Matthew Alberts

Manager, Innovation and Emerging Technologies Southern Company

A dynamic Technology Strategist with a profound track record in spearheading digital transformation across various sectors. My forte lies in blending AI/ML expertise with strategic planning to drive impactful business results. With a rich history of leading high-profile projects, I've demonstrated my prowess in project management, mechanical integrity engineering, and fostering innovation. As a proactive leader, I prioritize cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment with industry standards and overarching business goals. My academic journey, crowned with a PhD in Industrial Engineering focusing on AI/ML, complements my hands-on experience, making me adept at translating technical insights into strategic actions.

AI in Energy Week Deep Dive Focus Day - March 1, 2027

1:45 PM Workshop J: Building an AI Strategy That Delivers: A Roadmap That Adapts as Technology, Regulation, and Business Priorities Evolve

As AI capabilities evolve at unprecedented speed, organizations face a growing challenge: how do you build an AI strategy that remains relevant amid changing business priorities, regulatory requirements, cybersecurity constraints, and emerging technologies?

Drawing on Southern Company's experience deploying hundreds of AI initiatives across generation, transmission, distribution, customer operations, and corporate functions, Matthew shares a practical framework for identifying high-value opportunities, prioritizing investments, and building an innovation roadmap that delivers measurable operational impact.

• Develop a structured approach to evaluating and prioritizing AI investments based on operational value, business need, and organizational readiness.

• Learn how to balance innovation with governance, cybersecurity, regulatory requirements, and business constraints while maintaining momentum.

• Build an adaptable AI roadmap that can evolve alongside emerging technologies, workforce challenges, and changing business priorities.

TAKEAWAY:

Leave with a practical roadmap for building an AI strategy that can adapt as technologies, regulations and business priorities change, without losing sight of measurable operational value.

AI in Energy Week Day Two - March 3, 2027

3:40 PM Panel Discussion: The Road Ahead: What's Next for AI in Energy Operations?

AI is no longer confined to pilots or proof-of-concepts, it's increasingly being deployed to improve how assets are operated, maintained and optimised across the oil and gas value chain. As technologies such as AI agents, autonomous operations, digital twins and computer vision continue to mature, what should operations leaders be preparing for next? Following three days of practical case studies and implementation lessons, this closing panel will explore the technologies, trends and capabilities set to shape the next phase of operational excellence.

• Which AI technologies are already delivering measurable operational improvements, and which are still some way from enterprise adoption?

• How will AI agents, copilots and autonomous systems reshape the way operators, engineers and frontline teams work?

• What role will digital twins, real-time operational data and physics-based models play in the next generation of operational decision-making?

• How are technologies such as computer vision, robotics and autonomous inspection transforming asset reliability, maintenance and field operations?

• Which emerging AI capabilities have the greatest potential to improve safety, reliability, production and operational efficiency?

• What organisational, data and governance challenges must organisations overcome to scale these technologies successfully?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Matthew.

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