This year the virtual Go Digital Energy Middle East summit hosted the Dragons' Den style technology competition (which has become a traditional session of the Go Digital events) for the most innovative solution set to disrupt the energy industry in the next few years.

Judging Panel:

• Andreas Berger, Managing Director of Wintershall Dea Technology Ventures, Wintershall DEA Ventures

• Harit Naik, Director, KM and Innovation, McDermott done 

• Emanuele Cacciatore, Senior Director Insight & Cloud Strategy, Oracle done

Presentations:

• Gerhard Thonhauser, CEO, TDE Group - Digital Well Delivery System 

• Norbert Dolle, Managing Partner, White Space Energy- Game-changing AI for better decisions

• Ezzat Sabry, Managing Director, Geomatex- Leveraging the value of Reality Modeling in creating intelligent Digital Twins

This year White Space Energy represented by Norbert Dolle has been awarded the title of the most innovative company! This is the second time in a row when White Space Energy is chosen by the public as the innovator in energy industry.

White Space Energy showcased one of the latest AI developments, Game AI, that mimics human ability to learn from experience and has become famous for achieving super human performance in sophisticated games such as Chess, Go and Poker.

The company uses this Game AI to support domain experts and senior leaders to make faster and better complex decisions. Applications span the entire Upstream Value Chain from Well Trajectory Planning, Portfolio Planning, Rig Sequence Management, Maintenance & Logistics to Decommissioning planning. These can support individual operators, joint ventures or cross-industry initiatives.

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