Key Takeaways from Conneqt 2026: From Analytics to Intelligence

That’s a wrap on Conneqt 2026 in Orlando, where industrial leaders, customers, partners, and Seeq experts came together around a central theme: From Analytics to Intelligence. Throughout the event, attendees explored how Industrial AI and human expertise are helping organizations accelerate decisions, improve performance, and drive measurable business outcomes across manufacturing and energy during mainstage and breakout sessions. 

The event provided an opportunity to celebrate the organizations leading the way in operational excellence and innovation through the 2026 Seeq Customer Awards. Congratulations to this year’s winners, whose achievements demonstrate the transformative impact of data-driven decision-making across industrial operations. View the full list of award winners. 

Decision Capital Set the Tone

Seeq CEO Dr. Lisa Graham opened the conference by introducing Decision Capital, the accumulated body of institutional knowledge built across data, analytics, context, expertise, decision rationale, and outcomes that organizations develop through using Seeq. 

Her message centered on a simple idea: organizations create lasting value when they can capture and scale subject matter expertise, build trust in AI, and turn insights into faster decisions.  

Perspectives on Industrial AI, Business Value, and Intelligence

The mainstage sessions brought together executive and industry perspectives on how competitive advantage comes from turning data into intelligence that helps organizations make better, faster decisions. 

• Matthew Littlefield, President of LNS Research, explored how the world’s most productive companies are using Industrial AI, connected data, and decision architectures to move beyond visibility and gain a competitive advantage. His keynote challenged attendees to think beyond analytics and focus on faster action, smarter decisions, and stronger business performance. 
• The From Analytics to EBITDA fireside chat brought together leaders from LNS Research, Seeq, Innovapptive, and Indorama Ventures to discuss what it takes to turn analytics into operational and financial results. The discussion reinforced that Industrial AI delivers value when organizations can close the gap between insight and action. 
• The executive panel, From Analytics to Intelligence, featured leaders from Seeq, PBF Energy, International Paper, and Texas Instruments. Together, they explored how connecting data, expertise, and AI helps organizations move beyond reporting toward intelligence-driven operations that scale across teams and sites. 

From Product Innovation to Customer Impact

The Product Keynote featured Mark Derbecker, Chief Product Officer at Seeq, alongside the Seeq Product Team and Intel’s Subhadra Sampathkumaran. 

The session showcased Seeq’s roadmap for Decision Capital, including Seeq Intelligence and new capabilities designed to help customers turn operational insight into confident action and accelerate the shift from analytics to intelligence. 

The Seeq Champions panel continued that conversation with customer leaders sharing lessons from scaling analytics across their organizations. They emphasized that success depends as much on people and processes as it does on technology.
 

Customer Stories Showcase Real World Impact 

From improving reliability and reducing downtime to increasing productivity and decision-making, the customer-led sessions at Conneqt showcased how organizations are turning operational data into business value. 

Highlights included: 

• PBF Energy shared how it is scaling an enterprise energy reduction program across six refineries by standardizing energy metrics and creating a consistent view of performance across the organization. 
• International Paper demonstrated two complementary approaches to automated reporting, helping teams deliver operational insights faster while reducing manual effort. 
• Indorama Ventures showcased its SteamVision initiative, improving visibility into steam systems and energy performance to support efficiency and sustainability goals. 
• Intel presented how condition-based maintenance and AI-assisted workflows are helping modernize facility operations while improving consistency and reducing maintenance effort. 
• Eli Lilly and Company shared how meter-triggered monitoring with Seeq Data Lab is helping automate equipment health monitoring and build a scalable foundation for predictive maintenance. 

Beyond the mainstage and breakout sessions, attendees also connected with Seeq experts and partners in the Discovery Hub and Innovation Theater to discuss real-world challenges, exchange ideas, and explore the latest innovations in Industrial AI. 

Looking Ahead

The collective ideas, experiences, and expertise shared throughout Conneqt 2026 reinforced a common theme: the future belongs to organizations that can capture expertise, build trust in AI, and improve decision-making at scale. 

By exploring the journey from Analytics to Intelligence, Conneqt demonstrated how leading organizations are transforming operational insight into faster decisions, stronger operational performance, and measurable business outcomes. 

 Thank You to Our Sponsors 

Special thanks to our sponsors for helping make Conneqt 2026 possible: 

• Gold Sponsor – AWS
• Gold Sponsor – Radix
• Innovation Theater Sponsor – BKO AI
• Innovation Theater Sponsor– Innovapptive Inc. 

The conversation continues this fall at Conneqt EMEA 2026, Seeq’s first European industry conference, taking place October 28–30 in Amsterdam. 

And we look forward to seeing everyone in Las Vegas for Conneqt Americas 2027, taking place June 2–4, 2027. 

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