Morning Tea
Transforming Workplace Training: Empowering Psychosocial Safety through Virtual Reality
In the rapidly evolving landscape of workplace safety and wellness, traditional training methods are being outpaced by innovative solutions that address the complex nature of psychosocial hazards. Sarah will delve into how VR transcends conventional training boundaries, offering immersive, interactive experiences that significantly enhance understanding and retention of critical psychosocial safety protocols. Focusing on practical applications, the session will demonstrate VR's effectiveness in simulating real-world scenarios for practicing difficult workplace conversations, ranging from suicide prevention and sexual harassment intervention to fostering mental wellness and psychological safety.
Sarah Hussein
Lunch Break
Fiber Optic based System for 24/7 Asset Monitoring
Conveyor belts and pipelines have been used widely in the mining and O&G industry for over 200 years to handle bulk materials and consists of various components. The malfunction of one component may lead to significant downtime in production if it causes the shutdown of the system. Engineers spend considerable time and effort to monitor and maintain the conveyor systems using thermal or acoustic handheld devices. But these are subject to human error, are time and cost intensive. An advanced intelligent monitoring and operational control system is required to overcome the defects in the current system; however, there are two major barriers to such an upgrade.
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First, collecting up-to-date data from these long assets which are highly distributed over a large and second, the transmission, analysis, and interpretation of all the collected data is also challenging, not to mention exposing technicians to hazardous environments. Use of fiber optic cables as a sensor presents a case to overcome all of above constraints and provide a reliable and low cost monitoring system for early detection of faults with conveyor belts and pipelines. Such a system significantly improves operational safety and reduce the interruption to production of conveyor belts in underground coal mines by delivering the following benefits:
- providing real-time, reliable, robust, intrinsically safe and continuous temperature measurements for heavy-duty conveyor belt components
- detecting the mechanical failure of conveyor belt components at an early stage • reducing the labour time and cost of conveyor belt monitoring
- preventing catastrophic failures of conveyor belts
- presenting operators with useful information on conveyor belt conditions
- measuring conveyor belt surrounding temperature profiles
Les Richards
Afternoon Tea Break
Morning Tea Break
Unlocking WA’s Green Iron and Steel Potential
Green Steel of WA are currently developing two green steel / iron projects in Western Australia. The first the Collie Green Steel recycling mill, due to take FID this year, mill will be WA’s first steel and the first new steel mill to be built in Australia in over 30 years. The second plant is their 2.5MTPA Mid-West Green Hydrogen DRI plant which will convert WA iron ore into green iron for export. Both of these projects are based on proven, green steel technology with multiple operating examples globally
Azlan Ho
Lunch Break
Maximising sustainability in mining through pervasive sensing, advanced automation and industry-leading analytics
This presentation explores the key automation technology enablers that will be essential to realising sustainability goals. This includes the adoption of open systems for unfettered access to data, provision of advanced process control for energy efficiency and asset optimisation through predictive analytics.
Guy Alderson
Harnessing the power of immersive visualisation to accelerate Partnerships
In this session, Sean will showcase how technology accelerates understanding and builds strong partnerships for sustainable operational improvements. Through real examples, the presentation will demonstrate how interactive visual tools have transformed operations and strengthened collaboration. From case studies to lessons learned, Sean will reveal how these innovations are driving sustainable outcomes.
Wade Hamel
Sean Healm