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SUMMARY:Save The Date for the 2026 EPC Show The Energy Projects North America June 16 – June 17, 2026 – Houston
DESCRIPTION:NEW DATE: The Energy Projects Conference & Expo 2026 (EPC Show) 2026, is the largest event globally for professionals working on major energy projects.\n\nReturning to the GRB Convention Center, 16-17 of June 2026\n\n\nBRAND NEW FOR 2026: We’re doubling the show floor, expanding to 400+ exhibitors and 10,000+ visitors, and adding a new Power Generation Engineering & Construction track covering gas-fired and nuclear projects.\n\nSECURE YOUR SPOT – 150+ EXHIBITORS ALREADY CONFIRMED FOR 2026\n\nMeet with 1500+ Project Owner/Operators and EPCs\nJob Functions\nProject Development & Execution\nProject Design\nEngineering & Construction\nProcurement & Contracting\nSupply Chain Management\nTechnology & Licensing\nLand Acquisition\nPermitting and Regulatory AffairsLNG Export – Engineering & Construction\nCONFERENCES:\n\nLNG Export – Engineering & Construction\nLNG Export – Operations, Maintenance & Turnarounds\nHydrogen + Ammonia – Engineering & Construction\nMidstream – Engineering & Construction\nPetrochem + Refining – Engineering & Construction\nSustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) – Engineering & Construction\n\nA Powerhouse Lineup of Keynote Speakers\nThe plenary stage features an unprecedented lineup of industry visionaries, policymakers, and executive decision-makers driving global energy infrastructure. Headlining keynotes and executive panels include:\n\nStaale Gjervik, President, ExxonMobil Global Projects Company\nCommissioner Lindsay See, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)\nMichael McKelvy, Chief Executive Officer, McDermott International\nBrandon Spencer, President, Motion Business, ABB\nEric Gutierrez, President – OGC, Kiewit Energy Group\nJonathan Roumel, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, Honeywell Process Technology\nMartin Hupka, President – LNG, Sempra Infrastructure\nPhillip May, Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Louisiana\nTarik Skeik, Chief Operating Officer, NextDecade\nEric Ormond, SVP – Project Execution, Williams\n\nThe Home of Major Energy Project Development\nThe Energy Projects Conference & Expo (EPC Show) is the largest event globally for professionals working on major energy projects.\nBringing together six leading conferences under one roof, the EPC show will unite 10,000+ engineering, construction, commissioning, supply chain, operations & maintenance professionals to show you how to deliver and operate major energy projects successfully in today’s complex and challenging environment.\nWhether you’re grappling with craft labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, escalating costs, contracting strategies, regulatory hurdles, site selection, or operational efficiency, the EPC Show offers the solutions.\nConnect with world-leading speakers, experts, consultants, and a vast array of technology, equipment, and solution providers dedicated to taking your projects to the next level. Join us in Houston to shape the future of energy projects!\nEXHIBITION\n400+ industry leading exhibitors will be showcasing the very latest in cutting edge technology, equipment and services for the energy projects industry.\nWhether you’re looking for the latest in engineering, construction, operations or maintenance solutions to support your major energy project, the very best suppliers in our exhibition hall in 2025.\nCONFERENCE\nOver 250+ world-leading speakers featuring the most senior energy project executives in North America will be sharing their knowledge and experience directly with you.\nThrough a series of keynote speakers, panel sessions, presentations, workshops, and seminars you’ll have the opportunity to hear from the best of the best in the energy projects industry, ensuring you’ll walk away with the key knowledge you need to supercharge your project plans.\nNETWORKING\nWith 10,000+ energy project professionals in attendance, this event is the largest of its kind in the world. At no other event will you have the opportunity to meet as many project and plant executives across 5 major energy project industries.\n$200 billion+ of proposed capital spending will be represented in the room, providing an unmissable opportunity to meet and form lasting business relationships with the key decision-makers working directly on America’s most important projects.\nThe 2026 EPC Show has officially released its timed agenda for this year’s highly anticipated summit, scheduled for June 16–17 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.\nThe event serves as the premier hub for project owners, operators, and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) firms to share strategies and meet.\nThe agenda covers LNG Export, Power Generation, Nuclear Power, Petrochemicals & Refining, and Midstream.\nHigh-Level Programming Highlights\nThe 2026 agenda features an elite lineup of industry titans and policymakers, including:\n\nKeynote Interview: Staale Gjervik, President of ExxonMobil Global Projects Company, will share “Lessons Learned from Recent Energy Megaprojects,” offering a deep dive into the evolution of next-generation project systems.\nEPC Leadership Panel:A powerhouse discussion on project delivery and execution featuring: Dan Brouillette, the 15th United States Secretary of Energy, Eric Gutierrez, President – Oil, Gas & Chemicals at Kiewit Corporation, Michael McKelvy, CEO at McDermott International, and the President at Fluor Corporation, and SVP – LNG at Bechtel Corporation.\nOEM Executives Panel: Addressing the strain on global supply chains, leadership from Mitsubishi Power Americas, GE Vernova, and NIDEC Conversion will join Bechtel’s Chief Supply Chain Officer to discuss “Navigating Unprecedented Equipment Demand.”\n\nComplimentary Registration for Owner/operators and EPCs\nIn an effort to foster direct collaboration between decision-makers, the EPC Show is offering complimentary registration to qualified Project Owners/Operators and EPC firms.\n“EPC Show provides a unique environment where emerging leaders can learn directly from professionals who have experienced both sides of that journey. Exposure to these perspectives early helps reshape decision-making toward durability, operability, and value creation” – Director of Operations – Shell Polymers\nInterested parties who qualify for complimentary admission are encouraged to RSVP immediately to secure their spot at the George R. Brown Convention Center.\n\nAbout the EPC Show: The EPC Show is the leading annual gathering for the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction industry, focusing on innovation, execution, and the energy transition.\nIf you are looking for what is happening around the 2026 EPC Show in Houston, Allstream is hosting an Exclusive VIP Bourbon Pairing Dinner Experience. Learn More:\nEPC Show Afterparty – Cask & Crave II : Private Pour Series Bourbon Pairing Dinner June 17 ( https://allstreamep.com/events/epc-show-after-party-cask-and-crave-ii-private-pour-series-bourbon-pairing-dinner-june-17/ )\n\n\nAre you looking for the 2026 EPC Show Agenda? We got you covered. The Energy Projects Conference 2026 agenda is as follows.\nDAY 1 June 16\n8:15 AM\nChair Opening Remarks\nStage: Plenary Stage\nSpeaker: Jonathan Rennie, President & Executive Coach – Honeycomb Anthems\n\n\n\n8:20 AM\nMarket Outlook\nStage: Plenary Stage\nSession details coming soon.\nSpeaker: David Braziel, CEO – RBN Energy\n\n\n\n8:40 AM\nExecutive Spotlight Interview: ExxonMobil\nStage: Plenary Stage\nLessons learned from recent energy megaprojects and how they’re shaping the next generation of project systems.\nSpeakers:\n\nJonathan Rennie, President & Executive Coach – Honeycomb Anthems\nStaale Gjervik, President – ExxonMobil Global Projects Company\n\n\n\n\n9:05 AM\nResilience by Design: Building Adaptive, Digital Operations Now\nStage: Plenary Stage\nThe United States is entering the largest energy infrastructure investment cycle in a generation. As AI data centers, manufacturing reshoring, and electrification drive unprecedented demand, industry leaders discuss how digital technologies and adaptive operations can accelerate project execution and long-term resilience.\nSpeakers:\n\nAndre Marino, Senior Vice President, Industrial Automation – Schneider Electric\nChris Scheerfer, EVP Global AI, Energy & Chemicals – Capgemini\nGaurav Sharma, Energy Market Analyst & Forbes Senior Contributor – Independent Consultant\nWilliam Barrett, VP Product Development – Oxy\n\n\n\n\n9:35 AM\nEPC Leadership Panel: Delivering & Executing Projects\nStage: Plenary Stage\nExecution Excellence: Proven strategies from industry leaders on maintaining project schedules and budget integrity in an era of unprecedented demand. Workforce and technology integration strategies to improve project outcomes.\nSpeakers:\n\nBhupesh Thakkar, General Manager, LNG and Regas – Bechtel Corporation\nDan Brouillette, 15th United States Secretary of Energy\nEric Gutierrez, President, Oil, Gas & Chemicals – Kiewit Corporation\nMichael McKelvy, Chairman & CEO – McDermott International\nRobert Scott, Managing Director Americas – Technip Energies\n\n\n\n\n10:20 AM\nBreak & Networking\nStage: Plenary Stage\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nIn Conversation: Commissioner Lindsay See\nStage: Plenary Stage\nSpeakers:\n\nCommissioner Lindsay See, Commissioner – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)\nTala Goudarzi, Partner – Torridon Group\n\n\n\n\n11:20 AM\nOEM Executives Panel Discussion: Navigating Unprecedented Equipment Demand\nStage: Plenary Stage\nTaming the lead-time crisis through strategic planning, manufacturing expansion, and supply chain optimization to meet unprecedented project demand.\nSpeakers:\n\nCeci Giovanelli, Vice President & CEO – GE Vernova Gas Power Aeroderivatives\nDominique Llonch, President, Motion & Energy Business Unit – Nidec\nMatt Neal, President North America – Siemens Energy\nTarek Amine, Chief Supply Chain Officer – Bechtel\n\n\n\n\n12:00 PM\nLunch & Networking\nStage: Plenary Stage\n\n\n\n1:25 PM\nOpening Remarks by Chair\nStage: LNG Investment & Finance Stage\nSpeaker: Tala Goudarzi, Partner – Torridon Group\n\n\n\n1:25 PM\nChairman Opening Remarks\nStage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage\nSpeaker: Christopher Perfetti, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering – University of New Mexico\n\n\n\n1:25 PM\nChair Opening Remarks\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nSpeaker: Akin Oni, CEO – Eftex Group\n\n\n\n1:25 PM\nChair Opening Remarks\nStage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage\nSpeaker: Cassidy Welch, Key Account Manager Engineering/EPC Partnerships, North America – BASF\n\n\n\n1:25 PM\nChair’s Opening Remarks\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nSpeaker: Danielle Baughman, Strategic Advisor – ProShare Services LLC\n\n\n1:30 PM\nKeynote Panel: Executing Midstream Projects in a High-Cost, High-Risk Environment\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow can industry and regulators work together to streamline FERC, NEPA, and state-level reviews while maintaining robust environmental safeguards? Identifying practical approaches to reduce regional development bottlenecks and accelerate project execution.\nSpeakers:\n\nKevin Milliman, Senior Director, Projects – Phillips 66\nLandon Gabaldon, Consulting Manager, Oil Markets, Midstream – S&P Global\nMarco Russo, Global Head of Projects – SLB\nMitch Smolik, VP Engineering – Howard Energy Partners\n\n\n\n\n2:10 PM\nFireside Chat: Delivering Growth – How Midstream Developers Are Powering America’s Energy Expansion\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nThis session brings together senior executives and project leaders to discuss new capacity additions, project execution strategies, and infrastructure expansion across North America’s midstream sector.\nSpeakers:\n\nDave Curtis, VP Technical Services – GPA Midstream\nEdward Garland, Business Development Manager – ZAP Engineering & Construction Services\nJeff Stake, Strategic Advisor – Crosscut Gas Partners / NTACT Operations\nSarah Miller, CEO – GPA Midstream\n\n\n\n\n2:30 PM\nPanel: Permitting, Policy & Regulatory Alignment – Ensuring Regulation Meets Ambition\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow can industry and regulators work together to streamline FERC, NEPA, and state-level reviews while maintaining robust environmental safeguards? Identifying practical approaches to reduce regional development bottlenecks and improve project certainty.\nSpeakers:\n\nAhuva Battams, Senior Counsel – Beatty & Wozniak, P.C.\nPaul Hartmann, Director – American Petroleum Institute\nRobert Smith, VP Regulatory Affairs – Cheniere Energy\n\n\n\n\n3:10 PM\nBreak & Networking\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\n\n\n\n3:40 PM\nPanel: Scaling CO₂ Infrastructure – From Early Projects to Industry-Wide Buildout\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nDesign and execution considerations unique to CO₂ pipelines, including pressure control, materials selection, compression, monitoring, safety planning, and community engagement.\nSpeakers:\n\nCharles McConnell, Executive Director, Carbon Management and Energy Sustainability – University of Houston\nMarco Gutierrez, Project Director – Gulf Companies\nSiddh Parekh, Lead Process Engineer – Energy Transfer\nZach Liu, Director, CCUS Subsurface – Harvestone Low Carbon Partners\n\n\n\n\n4:20 PM\nFireside Chat: Water Management as the Next Midstream Growth Engine\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nExploring gathering and disposal bottlenecks, water recycling technologies, treatment innovations, and how produced water infrastructure is becoming a major growth area for midstream operators.\nSpeakers:\n\nAnne Keller, Managing Director – Midstream Advisory\nLaura Capper, Principal – Energy Makers Advisory Group\n\nDAY 2: June 17\n\n\n8:25 AM\nChairman Opening Remarks\nStage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage\nSpeaker: Christopher Perfetti, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering – University of New Mexico\n\n\n\n8:25 AM\nChair Opening Remarks\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nSpeaker: Akin Oni, CEO – Eftex Group\n\n\n\n8:25 AM\nChair Opening Remarks\nStage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage\nSpeaker: Mona Setoodeh, President – CH∙IV International\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nMarket Overview: Number Crunching the Growing Power Generation Market\nStage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage\nReview of the number, location, and scale of power projects announced and under construction. Insights into how the energy mix is evolving amid surging power demand.\nSpeaker: Ashish Sethia, Global Head of Commodities, Energy & Environmental Markets – BloombergNEF\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nDesign & Innovation Keynote Panel: Mitigating Challenges in Construction Risk and the Supply Chain via Design and Innovation\nStage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage\nExamining construction innovation including modularization, digital tools, robotics, and AI in EPC workflows to build nuclear supply chain resilience and mitigate project delay risks.\nSpeakers:\n\nAndy Uhler, Energy Journalist, Energy Institute – University of Texas, Austin\nMatt Hall, Senior Director of Strategic Projects, Nuclear Innovation – Evergy\nMatt Saunders, Nuclear Power Supply Chain Operations Manager – Bechtel Corporation\nPeter Knollmeyer, VP Environmental & Nuclear Operations – Fluor\nPhil Zeringue, Chief Revenue Officer – Nuclearn\nScott Sidener, Chief Engineer, Data, Digital & Artificial Intelligence – Westinghouse\n\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nPanel: Strategic Shifts in Midstream: Project Acceleration, M&A and Asset Offloading\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow large operators are justifying new builds amid price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, stress testing business models, and optimizing portfolios through M&A and asset strategy.\nSpeakers:\n\nAndy Strenkowski, Director, New Business Ventures and Capital Strategy – Western Midstream\nBen Berkowitz, Founder and Managing Director – Enable Capital Partners\nRahul Jasuja, Managing Director, Head of Energy and Energy Transition Investment Banking – Cohen Capital Markets\nSanjay Bhide, Independent M&A Advisor – Pecten Consulting\n\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nPanel: Evolving Contracting & Partnerships in Major LNG Export Projects\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nExploring flexible, balanced contracting models that distribute commercial risk, sustain competition, protect project viability, and improve collaboration across major LNG export projects.\nSpeakers:\n\nBrooke Marshall, Senior Counsel, Construction – Sempra Infrastructure\nEdward Woodland, Deputy Head of Legal – Bechtel Corporation\nLee Pardue, Counsel – Golden Pass LNG\nMike Pappas, Executive Director – CII\nTerra Cothran, Partner – Kirkland & Ellis LLP\n\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nKeynote Panel: Shaping the Future of Operational Performance\nStage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage\nLinking capital project delivery to operational performance over the asset lifecycle, streamlining operations, improving reliability, and applying AI and predictive technologies.\nSpeakers:\n\nChad Carson, VP Economic Development – Alliance Port Region\nJohn Irvine, Senior Project Manager and Global Expert Partner, Global Operational Excellence Center – Dow Chemical\nKash Mohammed, Vice President, Technology – IntelliSPEC\nPhilip Ovanessians, Capital Project Procurement Services Director – Jacobs\n\n\n\n\n8:30 AM\nReliability by Design: Aligning CAPEX, Data Strategy and Asset Performance in LNG\nStage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage\nEmbedding maintenance and reliability foundations during early CAPEX phases to support lifecycle performance, cost efficiency, and operational readiness.\nSpeaker: Fabian Montealegre, Americas Maintenance Consultancy Manager – Wood\n\n\n\n8:50 AM\nKeynote Panel: An Unprecedented Power Boom – Supercharging Projects to Match Demand\nStage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow utilities, IPPs, and key stakeholders are managing a major spike in power demand from AI data centers while accelerating permits, approvals, and project delivery.\nSpeakers:\n\nAshish Sethia, Global Head of Commodities, Energy & Environmental Markets – BloombergNEF\nJason Altobelli, Director, Energy and Infrastructure Partnerships – Google\nKyle Harris, Vice President, Business Line Manager – Kiewit\nMichael Swearingen, Managing Director, Americas – Meinhardt EPCM USA\nPhillip May, CEO – Entergy Louisiana\n\n\n\n\n8:55 AM\nLNG Rotating Equipment Reliability from Preservation to Production: What Field Execution Looks Like\nStage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage\nKey takeaways include initial equipment condition, preservation, condition prior to installation, and preservation condition monitoring during operation.\nSpeaker: Jose Briceno, SME: LNG Mechanical Engineering\n\n\n\n9:10 AM\nFireside Chat: The Risk We Don’t See – Why Major Projects Create Safety Exposure Faster Than We Realize\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nA candid discussion on how major energy projects generate unanticipated safety exposure long before the first incident occurs.\nSpeakers:\n\nDr. Rayni Walia, Global Head of OSR Consulting, Senior Vice President – DEKRA\nRyan Sanford, Vice President, Strategic Consulting – DEKRA\n\n\n\n\n9:15 AM\nPanel: Integrating Operations and Projects for Turnaround Success\nStage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage\nEnsuring operations input is factored into turnaround planning, bridging turnaround and operations teams, and using digital tools for real-time updates.\nSpeakers:\n\nDan Oglesby, Independent Advisor\nJoe Murphy, Senior Director, Maintenance and Turnarounds – Phillips 66\nRobin Harris, Site Senior Turnaround Manager – Total Energies\nRochman Goswani, President & CEO – Elebrium Energy\n\n\n\n\n9:20 AM\nSMR Development Panel: SMR Deployment in Practice\nStage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage\nInsights from early movers advancing modular reactor construction and commercialization.\nSpeakers:\n\nBobby Gallagher, CEO & Co-Founder – Deployable Energy\nCaroline Dewitte, Co-Founder & COO – Oklo\nChristopher Perfetti, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering – University of New Mexico\nFlorent Heidet, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Reactor Development – Nano Nuclear\nSam Reiss, Senior Manager – National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory\nYasir Arafat, Cofounder, President & CTO – Aalo Atomics\n\n\n\n\n9:20 AM\nKeynote Interview: Leadership Insights – Scaling Tomorrow’s LNG\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nA discussion on innovation, collaboration, digital transformation, and what it takes to deliver an LNG megaproject in today’s market.\nSpeakers:\n\nGeoff Holmes, CEO – px Group\nRobert Scott, MD Americas – Technip Energies\nTony Eaton, COO – Commonwealth LNG\n\n\n\n\n9:20 AM\nPresentation: Operational Excellence and Reliability Leadership – Securing the Future of North American LNG\nStage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage\nStrategic leadership for optimizing reliability, asset performance, and operational readiness across multi-train, high-capacity LNG projects.\nSpeaker: Pawandeep Singh, Senior Principal Engineering Manager – PSRG\n\n\n\n9:30 AM\nFireside Chat: Two Steps Forward – Addressing Energy Demands Today and Being Ready for What’s Next\nStage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow to address immediate power needs while designing infrastructure for long-term reliability, flexibility, and future growth.\nSpeakers:\n\nCynthia Niemeyer-Tieskoett, Senior Policy Advisor, Domestic Gas, Power Markets & Trade – American Petroleum Institute\nPeter Podurgiel, President – Competitive Power Ventures\n\n\n\n\n9:30 AM\nPanel: Designing & Executing for Integrity – The Next Generation of Midstream Reliability\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nIntegrating inspection readiness, material selection, coating specifications, baseline runs, and inline inspection strategy into project execution.\nSpeakers:\n\nDanielle Baughman, Strategic Advisor – ProShare Services LLC\nGrant Rubie, Director, Pipeline Programs Execution – Enbridge\nLuke Skaarup, Director, Pipeline Integrity Programs and Engineering – Enbridge\n\n\n\n\n9:40 AM\nPanel: Navigating Unstable Feedgas Composition – Technical and Operational Solutions for LNG Export Facilities\nStage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage\nAddressing rising nitrogen content, declining CO₂ levels, and leaner feedgas compositions that create operational challenges for LNG export facilities.\nSpeakers:\n\nDipanjan Bhattachary, Technology Manager LNG & Gas Processing – Kiewit\nMike Britton, FEED Manager – Polar LNG\nNaomi Baker, VP Engineering – BCCK\nRoberto Vara, VP Capital Projects & LNG Technology – Freeport LNG\n\n\n\n\n9:50 AM\nGetting Projects onto the Grid Faster and Unlocking New Capacity\nStage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage\nRegulators, RTOs, and utilities discuss rising grid load, interconnection challenges, queue management, and new capacity opportunities.\nSpeakers:\n\nAlice Yake (Jackson), VP, GRIDS – Breakthrough Energy\nGeorge Faatz, Director, Market & Commercial Strategy – Southern Gas Company\nJeff Gulock, Head of Commercial Advancement, Power Generation – National Grid Ventures\nMichael Caravaggio, Vice President, Energy Supply & Reliability – EPRI\n\n\n\n\n9:50 AM\nDeploying AI and Automation in Construction: Building a Real-Time Understanding of the Jobsite\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow AI-enabled workflows, automated data capture, and robotics are being deployed across EPC projects to create real-time jobsite visibility.\nSpeakers:\n\nJohn Platt, SVP – Bechtel\nMatt Zafuto, CCO – Cyberhawk\n\n\n\n\n10:00 AM\nPanel: Driving SAF Projects to FID: Technology Choices, Policy Certainty & Real-World Execution\nStage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage\nAligning commercial strategy with evolving SAF policy, evaluating technology pathways, and executing projects with confidence.\nSpeakers:\n\nAamir Shams, Manager, Low Carbon Fuels & Energy Strategy – RMI\nFanny Roldan, Consulting Manager, Downstream Americas – S&P Global\nMarianne Csaky, Director Regulatory Affairs & Sustainability – Lanzajet\n\n\n\n\n10:10 AM\nInterview: Stakeholder Engagement as a Critical Path to Permitting Success\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nStructuring outreach programs from pre-FERC filing through construction while integrating engineering design considerations into community engagement.\nSpeakers:\n\nJacob Yokum, Manager, Project Management/Development Capital Projects – ONEOK\nTrey Barrow, Director of Community Projects and Outreach – Williams\n\n\n\n\n10:10 AM\nLNG Beyond the Contract: How Texas LNG & Kiewit Built a High-Trust Owner/EPC Partnership\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow owners and EPC partners align from the earliest stages of project development to support successful LNG delivery.\nSpeakers:\n\nBrad Kaufman, Senior Vice President – Kiewit Energy Group\nOliver Wood, Project Director – Texas LNG\n\n\n\n\n10:30 AM\nBreak & Networking\nStage: Break & Networking\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nFireside Chat: Collaboration to Power a Multibillion-Dollar Data Center Project\nStage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage\nCovering site selection, partnership strategy, managing power supply, and stakeholder engagement for a major data center project.\nSpeakers:\n\nCynthia Niemeyer-Tieskoett, Senior Policy Advisor, Domestic Gas, Power Markets & Trade – American Petroleum Institute\nPhillip May, CEO – Entergy Louisiana\n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nSupply Chain Panel: Structuring Delivery, Contracting and Supply Chains for North American Nuclear Builds\nStage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow EPCs, OEMs, utilities, and owners are aligning scope, schedules, constructability, manufacturing capacity, and delivery models.\nSpeakers:\n\nAndy Uhler, Energy Journalist, Energy Institute – University of Texas, Austin\nBenjamin T. Reinke, SVP Global Business Development, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer – X Energy\nChuck Goodnight, VP Business Development – NuScale Power\nJarred Shaffer, Director – Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office (TANEO)\nKathy Eberwein, CEO – The Global Edge Group\nSinchan Banerjee, Global Director, Engineering Projects and Contracts – Dow\n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nKeynote Fireside Chat: How EPCs and Operators Align on Risk, Cost, and Execution\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nContract strategy, risk alignment, cost control, project economics, and managing late design or scope changes.\nSpeakers:\n\nBen Seligson, Podcast Host – OGGN\nEric Ormond, SVP, Project Execution – Williams\nJoseph Versnel, VP Midstream – Kiewit\n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nPanel: Maximizing Value through LNG Modularization and Fabrication\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nExploring opportunities and challenges in small-scale, modular LNG plants, modularization, fabrication, and project execution.\nSpeakers:\n\nDecker Barnard, VP Construction – Zachry Group\nJohn Foster, Director of EPC Front-End Services – EXCEL Group\nLina Gonzalez, Project Engineering Manager – Kiewit\nMichael Kluck, Senior Project Manager, Engineering – KBR\nPrema Suresh, Project Director – Technip Energies\nRobert Webber, Project Executive\n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nPanel: Comparing Clean Handover and Integration Models in LNG Commissioning and Start-Up\nStage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage\nComparing principal handover models and owner/EPC interfaces during LNG commissioning and start-up.\nSpeakers:\n\nBondili Singh, Commissioning Director – Fluor Corporation\nHenry Onokpasa, Operations Lead, Commissioning and Start-up – Bechtel Energy\nMohamed Abdelhalim, CSU OGC & Canada Market Sponsor – Kiewit\nSheldon Heinold, Director, Completions, Commissioning & Start Up – px Group\n\n\n\n\n11:00 AM\nPanel: Beyond Aviation – How Cross-Sector Offtakers Will Shape the Next Decade of Alternative Fuels\nStage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage\nUnderstanding demand from aviation, shipping, freight, fertilizers, agriculture, logistics, and heavy-duty transport for SAF and alternative fuels.\nSpeakers:\n\nBrian Owens, Vice President of Renewable Feedstock – St Bernard Renewables\nDaniel Carlson, Vice President, Strategy & Development, MRL – Calumet Specialty\nMichael Hollinghaus – Kiewit\nPaul Belin, Principal, Consulting & Analytics – Argus Media\nPaula Wagner, Head of SAF Sales, Americas – Neste\n\n\n\n\n11:20 AM\nOptimizing the FEED Phase: Power Project Site Selection, Partnerships, and Securing Supplies Early\nStage: Power Generation Engineering & Construction Stage\nSite selection, geotechnical engineering, scheduling, tariffs, partnerships, and early supply planning for power projects.\nSpeakers:\n\nCarlos Ruiz, VP, Power Development – Entergy\nDrew Burke, Sr. Director, Data Center Site Selection Lead – Hanwha Data Centers\nIleana Ferber – Colibrí Business Development LLC\nRavi Krishnan, Founder & Managing Director – Krishnan & Associates, Inc.\n\n\n\n\n11:40 AM\nChair’s Closing Remarks\nStage: Midstream Engineering & Construction Stage\nSpeaker: Danielle Baughman, Strategic Advisor – ProShare Services LLC\n\n\n\n11:45 AM\nFinance Panel: Next-Gen Bankability and Risk-Sharing Models for Nuclear Projects\nStage: Nuclear Power Engineering & Construction Stage\nHow investors, utilities, and EPCs can structure funding for first-of-a-kind and early commercial nuclear projects.\nSpeakers:\n\nBenton Arnett, Senior Director, Markets & Policy – Nuclear Energy Institute\nEric Soderland, SVP – Sargent & Lundy\nGary Greenblatt, Vice Chairman – Marathon Capital\nJay Jiang Yu, Founder, Executive Chairman and President – Nano Nuclear\nMaheep Mandloi, Director – Mizuho Bank\nMatt Kittel, Director – Societe Generale\nRyan Neilson, Director, Head of Nuclear – Citi\n\n\n\n\n11:50 AM\nChair Closing Comments\nStage: LNG Operations & Maintenance Stage\nSpeaker: Mona Setoodeh, President – CH∙IV International\n\n\n\n12:00 PM\nLunch & Networking\nStage: Plenary Stage\n\n\n\n12:00 PM\nChair’s Closing Remarks\nStage: Petrochemicals, Refining & SAF Stage\nSpeaker: Cassidy Welch, Key Account Manager Engineering/EPC Partnerships Region North America – BASF\n\n\n\n12:00 PM\nChair Closing Comments\nStage: LNG Engineering & Construction Stage\nSpeaker: Akin Oni, CEO – Eftex Group\n\n\n\n1:25 PM\nChair Opening Remarks\nStage: Plenary Stage\nSpeaker: Jonathan Rennie, President & Executive Coach – Honeycomb Anthems\n\n\n\n1:30 PM\nLeadership Interview: Energy Security & Expansion\nStage: Plenary Stage\nSession details coming soon.\nSpeaker: Jonathan Roumel, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer – Honeywell Process Technology\n\n\n\n1:45 PM\nLeadership Interview: ABB\nStage: Plenary Stage\nSpeaker: Brandon Spencer, President, Motion Business – ABB\n\n\n\n2:00 PM\nAI Solutions to Deliver Next Generation Projects\nStage: Plenary Stage\nGenerative engineering, predictive project controls, and AI-enabled tools for accelerating next-generation project delivery.\nSpeakers:\n\nDavid Holmes, GM, Energy – Dell\nHussein Shel, Director, Chief Technologist, Energy and Utility – Amazon Web Services (AWS)\nJohn Nixon, Group Vice President, Process Industries – Siemens\nLaura Leonard, Executive Group Director – Worley Digital\nSrikanth Kodali, AI, Energy, Strategic Partnerships – Nvidia\n\n\n\n\n3:00 PM\nChair Closing Comments\nStage: Plenary Stage\nSpeaker: Jonathan Rennie, President & Executive Coach – Honeycomb Anthems\n\n
URL:https://midstreamcalendar.com/events/save-the-date-for-the-2026-epc-show-the-energy-projects-north-america-june-16-june-17-2026-houston/
CATEGORIES:2026 Conferences in Oil and Gas,2026 Oil and Gas Industry Events
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