Name
Panel: Human plus Agent – Designing the Human-in-the-Loop for Canadian Operations
Date & Time
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 1:20 PM - 2:00 PM
Speakers
Eliyya Shukeir PEng, PMP, Opportunity Manager, Staff Process Control- Upstream Operational Technology, Cenovus Energy
Mike Michonski, Upstream Digital Manager, Imperial
Pansy Bach, Head of Design for AI, IBM Consulting Canada, IBM
Vansh Narula, Senior Manager, EY
Steve Senterfit, President, Smartbridge
Eliyya Shukeir PEng, PMP Mike Michonski Pansy Bach Vansh Narula Steve Senterfit
Description
  • Defining when an AI agent can act, when it must ask, and when it must stop in pipeline, plant and field contexts.
  • Designing user interfaces and notifications that engineers, controllers and field staff will actually trust and respond to.
  • Building auditability and reversibility into every agent workflow so operations keeps ultimate control.