Announced in January 2027, once the call for papers closes and the keynote invitations are confirmed. Here is who has stood on this stage before, and who is being invited for the tenth.
The tenth-edition line-up is confirmed after the abstract deadline on 31 December 2026, and announced in three waves through January. Register your interest and you will get each wave before it goes public.
Two thirds of the faculty comes from Nigeria and West Africa. One third is international. That ratio is deliberate and it does not move.
The Summit is not a venue for imported best practice delivered to a listening audience. The most useful sessions in ten editions have consistently been the ones where a Nigerian plant engineer explained what they did with the equipment, the budget and the supply chain they actually have — and an international practitioner in the room said "we do it differently, here is why."
So the invitation list runs across four groups, and the programme needs all four to work.
Senior maintenance, reliability, integrity and engineering leaders from the operators, refiners, plants and terminals of Nigeria and West Africa.
The authors, trainers and consultants whose frameworks this audience already works to — brought into the room to be questioned, not applauded.
SMRP, the Institute of Asset Management, GFMAM, NSE, COREN, NUPRC and NCDMB — the bodies that set what "competent" means.
Predictive maintenance, AI and IIoT practitioners, plus academic researchers from Nigerian and international universities.
A selection from previous editions. Several are being invited back for the tenth.
President
Springfield Resources, USA
One of the most widely published authors in maintenance management.
Founder
The Force Inc. / RCM Training Online, USA
Reliability Centred Maintenance and FMEA practitioner and teacher.
Senior Consultant
Belgium
Maintenance strategy and asset management consulting.
Author & Consultant
USA
Maintenance work management and process improvement.
Lubrication Technical Specialist
Australia
Lubrication excellence and oil analysis.
Reliability Coach
United Kingdom
Reliability culture and frontline capability.
Managing Director
11 Plc, Nigeria
Lubricants, downstream operations and industrial leadership.
Reliability Risk Manager
ExxonMobil, Nigeria
Reliability risk management in upstream operations.
Then Maintenance Manager
Seplat, Nigeria
First edition, 2017 Now Asset Integrity & Production Services Manager at Seplat Energy.
Maintenance Engineering & Technical Assurance Manager
Shell Nigeria
First edition, 2017
Asset Integrity & Long Term Activity Coordinator
Nigeria LNG
First edition, 2017
Maintenance Manager
NNPC / Warri Refining
2017 & 2022
Project Manager
Shell Nigeria
First edition, 2017
MD / CEO
DIPATO Capability, Nigeria
Capability development and technical training.
MD / CEO
SEG Engineering, Nigeria
Engineering services and plant reliability.
Convener · CMRP, CRL, CSSBB, CAMA
TMI Africa / Epsilon Reliability Solutions
SMRP-approved proctor since 2016. Has chaired every edition.
Roles and affiliations shown are as at the edition in which each person spoke. Listing here reflects past participation and is not a statement of availability for 2027.
Most of the programme comes from the open call for papers, not from an invitation list.
If you have run a reliability programme that moved a number, the tenth edition is where it should be presented. Abstracts of 300 to 500 words close on 31 December 2026, and accepted presenters receive a 25% discount on registration.
We are especially looking for four things this year:
If there is a speaker this room needs to hear — inside your organisation or outside it — tell us. A large share of the strongest sessions across ten editions came from a delegate nomination rather than a submission.
The tenth-edition line-up is announced in three waves through January 2027. Registered interest gets each wave before it goes public.