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AI In The Mining And Metallurgical Sector Will Be Discussed In Four Round Tables At ABM Week, Including Automation, Sensors, And Machine Learning Algorithms To Optimize Processes.
Artificial Intelligence in the mining and metallurgical sector will be one of the central topics debated in four sessions at the 8th ABM Week. During the event, practical applications, challenges faced, future perspectives, and opportunities generated by Artificial Intelligence will be highlighted. This important meeting, which will take place in São Paulo, will bring together hundreds of executives, professionals, students, and researchers over three days.
The integration of AI in mining and metallurgical processes promises to optimize operations through advanced automation, autonomous vehicles of high precision and machine learning algorithms. The discussions will address how AI can transform the efficiency and productivity of the sector, as well as discuss the risks associated with its extensive use. The event is a unique opportunity to explore how this technology can redefine industry paradigms.
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Advancements Of Artificial Intelligence In Industry
In the mining sector, Artificial Intelligence has been essential for exploring and extracting resources in a more sustainable and safe manner, using autonomous vehicles, sensors, and machine learning algorithms. In steelmaking, AI has been applied to optimize production processes, predict failures in equipment, and enhance the quality of final products.
Aware of these changes, ABM – Brazilian Association of Metallurgy, Materials and Mining will organize four round tables focused on artificial intelligence for the mining and metallurgical sector at its main annual event, ABM Week. Over two days, industry and academic experts will discuss the latest innovations and challenges in applying AI in these sectors.
Discussions On AI Implementations
The roundtable ‘Perspectives and Challenges of Generative AI Implementations in Industry’ is organized by the technical committee of Automation and IT. The event will feature lectures from Rafael Guimarães, General Manager of Digital Portfolio at Gerdau; Luiz Rubião, Partner for Infrastructure & Capital Projects at Deloitte; Gabriel Renault, Senior Partner & CDO at EloGroup; and Rodrigo Sarkis, Technical Account Strategist at Microsoft.
Coordinated by Renato Cesar Braga, Coordinator of Electrical Engineering and Automation at Vallourec South America, and Leandro Rodrigues Ramos, Specialist in Automation and Process Control at ArcelorMittal, the debate will be moderated by Douglas Vieira, Executive Director of Enacom. According to Renato Braga, ‘the roundtable will promote a broad discussion on generative AI, its language models and services, perspectives, challenges, and success cases in the use of solutions in the mining and metallurgical industries’.
Technology And Sustainability
‘AI Applied To Product Development And Sustainability In Forming Processes’ is the theme of the roundtable organized by the technical committee of Forming and Metallic Products. According to José Herbert Dolabela da Silveira, consultant and coordinator of the technical committee, ‘the event will discuss process optimization, improving productive efficiency, conducting predictive/prescriptive analyses, and customizing customer experience, profoundly transforming the way businesses operate’.
The coordination will be by the consultants José Herbert and Júlio César Enge Raele from Raele Consultoria, while the moderation will be led by Jetson Lemos Ferreira from ArcelorMittal, and Professor Geraldo Lúcio de Faria from UFOP. Among the speakers are Fernando Martinelli, Process Research and Development Manager at ArcelorMittal; Giselle Miranda Bento, Researcher at Usiminas; and Lis Nunes Soares, Director of Energy Efficiency at VETTA.
The Importance Of AI In Mining
Another roundtable, ‘Artificial Intelligence In Mining’, will discuss the challenges, opportunities, and risks associated with the development and use of Artificial Intelligence in various stages of the mining operational chain. ‘The focus of the debate will be how AI can complement the knowledge developed by science, engineering, and operational practice, rather than replace them’, affirms the coordinator and moderator of the table, Gisele Regina Hwang, Engineering Specialist at Vale.
Organized by the technical committee of Mining, the table will feature speakers like Constantino Seixas, General Director of Accenture, who will discuss the opportunities and challenges of AI in mining; Elizabeth Fonseca, Specialist Geologist at Vale, who will talk about AI in Geology; Giorgio de Tomi, Professor and Director of the Mining Center at USP, who will present on AI in mine planning; and Marcelo Tavares, Full Professor at COPPE/UFRJ, who will discuss the use of AI in ore processing.
AI And Education
Organized by the technical committee of Scientific and Technological Initiation, the roundtable ‘Use of AI By Students: Risks And Opportunities’ will involve faculty and students from some of the leading Brazilian universities. The focus will be on the views and expectations regarding the use of AI in the learning process and future professional life, as well as the projections of the impacts of this technology on the future of Engineering in Brazil.
Under the coordination of Professor Willy Ank de Morais from UNISANTA, the debate will be moderated by Professor Geraldo Lúcio de Faria from UFOP, who emphasizes that ‘the speed of AI development surpasses the capacity of society to adapt to absorb them. Many ethical, legal, and social questions are still not well defined and need to be debated’.
Source: Claudia Cardoso
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