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Baker Hughes Conference
Event Date
Jan 28, 2019 - Jan 29, 2019
Event Location
Florence Italy
Summary
The BHGE Annual Meeting is one of the oil and gas industry's most anticipated events, as it brings together global leaders to debate key issues and learn more about the latest innovations for our industry. The program includes plenary sessions focused on the changing landscape of the oil and gas industry, complemented by in-depth sessions on mechanical and digital technologies, tools, and strategies designed to enhance operational excellence in the face of increasing challenges.
On behalf of Lorenzo Simonelli, Chairman & CEO of BHGE, we would like to thank all of the distinguished presenters, speakers and participants for making the 20th BHGE Annual Meeting a tremendous success.
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Opening Keynote, Day 1: Lorenzo Simonelli, Chairman & CEO, Baker Hughes, a GE company
![Opening Keynote 1](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/13_keynote_simonelli_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=VOKRszpR)
Opening Keynote, Day 1: Lorenzo Simonelli, Chairman & CEO, Baker Hughes, a GE company
![Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Steve Sedgwick, CNBC, MINISTERIAL PANEL image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/02_ministerial_panel_web_0.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=XgUV6c5U)
Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Steve Sedgwick, CNBC, MINISTERIAL PANEL
![Keynote, Day 1: Eldar Saetre, President & CEO, Equinor, THE ENERGY INDUSTRY – PREPARING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/13_eldar_saetre_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=rmCiIyxk)
Keynote, Day 1: Eldar Saetre, President & CEO, Equinor, THE ENERGY INDUSTRY – PREPARING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
![Keynote, Day 1: Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, SVP Upstream, Saudi Aramco, VISION FOR A SMARTER ENERGY FUTURE image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/06_mohammed_al_qahtani_web_0.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=PuXJMuej)
Keynote, Day 1: Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, SVP Upstream, Saudi Aramco, VISION FOR A SMARTER ENERGY FUTURE
![Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Alix Steel, Bloomberg TV, GAS INFRASTRUCTURE: BARRIERS AND POLICY / REGULATORY IMPACT ON GAS MARKETS image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/08_alix_steel_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=bsngySUT)
Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Alix Steel, Bloomberg TV, GAS INFRASTRUCTURE: BARRIERS AND POLICY / REGULATORY IMPACT ON GAS MARKETS
![Leader Keynote: Day 1: Tarek Souki, SVP LNG Marketing & Trading, TELLURIAN, LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS IN A COMMODITIZED INDUSTRY image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/09_tarek_souki_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=s2F-e8D8)
Leader Keynote: Day 1: Tarek Souki, SVP LNG Marketing & Trading, TELLURIAN, LEVERAGING PARTNERSHIPS IN A COMMODITIZED INDUSTRY
![Keynote, Day 1: Harry Brekelmans, Projects & Technology Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Shell, THE INDUSTRY RENAISSANCE: TAKING THE NEXT STEPS image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/04_harrybrekelmans_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=lr_V7uaZ)
Keynote, Day 1: Harry Brekelmans, Projects & Technology Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Shell, THE INDUSTRY RENAISSANCE: TAKING THE NEXT STEPS
![Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Amy Chronis, Deloitte, THE IMPACT OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION ON THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/dsc_6327_amy_chronis.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=kQJsXd5k)
Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Amy Chronis, Deloitte, THE IMPACT OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION ON THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY
![Keynote, Day 1: Gordon Birrell, Upstream Chief Operating Officer-Production, Transformation & Carbon, BP, EMBRACING CHANGE, ADVANCING ENERGY, STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIPS image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/10_gordonbirrell_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=hpwmQrQh)
Keynote, Day 1: Gordon Birrell, Upstream Chief Operating Officer-Production, Transformation & Carbon, BP, EMBRACING CHANGE, ADVANCING ENERGY, STRENGTHENING OUR PARTNERSHIPS
![Keynote, Day 1: Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration & Production, Member of Executive Committee, TOTAL, THE FUTURE IS NOW image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/13_arnaud_breuillac_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=l8vNIQAc)
Keynote, Day 1: Arnaud Breuillac, President Exploration & Production, Member of Executive Committee, TOTAL, THE FUTURE IS NOW
![Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Andrew Smart, Accenture, DRIVING EXCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS AND PROJECT EXECUTION image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/03_panel_andrew_smart_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=XxlNJCJm)
Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Andrew Smart, Accenture, DRIVING EXCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS AND PROJECT EXECUTION
![Keynote, Day 1: Michael Olson, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera, FROM EDGE TO AI image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/08_mikeolson_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=lGxceIxV)
Keynote, Day 1: Michael Olson, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Cloudera, FROM EDGE TO AI
![Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Sara Hassett, Culture and D&I Director, BHGE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS A KEY DRIVER FOR COMPETITIVE EDGE: HOW THE INDUSTRY CAN AND MUST STAY CONTEMPORARY TO COMPETE FOR BEST TALENT image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/09_panel_sara_hassett_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=1Fsp97jy)
Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Sara Hassett, Culture and D&I Director, BHGE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS A KEY DRIVER FOR COMPETITIVE EDGE: HOW THE INDUSTRY CAN AND MUST STAY CONTEMPORARY TO COMPETE FOR BEST TALENT
![Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Sara Hassett, Culture and D&I Director, BHGE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS A KEY DRIVER FOR COMPETITIVE EDGE: HOW THE INDUSTRY CAN AND MUST STAY CONTEMPORARY TO COMPETE FOR BEST TALENT image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/03_panel_sara_hassett_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=yutOQYTU)
Panel Discussion, Day 1: Moderated by Sara Hassett, Culture and D&I Director, BHGE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS A KEY DRIVER FOR COMPETITIVE EDGE: HOW THE INDUSTRY CAN AND MUST STAY CONTEMPORARY TO COMPETE FOR BEST TALENT
![Keynote, Day 1: Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov, Acting Chairman of the Board, Uzbekneftegaz, JSC, UZBEKNEFTEGAZ - A NEW OLD PLAYER image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/12_bakhrom_ashrafkhanov_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=CFZtrDTs)
Keynote, Day 1: Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov, Acting Chairman of the Board, Uzbekneftegaz, JSC, UZBEKNEFTEGAZ - A NEW OLD PLAYER
![Keynote, Day 2: Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, CEO, QATARGAS OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED, SMARTER WAYS TO BRING ENERGY TO THE WORLD image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/02_sheikh_khalid_quatargas_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=_mOsyLEi)
Keynote, Day 2: Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, CEO, QATARGAS OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED, SMARTER WAYS TO BRING ENERGY TO THE WORLD
![Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director Oil & Gas Institute, Robert Gordon University, COLLABORATION, EARLY-ENGAGEMENT AND NEW BUSINESS MODELS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STIMULATE INDUSTRY GROWTH image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/04_panel_paul_de_leeuw_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=ALWKvmcd)
Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director Oil & Gas Institute, Robert Gordon University, COLLABORATION, EARLY-ENGAGEMENT AND NEW BUSINESS MODELS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO STIMULATE INDUSTRY GROWTH
![Keynote, Day 2: Datuk Md Arif Mahmood, EVP & CEO Downstream, PETRONAS, PLAY2WIN: DIGITAL & COLLABORATION image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/04_datuk_arif_petronas_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=3wncP9vD)
Keynote, Day 2: Datuk Md Arif Mahmood, EVP & CEO Downstream, PETRONAS, PLAY2WIN: DIGITAL & COLLABORATION
![Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Muqsit Ashraf, Senior Managing Director Global Energy Lead, Accenture Strategy, HOW TO INVENT SMARTER WAYS TO BRING ENERGY TO THE WORLD image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/panel_discussion_how_to_invent_smarter_ways_0.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=4DdQwbjk)
Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Muqsit Ashraf, Senior Managing Director Global Energy Lead, Accenture Strategy, HOW TO INVENT SMARTER WAYS TO BRING ENERGY TO THE WORLD
![Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Muqsit Ashraf, Senior Managing Director Global Energy Lead, Accenture Strategy, HOW TO INVENT SMARTER WAYS TO BRING ENERGY TO THE WORLD image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/2panel_discussion_how_to_invent_smarter_ways%20%281%29.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=xhtoAe8o)
Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Muqsit Ashraf, Senior Managing Director Global Energy Lead, Accenture Strategy, HOW TO INVENT SMARTER WAYS TO BRING ENERGY TO THE WORLD
![Keynote, Day 2: Karl Johnny Hersvik, CEO, Aker BP, UNLEASHING CHANGE & INNOVATION: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/07_karl_hersvik_akerbp_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=hUXh5Fmi)
Keynote, Day 2: Karl Johnny Hersvik, CEO, Aker BP, UNLEASHING CHANGE & INNOVATION: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
![Keynote, Day 2: Shanker Trivedi, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Businesses, NVIDIA, AI AT INDUSTRIAL SCALE image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/13_shanker_trivedi_nvidia_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=Cc4xk7Op)
Keynote, Day 2: Shanker Trivedi, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Businesses, NVIDIA, AI AT INDUSTRIAL SCALE
![Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets, AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT: THE INGREDIENTS REQUIRED BY THE INDUSTRY TO ATTRACT CAPITAL image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/03_panel_helima_croft_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=Zgo6osOu)
Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets, AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT: THE INGREDIENTS REQUIRED BY THE INDUSTRY TO ATTRACT CAPITAL
![Keynote, Day 2: Alessandro Puliti, Chief Development, Operations & Technology Officer, Eni, ENERGY EFFICIENCY: A KEY FOR MOVING TOWARDS LOW CARBON ENERGY image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/03_alessandropuliti_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=YTKQqHOr)
Keynote, Day 2: Alessandro Puliti, Chief Development, Operations & Technology Officer, Eni, ENERGY EFFICIENCY: A KEY FOR MOVING TOWARDS LOW CARBON ENERGY
![Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Monika Simões, Founder & Managing Director, Energy Dialogues LLC, THE NEW FACE OF ENERGY image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/04_panel_monika_simoes_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=P-rHayPF)
Panel Discussion, Day 2: Moderated by Monika Simões, Founder & Managing Director, Energy Dialogues LLC, THE NEW FACE OF ENERGY
![Welcome to Annual Meeting 2019 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/04_customersarrival_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=rDWVivy_)
Welcome to Annual Meeting 2019
![Exhibit Hall image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/32_various_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=GFZ3rLB4)
Exhibit Hall
![Attendees networking in Exhibit Hall image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/13_various_web_1.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=ZZv8yoQ8)
Attendees networking in Exhibit Hall
![Technology Sessions image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/07_various_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=u1wtttt5)
Technology Sessions
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Technology Session 1
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Technology Session 2
![Technology Session 4 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/01_t1_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=9RU63mBf)
Technology Session 4
![Technology Session 5 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/01_t5_industrial_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=70GmE6st)
Technology Session 5
![Technology Session 6 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/04_t5_industrial_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=4nS3Li8g)
Technology Session 6
![Technology Session 7 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/02_t4_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=0646psvR)
Technology Session 7
![Technology Session 8 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/05_t3_talamona_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=J2IJk9HE)
Technology Session 8
![Technology Session 9 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/technology_session.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=riRJP8UN)
Technology Session 9
![Technology Session 10 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/2technology_session_0.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=iKK2exGV)
Technology Session 10
![Dance & Opera Performance 1 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/10_ballerinelirica_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=lSGAsy7l)
Dance & Opera Performance 1
![Dance & Opera Performance 2 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/39_ballerinelirica_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=_id6Z8dy)
Dance & Opera Performance 2
![Dance & Opera Performance 3 image](/sites/bakerhughes/files/styles/small_3_2_768x512_/public/2020-11/25_ballerinelirica_web.jpg?h=ea95bb15&itok=sRGEeHGH)
Dance & Opera Performance 3