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Day 1

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Opening Keynotes

Brace for Impact: Unleashing Innovation from Oceans to Energy

  • Girish Rishi, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Cognite
  • Kimberly Mathisen, Chief Executive Officer, HUB Ocean
  • Kristian Johansen, Chief Executive Officer, TGS
  • Paula Doyle, Chief Digital Officer, Aker BP
  • Matts Johansen, Chief Executive Officer, Aker Biomarine

Cognite's core principles of Relentless Pursuit, Ownership, and Impact drove its transformative approach to reshaping industries for a more autonomous, safer, and sustainable future. In this opening keynote, CEO Girish Rishi highlighted the need for industry transformation to address climate challenges, with Cognite creating data replicas of real-world operations to unlock insights and drive autonomous processes.

Partnerships, such as with SLB and HUB Ocean, showcased how Cognite Data Fusion® enabled solutions across energy and marine sectors, from optimizing oil exploration and vessel operations to protecting marine life. AI-powered tools like Cognite Atlas AI and digital twins help companies manage data and predict events, improving efficiency and sustainability.

Leaders from TGS, Aker BP, and Aker Biomarine shared examples of using data-driven strategies to cut costs, reduce emissions, and enhance production, while advancing energy security and environmental stewardship. Together, they demonstrated how combining innovative technology with purposeful action was not just changing industries but creating a pathway to a cleaner, smarter future.

Harnessing Trust, Openness, and Gen AI to Drive Impact in the Energy Transition

  • Laxmi Akkaraju, Chief Customer Officer, Cognite
  • Noriko Rzonca, Chief Digital Officer, Cosmo Energy Holdings
  • William Dennett, Chief Digital Officer, Freyr Battery
  • Brenda Stout, Vice President Manufacturing, Celanese

Building on the momentum of the opening keynote, this dynamic panel discussion delved into the energy transition, examining how AI technology has reshaped the industry and accelerated progress at an unprecedented pace. The panel featured leaders from Cosmo Energy, Freyr Battery, and Celanese, who shared insights on navigating change, fostering resilience, and leveraging collaborative ecosystems.

Laxmi Akkaraju, Chief Customer Officer at Cognite, emphasized the transformative impact of AI on global energy demand and sustainable operations. Noriko Rzonca, Chief Digital Officer at Cosmo Energy, highlighted AI's crucial role in maintaining safety amidst an aging workforce and a challenging labor market in Japan. William Dennett, Chief Digital Officer at Freyr Battery, discussed using physics models to accelerate battery cell development, emphasizing the importance of data sharing and collaboration. Brenda Stout, Vice President of Manufacturing at Celanese, explained how AI-enabled proactive energy optimization moves from reactive troubleshooting to real-time efficiency improvements. Together, the panel demonstrated how trust, openness, and generative AI are driving impactful change in the energy landscape.

Data & AI: The Foundation for Impact

  • Geir Engdahl, Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder, Cognite
  • Knut Vidvei, SVP Product Management, Cognite
  • Karen Czachorowski, Delivery Lead - Technology, Digital, SCM & Corporate, Aker BP
  • Naruki Akiyama, Advanced System Development Group Leader, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.

This keynote, led by Cognite's Product Leadership, explored how data and AI were harnessed to achieve ambitious goals, focusing on Cognite Atlas AI™ and its role in driving innovation. Geir Engdahl, Chief Product Officer at Cognite,  discussed the growing value of AI and the need for a strong data foundation, emphasizing the use of connectors, contextualization, and industrial knowledge graphs.

Naruki Akiyama, Advanced System Development Group Leader at Idemitsu Kosan Co. shared how they transitioned from manual data collection to AI-driven autonomous operations, optimizing processes with Cognite Data Fusion®. Knut Vidvei, Head of Product Management at Cognite, highlighted Cognite Atlas AI's low-code platform, which enabled companies to build and deploy AI agents efficiently, leveraging foundation models and open standards for scaling Industrial DataOps. Karen Czachorowski, Delivery Lead - Technology, Digital, SCM & Corporate at Aker BP showcased their use of a robot garden and GPT-4 vision to contextualize data and predict potential issues, employing 3D digital twins and dashboards for predictive maintenance. Together, these leaders demonstrated how Cognite's open ecosystem empowered organizations to transform data challenges into real-world solutions.

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Breakout Sessions

Track: Industrial AI

Meet Celanese’s Intelligent Agent

  • Ibrahim Al-Syed, Director Digital Transformation Manufacturing, Celanese
  • Adam Gottlieb, Data Lead, Digital Manufacturing, Celanese

Celanese discussed their journey toward an autonomous, integrated, and optimized digital operations and how their AI-powered chatbot is in the center of this transformation redefining the way they interact with industrial processes. The chatbot leverages Celanese's industrial data foundation and a powerful AI agent to navigate a comprehensive knowledge graph and deliver trustworthy responses. They discussed how Celanese seamlessly integrates this tool into workflows, acting as a real-time copilot to empower users, streamline operations, and unlock new levels of efficiency and innovation.

Onboarding Unstructured Supply Chain Data with Industrial Agents

  • Karen Czachorowski, Delivery Lead - Technology, Digital, SCM & Corporate, Aker BP

The session highlighted how Aker BP is revolutionizing its equipment management process with Cognite Atlas AI™. This session looked at how they are using AI agents to automatically parse technical documentation, saving thousands of engineering hours and empowering their workforce.

Industrial Agents: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Reality Check

  • Kris Narayan, Digital Enablement - Data, Cloud, Automation, NOVA Chemicals
  • Ahmed Musa, Manufacturing Digital Lead, NOVA Chemicals

NOVA Chemicals evaluated the landscape of using industrial agents as part of complex workflows within legacy systems. They explored the strengths and weaknesses of current AI technologies, the need for common semantics, following industry standards, and the critical role of toolchains and governance in building and managing AI agents. 

Industrial Agents Fireside Chat with Verdantix

  • Joe Lamming, Senior Analyst, Verdantix
  • Ole Christian Roed, Head of AI, Cognite

This fireside chat with Verdantix explored the transformative world of Industrial Agents and their impact on the industry. It examined the current landscape of Gen AI adoption within industrial settings, highlighting both inherent challenges and practical applications. The discussion covered the rise of industrial agents and their growing importance in AI conversations, the evolving definition of "performance" in the AI era, and best practices for building industrial agents, including architectural decisions like RAG and CAG, as well as key concerns around safety and operations.

Insights and Takeaways from a Global Deployment Journey

  • Natalia Klafke, Executive Vice President of Energy & Sustainability, Radix
  • Lucas Oliveira, Account Manager, Radix
  • Ibrahim Al-Syed, Director Digital Transformation Manufacturing, Celanese

Radix and Celanese held a roundtable discussion on the key challenges industries face during global deployments and navigating cultural change with a strategic partner like Cognite. Speakers shared insights on how to assist organizations in their journey toward optimal performance and in building a digital-ready workforce, along with lessons learned and takeaways that have been successfully implemented.

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Track: The Digital Journey: Ambition Drives Outcomes

Build vs Buy: How SLB Pivoted to Unlock Value Faster for Its Customers

  • Shashi Menon, Vice President, Digital, SLB
  • Sujit Kumar, Director Digital Production & Edge, SLB

In this panel session, participants discussed Cognite's impact on accelerating product development and reducing time to value for SLB's customers, focusing on SLB's vision of integrating planning and operations data, as well as the importance of partnering and technology openness. 

One Scalable Digital Solution for Any Enterprise

  • Martin Miller, Director Data Science and Analytics, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions
  • Joshua Dotson, Industry 4.0 Leader, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions
  • Mark Sass, IT strategy Advisor, Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum and Koch Ag & Energy Solutions shared their experience how Cognite Data Fusion® is helping them achieve operational excellence and unlock enterprise-wide value to achieve superior business results. They talked about the importance of the knowledge graph, data quality, user experience and expectations and preserving domain knowledge.

Bringing New Technology to the New Frontier: Collaboration in Action

  • Chris Willmore, Guyana Enterprise Digital Manager, ExxonMobil
  • Hervine Jurzak, Guyana Fleet Digital Manager, SBM Offshore

In this session, ExxonMobil and SBM Offshore discussed the monumental task of rapidly scaling oil and gas production offshore. This session looked at how the "Guyana Enterprise" — an alliance of government, partners, contractors, and suppliers— uses Cognite Data Fusion® to help enables the safe, secure, and reliable sharing of diverse data sets, empowering the Guyana Enterprise to make rapid, data-driven decisions and navigate the complexities of this ambitious project at scale.

Reduce Deferments and Improve Efficiency with Advanced Integrated Activity Planning

  • Martin Bernold, Senior Expert Planning & Analysis, OMV

Martin Bernold, Senior Expert Planning & Analysis at OMV covered how Cognite and OMV worked together on industry data problem. OMV discussed how their Cognite-powered solutions have aligned with maintenance, production, and project schedules to optimize resource allocation and minimize downtime - leading to a 50% reduction in inspection planning time and 6% deferment savings on production.

Unlocking Value: An Operator's Perspective on Maximizing Cognite Data Fusion®

  • Ahmed Nasrullah, Head of Data Analytics / System Engineer, Moelven
  • Murray Jackson, Director, GOM MR&I, Technology and Data Analytics, Hess
  • Francesco Giorgetti, Head of Data Analytics, Sierracol Energy

In this panel session, Hess, Sierracol Energy, and Moelven shared their firsthand insights on extracting maximum business value from Cognite Data Fusion® to streamline operations, optimize asset performance, and drive innovation across their businesses. They highlighted how data integration and contextualization are critical factors for success in advanced analytics and AI-driven insights. 

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Track: Data Foundations for Scale

Getting Started with Industrial DataOps Across Industry

  • Peter Rockedahl, Chief Technology Officer, Moelven
  • Takayuki Kawahata, Representing Director, Managing Executive Officer, Fuji Oil Company
  • Olivier Lempereur, Chief Data Officer, MaMaTa

The session highlighted the significant benefits of Industrial DataOps for Moelven, Fuji Oil, and MaMaTa for various organizations, showcasing how Cognite Data Fusion® simplified the journey to data-driven insights by address challenges with data management and accessibility.

The Critical Role of Industrial Knowledge Graphs in Scalable AI Solutions

  • Joe Lamming, Senior Analyst, Verdantix

In this session, Joe Lamming, Senior Analyst of Industrial Transformation at Verdantix, covered industrial knowledge graphs and how they are revolutionizing the way we unify and understand complex data structures. He discussed the challenges of traditional data management and how graph technologies are overcoming the limitations of relational databases. Lamming emphasized that data management and industrial knowledge graphs are essential for enabling scalable AI solutions to unlock new possibilities for digital transformation.

Manufacturing or Enterprise Data: Where to Start? When to Expand?

  • Kris Narayan, Director of Digital Enablement - Data, Cloud, Automation, NOVA Chemicals
  • Øystein Aspøy, Digital Platform Manager, Aker BP

NOVA Chemicals and Aker BP came together to discuss decisions related to the transformation of operations into Digital Factories of the Future: Focus was on whether to specialize in operational technology (OT) and engineering technology (ET) data or to tackle the broader landscape of enterprise IT data management. The speakers discussed strategies for identifying the optimal starting point and ensuring an approach that fosters resilience, leverages best-of-breed solutions, and maintains momentum while supporting broader enterprise goals.

Extending Customer Value with Cognite Data Fusion® OEM Embedded Solutions 

  • Sigvart Eriksen, Chief Executive Officer, Omny
  • Mark Felder, Chief Technology Officer, Pinnacle Reliability
  • Oliver Haya, Business Manager, Data & Application Platforms, Rockwell Automation
  • Rolf Thu, Chief Technology Officer, Ignos

Omny, Pinnacle Reliability, Rockwell Automation, and Ignos discussed how Cognite Data Fusion® serves as the engine within OEM solutions and how it can dramatically enhance offerings and accelerate customer success. They also examined Cognite Atlas AI™ and how it can seamlessly integrate state-of-the-art AI agents into third-party solutions, freeing OEMs to focus on their core domain expertise, deliver exceptional value to end customers, and enable them to achieve their digital transformation goals faster

75 Days to Change the World

  • John Markus Lervik, Chief Strategy and Development Officer & Co-Founder, Cognite

The closing keynote built on the themes of trust, transformation, and the power of data-driven AI solutions, reminding us that the time for action is now.

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Day 2

Keynote

Revolutionizing Industry: The Impact of Real-Time Digital Twins and AI Robotics

  • Stein Danielsen, Chief Solutions Officer & Co-Founder, Cognite
  • Anette Jacobsen, Project Leader Robotics, Equinor

Equinor and Cognite showcased the future of industrial operations with the revolutionary integration of AI and robotics. They demonstrated how real-time digital twins and robots autonomously capture data, which is then analyzed by LLMs and integrated into knowledge graphs. Robots trained like humans now perform complex tasks such as maintenance in hazardous environments, enhancing safety, reducing costs, and improving productivity. Examples included autonomous robots handling confined space operations, repairing steam leaks, and performing precise tasks like grinding and welding, with projects yielding significant savings.

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Breakout Sessions

Track: Better Together with Partners

Optimizing User Best Practices: Unlocking the Power of the Cognite Hub Community

  • Andre Alves, Head of Technology, Radix
  • Henry Martinez, Head of Products - Operations Data, slb
  • Øystein Aspøy, Digital Platform Manager, Aker BP
  • Anita Hærhe, Head of Academy and Community, Cognite

The Cognite Hub Community is transforming engagement and collaboration for industry leaders like SLB, Radix, and Aker BP. Attendees learned how Cognite Hub streamlined internal processes, fostered knowledge exchange, and empowered users to influence the future of Cognite Data Fusion®. Key takeaways included strategies for efficient scaling, enhancing user collaboration, and establishing innovative feedback loops to drive product engagement and organizational growth.

Accelerate the Energy Transition with AI with Microsoft and Cognite

  • Christoph Schittko, Architecture & AI Lead, Microsoft
  • Jason Schern, Field CTO, Cognite

Microsoft Fabric empowers data scientists, business analysts, and CIOs to analyze large, diverse datasets. Cognite Data Fusion® enables domain experts, technicians, and operators to tackle complex field challenges. Together, they provide enriched, contextualized data through CoPilots, Power BI, and other PowerApps, meeting the needs of all industrial data consumers. This session explored how Fabric Shortcut bridges the gap between unstructured and structured data, offering full visibility into data governance, administration, and control.

Scaling data-driven solutions across energy and manufacturing sectors has been challenging due to the complexity and inconsistency of siloed data. Simply de-siloing data isn't enough; it requires optimizing how data is stored, accessed, and contextualized. A prime example is how one customer reduced their shift prep time from hours to minutes using Cognite’s solutions. Microsoft and Cognite have partnered to enhance data flow, enabling Fabric and Cognite Data Fusion® to integrate seamlessly. This collaboration supports advanced use cases like predictive maintenance, carbon capture automation, and the deployment of AI agents across both operational and business contexts.

Go Beyond Hype to Value with Industrial AI for Asset-Intensive Industries

  • Natalia Klafke, Executive Vice President of Energy/Sustainability, Radix

In today's competitive landscape, how are companies dealing with the complex challenges associated with using AI in industrial facilities? How are they leveraging the power of data to achieve more efficient operations and meet their business goals? Companies need to partner with experts who maximize value from technology investments by applying effective AI in industrial operations. Radix shared deep industry knowledge, best practices, and use cases layered with robust technology from Cognite. The session highlighted how Radix and Cognite accelerate industry transformation through strategic AI and data integration.

Rapid Time to Value with Industrial Data Fabric Powered by Cognite Data Fusion® 

  • Ashtad Engineer, Worldwide Smart Manufacturing Solutions, AWS
  • William Dennett, Chief Digital Officer, Freyr Battery

Over the past year, industrial customers have been exploring generative AI, but the uniqueness of each plant and site means there's no one-size-fits-all solution for breaking down data silos that block smart operations. AWS customers are achieving enterprise-wide success with tailored Industrial Data Fabric solutions. Freyr Battery, a leader in global decarbonization with next-gen clean batteries, showcased how they are accelerating their journey with AWS and Cognite to deploy a data strategy that lays the foundation for leveraging AI.

The Journey towards Autonomy: How SLB provides insight and unlocks value

  • Colin Smith, Technical Marketing Manager, slb
  • Gaojing (Melody) Cao, Head of Productions APM & DT, slb
  • Brandon Cavallaro, Head of Product - Production Assurance, slb
  • Alex Chambers, Director of Partner Success, Cognite

In this interactive two-part workshop SLB partnered with Cognite to accelerate the delivery of next-generation digital solutions across energy operations and discussed challenges in building and scaling solutions to achieve impactful business outcomes.

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Track: For Users, By Users: Cognite Data Fusion in Action

A Beginner's Guide to Data Modeling: Charting Your Course

  • Kristian Nymoen, Head of Data Management and Data Science, Skagerak Kraft

Stagerak Energi shared their journey in building data models using Cognite Data Fusion® to unify siloed data across hydropower plants. They emphasized the importance of involving SMEs in the data governance process and leveraging domain expertise to create accurate models. Their layered approach moved from source-centric data to enterprise-wide models, optimizing workflows like water management and asset health. They highlighted how data modeling improved navigation of complex datasets and asset intelligence, offering a more scalable, efficient way to manage operations and enable future AI-driven solutions.

Data Modeling Mastery: Unlocking the Secrets of Complex Structures

  • Mike Heinze, Guyana Enterprise Lead Data Architect, ExxonMobil
  • André Asbjørnsen, Vice President, Data Operations, Aker Solutions
  • Maria Kenderkova, Senior Specialist: IM & Digitalization, Aker Solutions
  • Guillaume Poulain, Asset Information Model Manager / Technical Authority Data & Information, SBM Offshore

ExxonMobil, Aker Solutions, and SBM Offshore discussed the complexities of data modeling in industrial settings. Unifying disjointed data has been the Achilles’ Heel of digital transformation from the start. It is borderline impossible to accomplish with conventional relational data structures. However, new graph technologies are unlocking the art of the possible in powerful data modeling practices, allowing for complex business and data structures to be processed efficiently for advanced analytics. Exxon emphasized that data modeling requires creating shared experiences and understanding through flexible models, likening it to teaching computers as we teach children. Aker Solutions shared their approach to structuring data for EPC projects using Cognite Data Fusion®, focusing on standardization and collaboration with SMEs. They highlighted the importance of scalability, performance, and involving experts to build robust models.

North Star Vision: Illuminating the Path for Your Organization’s Industrial Data

  • Paul Lightfoot, SVP of Product Design, Cognite
  • Adi Veerubhotla, Principal Product Designer, Cognite

In the era of digital transformation, industrial data held immense potential, but without a clear vision, it risked becoming a burden instead of a boon. This session unveiled the power of a North Star Vision to guide organizations' data journeys, aligning teams, prioritizing initiatives, and ensuring every data-driven decision propels them toward their strategic goals. Participants discovered the 'why' and 'how' of crafting this vision, from defining destinations and mapping current capabilities to charting a course and navigating with agility. Cognite Data Fusion® supports this journey, empowering organizations to turn raw data into strategic assets that fuel innovation and drive competitive advantage.

Building Applications on top of Cognite Data Fusion® Quickly 

  • Olivier Lempereur, Chief Data Officer, MaMaTa
  • Brage Strand Kristoffersen, Senior Petroleum Engineer, Aker BP
  • Stig Harald Gustavsen, Metering Technician , Aker BP
  • Sverre Olsen, Digital Solutions Lead, TGS

The session highlighted how Cognite Data Fusion® revolutionized the way industrial companies build and deploy applications, helping them stay ahead and unlock new levels of efficiency and innovation. Aker BP, TGS, and MaMaTa showcased the speed and agility of application development on Cognite Data Fusion®, demonstrating how they overcame data challenges, accelerated time-to-value, and delivered impactful results. The session concluded with a panel discussion and Q&A, offering attendees a chance to engage with experts and gain valuable insights for their own application development.

Tracking outcomes with customers to ensure ROI

  • Vivek Massy, Senior Director - Industry Transformation, Cognite
  • Janos Hidrowoh, Director Major Projects, Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Occidental Petroleum shared how to capture and track the value associated with the deployment of a technology solution like Cognite Data Fusion® in their business. They explored why forward-thinking organizations need to create a value capture model, why they need to keep track of value, and why it is important to report on it.

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Track: Maverick: The Wild West of Data and AI

Fully Autonomous Operations: Will it even happen?

  • Adam Ballard Ph.D, Technology Manager, Hess
  • Kristian Bay Næss, VP Asset Operation - Yggdrasil, Aker BP
  • Richard Climenhage, Commercial Director, ANYbotics

Industry experts from Hess, Aker BP, and industrial robotics leader ANYbotics shared insights on their journey toward autonomous operations. Hess focused on data-driven workflows to improve business outcomes, emphasizing system health monitoring, action prioritization, and automation. Aker BP discussed the transformation of its operations, including remote control rooms, reduced staffing, and integrating robots as data collectors in the field. The panel explored the role of robotics in achieving autonomy, emphasizing robots as tools for efficiency and data collection in hazardous environments and highlighting the shift towards remote, unmanned operations to drive greater efficiency.

Old Historians are Dying, What’s Next?

  • Øystein Aspøy, Digital Platform Manager, Aker BP
  • Morten Enholm, VP Data Gateway Solutions, TGS Prediktor
  • Knut Vidvei, SVP Product Management, Cognite

Industry experts from AkerBP, TGS, and Cognite explored the future of cloud historians in industrial operations. They shared insights from AkerBP’s development of the Yggdrasil area, a project setting new standards in offshore operations with remote-controlled operations, unmanned platforms, advanced technology, and data-driven decisions. The panel explored the shift to cloud historians, highlighting how they unlock the potential of AI and big data while driving innovation through open standards and avoiding vendor lock-in. The session set the stage for a new era in OT data, focusing on real-world examples of transformative innovation.

Applying AI To Industrial Supply Chain: Focused Case Study & Panel

  • Michael Thomas, President, Ascend SC
  • Jason Schern, Field CTO, Cognite
  • Lauritz Lont, Senior Director Atlas AI Strategic Development, Cognite

In this session Cognite and Ascend SC discussed the lengthy and capital-intensive supply chain process, emphasizing opportunities for automation to improve efficiency using computer vision and AI. They explored methods for managing unstructured data and the creation of digital twins and shared the future vision of end-to-end supply chain management, focusing on real-time forecasting, safety improvements, and data-driven processes.

Fine-Tuning Proprietary Language Models: Is it Worth it? 

  • Sverre Brandsberg Dahl, GM Energy Innovation, Microsoft
  • Paula Doyle, Chief Digital Officer, Aker BP

In today's rapidly evolving AI landscape, organizations are exploring the scope of proprietary language models to differentiate themselves and gain a competitive advantage. Industry experts from Microsoft and AkerBP led an insightful discussion on the strategic value of fine-tuning and training these powerful tools. They discussed practical model considerations, cost-benefit analysis, value realization, concerns around IP leakage, cybersecurity, and other crucial aspects of this emerging field.

Private SaaS: The New Frontier for Data, Security, and Control in the AI Era

  • Harald Laastad, Vice President Enterprise Data Management and Platform, Equinor
  • Ibrahim Itani, Head of Analytics and Innovation, Marathon Petroleum
  • Marc-André Langlais, Vice Président, Technologie Numérique / Chief Digital Officer, ArcelorMittal

As industries accelerate their adoption of AI, the demand for greater data control, enhanced security, and operational autonomy reshaped the software landscape. In this session, experts from Marathon, ArcelorMittal, and Equinor discussed the rise of Private SaaS as a critical enabler in the AI era. They explored how Private SaaS equipped organizations with secure, scalable infrastructure while maintaining data sovereignty and control. The discussion explored the strategic benefits, challenges, and future outlook of Private SaaS in transforming industrial operations.

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Cognite Atlas AI™: Gen AI for more complex operations

  • Armin Gharakhanloo, Senior Director of Product Management, AI, Cognite

Generative AI has introduced a unique opportunity for industrial companies over these last two years, opening up numerous paths to increased automation and value generation. The technology has inspired a range of new industrial use cases, but how exactly to succeed with these is still in an explorative phase. A low-code workbench that extends Cognite Data Fusion®, Cognite Atlas AI™ enables companies to automate workflows, optimize decision-making, and streamline processes with domain-specific industrial agents. Experts from Cognite showcased real-world use cases, illustrating how AI agents are transforming maintenance, asset performance, and production optimization. 

DataOps Built for Scale: How to orchestrate complex industrial data for enterprise

  • Jørgen Lund, Senior Product Manager, Data Workbench, Cognite
  • Susanna Furland, Principal Product Manager, Cognite

Cognite experts explored how Cognite Data Fusion® supports scaling industrial DataOps from pilot projects to full enterprise-wide implementation. They discussed the shift from key assets and high-value use cases to scaling across entire portfolios, with thousands of users and all relevant data sources. They emphasized the challenges of orchestration, contextualization, and data modeling at scale, introducing Cognite Data Fusion’s next-generation tools powered by AI to automate and enrich complex data across sources. Key advancements included improved user interfaces, document processing, and interactive data workbenches to streamline data operations and accelerate digital transformation.

Collaborative Planning: Custom-fit workflows for turnarounds, campaigns, and shutdowns

  • Hunter Beck, Senior Director of Product Management, Cognite

Cognite highlighted the common challenges faced in industrial turnarounds, where planners work in silos, often leading to errors and inefficiencies like outdated plans and resource clashes. The reliance on manual processes and Excel results in limited visibility and coordination across teams. Cognite demonstrated how its tools, such as Cognite Maintain and Industrial Canvas, address these issues by offering collaborative features, AI-powered document processing, and 3D visualizations to optimize resource usage and planning. Future developments included prototypes for unified interfaces and enhanced isolation planning, streamlining turnaround operations.

RCA: Accelerate time-to-resolution

  • Andreea Pastinaru Oprea, Senior Director of Product Management, Asset Health, Cognite

Cognite's product and engineering teams showcased how to conduct Root Cause Analysis using Cognite Data Fusion®, highlighting how it accelerates time-to-resolution for critical incidents. The panel explored how integrated, real-time data access and AI-assisted analysis streamline RCA workflows, improve collaboration, and boost operational efficiency. They also discussed ways to add value at every stage of the Root Cause Analysis process.

Cognite 2025 Product Roadmap

  • Hunter Beck, Senior Director of Product Management, Cognite

Cognite's 2025 Product Roadmap revealed how Cognite Data Fusion® is transforming into the Industry Operating System, empowering industrial companies to achieve true digital transformation. The discussion went into Cognite's long-term product strategy and provided a preview of advanced data capabilities, AI-powered insights, and platform ecosystem enhancements that will further enable organizations to optimize software and costs, improve efficiency, and scale outcomes across the enterprise.

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Closing Keynote

Your Impact Starts Here

After two days of showcasing how transforming complex industrial data into actionable insights could revolutionize operations, the closing keynote highlighted key takeaways from customers and partners. It emphasized the transformative business impact driven by the synergy of people, technology, and ambition—all grounded in trust, integrity, and open collaboration.

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