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Technical Program

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7:30AM-8:45AM	Registration and Networking
8:45AM-9:15AM	Welcome Session
	Dr. Mikael Berthod, ADNOC Refining Research Centre (ARRC), Symposium Chairman
	H.E. Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa, Minister of Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain
	Suleman A. Al-Bargan, Vice President of Domestic Refining and NGL Fractionation, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Chairman Gulf Downstream Association, Kingdom of Bahrain
9:15AM-10:45AM	Keynote Session I
	Philippe A. Tanguy, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada: The Key Role of Hydrogen in a Low Carbon Economy
	Ahmed Khogeer and Omar Konash, Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Renewable Energy in an Oil Exporting Region
10:45AM-11:00AM	Coffee Break
11:00AM-12:30PM	Keynote Session II
	Shakeel H. Kadri, AIChE, USA: Cybersecurity and Process Safety: A Risk Based Approach to Build Sustainable Operational Risk Management
	Hans Fraikin, Libra Project, United Arab Emirates: Monetizing Equity in Renewable Energy Impact Projects through Digital Securities
12:30PM-2:00PM	Networking Lunch
2:00PM-3:30PM	Technical Panel: Horizon Technology New technologies can disrupt an established industry in unpredictable ways, while also presenting an exciting optimization problem, with new opportunities for integration, improved maintenance and reliability. What influence will horizon technologies like AI and augmented reality hold for the chemical enterprise? This session will delve into this question, focusing additionally on technologies like smart grids, microgrids, machine learning, and hybrid energy technologies. Panel Moderator: Devinder Mahajan, Stony Brook University, USA
	Howard Levin, Siga OT Solutions, USA: Advance Analytics, Machine Learning and Anomaly Detection for Improved Operational Reliability, OT Cyber Security & Process Optimization in Ics & SCADA Systems
	Hamza Alawi, McDermott International, Inc., Kingdom of Bahrain: Monetizing Upstream to Midstream Gas Resources, Vertically Integrating Derivatives Producers into Olefins Producing and Greater integration with Olefins Producers
3:30PM-4:00PM	Networking Break
4:00PM-5:00PM	Technical Panel: Horizon Technology - continued
5:00PM-5:15PM	Closing Ceremony