Keynote Conference & Exhibition Day One - 7 March 2019
08:50 - 08:55
WELCOME FROM THE ORGANISER
08:55 - 09:00
CHAIR'S OPENING REMARKS
FUTURE OF MINING 2020 AND BEYOND
09:30 - 10:00
OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: DISCUSS STEPS TAKEN TO INTRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT NEW PROCESSES & TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE MINING PROCESS
Moderator:
Bridgette M Radebe
President, South African Mining Development | Executive Chairperson, Mmaku Mining, South Africa
Panelists
Philile Mkhize
Chief of Staff, ABSA, South Africa
Blessings Ramoba
President, Rebuild South Africa/ Mining Forum, South Africa
Ralph Rossouw
Managing Director, Fujairah Gold Vedanta Resources, Ghana
10:30
MORNING REFRESHMENTS & BUSINESS CARD EXCHANGE
DRIVING CHANGE THROUGH IoT & TECHNOLOGY
11:45 - 12:15
PRESENTATION: UNLOCKING THE BUSINESS VALUE WITH THE USE OF IoT AND LEVERAGING ON ITS TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE REAL ECONOMIC VALUE

Ralph Rossouw
Managing Director, Fujairah Gold Vedanta Resources, Ghana
12:15 - 12:45
PRESENTATION: ADDRESSING THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES THAT MINING COMPANIES FACE WITH COMPLEX DIGITAL MINING TRANSFORMATION
12:45
NETWORKING LUNCH
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & CHANGE
15:15
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
15:45 - 16:15
FIRESIDE CHAT: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION – EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW INNOVATIONS TO BE A PRODUCTIVITY GAME-CHANGER
Interviewer
Duane Parnham
Business Executive to Mining, Hydrocarbon and Blockchain Industries, , Broadway Gold Mining, Canada
Interviewee
Cuan B Kloppers (Pr. Sci. Nat)
Executive Consulting Geologist , Afarak Group Pte Ltd, South Africa
BLOCKCHAIN INFRASTRUCTURE
16:15 - 16:45
PRESENTATION: REDEFINING AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH USE OF BLOCKCHAIN – WHY IS THE INNOVATION RELEVANT & WHAT ARE THE KEY DRIVERS?

Yaliwe Soko
Chairwoman, Blockchain Association of Africa, South Africa
16:45 - 17:15
PRESENTATION: BLOCKCHAIN AS A SOLUTION FOR IoT SECURITY

Bernard Coetzee
Blockchain Expert, Broadway Gold Mining Ltd/Africaedge, Bahamas
17:15
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS