Dig X Subsurface
SCANDIC FORNEBU | OSLO | NORWAY
03-04 DECEMBER 2025 || DIGEX.NO
About
Geoscience meets technology in the digitalization community.
New digital tools and applications can be catalysts and a competitive edge in better decision-making, evaluation, and improved inter-disciplinary subsurface understanding, in our efforts to to meet the energy demands of tomorrow!
Why?
Digitalization of the subsurface is a rapidly developing field. We are witnessing significant progress in embracing technology opportunities. Yet, there are still challenges and language barriers addressed.
At DigXSubsurface, we lay a foundation for trust in new tools, data, and applications through the presentation of case studies, key learnings, and best practices to develop next-generation subsurface workflows.
For whom?
Geoscientists, data scientists, and digitalization professionals working within the subsurface domain in the traditional and renewable industries:
- Oil companies
- Service companies
- Technology providers
- Authorities
- Research and educational institutions
Organized by
Registration
DELEGATES
| Name | Company |
| David Wade | Equinor |
| YUEFENG GAO | Lime Petroleum AS |
| Faisel Kioe A Sen | CGI |
| Neville Barker | Aker BP |
| KNUT MIDTVEIT | Aspentech |
| Anca Langridge | Equinor |
| Michael van der Haven | CGI |
| Suzanne Beglinger | Equinor |
| Robert Storemark | Equinor |
| Odd Arve Solheim | Equinor |
| Odd Kolbjørnsen | Aker BP |
| Kjetil Westeng | Aker BP |
| Pierre LE GUERN | ELIIS |
| Raphae Peltzer | Cegal AS |
| Jamie Richardson | Viridien Group |
| Pål Hovdenak | Cegal |
| Aiden Cusack | TGS |
| Lukas Mosser | Aker BP ASA |
| Amanda Wilson | SLB |
| Espen Haugsdal | Ragnarock Geo |
| Mark Hall | Vår Energi |
| Guttorm Vigeland | Norwegian Offshore Directorate |
| Joanne Suffert | CEGAL AS |
| Robert Berendsen | Halliburton - Landmark |
| Johanna Sastre | akerbp |
| Yann Van Crombrugge | AkerBP |
| Erik Norrud Pollen | Aker BP |
| Håkon Nese | Aker BP |
| Daniel Høie | Sokkeldirektoratet |
| Ketil Waagbø | XGeoscience AS |
| Ingvild Ryggen Carstens | GeoPublishing |
| Frida Marie Viset | Aker BP |
| Yohanes Nuwara | Aker BP ASA |
| Anders Waldeland | Norwegian Computing Center |
| Håvard Simonsen | AkerBP |
| Paul S. Milner | Aker BP |
| Adam Watt | Cegal |
| Ole H. Aambakk | Petoro AS |
| Max de Groot | Aker BP |
| Kjetil Westre | SLB |
| Bereke Kairanov | INPEX Idemitsu Norge |
| Cathrine Tangerås Eide | Pro Well Plan AS |
| Daniel Dura | Equinor ASA |
| Martin Kaarby | Equinor ASA |
| Jon Steinar Folstad | Aker BP ASA |
| Victor Danell | INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS |
| James Elgenes | Equinor ASA |
| Olarewaju Samuel Balogun | Landmark-Halliburton |
| Lars Marius Lyngstadaas Søvik | GLEX AS |
| Victoria Baines | Slb |
| Cosson Aubin | Eliis |
| Astrid Torres | Bluware |
| Trond Skjerven | TGS |
| Ronny Setså | GeoPublishing |
| Ida Helene Magnor Hansen | GeoPublishing |
| Trond Sørhaug | Cegal AS |
| Gerrit Toxopeus | Equinor ASA |
| Guy Gueritz | NVIDIA |
| David Little | TGS |
| Moorfeld Kai | SLB |
| Michael Nickel | SLB, Innovation Factori Oslo |
| Lisa Nystad | Geopublishing AS |
| Susanne Møgster Sperrevik | M Vest Energy.np |
| Armin Alaei | EXPERIS |
| Peter Golynchik | Equinor |
| Veronica Arrigoni | Halliburton As |
| Khushboo Havelia | SLB |
| Tatsuya Dotare | INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS |
| Matt Hall | Equinor |
| Arsene Akono | SLB |
| Sondre Olsson | Geoteric |
| Nils Kjetil Nilsen | SLB |
| Eivind Rønnevik | Kadme AS |
| Stuart Grossart | Halliburton |
| Sandra Quental | DNO ASA |
| Bjørn Olav Haugland | Pandion Energy |
| Martin Kaarby | Equinor ASA |
| Anna Belan | Equinor Ltd UK |
| tormod slettemeas | SLB |
| Eirik Dischler | Equinor |
| Knut Arne Birkedal | Aker BP |
| Cagil Karakas | SLB |
| Adnan Latif | Bluware CMG |
| Morten Ofstad | Bluware |
Please contact Ingvild Carstens, events@geopublishing.no, for information about pricing for start-ups, students and out-of-work professionals.
Terms & Conditions:
GeoPublishing AS reserve the right to alter the program. Substitutions to your registration may be made at any time by contacting the organizers in writing on events@geopublishing.no.
Accomodation
SCANDIC FORNEBU
NB! Available rooms from 03-04 December. If you need to book before/after, please e-mail events@geopublishing.no, and we can assist you.
Standard single room incl. breakfast, 1 night
03 December - NOK 1,760 incl. VAT
04 December - NOK 1,760 incl. VAT
You can book your hotel room directly when you register for the conference.
How to get there
Martin Linges vei 2,
1364 Fornebu
Flytoget or Vy from Oslo Airport to Lysaker
Bus 31 from Lysaker to IT Fornebu (2 min walk to hotel)
Parking
Parking is available at the hotel
Digital Trailblazer Award - Jury
Joanne Suffert
Kjersti Soltveit
Robert Storemark
Pierre Le Guern
Khushboo Havelia
Adnan Latif
Odd Kolbjørnsen
Ingvild Ryggen Carstens
Ronny Setså
Program
DAY I
Session I: Digital Academy
Keynote: The state of generative AI: Chatbots take on five geoscience tasks
09:00 Matt Hall, Equinor
Panel: What does the digital geoscientist of 2030 need in their toolbox?
Moderator: Matt Hall, Equinor
Panel:
Guy Gueritz, Regional Energy Industry Sales Leader at NVIDIA
Arild Waaler, Expert in Logic & Information Modelling & Professor at the University of Oslo
Lukas Mosser, Advanced Data Scientist - Value Stream Manager at Aker BP
Mark Hall, Principle geoscience advisor at Vår Energi
Coffee Break & Networking
10:20
Session 2 - Foundational Models
Moderator: Khushboo Havelia, Product Analyst at SLB
Training an AI-model on all seismic data in DISKOS: The seismic foundation model for NCS
the seismic foundation model for NCS
10:50 Anders U. Waldeland, Senior Research Scientist at Norsk Regnesentral
Leveraging an AI foundation model coupled with user-guided spectral enhancements to enable interactive seismic interpretation
11:10 Pierre LeGuern, VP Customer Success at Eliis
Scampi - The fossil frontier
11:30 David Wade, Researcher Geoscience Data & Analytics at Equinor
Lunch & Networking
11:50
Session 3 - Next-generation subsurface workflows
Moderator: Odd Kolbjørnsen, Product Analyst at Aker BP
AI reservoir characterization
12:50 Espen Haugsdal, Software Developer at RagnarockGeo
Automated fault detection with self-supervised learning adapted to 3D fast-track seismic
13:10 Cagil Karakaş, G&G Subject Matter Expert at SLB
Maximizing the value of vintage 3D datasets with semi-automated workflows at basin scale. Case of application from the UK North and Central North Sea
13:30 Aubin Cosson, Geosceintist at Eliis
From Bias to Insight: The Geoscientist’s Role in Uncertainty-Centric Reservoir Modelling
13:50 Veronica Arrigoni, Reservoir Centre of Excellence Director at Halliburton
Operationalizing Large AI Models: From R&D to Scalable Cloud Deployment: A Shell Use Case
14:10 Morten Ofstad, Head of Innovation at Bluware
Coffee Break & Networking
14:30
Session 4 - Generative AI and large language models (LLMs)
Moderator: Adnan Latif, Head of AI and Global Services at Bluware
AI at the Core: Enhancing Subsurface Workflows in Petrel
15:00 Amanda Wilson, Product Champion - Petrel Digital Foundation at SLB
Evaluating a subsurface RAG assistant: Insights gained from a reference dataset
15:20 Daniel Dura, Senior Subsurface Data Scientist at Equinor
From data to discovery: Enhancing LLM performance with domain-specific geoscience annotations
15:40 Jamie Richardson, Research Manager at Viridien
Coffee Break & Networking
16:00
Keeping our engineers well informed: Production time-series monitoring using Vision-Language Models
16:20 Lukas Mosser, Advanced Data Scientist at Aker BP
Talk to your OSDU data - Secure, explainable answers inside enterprise workflows
16:40 Raphael M. Peltzer, Senior Data and Digitilization Consultant at Cegal
END DAY I
17:00
Dinner & Award Ceremony
19:00 Aperitif
20:00 Dinner
DAY II
Session 5 - Data Readiness & Digital Architecture
Moderator: David Wade, Research Geoscience Data & Analytics at Equinor
Bridging legacy and cloud – Preparing Petrel project data for OSDU
08:30 Adam Watt, Product Manager at Cegal
A cloud-native workflow for formation pressure evaluation: Enhancing subsurface analysis and field development
08:50
Knut Arne Birkedal, Advanced Petrophysicist at Aker BP
Kjetil Westre, Domain Data Scientist at SLB
His alibi could save him – but it might also destroy him. Agentic AI and the need for governance on lineage and AI
09:10 Michael van der Haven, VP Consulting Expert O&G and Renewable Energies at CGI
Coffee Break & Networking
09:30
Session 5 - Data readiness for digital and AI-driven workflows
Moderator: Pierre Le Guern, VP Customer Success at Eliis
AspenTech Subsurface Intelligence: A Cloud-Native Platform for Accelerating Subsurface Innovations in E&P and Sustainability
10:00 Knut Midtveit, Senior Product Manager at AspenTech
Optimizing subsurface data management and enhancing data governance transparency in Petrel projects for geoscience operations
10:20 Trond Sørhaug, Managing Energy Consultant at Cegal
Vår Energi – Access to data
10:40 Mark Hall, Principle Geoscience Advisor at Vår Energi
Lunch & Networking
11:00
Session 6 - Data at your fingertips
Moderator: Joanne Suffert, Technical Sales Advisor at Cegal
Streamlining production forecasting in Aker BP
12:00 Erik Norrud Pollen, Senior Data Scientist at Aker BP
FMB A modern digital solution for regional screening
12:20 Aiden Cusack, Geoscientist at TGS
Measuring complexity, maximizing value: Automated reservoir benchmarking with Lumi AI
12:40 Michael Nickel, Senior Advisor Technology/Reservoir at SLB, & Ole Aambakk, Principal Data Scientist
Stop digging through PDFs: How AI turns legacy well files into real-time decisions
13:00 Cathrine Eide, CEO at ProWellPlan
Coffee Break & Networking
13:20
Panel: Data Quality and Readiness - where are we heading in 2026?
13:50
Introduction with moderator Michael van der Haven, VP Consulting Expert O&G and Renewable Energies at CGI
Panelists:
Eirik Øverland Dischler, Manager Subsurface Data and Analytics at Equinor
Max Paulus Nicolaas de Groot, OSDU Delivery Lead at Aker BP
Arsene Akono, Data and AI BD Manager at SLB
Jamie Richardson, Research Manager at Viridien
END DAY II
15:00
Program Committee
Joanne Suffert
David Wade
Kristin Blilie
Pierre Le Guern
Khushboo Havelia
Adnan Latif
Odd Kolbjørnsen
Ingvild Ryggen Carstens
Ronny Setså
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