{"id":2994,"date":"2017-10-04T04:38:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpengine.com\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:13:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:13:06","slug":"audiences-respond-to-digital-mining-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/en\/audiences-respond-to-digital-mining-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Audiences respond to digital mining message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><strong>By Neville Judd, Communications Director<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/hxgnlocal.com\/2017\/hxgn-local-mining-series\">HxGN LOCAL Mining 2017<\/a> passes its halfway mark, it\u2019s encouraging to reflect on feedback to our free, educational seminar series. \u201cThis is not a marketing event, it\u2019s a technology event,\u201d stressed Hexagon Mining President, H\u00e9lio Samora, at our Tucson LOCAL in September.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his keynote, <a href=\"http:\/\/hxgntv.com\/shaping-digital-mine-tv800\/\">Shaping the Digital Mine<\/a>, Samora added: \u201cMy goal was to trigger the customers and the visitors to start to think about their digital strategy. We can help them to create a solid, cohesive digital strategy, that will allow them to produce more, be more profitable, and make their mines safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides Tucson, at HxGN LOCAL Mining events in Perth, Lima, Vancouver, and Johannesburg, the message of digital transformation, of optimizing processes for safe and streamlined operations, has resonated with attendees.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TzwzvWEA4cw?si=OdymrHlMTerGsvQF\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><strong>Digital transformation platform<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWatching the technical presentations and listening to the speeches from the clients as well as the Hexagon Mining staff has been very enlightening to understand where clients are coming from and where they\u2019re going to on the digital transformation platform from Hexagon,\u201d said Justin Schmidt, VP of Sales and Business Development for San Diego-based sensemetrics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing the hands-on demos and the interactive videos, also give you a sense of reality that the technology is there now and that\u2019s important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the Vancouver LOCAL, consultant Matt Erickson of Moose Mountain Technical Services was particularly impressed with the Virtual Reality Wall, and the chance to walk through and interact with a virtual mine plan via the HTC Vive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of what I am interested in are the new visualization tools,\u201d said Erickson, adding. \u201cI get to meet other users, keep abreast of where the products are, and how I can use those tools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attendees appreciated the event\u2019s organization and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><strong>Networking at HxGN LOCAL Mining 2017<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to get face-to-face time with people,\u201d said geologist, Ian Merkel of Suacu\u00ed Minerac\u00e1o, who had traveled from southeastern Brazil to attend the Tucson event. \u201cThe conference is well organized, well attended, it\u2019s been very easy to understand what the program is going to look like, and I\u2019m very impressed with the space allocated to work with the folks at Hexagon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agung Prawasono, Senior Manager, Mine Planning at Kinross Gold, who had traveled to Tucson from Toronto, Canada, agreed: \u201cFor sure, networking is one of the important aspects of why we are coming here. We can learn from other users and check: Are we using the latest tools available? Can we do something different? Are there new tools, tips and tricks?\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333;\"><strong>Register for<\/strong> <strong>HxGN LOCAL Mining 2017<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Visitors to our remaining HxGN LOCAL Mining events in <a href=\"http:\/\/hxgnlocal.com\/2017\/hxgn-local-mining-brisbane\">Brisbane<\/a>, (Nov. 14-16) <a href=\"http:\/\/hxgnlocal.com\/es-mx\/2017\/hxgn-local-mining-santiago\">Santiago<\/a>, (Nov. 20-21) and <a href=\"http:\/\/hxgnlocal.com\/2017\/hxgn-local-mining-series\">Lampang<\/a>, (Nov. 20-21) can expect a similar mix of engaging technical presentations from staff and clients, dynamic demos of our solutions, and numerous networking opportunities. We\u2019ll also be hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/hxgnlocal.com\/2017\/hxgn-local-mining-series\">digital version<\/a> of the event Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our event website <a href=\"http:\/\/hxgnlocal.com\/2017\/hxgn-local-mining-series\">http:\/\/hxgnlocal.com\/2017\/hxgn-local-mining-series<\/a> to register and learn more about the event schedule and speakers in your region. And watch our Tucson mashup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TzwzvWEA4cw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">video<\/a> for a flavor of what\u2019s to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Neville Judd, Communications Director As HxGN LOCAL Mining 2017 passes its halfway mark, it\u2019s encouraging to reflect on feedback to our free, educational seminar series. \u201cThis is not a marketing event, it\u2019s a technology event,\u201d stressed Hexagon Mining President, H\u00e9lio Samora, at our Tucson LOCAL in September. 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