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Enterprise AI Summits

In nine cities, leaders from manufacturing, oil & gas and energy companies meet to find the AI use cases worth building in their operations.

No sales decks. Real operational problems, the data behind them, and working prototypes built by STAGE-X Residency teams.

CIRCUIT OPENS · SAN FRANCISCO · OCT 31 T-MINUS
09
DAYS
06
HOURS
13
MIN
24
SEC
9
Summits
3
Circuits
40
Seats each
360
Total seats
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ROUNDTABLE PROTOCOLS

Forty seats. No pitches.

ONE TABLE · 40 PRINCIPALSCAPPED PER SUMMIT
01

Strict Chatham House Rule

Participants may use the information and code strategies received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker or any participant may be revealed. Absolute operational candor is required.

02

Zero Slide Decks & Pitches

No vendor pitches or marketing narratives. Every session starts from a real operational problem: downtime, quality, energy, safety. It ends with a use case and the data it needs.

03

Industry Leaders Only

Strictly capped at 40 participants per summit: operations, engineering, plant and digital leaders from manufacturing, oil & gas and energy companies, alongside STAGE-X engineers.

PARTICIPATING PROFILES

Three industries. One question.

Where should AI go to work first in our plants, fields and grids? Every summit is built around that question, with use cases matched to the industries strongest in each city.

Manufacturing

Automotive, machinery, steel, chemicals and materials makers looking for AI that holds up on the shop floor.

EXAMPLE USE CASES
  • Vision-based quality inspection
  • Predictive maintenance on lines and robots
  • Energy use per unit of output
  • Early warning of supply disruptions
Focus cities: Boston, Toronto, Berlin

Oil & Gas

Upstream producers, offshore operators, refineries and petrochemical complexes with large, remote or hazardous assets.

EXAMPLE USE CASES
  • Well and production optimisation
  • Pipeline leak and corrosion detection
  • Drone and subsea inspection review
  • Furnace, boiler and equipment reliability
Focus cities: London, Dubai, Mumbai

Energy & Utilities

Power producers, grid operators, renewables and storage companies, and mining operations with heavy energy needs.

EXAMPLE USE CASES
  • Demand and renewable output forecasting
  • Transformer and cable failure prediction
  • Faster outage response
  • Heavy equipment health at remote sites
Focus cities: San Francisco, New York, Melbourne
YOU LEAVE WITH · 01
A ranked shortlist of AI use cases for your operations
YOU LEAVE WITH · 02
The data each one needs, and what you already have
YOU LEAVE WITH · 03
Prototypes to react to, and a plan for a first pilot
CIRCUIT STRUCTURE

Nine cities. Three circuits. One route.

A circuit is a regional tour phase of our global technical roadshow. Each circuit convenes three consecutive weekend roundtables (Saturdays & Sundays) focused on regional infrastructure challenges, regulatory frameworks, and peer cohorts.

FIG.S1 · Q4 2026 CIRCUIT ROUTEOCT 31 – DEC 27
EQUATOR San Francisco OCT 31 New York NOV 07 Boston NOV 14 Toronto NOV 21 London NOV 28 Berlin DEC 05 Mumbai DEC 05 Melbourne DEC 12 Dubai 2027
PHASE 01
North American Frontier
Oct 31 – Nov 15, 2026 • SF, NYC, Boston

Energy transition, city power grids & advanced manufacturing.

PHASE 02
Transatlantic Corridor
Nov 21 – Dec 6, 2026 • Toronto, London, Berlin

Process manufacturing, offshore oil, gas & wind, and automotive plants.

PHASE 03
Middle East & APAC
Dec 5 – Dec 12, 2026 • Mumbai, Melbourne · Dubai 2027

Refining & power, mining, and upstream oil & gas.

GLOBAL SCHEDULE

Q4 2026 Summit Calendar

Nine invitation-only technical roundtables convened across three international circuits. Strict 40-seat limits, peer-vetted VP/CTO cohorts, and binding Chatham House Rule confidentiality.

CIRCUIT PHASE 01 • Q4 2026

North American Frontier

AI use cases for renewables and grid storage, city power grids, and advanced manufacturing.

3 SUMMITS • 120 TOTAL SEATS
Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco at dusk 12 Seats Left STOP 1/9 San Francisco
October 31–November 1, 2026 · The Presidio

San Francisco — Energy Transition: AI for Utilities, Solar & Grid Storage

Where AI pays off for power producers, utilities and storage operators, from forecasting renewable output to keeping batteries and substations healthy.

Renewables Grid Storage Utilities 40 Seats
Hudson Yards and the Manhattan skyline at night Applications Open STOP 2/9 New York
November 7–8, 2026 · Hudson Yards

New York — Power Grids & Utilities: AI for Reliability, Demand and Outage Response

AI use cases for utilities running dense city grids: predicting demand, finding failing equipment before it trips, and speeding up outage response.

Grid Reliability Demand Forecasting Outage Response 40 Seats
Boston skyline across the Charles River from Cambridge Applications Open STOP 3/9 Boston
November 14–15, 2026 · Kendall Square

Boston — Advanced Manufacturing: AI on the Factory Floor

Use cases for manufacturers: vision-based quality inspection, predictive maintenance on production lines, and robots that adapt to new parts.

Quality Inspection Predictive Maintenance Robotics 40 Seats
CIRCUIT PHASE 02 • Q4 2026

Transatlantic & European Corridor

AI use cases for steel and chemicals plants, offshore oil, gas and wind, and automotive manufacturing.

3 SUMMITS • 120 TOTAL SEATS
Toronto skyline with the CN Tower at blue hour Applications Open STOP 4/9 Toronto
November 21–22, 2026 · MaRS Discovery District

Toronto — Process Manufacturing: AI for Steel, Chemicals & Materials

Use cases for continuous-process plants: keeping quality on target, cutting energy per tonne and reducing off-spec batches.

Process Control Energy Efficiency Yield 40 Seats
Canary Wharf towers reflected in the docks at night Applications Open STOP 5/9 London
November 28–29, 2026 · Canary Wharf

London — Offshore Energy: AI for North Sea Oil & Gas and Wind

Use cases for offshore operators: asset integrity, faster inspection and maintenance planning across platforms and wind farms.

Offshore Asset Integrity Wind 40 Seats
Berlin TV tower and the Spree river at blue hour Applications Open STOP 6/9 Berlin
December 5–6, 2026 · Factory Berlin

Berlin — Automotive & Industrial Manufacturing: AI Across the Plant and Supply Chain

Use cases for automotive and machinery makers: in-line inspection, equipment health and early warning of supply-chain disruption.

Automotive Assembly Lines Supply Chain 40 Seats
CIRCUIT PHASE 03 • DEC 2026 – 2027

Asia-Pacific & Middle East

AI use cases for refineries and power plants, mining operations, and upstream oil and gas.

3 SUMMITS • 120 TOTAL SEATS
Mumbai skyline and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link at night Registration Open STOP 7/9 Mumbai
December 5, 2026 · Jio World Convention Centre

Mumbai — Refining, Petrochemicals & Power: AI for Large Process Plants

Use cases for refineries, petrochemical complexes and power plants: energy efficiency, equipment reliability and safer operations.

Refining Petrochemicals Power Plants 40 Seats
Melbourne skyline and South Wharf on the Yarra at dusk Registration Open STOP 8/9 Melbourne
December 12, 2026 · MCEC South Wharf

Melbourne — Mining & Resources: AI for Heavy Equipment and Remote Sites

Use cases for mining and resources companies: haul-fleet maintenance, ore processing and running remote sites with fewer people on site.

Mining Heavy Equipment Remote Sites 40 Seats
Dubai skyline with the Museum of the Future at dusk Coming in 2027 STOP 9/9 Dubai
2027 · Date to be announced · Dubai World Trade Centre

Dubai — Upstream Oil & Gas: AI for Production, Drilling and Pipelines

Use cases for oil and gas producers: production optimisation, drilling support and pipeline monitoring across remote assets.

Upstream Drilling Pipelines 40 Seats
SUMMIT AGENDA

From problem to pilot in one day

Every summit follows the same four sessions, focused on the industries and use cases of that city.

  1. 01
    USE-CASE DISCOVERY

    Where AI Pays Off in Your Operations

    Plant, field and control-room leaders map their biggest operational problems (downtime, quality, energy, safety) and rank where AI can help first.

  2. 02
    DATA READINESS

    What Data Each Use Case Needs

    A practical look at historians, SCADA, maintenance systems and ERP data: what is usable today, what is missing, and how to close the gap.

  3. 03
    RESIDENCY DEMOS

    Prototypes Built on Real Use Cases

    STAGE-X Residency teams present the prototypes they built during the 1–2 week sprint, around use cases from the companies in the room.

  4. 04
    FROM USE CASE TO PILOT

    Planning a Pilot That Reaches Production

    Scoping a first pilot: how success is measured, the team it needs, security and safety requirements, and how to take it from one site to many.

PARTICIPATING COHORTS

Attending Organizations

Enterprise Infrastructure & Mission-Critical Operators

Shell Global Energy • Upstream AI
U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment • Defense Ops
Baker Hughes Energy Tech • Industrial AI
Con Edison Grid Reliability • NYC Metro
Holcim Global Building Materials • Plants
Dept of Defense Predictive Readiness • Logistics
Koch Industries Manufacturing • Supply Chains
SmithRx Health Tech • Pharmacy Data
Shell Global Energy • Upstream AI
U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment • Defense Ops
Baker Hughes Energy Tech • Industrial AI
Con Edison Grid Reliability • NYC Metro
Holcim Global Building Materials • Plants
Dept of Defense Predictive Readiness • Logistics
Koch Industries Manufacturing • Supply Chains
SmithRx Health Tech • Pharmacy Data

Frontier Model Ecosystem & Research Labs Represented

OpenAI
GPT-4o / o1 Architecture
Anthropic
Claude 3.5 Sonnet / Opus
Google DeepMind
Gemini 1.5 Pro / Flash
Meta AI
Llama 3.1 405B / 70B
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3 / R1 MoE
Mistral AI
Mistral Large 2 / Pixtral
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  • Enterprise PO & Institutional Invoicing Compliance
  • Multi-Seat Enterprise Delegation & Group Billing Passes
  • Centralized Tax Receipting & W-9 / Vendor Packets
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