Call for Abstracts
Your Opportunity to Speak at the GDA CONFERENCE 2021
Theme: Downstream Turning Points - “Capitalising on Transformation”
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE28 February 2021 |
SUSTAINABILITY
Efforts of downstream industry to meet customers requirements without compromising the needs of future generations.
- Economics
- Environment
- Health & Safety
- Reduce, Re-use and Recycle (Circular Economy)
- Social
- ESG in light of COVID-19
RESILIENCE
In today’s challenging market conditions for downstream, success of a business lies in its ability to turn challenges into opportunities to capture greater value, and not only to respond to market fluctuations.
- Asset Reliability and Management
- Best Practices from outside Oil & Gas industry
- Business Transformation
- Flexibility and Competitiveness in Design and Operation
- Process Efficiencies
- Technology Driven Transformation
- New methods of Cost Optimisation
- Repurposing Stranded Assets
DISRUPTORS
To thrive in today’s evolving business, companies need to become transformative organisations that are able to pivot quickly as business needs change.
- Disrupters within and without
- Energy Transition
- Regulations
- COVID-19, Challenges and Opportunities
FUTURE GROWTH
Key factors that influence the future growth of downstream business.
- Future of Refining
- Downstream integrations
- Capital efficiencies
- Funding Downstream investments
- Market outlook and industry strategies
- Origination and investment (government entities to discuss government support to infrastructure and funding)
DIGITALISATION IN DOWNSTREAM SECTOR
Integration of digital technology to improve business processes and develop new capabilities to drive performance.
- 3D Manufacturing
- Blockchain / Cloud
- Leveraging data to optimise networks and logistics utilisation
- Robotics & UAV’s enterprise mobility
- Smart Plants (operation and enterprise analytics)
- Data Science Technology (AI, IoT, ML)
HUMAN CAPITAL
Current challenges and best practices in acquiring and developing talent in downstream.
- Digitisation & Training
- Human Resource Development
- Training that Meets Emerging Technologies
- Post COVID-19 Workforce Design
- Virtual Organisations in view of COVID-19 in the Downstream Sector
CONTACT US
For questions regarding the online submission process, please e-mail: speaker@e3-worldwide.com.
For urgent queries, please contact Rachel George at +971 4 4270739.