KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Meeting Today’s Demands Sustainably for Tomorrow

Industrial software powerhouse Antonio Pietri says global sustainability and operational efficiency go hand-in-hand

AspenTech President and CEO Antonio Pietri kicked off the Symposium with lessons learned from their experiences identifying and acquiring tech firms to complement their core DI offering. And then he got into the meat, arguing a major opportunity for industrial businesses lies in aligning their sustainability and profit goals with greater efficiency. He pointed to research showing 40 percent of greenhouse gas reductions come from streamlining operations to minimize waste, cut worker downtime, extend asset life cycles, and more. McRock couldn’t agree more…just look at our latest RI Report!

Keynote Highlights

The audience was laser focused on hearing what this one-time entrepreneur turned powerhouse DI leader had to share from his experiences and what he sees for the future. AspenTech is definitely poised to pounce on opportunities facing our industry.

Asset-intensive businesses need to keep on their toes in order to adapt to a regular and rapid cycle—every two to three years —of significant macro-disruptions. Is it just us or do those waves of change seem to be coming faster and faster?

The next generation of workers and consumers alike will embrace tech-centric operations, including AI innovations. Businesses like AspenTech will be ready and succeed as long as they don’t lose sight of the risk-reward balance; he used their May launch of a Generative AI policy to do just that.