Cegal hosts virtual tech day on data science and Python with over 100 attendees

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11/22/2023 |

Cegal arranged a successful virtual tech day with a live stream from the Stavanger office and global speakers and attendees.

For the third time, Cegal has hosted a day of virtual technical sessions, or as we call it the virtual tech day. This year’s event on November 16th focused on Data Science and Python with presentations on all things Artificial Intelligence, Python, and how to drive innovation for the energy industry.

The event was hosted by Arne Kristoffer Norborg, Global Business Development Manager in Cegal and produced by Jørund Kopren live from the Cegal studio in Stavanger. The agenda featured a range of internal and external speakers from all over the world.

Watch the recording of all sessions here >

“We see a clear change in the energy industry adaptation towards data science and AI. Cegal is in the forefront of this and proud to host this event on best practice, what’s happening in the energy industry and how to support this exiting change”

Arne Kristoffer Norborg.

The first session and keynote by Dr. Luigi Saputelli, live from the Subsurface Excellence Center of ADNOC in Abu Dhabi, discussed how to use analytics for digital transformation in the energy business. Followed by Dr. Odd Erik Gundersen, Chief AI Officer at Aneo AS on the use of AI in power and renewables session. After a short coffee break, our Principal Digitalization and Innovation Advisor Espen Knudsen had a live discussion with Microsoft and Swarup Joshi about the AI innovation office and how to drive innovation through partnership.

Dr Thibaud Freyd who works with AI & Emerging Data in Cegal discussed how the latest development in regulating AI will impact the energy industry followed by a deep dive into Geomechanics and Cegal Prizm by our Senior Software Engineer Dr. Tore Aadland and Dr. Jung Chan Choi from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI).

After lunch, Dr. Aina Juell Bugge from AkerBP discussed how to use AI and ML (Machine Learning) to optimize the interpretative value of seismic data, followed by our Senior software engineer Dr. Thomas Bartholomew Grant who showed how AI and large language models can change the energy industry including a live demo of analyzing numerical data with a Python agent. Last but not least, Dorzhi Badmaev from ADNOC showed practical examples and use cases of Python scripts in petroleum engineering.

Thanks to all speakers and everyone who joined live throughout the day.

If you could not make it, make sure to check out the recording of all sessions here.

Want a sneak peek behind the scenes? Check out this post on Instagram.

(Arne Kristoffer Norborg, host of Cegal’s virtual tech day and Jørund Kopren, in-house producer in the Cegal studio.)