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

Ben Wilson

Amazon Web Services

Director of Products and Solutions

Ben has built his career at the crossroads of energy and technology, currently leading as the Director of Products and Solutions for Energy at Amazon Web Services (AWS). His role involves crafting innovative solutions for the Oil & Gas and Power & Utilities sectors, through partnerships with customers, ISVs, and other industry stakeholders. Formerly, as Global CTO of Energy at Google Cloud, he spearheaded High-Performance Computing, AI, and Analytics initiatives, notably an AI-driven project for cloud optimization. Serving as CTO at P2 (now IFS), Ben was instrumental in shifting to an Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) model and optimizing AWS cloud for product deployments. His extensive background also spans strategic and technical positions at GE Oil & Gas, Siemens Energy, PwC, and IBM, where he contributed to a wide range of projects, from software engineering to strategic partnerships, including collaborations with NASA.

Sessions With Ben Wilson

Monday, 18 March

  • 03:30pm - 04:10pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 08:30 pm - 18/mar/2024 09:10 pm

    Breakthrough Applications of AI
    Digitalization/AI/Machine Learning/Robotics/Cybersecurity

    Digital technologies have significant potential to accelerate clean energy transitions across the energy sector as digitalization helps to reduce costs and emissions and improve efficiency. For example, in the power sector, digital technologies can help integrate increasing shares of variable renewables and improve the reliability of grids. Where are the new opportunities to use digital technologies to accelerate energy transition?  What are the barriers to implementation? 

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 05:30pm - 06:10pm (CST) / 19/mar/2024 10:30 pm - 19/mar/2024 11:10 pm

    Disruption Delivered: OSDU® Data Platform—Fueling generative AI and upstream transformation

    Upstream will continue to provide energy for decades to come but there is widespread acknowledgement that to do this, it must transform faster. Changing workforce demographics and data real estate growing exponentially offer the chance for disruptive technology–driven change at speed, but what does that incubation powerhouse look like? This panel will explore the potential of generative AI (GenAI)and other technologies underpinned by a the OSDU® Data Platform that liberates data from silos and enables faster development and deployment of disruptive transformation. Why is the OSDU® Data Platform succeeding? How can companies leverage GenAI? Will cross-pollination from other industries really happen? How do executives bake this into their strategy and execute at pace?