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Toronto, Canada: Over 100 senior officials are expected to participate in Fleming Gulf’s 2nd Global Mining IT and Communication Summit at the Westin Harbour Castle Toronto on 5-6 November, where they will get an overview of cutting edge IT strategies and technologies to catalyze mining operations and reduce operational costs in the current market scenario. 25 distinguished speakers from Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, Madagascar, Russia, Germany and USA will be sharing latest updates on communication tools, mobility, cloud computing, business intelligence, wireless technologies and much more. The summit is being supported by the Information and Communication Technology Council of Canada (ICTC), the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), and Canada’s Association of Information Technology Professionals. Leon Bendell, who is a senior financial and IT executive having a wealth of experience in software development, IS and IT will be chairing t he summit on both days.
In an address by ICTC, Namir Anani, President and Chairman will address the audience on “The Change Imperative in the Mining Sector”, throwing light on the ICT emerging technologies and talent needs.
Craig Charlton, Global CIO at VALE will present a session on “Energising IT Cost Centre to Value Generator”, through which he will encapsulate the essentials of establishing an IT strategy based on shareholder value. The session will be followed by a presentation from Scott Wise, CTO – Mining, Oil & Gas Vertical at British Telecom. BT is returning as a summit sponsor this year as Communication Partner, having sponsored the 2012 edition in United Kingdom. His presentation titled “Deploying Next-Generation Communications Tools Across Today’s ICT Infrastructure to Address Challenges in the Mining Industry”, will address the crucial issue of connecting people and operations in remote and harsh environments.
The keynote address will be delivered by Dror Orbach, Chief Operating Officer and Rory Friedman, Vice President of Illumiti, wherein they will speak about accelerated implementation of core business systems for mining. Illumiti, a SAP gold-channel partner is the Platinum Sponsor of the Summit. Illumiti will also present a session later today on “Past and Recent Trends of Business Intelligence and Analytics.” Lorraine Howell, Vice President of Research and Development will be leading the session.
John Vandermay, VP Product Development at Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA will address delegates on how mining companies can benefit by looking at technologies used by other industries. GEOVIA is the Silver Sponsor of the Summit. His session will be followed by a Case Study on “Creating an Enterprise PMO” at The Doe Run Company, led by Sharon Gietl, VP and Chief Information Officer.
The highlight of the day will be an all CIO panel discussion on IT and OT convergence. Craig Charlton, Global Chief Information Officer – DeBeers; Kalev Ruberg, Chief Information Officer – Teck Resources; David Cefai, Vice President Technology & CIO – Kinross Gold; Dr. Victor Skorobogatov, Chief Information Officer, Nordgold Management and Sharon Gietl, Vice President & CIO, The Doe Run Company will participate.
Post lunch sessions will consist of presentations on enterprise asset management, network operational center, information technology evolution or revolution, and compliance requirement. Oscar Cueva, Director Department Information Technology – Ambatovy; Dr. Victor Skorobogatov, Chief Information Officer – Nordgold Management LLC, Adil Mehmood, Director Information Technology & CIO – Centerra Gold, and Gustav Erasmus, Governance Risk and Compliance Business Technology Services – Cameco Corporation will be speaking today.
Day 2 of the summit will see presentations, break out sessions, and case studies on service delivery IT, opportunities provided by economic downturns, building the foundation of a global IT infrastructure in remote sites, wireless technologies and tracking, and BYOD.
IBM, who is a Silver Sponsor will present session on Looking at Mining Safety in a Completely New Way: A Vision for Smarter Safety. It will be led by David Carter, Global Mining Industry Leader. Ron White, Vice President Technology, at 3D-P Mining will share insights on Ruggedized Communications for the Mining Environment. 3D-P is Support Sponsor at the Summit. The final presentation tomorrow will be by Reiner Pevestorf, Product Manager – Hewlett-Packard and Frank Miska, Client Sales Executive, Siemens. Siemens is Bronze Sponsor of the summit.
Alongside Illumiti, IBM, Dassault Systemes GEOVIA, Siemens, BT and 3D-P Mining, The 2nd Global Mining IT and Communication Summit is also sponsored by Hitachi, NCI Technologies, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Spatial Dimension, AppCentrica and Orange Business Services.
About Fleming Gulf Conferences:
Founded in 2005, Fleming Gulf is young, dynamic and has fast become one of the leading providers of business intelligence through industry specific conferences, webinars and skills enhancement training courses. Our goal is to link professionals and provide them with commercial acumen, business investment contacts and a world of opportunities.
