January 20-22, 2026 | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 

Speakers

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Ziad Katrib

Ziad Katrib

Co-founder, BKO AI

Ziad Katrib is the Co-founder of BKO AI, a Houston-based company focused on delivering AI solutions for the Power, Energy, and Manufacturing sectors. He has extensive experience in the power industry, having worked at GE, NRG, Calpine, CPS, TotalEnergies, Norte3, LS Power, and Chevron BKOAI. 

Areas of Expertise:

  • Applying AI for Thermal Performance, Generation Dispatch, Monitoring, and Diagnostics
  • Combined and Steam Cycles, Cogen Modeling, Wind and Solar Modeling
  • Development of over 1,000 plant performance models and multiple digital applications, optimizing commercial operations and managing $2B+ in annual EBITDA
  • Creation of state-of-the-art Anomaly Detection Algorithms
Sessions
"This is my first year at POWERGEN and so far I can just say, wow, this event is huge. I never thought I would have access to so many different vendors and so many different experts in the energy industry by coming to an event like this."
Caitlyn Watkins
Cleco