QuarryNZ 2024 Conference – The Future is Digital: Navigating Shifts in Technology
Focus: Embracing the digital transformation, understanding the impact of AI, IoT, and other technological advances in quarrying, and preparing the workforce for a tech-centric future.
CPD: 4 hours restricted CPD hours and up to 14 1/2 hours of Unrestricted CPD hours available:
- For attending the conference (restricted) – 4 hours
- All plenary sessions including the field trip (unrestricted) – actual sessions attending up to 13 hours
- IOQ AGMs (1hr CPD) and AQA AGMs (30 mins CPD)
PLEASE NOTE: Exhibitor draws Friday lunchtime – delegates are only eligible to win one prize, if your name is called out again then a redraw will commence.
Wednesday 17 July 2024
| 8:00am | Registration opens |
| 12:30pm | Lunch in exhibition area sponsored by Gallagher Insurance |
| 12:30pm | Exhibition area opens |
| 1:00 – 1:30pm | AQA AGM (30 mins CPD) – Energy Events Centre |
| 1:30 – 2:30pm | IOQ NZ AGM (1 CPD hour) – Energy Events Centre |
| 2:30 – 4:30pm | Interactive Sessions |
| 5:45pm | Make your way to the Terra Cat Welcome Dinner |
| 6:00pm | Pre-Dinner Drinks |
| 7:00pm | Terra Cat Welcome Dinner |
| 11:00pm | Dinner concludes |
Thursday 18th July 2024
| 7:15am | Registration and Exhibition opens |
| 7:15 – 8:00am | Breakfast for delegates and exhibitors served in the Exhibition Area Sponsored by Fluiconnecto Ryco |
| 8:00 – 8:15am | Welcome by the IOQ President and AQA CEO |
| 8:15 – 9:00am | Keynote Address: Justin Flitter – NZ AI Sponsored by Prime Pump |
| 9:00 – 9:30am | Institute of Quarrying Australia address |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Advances in Global Navigation Satellite Systems – Rodney Pilbrow – Pilbrow Surveying |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Morning Tea served in the Exhibition Area Sponsored by Cable Price |
| 10:30 – 11:00am | Aggregate potential mapping – Ross Copland – Infrastructure Commission & Matt Hill – GNS |
| 11:00 – 11:30am | Washing 4.0 – Harvesting and using process data to maximise productivity, yield and business decisions – Daniel Webb – CDE Group |
| 11:30 – 12:00pm | Metso Digitisation – Garth Taylor – MIMICO |
| 12:00 – 1:00pm | Lunch served in the Exhibition Area Sponsored by Gallagher Insurance |
| 1:00 – 1:40pm | Learnings from Woodstock 99 – Jodie Goodall – Organizational reliability Sponsored by Komatsu |
| 1:40 – 2:30pm | Panel Discussion – Workplace Health and Safety Culture |
| 2:30 – 3:00pm | Afternoon tea served in the Exhibition Area Sponsored by Cable Price |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm | Blasting Optimisaton through GPS and MWD drilling – Daniel Leemeyer – RedBull Powder Co. |
| 3:30 – 4:00pm | Terra Cat presentation |
| 4:00 – 4:30pm | Paper 9 |
| 4:30 – 6:00pm | Real Steel Hard Rock Happy Hour – Energy Events Centre – Exhibition Area |
| FREE NIGHT |
Friday 19th July 2024
| 7:15am | Registration and Exhibition opens |
| 7:15 – 8:00am | Breakfast for delegates and exhibitors served in the Exhibition Area Sponsored by Fluiconnecto Ryco |
| 8:00 – 8:30am | Washing without water and without dust to produce premium manufactured concrete sand – Bram Smith – Kayasand |
| 8:30 – 9:00am | TDX Ltd presentation |
| 9:00 – 9:30am | Orica Presentation |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Agnostic Fleet Management Solution for Quarry and Large Construction Projects – Aaron Marsh – Komatsu |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Morning Tea served in the Exhibition Area Sponsored by Cable Price |
| 10:30 – 11:15am | Fit-for-Future Quarrying Research Project – Dr Paul Sutton |
| 11:15 – 12:30pm | Panel Discussion – Workforce Development issues |
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch served in the Exhibition Area Sponsored by Gallagher Insurance |
| 1:30 – 2:00pm | The road to autonomous operation – Steve Franklin – Eltirus Australia |
| 2:00 – 3:15pm | Panel Discussion – What are the barriers to uptake of technology in the Quarrying sector and what can we do about it? |
| 3:15 – 3:30pm | Invite to QuarryNZ Conference 2025 in Hamilton |
| 5:45pm | Make your way to the TDX Ltd Awards Dinner |
| 6:00pm | Pre-Dinner Drinks |
| 7:00pm | TDX Ltd Awards Dinner |
| 11:00pm | Dinner Concludes |