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SUMMARY:Real-Time Monitoring & AI for Offshore Safety Operations
DESCRIPTION:Join Upstream for a special edition of the Upstream: Digital Tech Meetup at the Ion\, a community gathering focused on practical digital innovation for drilling\, production\, and offshore operations. \n​This session will explore how AI and real-time monitoring are being applied in safety-critical offshore environments\, what’s working today\, where the biggest gaps remain going into 2026\, and how operators and service companies are approaching adoption. Coffee and a light breakfast will be provided. \n​Event Details \n​Topic: Real-Time Monitoring & AI for Offshore Safety Operations \n​Format: Moderated Panel + Table Discussions \n​Host: Upstream: Digital Tech Meetup \n​Venue Sponsor: The Ion \n​Event Sponsor: INTELIE \n​Brought to you by: Timbergrove and INTCOM \n​Date: January 21 Time: 8:30 – 10:30 AM Location: The Ion – Midtown Houston (4201 Main St.) \n​Agenda \n​8:00 – 8:30 AM Check-in \n​8:30 – 9:00 AM Networking with light breakfast \n​9:00 – 9:50 AM Moderated Panel (Introductions by Ian Uriarte) \n​9:50 – 10:00 AM Q&A \n​10:00 – 10:20 AM Table discussions \n​10:20 – 10:30 AM Closing comments \n​Speakers \n​Moderator: • Rob Tiffany — Director of Research\, IDC \n​Panelists: \n​• David Reid — CTO/CMO\, NOV \n​• Stéphane Lauzon — Global VP & Head of Oil\, Gas & Energy\, SAP \n​• Augusto Borella — Chief Product Officer\, INTELIE \n​• Alvaro Antunes — Founder & CEO\, INTCOM \n​Host: • Ian Uriarte — Founder & CEO\, Timbergrove / Upstream: Digital Tech Meetup
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/real-time-monitoring-ai-for-offshore-safety-operations/
LOCATION:Ion\, 4201 Main Street\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:3rd Party Registration
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SUMMARY:Perfecting Your Pitch
DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur\, a visionary startup owner\, or a tech aficionado\, this event is tailor-made for you. Join us and discover the indispensable value of a compelling pitch deck. \nAbout the Speakers \nDr. Doug Franklin \n“Dr. Doug” is the CEO and Co-Founder of DeckLaunch and the COO of Fresh Tech Solutionz. He has fifteen years of management\, marketing\, and operations experience\, including opportunities with iconic firms such as Coca-Cola\, ExxonMobil\, and RJ Reynolds. Dr. Franklin is also a leading scholar that has presented at more than a dozen conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals such as The Leadership Quarterly and The Journal of the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators. Dr. Franklin graduated with a Doctoral Degree in Ethical Leadership from the University of St. Thomas Houston and currently teaches Quantitative and Mixed Research Methods at UST. \nDerrell Noris \nWith more than ten years dedicated to developing business operations and software development\, Noris is currently the Co-Founder and CTO of Deck Launch and the CEO of Fresh Tech Solutionz. Both successful startups provide services to growing businesses looking to mobilize their outreach further. \nNicholas Mbaezue-Daniel Jr. \nNick is the founder of Egis Project Management LLC\, a project management firm dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses for projects in the industries of Construction\, Technology\, and Business Enterprise. He also serves as Director of Project Management for Fresh Tech Solutionz and as Chief Operations Officer at DeckLaunch LLC. Nicholas considers himself a servant of entrepreneurship because he sees entrepreneurship as a major vehicle to uplift the community.
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/perfecting-your-pitch-30/
LOCATION:Ion – Conference Room 028\, 4201 Main St.\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Founders & Startups,General Community,Networking,Start Here
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SUMMARY:Code4Y’all: AI Tools & Real-World Workflows
DESCRIPTION:Register here: www.meetup.com/code4yall/events/312870267/?slug=code4yall&eventId=312870267 \nJoin us for our ongoing meetup series where we explore practical AI tools and techniques that help you save time\, gain clarity\, and make smarter technical decisions quickly. In this session\, we’ll focus on WPadmin.AI as a case study\, but the ideas apply broadly\, showing how AI can let you investigate a website in minutes instead of hours and connect the dots effortlessly. \nMany of us have faced this situation: inheriting a site\, receiving a vague complaint from a client\, or being handed a project with little documentation. To move forward confidently\, you need to quickly understand the site’s structure\, identify the technologies\, plugins\, or frameworks in use\, spot bottlenecks or errors\, and determine the best path to fix them. In the past\, this meant manual inspection\, crawling\, guessing\, checking logs\, and gathering clues from multiple tools. \nThis meetup will show how AI can make that process much easier. We’ll demonstrate how an AI-assisted approach can pinpoint key parts of a site’s structure\, highlight likely technology choices\, and help you diagnose common issues\, so you can shift from “I’m not sure what I’m looking at” to a clear\, prioritized action plan. The presenter will also share how these capabilities have been integrated into a real admin environment as a helpful assistant and what this means for developers\, site owners\, and maintenance teams. \nWe’ll focus on real-world examples and results\, highlighting where AI is dependable\, where it still needs a human hand\, and how to use it responsibly as a powerful support tool rather than a replacement for good engineering judgment.
URL:https://iondistrict.com/event/code4yall-ai-tools-real-world-workflows/
LOCATION:Ion – Conference Room 029 – 030\, 4201 Main St\, Houston\, TX\, 77002\, United States
CATEGORIES:3rd Party Registration
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