OCT 22, 2026 | Houston, USA | 5:30-10:00 PM

From Molecule to Market: Energy & Capital Equipment Executive Dinner

An invitation-only dinner for senior energy leaders exploring how AI-driven integrated planning can enable smarter capital decisions, dynamic scenario planning, and execution-ready operations as market conditions, economics, and operational constraints continue to change. 

Details

Event information

  • Date

    Oct 22, 5:30PM -
    Oct 22, 10:00PM

  • Location

    10911 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX 77079, United States

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  • Venue

    Brenner's Steakhouse Houston

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What To Expect

From molecule to market, energy companies are making high-stakes decisions across assets, projects, materials, and operations while economics, risk, and constraints continue to shift. How can AI help leaders make better decisions and keep plans moving as conditions change?

This private dinner brings together senior leaders from across the Energy & Capital Equipment value chain for a conversation featuring Mike Scheller, PwC US Oil & Gas Lead, and Carol Ottaway, Vice President, Supply Chain, Logistics & IT at Indorama Ventures: Indovinya.

The discussion will explore where leaders can trust AI to accelerate decision-making, how changing conditions should inform CAPEX priorities and project investments, and what it takes to turn AI insight into execution-ready plans. From materials and suppliers to contractors, maintenance windows, and logistics, the conversation will examine how integrated planning can keep decisions grounded in operational reality, projects on schedule, and facilities coming online on time.

Speakers

Mike Scheller

Oil & Gas Operations Leader
PwC

Mike Scheller leads PwC’s Oil & Gas Operations practice and brings 26+ years of experience helping energy companies improve business performance, cost structure, and profitability. His work focuses on driving field efficiency and equipment reliability, adopting digital technology in field operations, and enabling data-driven decision-making. Mike has led large-scale transformation initiatives spanning operations, maintenance, supply chain, and materials management across the energy industry.

Dr. Carol Ottaway

CIO/Vice President, Supply Chain, Logistics & IT
Indorama Ventures: Indovinya

Carol Ottaway is a senior executive with nearly 30 years of experience in the chemical industry, leading global supply chain, logistics, and IT operations. As CIO & Vice President at Indovinya, she drives global supply chain strategy and digital transformation, focusing on integrating operations, technology, and data to improve performance and deliver business value. Throughout her career, Carol has led large-scale transformations spanning supply chain , logistics, enterprise systems, and process standardization.

Agenda

A Curated Conversation for Senior Leaders

5:30 - 6:30 pm I Arrival, Cocktails, and Networking

6:30 - 7:30 pm | AI-Driven Integrated Planning: Making Better Decisions in a Changing Energy Landscape

Brief welcome and introductions
Panel Style speaking structure while dinner is being served

7:30 - 7:45 pm | Showcase on What The Future of Ai Decision Making Looks Like

Find it, explain it, act on it! A brief showcase of the expediency and accuracy of agentic AI in identifying supply chain gaps and biases and prescribing the proper solution.

7:45 -8:15 pm I Q&A Session

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*Due to PwC’s independence obligations as a public accounting firm, this offering is only available to companies that are unrestricted entities of the firm and is not available to restricted entities. PwC services are subject to the applicable independence restrictions and standard client/engagement acceptance.

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