Session 8
14:00
– 15:00 / 25 June 2026
Kavaklıdere Ballroom
From Discovery to Application: Technology and Innovation Across the Tethyan Belt Mining Value Chain
Dig-and-ship is dead. AI, machine learning and geospatial technologies are reshaping exploration across the Tethyan Belt, enabling faster target generation from legacy Soviet-era datasets and reducing discovery risk. This session showcases field-proven digital tools — from UAV geophysics and AI-driven drill targeting to automation, LIMS and Industry 4.0 production management — with concrete case studies from Türkiye, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Key themes
- AI-driven exploration targeting using legacy Soviet geoscience data: Kazakhstan national-scale models to deposit-scale results.
- UAV-TEM and airborne geophysics as a strategic exploration accelerator in Central Asia.
- Digital mine management: IoT, predictive maintenance and production optimisation in mining sector.
- Infrared spectral drill core scanning and hyperspectral remote sensing for the Tethyan Belt.
- Laboratory automation and LIMS in exploration and production: cutting turnaround time and improving data quality.
Speakers:
14:00 Developing a Company's Business System: From Goal Setting to Digitalization Practical examples of driving operational excellence, techniques for boosting employee engagement, goal cascading and transparency, as well as embedded motivation systems.
Advisor to the CEO
ERG
14:15 - How the technopark helps manufacturers reduce the gap between the extraction and final application of REE.
Deputy Director
Future Metals Technopark
14:30 - Shaping High-Performance Mining: The Strategic Impact of Lubrication and Technology
Business Development Manager
EXXONMOBIL
