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Keynote Conference Day One - November 20, 2025
09:10 - 09:15
WELCOME FROM THE ORGANISER
09:15 - 09:20
GOVERNMENT OPENING REMARKS
Sarah Kirby-Yung
Deputy Mayor, City of Vancouver, Canada
AUTOMATION, DIGITALIZATION, TRANSFORMATION & INVESTMENT
09:20 - 09:50
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: BRITISH COLUMBIA’S MINING INDUSTRY - LEADING THE WAY
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Michael Goehring
President & CEO, Mining Association of British Columbia, Canada
09:50 - 10:40
OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF MINING THROUGH INVESTMENTS, COLLABORATION, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, AI, DECARBONISATION & ENERGY TRANSITION
Kalev Ruberg
CEO & Executive Technology Advisor, Karu Advisory, Canada (Session Chair)
Erin Campbell
Founding Partner & CEO, Moneta Securities, Canada
Taylor Cooper
CEO, MistyWest, , Canada
Peter Berdusco
President/CEO, Canada One Mining, Canada
10:40 - 11:20
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
11:20 - 11:40
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: PREVENTING HIGH-STAKES MISTAKES WITH DATA ENRICHMENT
Jaimie Godden
Chief of Staff, Quartex, Australia
11:40 - 12:00
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: CLOUD ERP STRATEGIES FOR MINING - CHOOSING THE STRATEGY WITH SAP S/4HANA
Nick Cecil
Industry Principal for Mining, Syntax, Canada
Mark Crouse
Industry Executive Advisor, SAP, United States
12:00 - 12:20
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: GETTING FOUND IN THE AI + LLM ERA: HOW MINING WINS THE NEXT-GEN INVESTOR
Mikie Basi
Managing Director, Rely Digital Inc, Canada
12:20 - 12:40
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: CLEAN, PRACTICAL, AFFORDABLE POWER SOLUTIONS - FROM ZEROWASTE TO ZEROCARBON
George Rubin
Managing Director, Commercial Operations, TYCROP Manufacturing Ltd, Canada
12:40 - 14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH & REFRESHMENTS BREAK
POLICY, FINANCE, MINING OPTIMISATION, AUTOMATION & MAINTENANCE
14:00 - 14:30
PREMIUM PRESENTATION: FROM PROTOTYPE TO PIT - LESSONS FROM DEPLOYING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FIELD
Taylor Cooper
CEO, MistyWest, , Canada
14:30 - 15:00
PRESENTATION: AI IS LIKE A DOG - TRAIN IT WELL OR IT WILL DIG WHERE IT SHOULDN'T
Kalev Ruberg
CEO & Executive Technology Advisor, Karu Advisory, Canada
15:00- 15:30
PRESENTATION: MINING & TECHNOLOGY - SOME OBSERVATIONS
Terry Salman C.M.,BBM
Chairman and CEO, Salman Partners Inc, Canada
15:30 - 16:00
AFTERNOON BREAK
NET ZERO & MINING DECARBONISATION
16:00 - 16:30
PANEL DISCUSSION: DECARBONISING MINING IN THE GLOBAL ENERGY TRANSITION TOWARDS NET ZERO FUTURE – CHALLENGES, RISK, OPPORTUNITIES & PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATIONS
Paul Tim Whillans
Principal, Whillans Mine Studies, Canada (Session Chair)
George Rubin
Managing Director, Commercial Operations, TYCROP Manufacturing Ltd, Canada
