NEXT-GEN MARINE-OFFSHORE DEVELOPMENT: Implementing a Digital Future with Cutting-edgeTechnology for Design, Asset Integrity, Enhanced Safety and Workforce Empowerment
Wednesday October 7th, 2026
Microsoft Technology Center
750 Town and Country Blvd. Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77024, United States
The IMarEST Houston (US Gulf Coast) 2026 Conference follows successes from its inaugural conference in 2023 and will provide an unrivalled opportunity to participate in panel discussions, learn about subjects outside your day-to-day work, innovate through disruptive collaborations across verticals and make new professional connections.
The Conference Session Topics include:
- Cutting-edge digital solutions for offshore and marine system design, highlighting the innovations, optimizing performance, and enhancing safety in operations.
- Adopting new digital technologies for drilling, subsurface, subsea, and surface facilities to enhance long-term offshore operations, asset integrity and asset decommissioning.
- Innovative solutions to efficiently manage the techno-economic risk in offshore and marine ecosystem.
- Implementing smart solutions with agentic AI to create safer, more efficient operations and enhance asset performance.
- Leveraging advanced analytics and real-time data to optimize production, reduce operating costs, and improve operational visibility.
- Utilizing digital twin models to predict performance, enabling better asset management and risk mitigation.
- Strategies to empower the next-gen of talent with the awareness and skills in digital technologies to navigate a modern, technology-driven offshore oil and gas and marine landscape.
- Exploring and showcasing how digital tools can help achieve sustainability goals and manage energy transition challenges.
- Driving resilience and productivity improvement in offshore and marine operations by leveraging big data analytic and cybersecurity.
- Advancing remote operations with robotics, cobots, AI camera, ROV, AUV, and drones, to deliver enhanced safety and asset performance.
- Fostering innovations in the offshore energy and marine sectors through collaboration of non-traditional partnerships with industries and universities, to advance ESG and sustainability on marine port operations.
Why should I attend?
- Network with experts, stakeholders, and peers from different sectors and regions of the offshore oil & gas and maritime industry.
- Explore new opportunities and challenges for the offshore and marine sectors in accelerating a value outcome.
- Participate in interactive sessions, workshops, and panel discussions on topics such as cutting-edge digital solutions, next-gen of talents, life-of-field operations, sustainability, regulations, and collaboration.
- Learn about the latest trends and innovations in offshore oil & gas and maritime industry, such as energy 4.0 technologies, decarbonization, automation and cybersecurity.
- Discover best practices and solutions for enhancing the efficiency, safety and competitiveness of the energy and marine industry.
