Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO, Mads Nipper, Ørsted CEO, Judson Althoff, Microsoft EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, and Øyvind Eriksen, Aker ASA President, & CEO to open the annual conference. The free, virtual event will feature global leaders and innovators who are driving industry and supply chains toward a more innovative, data-driven, sustainable future.
OSLO, Norway, & AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)– Cognite, a leader in industrial innovation, in partnership with Microsoft and Aker Horizons will host its fourth annual global conference, Ignite Talks on September 21-23, 2021. Top leaders in Technology & AI, Energy, Power and Utilities, Manufacturing, Finance, Renewables, and Cybersecurity will share insights at the three-day virtual industrial digitalization conference, co-located in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.
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“To truly transform and meet net-zero goals, the time to act is now,” says John Markus Lervik, Cognite co-founder and CEO. “We host Ignite Talks to bring industry leaders together in what we see as an increasingly vital, solution-oriented conversation. It’s about industrial data and making the most of it. It’s about the challenges and opportunities in optimizing massive operations through technology. And it’s about striking a crucial balance between business sustainability and environmental sustainability.”
“Understanding and contextualizing data is essential for companies to take command of their digital manufacturing transformations, to make progress toward net-zero, and to succeed in the industrial future,” says Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO of Accenture. “That is why Cognite and Accenture are committed to working with our clients and ecosystem partners to empower manufacturers to discover new insights within their data, quickly and at scale.”
“Reaching net-zero requires organizations to transform data-driven insights into action so they can assess impact, evaluate progress and retool operations. At Microsoft, we are committed, along with partners like Cognite, to co-innovate solutions that allow organizations to advance their sustainability journey,” says Judson Althoff, Microsoft’s chief commercial officer.
Attendees can expect conversations on how technology shapes our industrial future, circular economies, the rise of automation, and the future of industrial data management. There will also be deep dives on profitable sustainability and Industrial DataOps.
Register now and view a full agenda for this online conference: ignitenews.com/ignite-talks/ and view the Ignite Talks video
Microsoft and Aker Horizons serve as Ignite Talks conference partners. Gold sponsors include Accenture, Aize, Capgemini, Cognizant, Itera, TietoEVRY, Wood, Yokogawa.
Highlighted Ignite Talks Include:
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Ignite’s Opening Address: From “Talks” to Action
Julie Sweet, CEO, Accenture
Mads Nipper, CEO, Ørsted
Judson Althoff, EVP & Chief Commercial Officer, Microsoft
Øyvind Eriksen, President and CEO, Aker ASA
John Markus Lervik, CEO and co-founder, Cognite
The Future of Energy: Technology as an Enabler of Profitable Sustainability
Kristian Røkke, CEO, Aker Horizons
Kristin F. Kragseth, CEO, Petoro
Hilde Tonne, CEO, Statnett
Paula Doyle, SVP Sales and Marketing, Cognite
Building Resilient and More Sustainable Energy Companies of the Future
Mario Mehren, CEO, Wintershall Dea
Kristin Færøvik, Managing Director, Lundin Energy Norway
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Lifting Profitability, Driving Sustainability: New Strategic Direction Toward 2050
Hilde Merete Aasheim, President & CEO, Hydro
Sigve Brekke, President & CEO, Telenor Group
Øyvind Eriksen, President and CEO, Aker ASA
The Future of Energy: How Technology Holds the Key to Transformation
Surya Panditi, President & CEO, Enel X North America
Bill Magness, Former President & CEO, ERCOT
Carolina Torres, Sr. Director, Energy Industry Transformation, Cognite
The Manufacturing Leap from Proofs of Concept to Digital Operations at Scale
Patrik Sjöstedt, EMEA Regional Business Leader, Manufacturing, Enterprise Commercial, Microsoft
Hunter Beck, Director of Customer Success, Cognite
Thursday, September 23, 2021
The Tech Dimension of the Global Energy Transition
Ahmed Hashmi, SVP Digital, Production and Business Services, bp
Francois Laborie, President, North America, Cognite
How Utility Companies Can Build the Right Data Foundation for Analytics and Operations
Susan Maley, Monitoring & Advanced Analytics, Electric Power Research Institute (ERPI)
Michael Rossol, Data/Software Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Thomas Trøtscher, Chief Data Officer, Statnett
The Future of Industrial Data Management
Alvin Shaffer, Head of Industry 4.0 for Renewables, Equinor US
Susan Peterson Sturm, IoT Board Advisor, Independent
Ben Blanchette, Program Director, Digital Manufacturing, Owens Corning