• Critical Minerals Act – Where we are at and where we are heading.
• Debating the importance of innovation and technology to promote critical minerals independence across the supply value chain.

• Building the baseline to measure a digital transformation roadmap.
• Understanding industry challenges and how to overcome them. 
• Discussing lessons learned from other industries.
• Looking at what the industry needs and what is available.
• Exploring modern mining technology.

• Looking at current trends and discussing where things are heading.
• Boosting operational efficiency through Digital Twins. 
• Understanding challenges and how to overcome them.
• Exploring the best way to deploy these technologies.
• Integrating technology and processes into the mining value chain – best practices.
   

This session will focus on how the idea of Boliden Edge Lab came to be and why it was a necessary step for Boliden to accelerate its AI journey.

• Understanding how to avoid the status quo despite not knowing what the future looks like.
• Looking at Boliden Edge Lab’s role in terms of different industrial eras.
• Assessing how Boliden Edge Lab has made Boliden an attractive partner with which to collaborate.
   

• Discussing current challenges facing the industry such as lower ore grades, knowledge loss, net-zero goals, and the energy transition.  
• Assessing how engineers are using everything from keen hearing to detect bearing failures to first-principles engineering for calculating heat transfers, to statistical analysis for process control, and now AI to enhance human capabilities and speed up data analysis.  
• Exploring the journey from traditional techniques to cutting-edge AI solutions. 
• Highlighting how industry leaders are overcoming these challenges.  
• Discovering the exciting potential of AI in mining. 
• Looking at real-world examples of how it's transforming the lives of plant professionals 

• Deploying machine learning models and AI across the mining value chain. 
• Understanding the concerns and fears of AI within your organisation.
• Change Management - Addressing how organisations and individuals can adapt to changes due to AI deployment.
• Fostering a positive mindset towards AI integration.
• Debating strategies to make AI more accessible and understandable.

• Understanding challenges such as accuracy, reliability, data privacy, and culture and how to tackle this.   
• Exploring deployment and implementation hurdles and how to overcome them.
• Debating the added value for investors and other stakeholders across the mining value chain.

We have chosen three start-ups that will present their innovative solutions for the mining industry. 
 

The roundtable discussions will give you greater networking opportunities and the chance to dive deeply into topics that concern you the most.    

• Change Management and Digital Transformation – Discussing challenges and opportunities.
• Data, Data, Data: Developing data analytics capabilities to boost mining productivity.
• Cloud Strategy: Transforming mining operations with the cloud.
   

• Understanding the opportunities and what is essential for investors in their investment decisions.
• Looking at current trends and future developments in mining exploration. 
• Assessing challenges for investors and how to tackle them.
• Calculating the risk for investors in the energy transition.
• Looking at the importance of technology in this process.
   

• Exploring fleet digitization – Where we are at and where we are heading.
• Assessing the latest developments and modern BEV technologies.
• Understanding current interoperability challenges and how to tackle them.
• Looking at real-life deployment and implementation.
   

• Closing the gap between the problem and the solution offered.
• Highlighting the importance of strategic partnerships in closing the technology gap.
• Discussing which technologies can help optimize mining operations.
   

• Improving cyber resilience across the mining value chain.
• Understanding the application and added value of AI in cybersecurity.  
• Debating potential risks and how to avoid them.
• Discussing how to prepare your team for a potential attack. 

• Understanding what technology is available.
• Integrating emission reduction technologies – Challenges and how to tackle them.
• Downstream reduction – Exploring impacts, challenges, and opportunities for the various stakeholders. 

• Exploring the technology behind and application areas.
• Discussing the future of mine safety and its importance for operators. 

• Exploring how the concrete application of digital mining solutions affects global supply chains.
• Analysing “Digital human labor” and the future of AI in the workforce.
• Understanding how digitalisation can lead to better CSR outcomes and what possibilities it creates for workers.

We have carefully chosen start-ups that will present their innovative solutions for the mining industry. 

The roundtable discussions will give you greater networking opportunities and the chance to dive deeply into topics that concern you the most.    

• Carbon tracking and reporting 
• The importance of DEI, leadership, and sustainability for the industry 
• Deep dive into alternative fuel solutions 
• Digital Networks and their importance for both underground and above-ground operations.