Welcome to PE Live Podcast's new series "Digital Twins - the Gateway to Autonomous Industrial Facilities" in association with Hexagon. The second episode "Digital Twins: Promoting Project Performance" is hosted by Karolin Schaps, a regular contributor to Petroleum Economist, in conversation with Adrian Park, Vice President Pre-Sales - EMIA, Hexagon and Hans Kouwer, Director Industry Consulting – EMIA, Hexagon.

While most digital twin implementations today are focused on operations and maintenance use cases, digital twins are increasingly being deployed during the planning, design, and execution phases of the facility life cycle. In this podcast, they will discuss how the digital twin platform ensures the handover of a high-quality digital twin for operations purposes and provides benefits during the project phase. Listen to their conversation to:

• Discover the value of incrementally building the digital twin from the conceptual design phase and adopting it as a platform for project collaboration across the stakeholder value chain.
• Learn about the increased transparency and visibility the digital twin provides for project progress, including 4D and 5D reporting.
• Explore how to leverage the digital twin to ensure operational readiness.

Meet the Speakers

Adrian Park Vice President Pre-Sales - EMIA Hexagon Adrian has over 40 years’ experience working in the process industries and joined Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI) 16 years ago from the Norwegian owner operator Equinor where he was engaged for 16 years and served as an Advisor in technical information management responsible for the implementation of applications and processes for asset lifecycle information management. In Hexagon ALI he serves as Vice President for Presales covering the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa region. Adrian has also previously worked for EPC contractor Davy McKee based in the UK, and ABB and Cap Gemini in Norway.

Hans Kouwer Director Industry Consulting - EMIA Hexagon Hans Kouwer is Industry Consulting Director for Hexagon Asset Licfecycle Intelligence (ALI) in the EMIA region. He has over 30 years of experience in the process industry. He joined Hexagon ALI 15 years ago after many years of industrial experience. Hans has extensive experiences with advising business organizations how their day-to-day business processes can benefit from effective information management and digital transformation. Hans is Dutch and based out of the Netherlands.

This is the second episode of the PE Live Podcast series, Digital Twins - the Gateway to Autonomous Industrial Facilities, in association with Hexagon. Stay tuned for the new episodes.

Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy it.