Inception’s Senior Director of Solution Engineering, Jean Paul Vencatachellum, used his session to draw attention to the major shift underway in how organisations interact with intelligent systems. He explained that the industry is moving beyond static rule based tools towards a new generation of AI agents that can reason, plan and collaborate with users in more natural ways. Rather than viewing AI as an extension of chat interfaces or productivity software, he encouraged businesses to think strategically about how agent driven intelligence can sit at the centre of enterprise workflows.
Vencatachellum outlined the contrast between familiar copilots and the emerging class of autonomous agents designed to operate within technical and operational processes. While these systems can accelerate analysis and offer richer decision support, he stressed that they must be anchored in verified organisational data and supported by clear frameworks for oversight. With generative models advancing at speed, he highlighted the need for internal guardrails that ensure dependability, transparency and responsible use.
A core part of the session focused on how these agents can aid digital twin development. Vencatachellum presented an example in which agents assist in selecting suitable architectures by drawing on large, distributed datasets, blending retrieval, domain logic and reasoning. He also demonstrated how specialised agents can support seismic interpretation, where the scale of subsurface data often overwhelms traditional methods. By enabling engineers to interact conversationally with complex information, he suggested that agents can reduce cognitive burden and open new pathways for insight.
Vencatachellum concluded by positioning AI agents as a foundational capability for the next era of industrial digital transformation. His message was clear: generative AI should not be treated as an add on but as an opportunity to rethink how expertise, creativity and operational judgement can be scaled across the enterprise.
Speakers
- Jean Paul Vencatachellum, Senior Director – Solution Engineering, Inception
