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The Open Group Summit

Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow

Houston, USA | October 30 - November 2, 2023

 

Event Location

Hyatt Regency Houston West
13210 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas, USA 77079
We have a limited number of rooms at our group rate of $129 / night (+ taxes and service fee)

 

About the Event

Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow
Monday, October 30 - Tuesday, October 31
The Open Group Houston Summit is set to welcome distinguished experts, esteemed government officials, visionary industry leaders, and experienced practitioners in the fields of digital sustainability and cybersecurity, to exchange invaluable experiences and profound knowledge in efforts to deliver a sustainable and secure tomorrow.

Key Conference Tracks will Include:

  • EA for Sustainability
  • Cybersecurity and Zero Trust
  • Open Industry Standards
  • The Digital Enterprise

Information Technology plays a crucial role in enabling a secure and sustainable tomorrow by leveraging technology to address existing and emerging global challenges. These sessions will focus on some key aspects of IT Sustainability and Cybersecurity and how they are interdependent in achieving this future.

The interconnection between Cybersecurity and Sustainability is evident in many areas of technology development:

  • Data Security for Sustainable Solutions: Sustainable initiatives for data analytics and IoT devices to optimize resource usage and minimize waste
  • Protection of Critical Infrastructure: Sustainable infrastructure and interconnected digital systems, and ensuring security against cyber threats
  • Environmental Impact of Cybersecurity: Balancing security needs with energy efficiency and environmental impact
     

Supply Chain Security Roundtable
Wednesday, November 1 - Thursday, November 2
Join The Open Group Open Trusted Technology Forum (OTTF) in their Supply Chain Security Roundtable Event to learn more about current best practices for supply chain security and to actively contribute to discussions that will enhance the Open Trusted Technology Provider™ Standard (O-TTPS).

Sessions on Wednesday, November 1 will focus on addressing current requirements detailed in the O-TTPS and ways that organizations have implemented and benefited from them. Presentations will also detail best practices around cyber supply chain security and business continuity management in the supply chain from both industry and government speakers.

Sessions on Thursday, November 2, will feature structured discussions informed by a survey of public and private organizations; learnings from these discussions will feed into enhancements of the O-TTPS.

Workshop: Introduction to the O-PAS™ Standard for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Companies [no fee session]
Wednesday, November 1, A.M.
The Open Process Automation™ Forum (OPAF) is developing a “Standard of Standards” for an open, interoperable, and secure process automation architecture (The O-PAS™ standard). This session is a tailored introduction to The O-PAS™ standard, for Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Companies. The O-PAS™ Standard defines a Reference Architecture and Information Model to enable interoperability within a heterogeneous distributed control system. Through adoption of the standard, end-users gain more freedom when managing obsolescence within systems. Participants in the session will gain insight into the practical implementation of The O-PAS™ standard and ways to deliver value to customers.

Workshop: Data Science Workshop [no fee session]
Wednesday, November 1, P.M.
The Data Science Virtual Workshop, "An Experiential Journey with Data to inspire Your Work", will make you think differently about data and how it can solve problems! This workshop includes surprising use cases that will make you think differently about data, sometime laugh, and hopefully inspire your own work to discover actionable insights in the mounds of data available.

 

OSDU® Forum Houston Meeting: October 31 - November 2 
Today's Value and Tomorrow's Features
The Open Group OSDU Forum enables the energy industry to develop transformational technology to support the world's changing energy needs. The OSDU Data Platform is an Open Source, standards-based and technology-agnostic data platform for the energy industry that stimulates innovation, industrializes data management and reduces time to market for new solutions.

In the Forum Member meeting, you will hear from operators, vendors and cloud service providers about their engagement and adoption of the OSDU Data Platform, along with details of future roadmaps and workflow capabilities. Plenary presentations will examine:

  • Operator Perspectives
  • Reference Architecture, Roadmaps and Workflow Capabilities
  • Vendor/Cloud Service Provider Perspectives
  • Certification
  • Getting Involved in the OSDU Forum

There will be three afternoon track sessions each day on:

  • Business Value/Adoption
  • Technology
  • Capabilities 

There will also be an opportunity to see demonstrations from software vendors at the Partner Pavilion in our networking sessions throughout the event.

The latest OSDU Forum Meeting agenda can be found HERE

The latest Energistics Consortium members meeting agenda can be found HERE


Zero Trust Accelerator Workshop $495 
Tuesday, October 31, A.M.
A half-day, interactive and in-person event designed to get your organization started with Zero Trust, in the right way.

This workshop is an in-person event run in association with Numberline Security and will be co-located with The Open Group Summit, at the Hyatt Regency Houston West, from 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday 31st October 2023.

The Workshop will be run and presented by Jason Garbis, Principal, Numberline Security. Paid attendance at this workshop will not give you access to any other part of The Open Group Houston Summit. Separate registration, payment information and more details about the Zero Trust Accelerator Workshop can be found here: https://shop.opengroup.org/events/ztac23

 

Agenda

10/30/2023
9:00 am - 9:10 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Welcome and Introduction 
Steve Nunn
9:00 am - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum - EA [Members Only]  - Paluxy I-II
9:00 am - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum - Data Concepts [Members Only]  - Cotton Valley
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Energistics Consortium [Members Only] - Lakeview
9:10 am - 9:40 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
The Role of The Open Group in the Journey towards Net Zero 
Jon Curtis
9:40 am - 10:10 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Future-Proofing Sustainability with Evolving Stakeholder
Expectations
Sammy Lakshmanan
10:00 am - 12:00 pm OSDU® Forum - Comms Team [Members Only]  - Wilcox
10:10 am - 10:40 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Collaboration in Carbon Counting: OSDU® CCUS and Open
Footprint™
Chris Gabriel Jane Wheelwright
10:40 am - 11:10 am Coffee Break 
11:00 am - 1:00 pm OSDU® Forum - Operator Connect [Members Only]  - Paluxy III
11:10 am - 11:35 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Introducing the Portfolio of Security Standards 
John Linford
11:35 am - 12:00 pm Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Developing Secure and Sustainable Digital Products 
Chris Frost
12:00 pm - 12:40 pm Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Open Dependability Through Assuredness™ O-DA 2.01 
Kyoichi Matsuzawa Hirobumi Kawamura
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch 
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Track 1:The Digital Enterprise - Texas Ballroom I-IV
Enterprise Architecture in a Digital Product world - New guidance
review
Mark Bodman
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Track 2: Cybersecurity & Zero Trust - Texas Ballroom V
Zero Trust Commandments – THE rules of the road 
Nikhil Kumar Mark Simos
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum - PMC [Members Only] - Frio
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum - Project Workspace [Members Only] - Permian
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum - OMC [Members Only] - Paluxy III
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Forum Meetings [Members Only]
Open Process Automation™ Forum [Members Only] - Woodbine
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Healthcare Forum - Wilcox 
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Track 2: Cybersecurity & Zero Trust - Texas Ballroom V
Zero Trust Reference Model 
Mark Simos Nikhil Kumar
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm Track 3: OSDU® 101 - Texas Ballroom VI
OSDU® 101 Business & Technical 
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Track 1:The Digital Enterprise - Texas Ballroom I-IV
Digitalization and Cloud Migration in Financial Services - Case
Study of a Title Insurance Company
Brody Merritt
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Track 2: Cybersecurity & Zero Trust - Texas Ballroom V
Security Principles for Architecture 
Tony Carrato
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee Break 
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Track 1:The Digital Enterprise - Texas Ballroom I-IV
An Introduction to the TOGAF® Framework Digital Specialist 
Andrew Josey
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Track 2: Cybersecurity & Zero Trust - Texas Ballroom V
Zero Trust: Past, Present, and Future 
Jason Garbis
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Track 2: Cybersecurity & Zero Trust - Texas Ballroom V
Open FAIR As A Critical Enabler of the First Commandment of
Zero Trust
John Feezell
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm Track 1:The Digital Enterprise - Texas Ballroom I-IV
The Open Group Portfolio of Digital Open Standards : Navigating
the Digital Landscape
Sonia Gonzalez
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Track 2: Cybersecurity & Zero Trust - Texas Ballroom V
Panel Discussion 
Nikhil Kumar Mark Simos Tony Carrato Jason Garbis John Linford
Mike Leuzinger
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Networking Reception 
 

10/31/2023
8:00 am - 8:30 am
The Open Group Standards Process Refresher - Texas Ballroom IIV
Andrew Josey
9:00 am - 12:30 pm OSDU™ Forum Meeting - Plenary Sessions [Members Only] - Texas
Ballroom V-VII
9:00 am - 9:05 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Welcome and Introduction 
Steve Nunn
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Forum Meetings [Members Only]
Open Process Automation™ Forum [Members Only] - Woodbine
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Digital Portfolio Work Group [Members Only] - Gulf Coast 
9:05 am - 9:45 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Notes from the 2023 Enterprise Architecture Awards 
Charles Betz
9:45 am - 10:25 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Security and Sustainability through the lens of AI – Existential
Threat or Humanity’s Savior?
Andras Szakal
10:25 am - 10:45 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Ecosystems Architecture 
Phil Tetlow
10:45 am - 11:10 am Coffee Break 
11:10 am - 11:50 am Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
Introducing the Enhanced Dutch ZiRA for Business Continuity
Planning
Jason Lee Scott Sloan
11:50 am - 12:30 pm Plenary: Delivering a Secure and Sustainable Tomorrow - Texas Ballroom IIV
OFP + OSDU® Reference Implementation for Carbon Capture 
Ibrahim El-Sayed Kadri Umay
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm O-DA 2.01 Meeting [Members Only] - Cotton Valley II 
1:10 pm - 1:30 pm Halloween Quiz - ALL WELCOME! - Texas Ballroom I-IV
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 1: Business Value / Adoption - Texas Ballroom VII 
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 2: Technical - Texas Ballroom VI 
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 3: Capabilities - Texas Ballroom V 
2:00 pm - 2:40 pm Track: EA for Sustainability and Open Industry Standards - Texas Ballroom IIV
Making Business Greener and Stronger: How Enterprise
Architecture Can Help
Martin Mysyk
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Open Footprint™ Forum [Members Only] - Lakeview 
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Healthcare Forum - Wilcox 
2:40 pm - 3:20 pm Track: EA for Sustainability and Open Industry Standards - Texas Ballroom IIV
An Overview of Enterprise Architecture Practice at Takeda
Pharmaceuticals
Inder Kumar Purohit
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm Coffee Break 
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm Track: EA for Sustainability and Open Industry Standards - Texas Ballroom IIV
Digital Engineering - the Need of an Open Standard to Unleash
the Future of Industrial Engineering
Pedro Vieira Italo Dourado Affonso
4:20 pm - 5:00 pm Track: EA for Sustainability and Open Industry Standards - Texas Ballroom IIV
An Open Industry Standards-based Framework for Implementing
Generative Artificial Intelligence Use Cases
Dipanjan Sengupta
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Track: EA for Sustainability and Open Industry Standards - Texas Ballroom IIV
The TOGAF® Standard, 10th Edition and the TOGAF Certification
Portfolio
Andrew Josey
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Halloween Networking Reception 
 

11/01/2023
8:00 am - 8:15 am The Open Group Contribution Awards - Texas Ballroom I 
Andrew Josey
9:00 am - 12:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Plenary Sessions [Members Only] - Texas
Ballroom V - VII
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Workshop: Introduction to the O-PAS™ Standard for EPCs - Paluxy
9:00 am - 9:10 am Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Welcome and Introduction 
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Forum Meetings [Members Only] 
Open Footprint™ Forum [Members Only] - Lakeview 
9:00 am - 5:30 pm IT4IT™ Forum [Members Only] - Gulf Coast 
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Healthcare Forum - Wilcox 
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Open Process Automation™ Forum [Members Only] - Woodbine
9:10 am - 9:30 am Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
O-TTPS™ Origins, Structure, Certification Program 
9:30 am - 10:00 am Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Standards-based Product Lifecycle Certifications to Enable a
Sustainable Datasphere
David Kaiser
10:00 am - 10:30 am Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Enhanced Technology Development and Supply Chain Security
Practices Through O-TTPS / ISO 20243 Certification
Christine Bunke
10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break 
11:00 am - 11:30 am Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Role of Supply Chain Security Standards for Government
Acquisition
Alexander Marshall
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Exposing and Controlling Open-Source within your Supply Chain
Tony Carrato Tracey Ragan
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Panel Discussion 
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch 
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Open Footprint™ Forum Breakout 1 [Members Only] - Permian I
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Open Footprint™ Forum Breakout 2 [Members Only] - Permian II
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Open Footprint™ Forum Breakout 3 [Members Only] - Frio I 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm O-DA 2.01 Meeting [Members Only] - Cotton Valley II 
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 1: Business Value / Adoption - Texas Ballroom VII 
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 2: Technical - Texas Ballroom VI 
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 3: Capabilities - Texas Ballroom V 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 4: Real-time and Energistics Demonstration & Discussion -
Texas Ballroom III
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Workshop: Data Science Workshop - Paluxy
Neeraj Madan Mwai Kalengamaliro
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Supply Chain Security Concerns Survey and Results 
John Linford
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
Proposals for Discussion Topics and Audience Input 
John Linford
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break 
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Open Trusted Technology Forum [Members Only] - Texas
Ballroom I
 

11/02/2023
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Parallel Tracks
OSDU® Forum Member
Meeting - Plenary Session
[Members Only] - Texas
Ballroom V-VII
Supply Chain Security
Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Energistics Consortium [Members Only] - Paluxy
Data Assurance Workshop (with OGDQ Members invited] 
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Forum Meetings [Members Only]
Open Footprint™ Forum [Members Only] - Lakeview 
9:00 am - 12:30 pm Energistics Consortium [Member only meeting] - Paluxy
9:00 am - 5:30 pm Open Process Automation™ Forum [Members Only] - Woodbine
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch 
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Open Footprint™ Forum Breakout 1 [Members Only] - Permian I
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm Open Footprint™ Forum Breakout 2 [Members Only] - Permian II
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Open Footprint™ Forum Breakout 3 [Members Only] - Frio I 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track I: Business Value / Adoption - Texas Ballroom VII 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 2: Technical - Texas Ballroom VI 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Breakout Sessions [Members Only] 
Track 3: CCUS/OSDU/OFP Harmonization - Texas Ballroom V 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Supply Chain Security Roundtable - Texas Ballroom I
John Linford
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee Break 
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm OSDU® Forum Meeting - Closing Session [Members Only] - Texas
Ballroom V-VII
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Open Trusted Technology Forum [Members Only] - Texas
Ballroom I
 

 

Speakers

 

Event Fees

Note: Members of the AEA or TOGAF® Certified Individuals are NOT automatically Members of The Open Group.

You are entitled to the Member rate if your company / organization is a Member of The Open Group. The current membership list can be checked here

                                 Early Bird Rate (up to September 29th)            Standard Rate

1-Day Pass

Member                  $175                                                               $225

Govt/Academic       $525                                                                $625

Non-Member          $600                                                                $750

 

2-Day Pass

Member                   $350                                                                 $450

Govt/Academic     $1,000                                                              $1,200

Non-Member        $1,100                                                              $1,300

 

Full Member Pass (All open sessions, workshops, Security Roundtable and Membership entitled closed Forum sessions, Monday - Thursday)

Member                  $450                                                                 $625

 

Supply Chain Security Roundtable (November 1st-2nd)

All Attendees         $350                                                                  $350

 

** The OPAF Workshop and Data Science Workshop Sessions on Wednesday, November 1st are FREE to attend **

Please select the Workshop: Introduction to the O-PAS™ Standard for EPCs, or Data Science Workshop, category when registering if you only wish to attend that specific 'free' session. You will not be permitted to attend other sessions on that day.

 

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