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MESA Africa Special Interest Group meetings in July

July 2016 News

Thursday 14 July – 13:00 to 17:00

Venue: The Durban Country Club (networking, drinks & snacks at close of meeting)

Topic: 'The Internet of Beings'

The Internet of Beings. The Missing Link. Industrie 4.1 – Nick Stead OSISoft.

The Holy Grail – Real Time Process Optimisation – Dr J P Barnard, Stellenbosch.

Our Journey Implementing Technology – Hilde Volschenk, Unilever.

Diverse Requirements, One Platform – Rubin Boer, Petro SA.

MESA Membership & Value – Daniel Spies, chairman MESA Africa.

Tuesday 19 July – add day event – final programme times to be decided

Venue: Exxaro Resources head office, Pretoria (networking, drinks & snacks at close of meeting)

Topic: TBA

The MESA Africa mining, metals and minerals processing (MMM) Special Interest Group (SIG) will focus on two categories:

1. Automation technologies in mining, metals and minerals processing.

2. Information management in mining, metals and minerals processing.

The purpose of the MESA Africa MMM SIG is to share recent advances and success stories in these categories and have an open discussion on current trends, future difficulties and possible solutions to common problems in MMM.

For more information contact Jane Collett, MESA Africa, +27 (0)82 528 1238, [email protected], www.mesa.org



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