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AUSPAC User Group Forum 2026
From Insight to Impact: Practical Lessons for Simulator Users
How do we use simulators and digital learning solutions more effectively to reduce operator risk, improve consistency, and support operations — not just deliver training activity?
Join us in Perth for the Immersive Technologies User Group Forum 2026 - a two-day event designed specifically for simulator users and mining training teams.
13-14 May 2026
Holiday Inn Perth City, Perth, WA, Australia
Details
User Group Forum registration includes breakfast, lunches, and conference dinner all inclusive. Number of participants is limited, register early to secure your place. Flight costs are not included, and are the responsibility of the delegate.
Venue
Holiday Inn Perth City
Address: 778/788 Hay St, Perth, WA, Australia
Contact
Tel (Australia): +61 8 9347 9000
Email:
Program
Through interactive workshops, hands-on simulation, presentations, and networking with simulator users, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and industry professionals, this workshop will focus on the following topics over two full days:
7:45 AM - Hotel foyer
Sign-in/registrations
Joel Smith / Paul Backers
8:00 AM - Jarrah Room
Attendees expected to be at the Jarrah room to start morning sessions.
8:15 AM
Agenda summary, evacuation procedure and amenities.
Damian Lane / Dan Ward
8:30 AM
Welcome address: Our Purpose and Values, User Group Forums.
David Anderson
8:45 AM
The industry's talent challenge & when we're first engaged.
David Anderson
9:15 AM
From individual gaps to workforce variability.
Ben Cronin
9:30 AM
Workforce engagement case study: MinRes.
Tabatha Latt
10:00 AM
Tech demo (OPA, Digital Learning, Immersive Cloud) & morning break
10:45 AM
Variability is real and measurable.
Richard Beesley
11:00 AM
Screening variability example: Electric truck – Copper mine.
Dan Ward
11:15 AM
Workforce planning case study: Barrick Reko Diq / Bagdad AHS.
Andrew Prince
11:30 AM
Why training alone doesn’t reduce variability.
Jason Nitz / Sue Dunstan
11:45 AM
Training effectiveness & compliance case study: MinRes.
Bradley Hansen
12:15 PM
Compliance variability example: Mechanical truck – Coal mine.
Simon Potgieter
12:30 PM
Training & compliance risk profiling case study: Kaltim Prima Coal.
Satria Yudhistira
12:45 PM
Tech demo (OPA, Digital Learning, Immersive Cloud) & lunch break
13:45 PM
Workforce variability is a universal risk.
Richard Beesley
14:00 PM
Sustainable competence case study.
Andrew Prince / Ravitha Sukumaran
14:15 PM
Optimization variability example: Hydraulic excavator – Iron Ore mine.
Dan Ward
14:30 PM
Sustainable operational improvement case study: BHP.
Jason Koch / James Hallam
15:00 PM
Tech demo (OPA, Digital Learning, Immersive Cloud) & afternoon break
15:45 PM
Built for adoption – Not disruption
Richard Beesley
16:00 PM
Sustainable competence case study: Anglo American.
Simon Potgieter
16:15 PM
Training & compliance through to operational improvement case study: Rio Tinto.
Richard Beesley
16:45 PM
Wrap up & close.
18:00 PM - Ivy & Jack Restaurant
Dinner, drinks and networking
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
7:00 - 7:15 AM - Hotel foyer
Bus departs to Immersive factory Malaga.
Ben Cronin
7:45 - 8:15 AM
Bus scheduled to arrive & coffee break.
Ben Cronin
8:15 AM
Agenda summary, evacuation procedure and amenities
Simon Vellianitis.
Group exercise
| 8:45-9:00 | 9:00-9:15 | 9:15-9:30 | ||
| Damian Lane / Simon Potgieter | Why workforce performance varies. | Group 1 | Group 3 | Group 2 |
| James Hallam / Richard Beesley | Turning workforce development into a strategic data-driven system. | Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 3 |
| Ben Cronin / Dan Ward | An end-to-end workforce capability framework. | Group 3 | Group 2 | Group 1 |
Group exercise
| 9:45-10:00 | 10:00-10:15 | 10:15-10:30 | ||
| Ryan Gurney / Rebecca Stewart | Matching tools to workforce needs. | Group 1 | Group 3 | Group 2 |
| Sue Dunstan / Raul Calujac | An integrated technology stack that scales performance. | Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 3 |
| Simon Potgieter / Satria Yudhistira | Proven pathways across every workforce phase. | Group 3 | Group 2 | Group 1 |
10:30 AM
Morning break
Malaga tour
| 11:00-11:30 | 11:30-12:00 | 12:00-12:30 | |
| Simulator manufacturing tour. | Group 1 | Group 3 | Group 2 |
| Electronics production tour. | Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 3 |
| Electronics engineering tour. | Group 3 | Group 2 | Group 1 |
12:30 PM
Feedback Session
12:45 PM
Wrap up & close
13:00 PM
Lunch break & hands-on technology opportunity
13:45 PM
Bus departs back to Holiday Inn Perth CBD
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
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Registration
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