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This private program — exclusive to Energy & Utilities Competency Partners — is designed for our industry business partners to network with industry peers and AWS executives, strengthen the partner community, and help shape go-to-market strategy.
Join us for the Energy & Utilities Competency Partner Forum — and stay for the Energy Symposium!
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Now in its fourth year, the AWS Energy Symposium is the premier event for the energy industry. This exclusive gathering brings together senior energy executives to address today's most pressing challenges and opportunities. In the face of a complex energy landscape, learn how leading organizations are scaling innovation with AWS to transform operations, from power generation and grid management to subsurface exploration, production, and refining.
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Announcing: Industry Analyst Keynote Speaker Mike Guilfoyle
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Mike Guilfoyle, Vice President & Practice Leader at ARC Advisory Group, will keynote the 2025 Energy & Utilities Competency Partner Forum. For more than two decades, Mike has assisted organizations, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, in identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities and market disruption presented by the effects of digital economies, energy transition, and industrial sustainability on the energy, manufacturing, and technology industries.
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 In case helpful, we’ve drafted the following travel and expense (T&E) justification for you to personalize and share with your management, if needed:
I would like to attend the AWS Energy & Utilities (E&U) Competency Partner Forum and the AWS Energy Symposium. The events take place June 4-5, 2025 in Houston, Texas. The events are free for us to attend (though there will be transportation, hotel and meal costs of approximately $[ X ]).
As AWS E&U Competency Partners, two energy executives from our company are invited to attend both events. I will participate in two full days of specialized industry programming. Key highlights include:
• Access to more than 100 executives from 50+ E&U Competency Partners as well as the AWS E&U leadership team
* Network and exchange valuable insights with 750+ industry executives from top AWS accounts across the energy value chain
• 3+ hours of keynote presentations covering the latest trends, including industry analyst Mike Guilfoyle of ARC Advisory Group, who is keynoting the partner forum
• 5 specialty tracks, including Digital Operations, Enterprise Modernization, Grid Modernization, Subsurface, Energy Innovation with Generative AI
• Learn how AWS customers, partners and startups are developing innovative solutions to address critical industry challenges via 30 state-of-the-art demonstrations at the Innovation Showcase
Note: Do not distribute this link. Due to limited capacity, this event is by invitation only as we are only able to accommodate two people from each Energy & Utilities Competency Partner. If you are unable to attend and would like to have someone else attend in your absence, please alert Kirsten Miller.
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