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New Technology Showcase

Monday, 22 June–Tuesday, 23 June

2:00 pm–5:00 pm

George R. Brown Convention Center

Included in attendee registration

Topics Covered:
  • Advanced Visualization Techniques
  • Co-production of critical minerals, geothermal, lithium, and helium
  • itcoin mining and other uses for low-volume natural gas
  • Reservoir Fluids Modeling
  • Reservoir Characterization
  • Wellsite communications technologies
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Generative AI and Large Language Models for Subsurface Energy
  • Refracturing (Refracs)
  • Microgrids
  • Drilling Innovations
  • Real-Time Monitoring & Sensor Technologies
  • Completion Techniques
  • Drilling Fluids
  • Geothermal Co-Production
We invite you to apply to participate in a focused, content-rich New Technology Showcase designed for upstream professionals looking to stay at the forefront of innovation.

 

The structured sessions include:

  • Panel discussions focusing on technology development, women in technology, and new directions in AI
  • Presentations by emerging technology developers and service providers

 

These advancements are driving down costs, improving asset recovery, and improving asset optimization.
 

If you are an operator, technology scout, engineer, or innovator, this is your opportunity to engage directly with the technologies reshaping the upstream sector.

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Contact Susan Nash at [email protected]
Event Schedule

Two-Day Showcase Timeline

Follow the conversation as it unfolds — from panel sessions exploring tech adoption to back-to-back 15-minute pitches from the founders building tomorrow’s subsurface stack.

Day 1 22

Monday, 22 June

Two panel discussions followed by eight technology pitches · 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2 Panels 8 Pitches
2:00 – 2:30 pm
Panel 30 min

From Pilot to Profit: Navigating the Tech Adoption Gauntlet

Session Overview

This fast-paced, 30-minute session brings together a high-impact panel of technology scouts, early adopters, and incubator experts to dissect the DNA of a successful subsurface innovation. Moving beyond the hype, our panelists will share “war stories” from the field, highlighting the critical ingredients that separate scalable solutions from forgotten prototypes. Whether you are developing, field-testing, or marketing new tools, you will gain essential insights into the most common pitfalls to avoid during the redesign and deployment phases. Join us to learn how to align engineering ambition with operational reality and ensure your technology doesn’t just work—it delivers.

What You’ll Hear

Join this team of high-impact panel of technology scouts, early adopters, and incubator experts to dissect the DNA of a successful subsurface innovation. Moving beyond the hype, our panelists will share real world experiences, highlighting the critical ingredients that separate scalable solutions from forgotten prototypes. Whether you are developing, field-testing, or marketing new tools, you will gain essential insights into the most common pitfalls to avoid during the redesign and deployment phases.

Panelists

Amy Henry

Amy Henry

President

Eunike Ventures
Bryan Gottfried

Bryan Gottfried

Technology Scout

Elysium Geoscience
Kelsey Kearns

Kelsey Kearns

Head of Greentown Houston

Greentown Labs
Ana Vielma

Ana Vielma

Geoscientist and Data Analytics Professional

Independent Consultant (Geoscience & Data Analytics)
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Panel 30 min

The Edge of Innovation: The Women Driving Energy Tech’s Next Wave

Session Overview

This 30-minute session explores how the unique perspectives of women in energy technology are reshaping the industry’s approach to complex problem-solving. Our panel of leaders will move beyond the traditional DEI narrative to discuss the tangible business advantages of diverse leadership, specifically how a focus on collaborative team-building and strategic alliance-forging can accelerate the pace of innovation. From navigating the technical hurdles of subsurface engineering to fostering unconventional partnerships across the energy value chain, these experts will share how their distinct approaches to communication and risk-sharing lead to more resilient technologies and faster commercial adoption.

What You’ll Hear

Moving beyond the traditional DEI narrative to discuss the tangible business advantages of diverse leadership, this panel of innovative women leaders focuses on how collaborative team-building and strategic alliance-forging can accelerate the pace of innovation. From navigating the technical hurdles of subsurface engineering to fostering unconventional partnerships across the energy value chain, these experts will share how their distinct approaches to communication and risk-sharing lead to more resilient technologies and faster commercial adoption.

Panelists

Kirsten Siebach

Kirsten Siebach

Assistant Professor

Rice University
Yuxing Ben

Yuxing Ben

Manager of Machine Learning

Occidental
Danny Kingham

Danny Kingham

Principal Hydrogeologist

GSI Environmental
Meagan Wall

Meagan Wall

Vice President

Stratochem
3:00 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
VP

Vlad Payrazyan

CEO

Gain.Energy

UPSTRIMA Marketplace of Specialized Oil and Gas AI Agents and Workflow

Upstrima Marketplace offers data-driven and use case-specific practical AI Agents to solve specific challenges, execute tasks, automate workflows, reduce risks and improve accuracy. Our AI Agents can be connected together into AI Workflows to automate user-specific processes of any complexity.

3:15 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
YZ

Yitian Zhao

Data Scientist

GeoGPT

GeoGPT

GeoGPT is a multimodal AI framework and foundation model specifically tailored for Earth sciences and geospatial intelligence. It allows geoscientists and non-professionals alike to query, analyze, and visualize complex geographic datasets using simple, everyday natural language instead of requiring coding or specialized GIS expertise.

3:30 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
MA

Marta Anson

Global Marketing Manager

AspenTech

Aspen Fidelis™

Aspen Fidelis™ enables organizations to optimize critical decisions with quantified, results-driven insights, helping you justify investments, manage risk and maximize value across the asset lifecycle

3:45 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
VJ

Vikram Jayaram

Founder

Neuralix

DLT – Data Lifecycle Templatization

Data Lifecycle Templatization (DLT) framework enables rapid deployment of artificial intelligence applications that reduce unplanned downtime and provide early failure warnings with accuracy, enabling water, manufacturing, and oil and gas sectors to improve reliability and efficiency.

4:00 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
HN

Holden Nash

Boundary RSS

BoundaryRSS software ecosystem

Unlocking the world beneath our feet through geospatial innovation, redefining subsurface exploration.

4:15 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
JB

John Boden

CEO

i2K Connect

i2K Connect

i2k Connect is an AI platform that helps organizations transform unstructured data (documents, PDFs, reports) into structured, AI-ready intelligence. It uses Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to automatically classify, tag, and analyze information, reducing manual research effort by up to 90%

4:30 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
BG

Benedict Geaghan

Global Business Development Manager – Surface Logging

SLB

OnWave autonomous logging

The OnWave™ autonomous logging platform deploys autonomously and collects critical subsurface data to help you make better, faster decisions—even in historically challenging tight gas and unconventional reservoirs.

4:45 pm
Tech Pitch 15 min
DT

Dave Tonner

CEO

DWL

Diversified-ai

Diversified-ai is built to deliver next-generation reservoir insight while helping our customers advance their Environment, Health, and Safety (ESG) objectives. By combining intelligent automation with high-quality surface measurements, we’re enabling safer operations, more consistent data, and better decision-making at the wellsite.

Curators

New Technology Showcase Advisory Board

The board guiding the selection and programming of the New Technology Showcase.

Mark Hamzat Erogbogbo

Mark Hamzat Erogbogbo

Associate

Texas Star Alliance
Marta Anson

Marta Anson

Global Product Marketing Manager – Subsurface solutions

Emerson AspenTech
Chuck Toups

Chuck Toups

Program Director

World PMO
David Hume

David Hume

Research Manager and Director

University of Houston
Jonathan Garcez

Jonathan Garcez

Research Associate

Darcy Partners