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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:
8:00 AM
Safety share
8:30 AM
Welcome address: Our purpose and values, user group forums & business improvement award history.
Simon Vellianitis
8:45 AM
What should we expect from today? The industry's talent challenge & when we're first engaged.
9:15 AM
What visibility do you have into performance variability across your workforce? From individual gaps to workforce variability.
Dan Ward / Ben Cronin
9:30 AM
MinRes workforce planning case study: Community engagement.
10:00 AM
Tech demo & morning break
10:45 AM
Where do you see the widest variability across safety, maintenance or productivity at your operation? Variability is real and measurable.
11:00 AM
How much visibility do you currently have into operator risk before people are deployed on site? Screening variability example: Electric truck – copper mine.
11:15 AM
Barrick Reko Diq workforce planning case study: Workforce planning themed.
11:30 AM
Where are you investing heavily in training delivery, but not measuring whether capability is actually transferring into consistent performance? The learning challenge: Why more training doesn’t reduce variability.
12:00 PM
MinRes training effectiveness case study.
12:30 PM
How confident are you that experienced operators are consistently complying with critical procedures today? Compliance variability example: Mechanical truck – coal mine.
13:00 PM
KPC risk profiling case study: Training & compliance themed.
13:15 PM
Tech demo & afternoon break
14:00 PM
If variability is a global pattern, how confident are we that local fixes alone will solve it? Workforce variability is a universal risk.
14:15 PM
Anglo American reliability case study: Sustainable competence themed.
14:30 PM
Underground example case study: Sustainable competence themed.
14:45 PM
How much hidden production upside exists today if variability across operators were reduced? Optimization variability example: Hyd. excavator – Iron Ore Mine
15:00 PM
BHP Jimblebar production uplift case study: Operational improvement themed.
15:30 PM
Tech demo & afternoon break
16:15 PM
Where have previous workforce initiatives stalled — design, delivery, or sustained adoption? Built for adoption – not disruption.
16:30 PM
Kinross Bald Mountain production uplift case study: Operational improvement themed.
16:45 PM
Wrap up & close
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
8:00 AM
Safety share
Group exercise
| 8:30-8:45 | 8:45-9:00 | 9:00-9:15 | ||
| Damian Lane |
Which parts of your workforce system are optimised locally, but disconnected end-to-end? Why workforce performance varies. |
Group 1 | Group 3 | Group 2 |
| Paul Fox Slater |
Where are we today on this insight journey — and what prevents us from closing the loop? Turning workforce development into a strategic data-driven system. |
Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 3 |
| Richard Beesley |
Where do your current workforce initiatives break down across this lifecycle? An end-to-end workforce capability framework. |
Group 3 | Group 2 | Group 1 |
Group exercise
| 9:15-9:30 | 9:30-9:45 | 9:45-10:00 | ||
| Ryan Gurney |
Where are we currently over-investing or under-investing in workforce capability tools? Matching tools to workforce needs. |
Group 1 | Group 3 | Group 2 |
| Albert Dos Santos |
Where are we relying on disconnected tools to solve what is actually a system-level problem? An integrated technology stack that scales performance. |
Group 2 | Group 1 | Group 3 |
| Simon Potgieter |
Where are we relying on custom fixes instead of governed, repeatable workforce pathways? Proven pathways across every workforce phase. |
Group 3 | Group 2 | Group 1 |
10:00 AM
Morning break
Malaga tour
| 10:15-10:45 | 10:45-11:15 | 11:15-11:45 | |
| 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 |
11:45 AM
Lunch break & end of event
Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
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