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From Digital Ambition to Industrial Impact

November 4, 2026, Houston, Texas 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm CST
Data-driven.
People first.
Executive Engagement.

How can energy and industrial organizations turn investments in AI, data, and digital transformation into measurable operational value while improving reliability, efficiency, and resilience?

Energy and industrial organizations face mounting pressure to improve asset reliability, reduce operational costs, and strengthen resilience while accelerating digital transformation. Despite significant investments in AI, data, and automation, many struggle to move beyond isolated initiatives and demonstrate measurable business value. With operational complexity increasing and performance expectations rising, how can industrial leaders close the gap between digital ambition and operational impact?

Critical operational and maintenance data often remains fragmented across legacy systems, limiting visibility and slowing decisions that directly affect uptime, productivity, and profitability. Industrial AI and connected operations present new opportunities to improve performance, yet scaling these capabilities introduces difficult trade-offs around modernization, cybersecurity, and operational continuity. At the same time, workforce transitions and the loss of institutional knowledge raise questions about how organizations can maintain safe, efficient, and consistent operations as their technology environments evolve.

Join your executive peers, Baker Hughes, and Microsoft as we explore these challenges and more, discussing how industrial leaders are navigating the path from AI experimentation to enterprise value, unlocking greater value from operational data, and balancing modernization with the need for reliable, resilient operations.

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Discussion Topics

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Closing the gap between industrial AI experimentation and enterprise-wide adoption that delivers measurable business outcomes

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Breaking down operational and maintenance data silos to improve asset reliability, operational efficiency, and decision-making

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Balancing legacy infrastructure modernization with operational continuity, cybersecurity risks, and evolving workforce demands

About Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions to customers across the energy and industrial sectors. Drawing on decades of engineering expertise, technology innovation, and a global footprint, Baker Hughes helps organizations improve productivity, enhance operational performance, support energy security, and advance sustainability goals.

Event Agenda

6:30pm - 7:00pm

6:30pm - 7:00pm

Arrivals, welcome drinks, and networking

7:00pm - 7:30pm

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Event welcome and introductions

7:30pm - 9:15pm

7:30pm - 9:15pm

Table discussion and three-course dinner

9:15pm - 9:30pm

9:15pm - 9:30pm

Event Wrap Up

Why Attend

Closed door, tailored conversations to benchmark, share and get better equipped to solve complex transformation projects.

Experience shared learning

Meet industry leading like-minded executives tackling similar initiatives.

Benchmark with your industry peers

Discover and network to gain expertise and experience on how to best act and succeed.

Accelerate your projects

Accelerate in-depth face time with the world's leading tech companies pushing the boundaries to solve your challenges.

An engaged experience

An expert host facilitates conversations, with live polling, Q&As, and gamification to ensure focused conversation.

Discover next-level ideas

Ensure project success with access to industry experts and cutting edge thought leadership.

De-risk new projects

Gain a range of insights from peers and technical experts who are current with emerging business trends.

"These events are great for relationship building and early stage lead development tool"
Art DuRivage, VP Sales
"It's not a business of selling, it's a business of sharing. And so GDS helps create the environment to share with trust."
David Kidder, CEO & Co-Founder, Bionic
"It's all about exposure and visibility, right? Getting us in front of the right CEOs or the practitioners or whatever, bringing people together to share new techniques, new processes, and new technologies. "
Jason Mical, Cyber Security Evangelist, Devo
"It was a very qualified audience. It was exactly the level and the type of people we want to talk to. The dialogue, the nature of those one on ones gives you the ability to really understand what the client is seeking."
Hamp Hampton, Chief Revenue Officer, Cadalys

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