Aghajanlou: Resilience in mine and mining industries should be one of the basic points of this festival

Unveiling of the poster for the fifth Value-Creating Ideas event for Mine and Mining Industries

According to IMIDRO’s Public Relations, Mohammad Aghajanlou, at the first meeting of the Policy Council and the unveiling of the poster for the fifth Innovation Festival in Mine and Mining Industries, noted:

Nowadays, regarding the fundamental challenge of supplying energy to mine and mining industry units, by using up-to-date knowledge and with the help of startups, we should focus particularly on the continuation of the enterprises in this sector.

The Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, referring to past years’ experiences of this festival in sharing knowledge with active companies, stated:

Some needs in the mine and mining industries’ value chain have been considered by startups, with the assistance and cooperation of academic and scientific centers, the Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology…, and ideas have been offered &proposed to them, to solve the challenges ahead, the issue of industry resilience in the current conditions must also be one of the fundamental topics.

Aghajanlou also referred to new and innovative methods of sales, marketing and exports and continued: "Technical concepts make sense along with economic issues, the market, and the conditions of competition‎.

it is urgently necessary that in this festival these two themes be reflected in specialized sessions. He said that the issue of resilience is not limited to small companies, as large enterprises are also struggling to survive due to imbalances in energy and water supply, therefor this event is a suitable place for presenting innovative solutions.

Somayeh Kholousi, IMIDRO’s Deputy of Planning and Empowerment, considered the pathology of previous events as one of the necessities of this festival and stated: From now on, considering the necessity of reviewing and evaluating ideas, this event will be held biennially.

Majid Vafaeifard, the project executor for the establishment of an innovation and technology ecosystem in the mine and mining industries stated:

In the previous festival, 470 knowledge-based companies took part and 300 innovative ideas, including '12 ideas with commercialization potential', were selected in various fields.

Vafaeifard emphasized: during the fifth festival, which will be held in February, two main points including 'digital transformation' and 'sustainable development' will be considered and it include current topics such as resilience in mine and mining industries, market and economic issues.

At the end of the meeting, the Value-Creating Ideas Festival in Mine and Mining Industries poster was unveiled in the presence of Engineer Aghajanlou, the Chairman of the Executive Board of Directors of IMIDRO.