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  "language": "en",
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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/adipec-2026-technical-conference-ai-submissions-record",
  "slug": "adipec-2026-technical-conference-ai-submissions-record",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-15",
  "sourceDate": {
    "kind": "year",
    "value": "2026"
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  "sourceName": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2r7jno-ai-digital-transformation-lead-themes",
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  "tags": [
    "United Arab Emirates",
    "ADIPEC",
    "Energy technology",
    "Artificial intelligence",
    "Digital transformation",
    "Conference statistics"
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  "content": {
    "title": "ADIPEC 2026 technical programme draws record 7,200 submissions",
    "summary": "The conference chair said AI and digital-transformation topics attracted more than 1,200 submissions, up 11.6% year on year.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Submission totals reported at event briefing",
        "paragraphs": [
          "At a 15 October media briefing, ADNOC Upstream executive Haitham Al Jenaibi said the ADIPEC 2026 Technical Conference received more than 7,200 submissions, a record for the programme. More than 1,200 submissions addressed artificial intelligence and digital transformation, an 11.6% annual increase; refining, processing, marketing and trading received 977, up 25%. These are submission counts, not accepted-paper totals or completed technology deployments."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
            "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2r7jno-ai-digital-transformation-lead-themes"
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