• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Vinod Raghothamarao

S&P Global

Director Consulting EWP

Vinod Raghothamarao is a consulting director at S&P Global. Based in Dubai, Vinod Raghothamarao advises public and private oil and gas clients across the world and manages consulting projects, with project scope spanning supply chain market intelligence, technology and digitalization, strategy, due diligence, operations & procurement, market assessment and sizing, investment evaluation, opportunity identification and screening. He has more than 18 years of global consulting experience across energy, mining, industrial and technology sectors. Vinod Raghothamarao holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from NIT Surathkal, India and an MBA in Finance and Strategy from ESADE Business School in Barcelona Spain.

Sessions With Vinod Raghothamarao

Monday, 9 March

  • 04:00pm - 04:50pm (CST) / -

    Cybersecurity: Protecting energy & industrial IoT
    Innovation & Technology Digitalization

    The energy industry is used to managing security and integrity in remote operations. However, the increased digital connectivity between operational facilities and equipment leads to an imbalance of cybersecurity threats from a small set of bad actors or hacktivists. These aren’t just threats to physical security and operational integrity: sensitive proprietary data is also at risk. How are cybersecurity risks growing as the industry digitalizes? How are integrity and compliance assured through the supply chain? What are the current best practices in cybersecurity solutions? How will cybersecurity evolve to stay ahead of threats?

Wednesday, 11 March

  • 07:30am - 08:20am (CST) / -

    5G: The new connective tissue of energy
    Innovation & Technology

    For the last few years, 5G has evolved with greater implications in energy, oil and gas, and industrials with strong potential economic contributions for those sectors. What is on the road ahead for 5G, especially in energy, smart grid, oil and gas, and industrial IoT? How will 5G drive Industry 4.0? What is the role of policy makers in propelling the 5G Economy? What are the occurring developments and dependencies in the overall 5G ecosystem? 

Thursday, 12 March

  • 11:30am - 12:20pm (CST) / -

    Peer-to-peer Electric Power Transactions: How real?
    Power & Renewables

    Peer-to-peer energy transactions are constantly talked about when it comes to exciting energy blockchain applications, but much of that talk (from certain players) is truly just hype at this point. It’s true the blockchain can enable P2P capabilities, but what is currently possible, what isn’t, and what’s on the horizon?