CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
19 April 2011
Events News
Executives from BP, Huntsman, and Shaw Group to Headline Keynote Speeches at AspenTech’s OPTIMIZE™ 2011 Conference
Aspen Technology, Inc. announced that executives from BP, Huntsman, and Shaw Group will headline the OPTIMIZE 2011 conference taking place May 23rd – 25th in Washington, D.C. Process industry leaders Michael Gibbs, VP and CIO of BP, John Prows, VP of Corporate Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence Support of Huntsman, and Bert Aragon, SVP of Engineering – Energy & Chemicals Group of Shaw Group, will join AspenTech CEO Mark Fusco, and EVP Manolis Kotzabasakis, for the opening session of AspenTech’s 30th anniversary year global conference.
Michael Gibbs will discuss how global companies such as BP use optimization technology to drive operational excellence. John Prows will discuss how combining self-empowered teams with best-in-class optimization technology delivers substantial improvements to Huntsman’s worldwide chemicals businesses. Bert Aragon will discuss how to achieve engineering excellence by harmonizing best practices and tools for thousands of engineers worldwide at Shaw.
The 2011 conference is expected to attract upwards of 1,000 attendees from more than 40 countries. Participants include global industry leaders Alcoa, BASF, BP, Bechtel, BluESP, Buckeye Technologies, Chevron, Dow Chemical, DuPont, Électricité de France, ExxonMobil, Fluor, GlaxoSmithKline, Huntsman, KBR, Marathon Oil, Microsoft, Pfizer, Shell, TOTAL, WorleyParsons, and many more.
OPTIMIZE 2011 will showcase how the world’s leading process industry companies use process optimization software to achieve superior financial and operating results. OPTIMIZE 2011 offers a unique environment for industry experts to share best practices in optimizing engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain operations using aspenONE.
OPTIMIZE 2011 will be held at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center from May 23-25, 2011. Click here to register, or for more information visit the OPTIMIZE 2011 site.
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