Speakers are: Vivek Gupta, Joint VP (Instrumentation & Digitalization) DCM Shriram; Subhash Singh, CISO & Head - Enterprise Architecture, DFPCL; Yajuvendra Singh, Lead Manufacturing - IT, UPL; Jagdish Pranami, Associate Vice President, SRF; Stephen Reynolds, Industry Principal - Chemicals Industry, AVEVA; and Ramanathan Balaraman, Principal Consultant - Presales, AVEVA

Indian Chemical News (ICN), an online news media covering Chemicals, Petrochemicals, and Energy sector is organizing an E-conference on "Driving Operational Excellence through Digital Transformation in the Chemical Industry" today from 2:30 - 4:00 PM.

One can register as delegate by clicking on the link (https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2016260722579/WN_XimWBxcLTwmzU6kTL31dpw).

The speakers for the E-conference on Driving Operational Excellence through Digital Transformation in the Chemical Industry are: Vivek Gupta Joint VP (Instrumentation & Digitalization) DCM Shriram Limited; Subhash Singh, CISO & Head - Enterprise Architecture, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Limited; Yajuvendra Singh, Lead Manufacturing - IT, UPL Limited; Jagdish Pranami, Associate Vice President, SRF Limited; Stephen Reynolds, Industry Principal - Chemicals Industry, AVEVA; and Ramanathan Balaraman, Principal Consultant - Presales, AVEVA. The E-conference is moderated by Pravin Prashant, Editor, Indian Chemical News. 

Digital technologies are a key enabler to drive transformation of chemicals and petrochemicals businesses. Chemical plant digitalization can help address the challenges of enabling the circular economy and achieving sustainability goals with focus on business expectations.

The webinar will introduce AVEVA's unique value proposition and solutions to drive a holistic approach towards adopting a digital infrastructure and help leverage industrial information for sustainable, efficient chemical and petrochemical plant operations and to drive digital transformation. Industry experts will be sharing their experience & digital strategy with respect to chemical and petrochemical.

50% of companies in chemical and petrochemical expect operational data to grow by 15% or more over next 12 months; 20-30% productivity gain can be achieved through digital collaboration; 65% of agrochemicals leaders say reducing operational costs is their first business priority; and 58% of chemicals CEOs see sustainability and circular economy as the priority for investing. 

The questions to be covered during the E-conference are: How does a company drive operational excellence? What is the role of technology in that journey? How will digital transformation provide help/insights in your strategy? Describe an initiative that has gone well. Describe one that has failed, what were the learnings? Cultural shifts are enabled by workforce behavior. What have you done to encourage behaviors that would further or benefit a culture that embraces digitalization and what behavioral approaches would you caution against? How are you aligning departmental priorities? Are you reskilling, upskilling, and outskilling for a future-proof workforce? What are three main change-management attributes that you’d like to establish as part of a long-term vision that incorporates digitalization?; and As you evaluate digitalization and digital transformation, what key initiatives are driving these changes?