What is the ADI Forum?
- Executive Strategic Conference: The ADI Forum is a high-level platform for leaders across the oil & gas, energy transition, and chemicals sectors to meet, share insights, and strategize on the most pressing issues facing their industries.
- Three Days, Three Focus Areas: The conference is strategically divided into three days, each dedicated to a key area:
◊ Day 1: Oil & Gas (upstream, midstream, downstream, LNG, NGLs)
◊ Day 2: Energy Transition (renewable power, biofuels, hydrogen, critical minerals, CCUS, DAC, and more)
◊ Day 3: Chemicals (feedstocks, polyolefins, engineered polymers, innovation, sustainability) - Format: We curate impactful panel discussions with 40+ expert speakers, plus focused keynote sessions designed to deliver thought-provoking perspectives. Expect in-depth exploration of markets, projects, economics, policies, and innovation driving these industries.
Target Audience:
- C-Suite executives & decision-makers from major energy, chemical, and technology companies
- Investors and financial institutions active in the energy and chemicals space
- Government representatives and policymakers
- Industry analysts and thought leaders
Goals of the ADI Forum:
- Strategic Foresight: Provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the current landscape and emerging trends.
- Networking: Foster new connections and partnerships within the industries.
- Cross-Sector Collaboration: Encourage dialogue between sectors to overcome challenges and capitalize on the opportunities present within the wider energy landscape.
Why Houston?
Houston is the undisputed energy capital of the world. It acts as a global hub for innovation, investment, and expertise within the energy and chemicals sectors.
About ADI
Founded in 2009, ADI is a boutique consulting firm specializing in oil & gas, energy, and chemicals. We have completed 600+ projects for 300+ clients including ExxonMobil, Shell, ConocoPhillips, Aramco, Phillips 66, BASF, Dow, Reliance, Clariant, Lubrizol, SLB, GE, KKR, Microsoft, and U.S. Department of Energy.
Combine that with ADI Chemical Market Resources, whom we acquired in 2017 to expand our capabilities in chemicals, petrochemicals, polymers, and plastics, and ADI is the research and consulting powerhouse you can count on.
More at www.adi-analytics.com.
Join us at the ADI Forum, February 11 – 13 2025 in Houston, Texas!
2024 Speakers
Agenda
The expanded ADI Forum facilitates conversations on strategic issues across the oil and gas (day 1), energy transition (day 2), and chemicals, plastics, and polymers (day 3) value chains. Designed for leadership teams to prepare for the year ahead, we begin each day with a keynote speaker, including a fireside chat, then go into a comprehensive outlook for the year. We expect 45+ speakers participating in 6 daily panel sessions. The ADI Forum also offers opportunities for engaging dialogue, meaningful networking with 125+ attendees, and access to cutting-edge insights from our research and consulting.
Keynote
Tim Adams, VP, Corporate Strategy, Development and Planning, Hunt Refining
Energy outlook in 2024
Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics
Panel 1: Upstream onshore & uncoventionals
Michael Pipkin, CEO, Rushmore Resource Partners William Atcheson, Energy Sector Strategist, Jefferies Brent Williams, Director of Sustainability, Callon Petroleum
Panel 2: Digital in oil & gas
Sheldon Harbinson, VP, Americas, Computer Modelling Group Soudip Chowdhury, CEO, Eugenie Rohan Irvin, Senior Reservoir & Completions Engineer, ResFrac
Panel 3: Oilfield services
Austin Harbour, Managing Director, Piper Sandler Sean Ebert, Senior Partner, Altira Group
Panel 4: Natural gas & LNG
James Wang, CFO, VP Ventures Najla Jamoussi, Director Market Fundamentals - Global LNG, Cheniere John Palamara, General Manager - LNG, Air Products
Panel 5: Midstream & NGLs
Joseph Gentry, VP, Licensing, GTC Vorro Kendall Puig, Manager, NGL Marketing & Analytics, Antero Resources Richard Barber, Waukesha Key Account Manager, INNIO Waukesha
Panel 6: Fuels & refining
Mike Reed, Chief Executive Officer, Renewable Biofuels Chris Efird, Chief Executive Officer, NXTClean Fuels
Energy transition outlook in 2024
Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics
Keynote
Charles McConnell, Energy Center Officer, CCME, University of Houston
Keynote
Lydia Johnson, VP, Product Dev., Low Carbon Solutions, ExxonMobil
Panel 1: Renewable power & energy storage
Brandon Schwertner, CEO, Priority Power Jane Zhang, Business Fellow, Breakthrough Energy
Panel 2: Biofuels, SAF, & RNG
Blake Simmons, Chief Science & Tech. Officer, Joint BioEnergy Institute Tamara Siskind, Director, Business Development, Viridi RNG Jesse Blair, Director, RNG Development, Synthica Energy
Panel 3: Hydrogen
Markus Digruber, EVP, Head of Innovation & Bus. Dev., Hoerbiger Chendhil Periasamy, VP, Energy Transition, Air Liquide
Panel 4: CCUS and direct air capture
Oliver Tuckerman, Co-President, Blue Sky Infrastructure Kal Al-Labadi, VP, Product Management, Sundyne Jan Sherman, Chief Development Officer, Carbonvert
Panel 5: Innovation
George Skoptsov, President & CEO, H Quest Vanguard Brendan Walsh, Regional Sales Director, Americas, Origina Anahita Khanlari, Solution Marketing Director, Chemicals, AspenTech
Panel 6: Energy transition infrastructure
Jason Ryan, EVP, Regulatory Svcs. & Govt. Affairs, CenterPoint Energy Prasenjeet Ghosh, Hydrogen Venture Exec. - Low Carbon Solutions, ExxonMobil
Keynote
Kelly Knopp, CEO & Co-Founder, Citroniq Chemicals
Chemicals outlook in 2024
Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI-CMR
Panel 1: Methanol & ammonia
David LaMont, SVP, Corporate Development, SunGas Renewables Hanh Nguyen, VP, Sustainability, OCI Global Esben Sorensen, Sr. Director, Global Market Development, Plug Power
Afternoon Keynote
James Simon, President & CEO, Braven Environmental
Panel 2: Engineered materials
Jeffrey Dysard, CTO and EVP, NuMat Technologies Matthew Seabaugh, Founder, HeatPath Solutions
Panel 3: Specialty chemicals
David Austgen, CEO, BioVeritas Steve Brown, President, Chemstations
Panel 4: Investor
Ben Scharff, Managing Director, Grace Matthews Jim Sledzik, Managing Director, Aramco Ventures
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