil
- Kim Padeletti, Global Head of Energy Data & AI / Enterprise GTM Product & Solutions, Amazon Web Services
- Charuleka Varadharajan, Staff Scientist, Earth AI & Data Program Lead, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Kylee Brown, Data Scientist, Chevron
- Allison Kennedy Thurmond, Vice President, North America Lithium, Equinor
Session Co-Chair
Juan Mayol, Darcy Partners
Automated Mineral Detection and Classification: Mining and Energy
Dave Browning, CEO, TerraCore Geospectral Imaging
AI for Automated Analysis of Drill Cuttings to Improve Well Placement and Enhance Hydrocarbon Recovery
Ben Geaghan, Global Business Development Manager, SLB
A Novel Agentic AI Application for Geothermal Energy
Randy Harsuko, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Open Forum
Networking Break
Planning the Analytics for CCUS, Waste Injection, Mineral Extraction, Water Production and Monitoring Wells
Toddy Guidry, Technical Sales Advisor, Core Laboratories
Machine Learning Observations about a Mature Unconventional Reservoir
Dias Satbaldy, University of Southern California
Necessary but Not Sufficient: Why Quality Won't Get You to Agentic AI
Patrick Kelly, Product Manager – Subsurface and Wells Data and Insights, Chevron
From Hypothesis to Decision: A Bayesian Framework for Subsurface Modeling Under Uncertainty
Ziang Zhang* (presenter), Xiaolong Wei, Jiajia Sun, Jiefu Chen, Yueqin Huang, University of Houston
AI-Enhanced Geothermal Heat Flow Modeling
Kevin McCarthy, Geothermal Senior Advisor, BakerHughes
Uncertainty-Aware Imaging of Hydrothermal Systems Using Airborne Electromagnetic Data
Yueqin Huang, Assistant Professor, University of Houston
Chenyu Zhou, Ph.D. Student, University of Houston
Open Forum
Lunch
Afternoon Session
The Renewed Importance of Data Quality and Data Management with AI and Agentic AI
- Emmanuel Gringarten, Sr. Director, Enterprise Solutions, AspenTech
- Yuxing Ben, Manager of Machine Learning and Data Science, OXY
- Akash Sharma, VP of Product (AI), Enverus
- Chad Brockman, Customer Engineer Google Cloud, Cloud OSDU Lead, Google
- Matan Agam, Special Situations – Energy, OpenAI
Session Co-Chairs – Tiffany Legg, University of Oklahoma
Ana Vielma, University of Houston
Emerging AI-ready Reporting Formats for Environmental Sensor and Sample Data
Charuleka Varadharajan, Staff Scientist, Earth AI & Data Program Lead, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Data Management in the AI Era
Matthew Fry, Katalyst
Disruption-Proofing AI Workflows for Data Harmonization and Agentic AI
Sashi Gunturu, CEO, Petrabytes
Fusing Multiple Open Source Datasets with Proprietary Analytics Models
Holden Nash, President, Boundary RSS
Open Forum
Networking Break
Agentic AI-Ready Core Data for Multiple Subsurface Energy Uses
Lindsay Roe, Director of Digital Innovation, Core Laboratories
Autonomous Rock Intelligence: Field-Proven AI Workflows
Dave Tonner, President, Diversified Well Logging
AI-Ready Data for Quick Selection and Screening of Idle and Marginal Wells for Bypassed Pay, New Horizons, and EOR Candidates
Galen Dillewyn, VP, NuTech
Trends and New Developments in Start-Ups Focusing on Data Used for AI Applications
Juan Mayol, Director of Oil and Gas, Subsurface, Darcy Partners
What If Your AI Knew Engineering Tools As Well As You Do?
Andrey Klimushin, Sr. Business Development Manager – Rock Flow Dynamics
Open Forum
Thank you and Wrap-Up
Poster Session
AI and Next-Generation Geosteering
Travis Hagler, Rogii
Deploying Agentic AI for Field-Ready Geostatistical Workflows
Claudia Molina, President, SEGUEN
From Data to Insight: Machine Learning in Geochemistry
Tiffany Legg, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Oklahoma
Committee
Lawrence Livermore Lab - Berkeley
Lawrence Livermore Lab - Berkeley
Fuego Exploration
AspenTech
AAPG Past President
i2KConnect
Bluware
Digital Strategy Advisor Consultant
Petrobytes
Chevron
AI Driller
Katalyst Data Management
DDE
Murphy Oil Company
Ovintiv
Geologist
Energy Data Insights AWS
AWS
AI Product Lead - Scaling Agentic Systems
Venue
Venue
Houston, TX – Norris Conference Center – CityCentre
Address
816 Town & Country Blvd., Suite 210, Houston, Texas, 77024, United States
Phone
(713) 590-0950Lodging
Rate: $229 + 17% tax
The Hotel imposes a destination fee of $15.00 plus tax per room / per night.
This fee includes standard WIFI throughout the hotel, garage self-parking on the 3rd floor, daily continental breakfast, free local and toll-free calls, bottled waters, and use of on-property fitness center.
Booking Deadline:
11 May 2026
Houston, TX – Norris Conference Center – CityCentre
816 Town & Country Blvd., Suite 210, Houston, Texas, 77024, United States
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