Jim Graves

Jim Graves

Global Digital Manufacturing Head Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA

Jim Graves is the Global Digital Manufacturing Head for CPET at Indorama Ventures, where he provides enterprise leadership for global manufacturing digital transformation. He leads the strategy and execution of industrial data platforms, advanced analytics, and frontline systems to drive reliability, productivity, and operating model transformation at scale. Jim is known for closing the loop from sensing to execution, translating Industrial AI into sustained business value.

Main Conference Day One | Tuesday, March 24 2026

8:40 AM From Prediction to EBITDA: Closing the Industrial AI Insight-to-Action Gap

Energy companies have invested heavily in sensing technologies, predictive analytics, and digital platforms to improve reliability and operational performance. Yet many organizations still struggle to convert insights into consistent operational outcomes.

Why? Because the real challenge is no longer detection, it is operationalizing insights across frontline teams, maintenance workflows, and plant operations.

This session discusses how industrial organizations are connecting sensing, analytics, Industrial AI and frontline execution to unlock measurable improvements in uptime, reliability, and workforce productivity.

  • Learn why many Industrial AI initiatives struggle to translate predictive insights into operational action.
  • Explore how sensing technologies, advanced analytics and Industrial AI are enabling earlier detection of asset and process issues.
  • Understand how leading organizations operationalize insights through structured, AI Powered frontline workflows and execution discipline.
  • Discover how connecting sensing, analytics, Industrial AI and AI Powered execution systems can improve uptime, wrench time, and operational visibility.
  • Gain insights into how Industrial AI will reshape the future operating model for energy and process industries.

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

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