Austmine welcomes Alan Bye, VP Technology at BHP Billiton as the keynote speaker at the first Perth Smart Mining Event of 2016.
Alan will be discussing the way in which BHP are increasing their use of high-tech automation which is proving to be a key driver in progressing their operations.
Before Alan became VP Technology at BHP, he was the CEO of CRC Ore, Professor & Director of the W H Bryan Mining & Geology Centre at The University of Queensland, and prior to that he was working at Anglo Platinum. Alan has a PHD in Mining from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.