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CA Consumers, Environment Not Served by Restricting Access to Global Energy

Limiting California’s access to the exact types of crude oil its facilities need will only increase prices for the state’s consumers and travelers. Drivers are already dealing with gasoline prices in excess of $5 per gallon and the highest fuel taxes of the 50 states. Confining energy producers and consumers to a smaller pool of crude oil will make a very sensitive price environment that much worse.

AI 102 — Reinforcement Learning & Generative AI

Artificial Intelligence


Facilitator:
Adi Punuru, ExxonMobil Corporation

Speakers:
Brent Railey, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

The two most controversial and potentially useful aspects of applied AI reside in Generative AI and Reinforcement Learning. Generative AI has applications in technical training, procedures and guided application development. Reinforcement Learning has applications in nonlinear closed loop optimization. Both areas will be of interest to refinery engineers and managers. This session is an extension of AI 101 which presented a broader view of the areas of application for AI.
Speakers
Adi Punuru
Brent Railey
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Topic
Artificial Intelligence

Digital Transformation: Conditioning Your Workforce for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence


Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology that is presently influencing, or will eventually influence, nearly every facet of our personal and professional lives. Although much of the information highlights the benefits of AI, it also raises concerns about potential negative impacts and unintended consequences. It's crucial to prepare the workforce for AI to reduce disruptions. Leaders will share their experiences with AI deployments, the methods used to ensure success, and lessons learned for future AI initiatives.
Take Aways:

  • Awareness of potential impacts of AI on personnel and culture

  • Methods and techniques employed to achieve and sustain positive acceptance of AI

  • Insights into how AI is impacting jobs and job roles and defining new valued skill sets



Moderator:
Brent Railey, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Speakers:
Holly Fitch, Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Tyler Harnos, Big West Oil, LLC
Siva Lakshmanan, DeepHow
Speakers
Brent Railey
Holly Fitch
Tyler Harnos
Sivakumar Lakshmanan
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Artificial Intelligence

Normalization of Deviance — The Pathway to Disaster

Reliability and Maintenance Bootcamp


In this session, we will discuss in detail the definition of Normalization of Deviance and how it has contributed to major accidents, including both Space Shuttle disasters. Examples will be provided of Normalization of Deviance in operating and maintaining process plants, as well as in our daily lives.

Participants will:

  • Gain an understanding of how to stop Normalization of Deviance

  • Learn how to identify and correct this behavior

  • Take this concept home to apply with their families



Moderator:
Dean Roberts, Ergon Refining, Inc.

Speaker:
Rick Hoffman, Becht
Speakers
Dean Roberts
Michael R. Hoffman
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Topic
Reliability and Maintenance Bootcamp