• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Kentaro Kawamori

Rice Investment Group

Partner & Chief Technology Officer

Kentaro Kawamori is a Partner and Chief Technology Officer at the Rice Investment Group (RIG), where he focuses on oil and gas technology investments and serves on the board of several portfolio companies. In December 2019 Mr. Kawamori was been recognized as a 2020 Honoree for the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy for his work both at RIG and his tenure at Chesapeake Energy (CHK), where he was the first Chief Digital Officer. There he led the IT, digital, and data functions and developed several industry-first technology platforms and partnerships. Prior to CHK, Mr. Kawamori was a technology executive and consultant at several large technology firms.

 

Sessions With Kentaro Kawamori

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 11:35am - 12:35pm (CST) / -

    Is Data the New Oil?

    Panel Technology/Innovation

    For over a century, oil has been one of the most valuable commodities and helped to create the modern global economy. As companies find new ways to derive value from analyzing the data associated with finding, producing, processing, and marketing this commodity, it too is becoming a key resource and source of competitive advantage. What steps are companies taking to ensure ownership and access to the data generated by their assets, and what new opportunities are emerging from it?