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OpEx MENA 2016 - Call for Papers
4th Operational Excellence in Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Conference & Exhibition
6 & 7 December 2016
Abu Dhabi, UAE
If your company is interested in presenting a paper at OpEx MENA 2016, please contact us
Introduction
OpEx MENA is widely considered to be the premier event for producers, solution providers, technology companies and EPCs to share cutting-edge practices that will enable companies to achieve best-in-class performance. The event was launched in Abu Dhabi in 2013 and is now held around the world including Middle East, Asia, Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
Attaining operational excellence is never a single horizon goal, but a multi-horizon one, being reset on each incremental improvement step achieved towards the unattainable goal of perfection. in the past some have tried to encapsulate operational excellence as the best-in-class performance in the areas of order perfection, manufacturing schedule compliance, yield and overall equipment efficiency (OEE), however, it is fair to say operational excellence is a combination of many achievements contributing to best-in-class operations which distinguishes you from your competition.
What is interesting though, is that companies which demonstrate significant operational excellence, have a high degree of visibility into their operations and business in real time, and empower their employees with data, information and procedures transparently in a role-based manner to assist in fast, accurate actions which lead to consistently good decisions - not ‘once in a while’ great decisions.
The OpEx conference series has been designed to create a cross fertilisation and exchange of ideas among peer companies, vendors and “synergistic” industries. it is this cross fertilisation which we believe will drive us to even greater levels of operational excellence improvements, allowing companies to innovate in the areas of ‘people’, ‘process’, ‘assets’ and ‘technology’ best practices.
Confirmed speakers
HONEYWELL
Norm Gilsdorf
President High Growth Regions
SABIC
Mohammed Al-Rashdi
Director - Sustainability Excellence
SABIC
Renato Hoogeveen
Staff Engineer - Sustainability Excellence
DEKRA INSIGHT
Daryl Wake
Consultant EMEA
KOC
Eiman Al-Abdulghani
Senior Environmentalist
KOC
Faris Al-Mansouri
Team Leader – QHS&E
MAWJ TRAINING & CONSULTING
Khaled Almobarak
President
DUPONT
Franco Polli
Global Operations Excellence Practice Leader
PHILLIP TOWNSEND ASSOCIATES
Mark Eggleston
Director-Europe & ME
ASPENTECH
Saifuddin Sheikh
Business Consulting Director
BENTLEY SYSTEMS
Abdul Azim Azeez
Solution Architect - Asset Performance Management
DASSAULT SYSTEMES
Philippe Audrain
Business Consultant
Other Speakers Include:
- Ross Whyte, Business Development Manager, ADD ENERGY
- Eyad Alqadi, EMEAR Vertical Lead - Oil and Gas Industry, CISCO
- Omar Saleh, Oil & Gas Director - MEA, MICROSOFT
- Richard King, Vice President, Quality and Integrity Assurance, PETROFAC
Schedule
08:00
Welcome Coffee and Registration
09:00
Session #1: Plenary Session – Operational Excellence
Global Market Overview
- People, assets and systems
- Major challenges
- Roadmap to continuous improvement/li>
Colin Chapman, President, EURO PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
How Industry Leaders are Transforming to Gain a Competitive Edge
- The Operational excellence challenge
- Converting data into knowledge
- Using information management to drive Operational excellence
Norm Gilsdorf, President High-Growth Regions, Russia, Central Asia & Middle East, HONEYWELL
Delivering Effective and Sustainable Transformation through OpEx in Petro Rabigh
Bassam Al-Bokhari, Industrial Relations Vice President, PETRO RABIGH
Overcoming Challenges in Implementing Operational Excellence
- Translating strategy into an effective implementation programme
- Integration of technical and behavioural elements
- Common pitfalls in implementing Operational excellence and how to avoid them
Johan van der Westhuyzen, Regional Director, Turkey, Middle East & Africa, DUPONT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
10:30
Coffee & Networking Break
11:00
Session #2: Human Factors - Change Management
Leveraging the “Human Factor” to Drive Operational Results
- Building leadership capabilities
- Cultivating competency in Operational excellence
- Developing KPis that drive the right behaviours
Franco Polli, Regional Operational Excellence Practice Leader, DUPONT SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
How can we Maximise Workforce Performance in Today’s Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals Industry?
- Managing employee demands and motivation
- Corporate staff performance and motivation as a key factor of company performance
- Driving enhanced business performance via workforce performance - strategy for mobility, talent & reward
Marcus Haddrell, Director, EY
Case Study: Employing Positive Reinforcement at Bapco
- What is Positive Reinforcement and why it matters
- Bapco’s process and tools for Positive Reinforcement
- Facts and figures
Mahmood Aman, OE Specialist, BAPCO
How can we Achieve Employee Engagement through Effective Change Management
- What is employee engagement?
- How to engage your employees through change management
- Lessons Learned
Khaled Almobarak, President, MAWJ TRAINING & CONSULTING
12:30
Buffet Luncheon sponsored by Add Energy
13:45
Session #3: Enabling Technologies Part 1
Digital Transformation in the Oil & Gas Industry
- Digital transformation driving changes in approach to data and business process
- Emerging digital technologies creating demand for new ways of operation
- Economic benefits of digital transformation for firms and economies
Eyad Al Qadi, EMEAR Vertical Lead, CISCO
Next Generation Performance Management
- Latest approaches to asset performance modeling and continuous information sharing using a common data environment in eAm systems
- Understanding the analysis tools used to turn unstructured and structured data into value for organisation
- Updates in visualisation tools – creating 3d models
Abdul Azim Azeez, Solution Architect - Asset Performance Management, BENTLEY SYSTEMS
Are Your Fixed Costs Delivering a Competitive Advantage for Your Manufacturing Facility?
- Today’s “fixed cost” environment
- Background: SPi ™ benchmark solution
- Path forward after results
Mark Eggleston, Director - Europe & Middle East, PHILLIP TOWNSEND ASSOCIATES
15:10
Coffee & Networking Break
09:00
Session #5: HSE & Energy Management
Applying the HSE Motivational Recognition Programme in KOC
- Motivating employees and contractors/li>
- HSe motivational Recognition Program
- Address challenges in safe works while executing projects. Techniques and mitigation measures to overcome them
Eiman Al-Abdulghani, Senior Environmentalist, KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (KOC)
Faris Al-Mansouri, Team Leader – Quality & HSE, KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (KOC)
Good Intentions Aren’t Enough: Improving Process Safety Leadership
- Exploration of effective leading indicators of process safety performance
- Learning ways to create a culture that supports effective process safety management
- Impact of a leader on process safety improvement: approach, actions, and decisions
Daryl Wake, Consultant EMEA, DEKRA INSIGHT
Energy Efficiency Program as part of SABIC’s Journey Toward Excellence
- SABic’s programs to measure and evaluate sustainability for better, cleaner and more efficient products, operations and use of resources
- Start-up of the world’s largest CO2 capture and purification plant at SABic’s united affiliate
- Manufacturing excellence management program: reduce operational risk, increase revenue and achieve effective cost management
Mohammed Al-Rashdi, Director – Sustainability Excellence, SABIC – MANUFACTURING ENERGY & SITE INTEGRATION
Renato Hoogeveen, Staff Engineer – Sustainability Excellence, SABIC – MANUFACTURING ENERGY & SITE INTEGRATION
From Energy Management to Energy Optimisation
- Energy efficiency
- Utilities
- Real time optimisation
Saifuddin Sheikh, Consulting Director, ASPEN TECHNOLOGY
10:30
Coffee & Networking Break
11:00
Session #6: Assets, Reliability & Maintenance
The Top 5 Reasons why Assets Fail to Manage Efficiency & Asset Integrity Effectively
- Cost rationalisation
- Maintenance optimisation
- Return on investment
Ross Whyte, Business Development Manager, ADD ENERGY
Operational Readiness – Some Do’s and Don’ts, a Contractor’s Perspective
- Ensuring clean, dry and leak-free plant for start-up
- Delivering accurate and complete engineering and maintenance data
- Ensuring that the operations team are ready to take over the plant
Richard King, Vice President, Quality & Integrity Assurance, PETROFAC
Model Based Simulation to Assess Asset Reliability
- How to analyse the consequences of unplanned events on key structure
- How to understand critical assets degradation modes
- How to demonstrate that critical structures are fit for service
Philippe Audrain, Sales Director, DASSAULT SYSTEMÈS
12:30
Buffet Luncheon sponsored by Bentley Systems
13:45
Session #7: Enabling Technologies Part 2
Enabling Operational Excellence via Enterprise Collaboration
- What is digital Transformation? And how it can enable Operational excellence?
- Discover a new way to achieve enterprise collaboration
- A glimpse into the future of technology in industrial plants
Haytham Amin, Business Development Manager, HONEYWELL
Effecting Digital Transformation towards Operational Performance
Omar Saleh, Regional Business Development Director, MICROSOFT
15:10
Coffee & Networking Break
Kindly note that the Conference Agenda will be updated as we continue to receive new submissions for presentations. If you would like to become a Speaker at OpEx MENA 2016, please send your abstract to opex@europetro-me.com
Training Workshop
We are pleased to offer a training workshop for OpEx MENA Delegates, in addition to attending the conference:
Operational Excellence Strategies in Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals
4 & 5 December
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Topics include:
- OpEx Culture and Organisation
- Risk Management
- Change Management
- Benchmarking/OpEx Audit
- Lean Thinking and Lean Tools
- Tools and Strategies: Lean Thinking, DMAIC, Six Sigma, Process Mapping, RCM/TPM/FMEA
- Improvement Teams and Continuous Improvement
Course Fee
- GBP 1800 per person
- 10% discount for all OpEx MENA conference delegates, or
- 20% discount for three or more registrations from the same company
Class sizes are limited to ensure an optimum learning experience for all our attendees. Please reserve your delegate place before 1 November 2016.
Sponsors
Add Energy
Bentley Systems
Marketing Opportunities
We offer various packages designed to raise your company profile at our events. Please contact us for full details about our Sponsorship packages or to book Exhibition space.
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