The mining industry is facing a pivotal challenge: legacy enterprise systems, fragmented data pathways, and siloed human processes that are limiting the sector’s ability to operate efficiently, safely, and competitively in an increasingly complex environment.

Maria responds by outlining a shift toward intelligent, autonomous enterprise systems, strengthened data stewardship, and an elevated human workforce. It calls for miners, OEMs, and technology partners to reimagine collaboration, redesign decision frameworks, and harness AI driven orchestration to unlock step change value, resilience, and long-term sustainability.

• Current state and limitations of today’s enterprise systems
• Vision for intelligent, integrated, autonomous future systems
• Evolving role of data and unstructured information
• Changing workforce roles and capability uplift required
• Machine design evolution and autonomous maintenance practices
• New miner–OEM relationships and long term value opportunities