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Transcend | Houston

AI TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT & TRAINING

September 11-12, 2024 | Omni Houston Hotel

SHARE

Network with your peers in optimization, controls, engineering, operations, and planning & economics. Join this dynamic community and sharpen your skills.

  LEARN

Be a part of the first ever full-day hands-on AI optimization training including model building, evaluation, monitoring, and more in our expert-led workshops. 

  INNOVATE

Hear firsthand how users are leveraging Imubit's new capabilities for operator training, planning tool augmentation, and process degradation insights.

Transcend Houston Agenda

Uniting Change Makers for the Future of Industrial Processing

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AI TECH SUMMIT: Weds, Sept 11th 

DAY 1: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm: Immerse yourself in customer-led sessions, panels, and industry expert keynotes.

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OPENING KEYNOTE

Redefining Refining with a New Class of Optimization Technologies

Harness the power of Imubit’s Optimizing Brain solution to drive your plant's strategic objectives. This game-changing approach to process optimization goes beyond traditional closed loop control and optimization. We will discuss how Imubit’s users are leveraging the technology for new capabilities such as operator optimization training, planning tool augmentation, and process degradation insights.

Speaker: Gil Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO, Imubit

CUSTOMER USE CASE SPOTLIGHT

Optimizing Brain for Operator Optimization Training

No more generic training simulators. Hear how Big West Oil operators and engineers learn optimization strategies on a simulator built on their data and challenges.

Speaker: Bobby Hammer, Operations Supervisor, Big West Oil

CUSTOMER USE CASE SPOTLIGHT

Optimizing Brain for Planning Tool Augmentation

From monthly updates to real-time. Learn how HF Sinclair is leveraging process relationships learned by Imubit's deep learning model to augment LP vectors. 

Speaker: Kevin Daines, Engineering Technical Specialist, HF Sinclair

CUSTOMER PANEL

Democratizing AI Through One-Model Collaboration

A panel of process industry leaders from Marathon Petroleum, Delek, and Oxbow explore how modern AI technologies are transforming the way their plants operate and their teams work. This session will cover all aspects of the AI transformation journey, from how to set the right evaluation criteria through how to continue capturing value through all phases of the project lifecycle.

Moderator:

Peter Reynolds, Analyst for Industrial Manufacturing, ARC Advisory Group

 

Panelists:

 

Joe Boyce, Process Controls Technologist, Marathon Petroleum Corporation LP

 

Kris Kissel-Weir, VP Manufacturing Systems & Data Analytics, Oxbow 

 

Kyle Kuchta, Sr Director of Business Transformation, Delek US

CUSTOMER KEYNOTE

Driving Down Coker Giveaway with AI-based Process Control

Marathon Petroleum APC Engineer Chris Harrison shares their journey of exploring AI technologies to reliably calculate coke rate and ensure coke drums are filled to the optimal level each cycle. Learn how they reduced giveaway and eliminated the burden of tedious manual tasks from operations.

Speaker: Chris Harrison, Advanced Process Control Engineer, Marathon Petroleum Corporation LP

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CUSTOMER PANEL

How will the Optimizing Brain work for you? Platform use for all personas

The Imubit Industrial AI Platform was built with every plant user in mind. Hear from a panel of your peers in P&E, Controls, Operations, and Process Engineering at leading refining companies on how their use of Imubit's platform is transforming the way they view and act on insights from their process relationships.

Moderator:

Allison Buenemann, Product Marketing Manager, Imubit

 

Panelists:

 

Blake Branham, Lead Process Engineer, Big West Oil

 

Binhan Nguyen, Process Manager, Oxbow Calcining, LLC

 

Justin Peninger, Console Operator, Citgo

CUSTOMER INNOVATION

A Logical Approach to Integration of AI in the Cement Industry

A leading global cement manufacturer shares the pilot, justification, and roll-out strategies that are concreting their place as an AI-innovator in the industry.

Speaker: Bryan Cook, Corporate Senior Automation Engineer, Ash Grove Cement

MARKET ANALYST INSIGHTS

A New Category of Optimization & Control Technology

Discover how Closed Loop AI Optimization is revolutionizing the refining industry, breaking 40-year-old paradigms and gain actionable strategies to optimize your operations, reduce inefficiencies, and stay ahead of industry trends.
Speaker: Peter Reynolds, ARC Advisor Group, Analyst for Industrial Manufacturing
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THE LEADING EDGE OF AI RESEARCH

A Taxonomy of Process Control and Optimization: From Model Predictive Control to Reinforcement Learning

Reinforcement Learning (RL) has emerged as a powerful alternative to Model Predictive Control (MPC). The industry has vast experience with MPC, and has gotten used to its pros and cons. RL on the other hand builds on recent developments in AI, and is now emerging in various domains (e.g. Large Language Models such as ChatGPT). In this session, Imubit CTO and President Nadav Cohen will analyze the strengths and weaknesses of MPC and RL for process control and optimization.

Speaker: Professor Nadav Cohen, CTO & President, Imubit

OKTOBERFEST-INSPIRED WELCOME RECEPTION

Prost to new connections and celebrating the change makers! 

Unwind with hearty food, cold brews, and lively conversations—join us for a fun-filled evening!

TRAINING: Thurs, Sept 12th

DAY 2: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm: Hone your skills with hands-on training, covering model building, evaluation, and inferentials.

KEYNOTE: Imubit Platform Innovation

Introducing the Imubit Industrial AI Platform

Join us for an in-depth look at the new Imubit AI Industrial Platform, the underlying technology that powers our Optimizing Brain. Learn how this user-friendly platform allows domain experts to build and evaluate models with ease, enhancing the capabilities of our core optimization engine. We'll showcase our latest developments in model explainability, helping your team gain confidence in AI-driven insights from the Optimizing Brain. Discover how our platform's flexible architecture enables us to develop additional applications, expanding our ability to solve diverse challenges across your entire site. This session will provide practical insights into how Imubit's evolving technology can drive tangible improvements in your plant's performance and decision-making processes.

Speaker: Ran Rosin, VP of Product, Imubit

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

From Algorithms to Explainability

An overview of the technology powering the Imubit platform. From supervised learning to reinforcement learning to closed loop control, this session will lay the foundation for deep dives into each component of the Imubit software later in the day. Examine some of the explainability metrics and visualizations and the critical process of guiding AI models with domain expertise.

Trainer: Aaron Durke, Senior Product Manager, Imubit

ALGO DEEP DIVE TECH SESSION

The Imubit Algo Engine - Enhancing AI-Human Collaboration

Join Imubit Data Science Team Lead, Matanya Beery, as he explores the synergy between AI and human expertise. Along with insights into the mathematical foundations of Imubit's models, this session will focus on how AI and human operators can collaborate to overcome challenges and optimize processes for your plant. Discover practical strategies to harness the full potential of AI while empowering your team to drive continuous improvement.

Trainer: Matanya Beery, Data Science Group Manager, Imubit

HANDS-ON TRAINING

Imubit Inferentials and How They Work

Inferentials are critical to maximizing the value of optimizing technology with your existing process measurement capabilities. Learn how the Imubit Industrial AI Platform can be used to build, evaluate, and monitor the performance of your inferentials. Use advanced analytics to gain a deeper understanding than standard metrics. We'll thoroughly explore inferential algorithms and how we account for things like dead time, missing input data, and correlation without causation.

Trainers:

Aaron Durke, Senior Product Manager, Imubit

Matanya Beery, Data Science Group Manager, Imubit

HANDS-ON TRAINING

Exploring Process Relationships - Imubit Deep Learning Predictor (DLP)

Learn about the algorithms that underly Imubit's DLP models and the theory and techniques behind the model building process. Leverage the DLP Evaluation tools to better understand your process variable relationships, identify data quality issues, and detect DV and CV misspecification. Visualize whether the model learned critical 1st Principles concepts well and use domain expertise to guide it if not. You'll leave this session with an improved understanding of your process relationships and their many behaviors over historical and simulated scenarios.

Trainers:

Aaron Durke, Senior Product Manager, Imubit

Matanya Beery, Data Science Group Manager, Imubit

HANDS-ON TRAINING

What-if Scenarios with the Imubit Deep Learning Controller (DLC)

Learn how the Imubit DLP is used to train the DLC neural network and deep dive into the evaluation workflow and thought process. Explore why the model employs various strategies and which operational and economical conditions influence it to change strategies. Learn how to use the DLC as a simulator to test what-if scenarios by manipulating different input variables, constraints, or objectives. You'll leave this session with a better understanding of how Reinforcement Learning enables "experience based intuition" as opposed to assuming the underlying process model is completely accurate.

Trainers:

Aaron Durke, Senior Product Manager, Imubit

Matanya Beery, Data Science Group Manager, Imubit

CLOSING THE LOOP TECH SESSION

Deep Dive Into Deep Learning Process Control

With the launch of the Imubit Industrial AI Platform operating alongside our heritage Deep Learning Process Control application, Imubit's technologies not only execute your plant’s key optimization strategies in closed loop, but democratize AI modeling, enable one-model collaboration of technical staff and sustain measurable value for years to come.

Speaker: Rex Tan, Product Manager, Imubit

ONE-MODEL COLLABORATION TECH SESSION

Performance Dashboards and Continuous Improvement

In this tech session, you’ll learn how to customize your performance dashboards to deliver fast, real-time insights into key performance metrics such as availability, engagement, and uptime. Discover how these dashboards provide a single, unified view, empowering teams across your plant to collaborate more effectively. By enabling cross-functional teams to investigate issues together, see how these dashboards help you quickly uncover insights and drive continuous improvement in your operations.

Speaker: Mitch McCloud, Customer Success Manager, Imubit

Closing Q&A Session

This unique experience is on us (at no cost to you) and brought to you in collaboration with our high-caliber community of process industry change makers.

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It opened my eyes to the possibilities that lay ahead. Not only for my plant but also for the industry.

  – John Latimer
     HF Sinclair, Director of Process Engineering and Technology

REASONS THIS IS A MUST-ATTEND EVENT

Don't take our word for it. Hear what past attendees said ...

It opened my eyes to the possibilities ahead,

not only for my plant but also for the industry.

 



I gained insights into the process, which gave
us the confidence to try changes—changes we wouldn’t
have been able to make without costly trial and error.
 

 
Learning how the Optimizing Brain works made me realize
how we can expand its use for training.
 

 
Seeing what different moves can do on units in terms
of value provided, understanding our units better, and
impacting the process.
 

SHARE

Network with your peers, discuss process optimization best practices, and how to maximize value.

LEARN

Experience a full day of expert-led AI optimization training and learn how to build your own model.

INNOVATE

See what's new in the platform and how to fast-track operator training and cross-team collaboration.

LEARN FROM

The Change Makers

Gain exclusive access to keynote sessions, user panels, customer case studies, and fireside chats led by industry trailblazers harnessing the power of the Optimizing Brain™ for plant success. And we'll leave plenty of time to engage in comprehensive Q&As to discuss what matters most to you.

 

Be among the leaders to think outside the black box!

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Joe Boyce

Process Controls Operations Supervisor, Marathon Petroleum Corporation LP

Chris harrison

Chris Harrison

Advanced Process Control Engineer, Marathon Petroleum Corporation LP

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Kris Kissel-Weir

VP of Manufacturing Systems & Data Analytics

Blake Branham

Blake Branham

Lead Process Engineer, Big West Oil

Kyle Kuchta

Kyle Kuchta

Sr Director of Business Transformation, Delek US

Kevin Daines

Kevin Daines

Engineering Specialist, HF Sinclair

Bobby Hammer

Bobby Hammer

Operations Supervisor, Big West Oil

Binhan Nguyen

Binhan Nguyen

Process Manager, Oxbow Calcining, LLC

Bryan Cook

Bryan Cook

Sr Corporate Automation Engineer, Ash Grove Cement

Peter Reynolds

Peter Reynolds

Analyst for Industrial Manufacturing, ARC Advisory Group

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Gil Cohen

Co-Founder and CEO, Imubit

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Nadav Cohen

CTO & President, Imubit

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Kelly Harred

Chief Customer Officer, Imubit

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Allison Buenneman

Product Marketing Manager, Imubit

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Aaron Durke

Senior Product Manager, Imubit

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Ran Rosin

Vice President of Product, Imubit


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Event Hotel Venue

Omni Houston Hotel
4 Riverway Drive
Houston, TX 77056

Event room rate:
$189 per night


Reservations:
(713) 871-8181

Online reservations:
https://bookings.omnihotels.com/event/houston/imubit-transcend-houston

 

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Event Information

Don't hesitate to contact 

us with questions

or suggestions. 

Registration information:
marketing-info@imubit.com

Travel information:
jordan.jenkins@imubit.com

Dress Code:
Business Casual

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Share Your Story

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hear from you. 

Speaker requests:
allison.buenemann@imubit.com