Ari Rantala SpeakerExhibitor

Director, Application Engineering - Automation and Digital Solutions
Metso Outotec

Jan Nyqvist Speaker

Global Product Manager Mine Automation
ABB AB

Jan Wikström Speaker

Principal Design Engineer
Xylem Water Solutions

Jan Wikström has for the last 15 years worked with product development of the Flygt submersible drainage pumps. Jan is Xylems most knowledgeable engineer of designing wear- and clog resistant hydraulics for drainage pumps.

Jan has an exceptional skill in identifying customer problems and pain points, which in some cases the customers are not even aware of. A contributing factor to these insights is his network with customers and time spent in the field. Besides his innovative mind-set, Jan is also very practical and capable of both preparing and testing prototypes. He also possess good insights and knowledge of manufacturing technologies that often results in cost efficient solutions. Jan´s mindset is to always challenge how things are done and try to find better solutions.

Since 2014, Jan has worked with developing new type of smart dewatering pumps and with new ideas of dewatering mine/tunneling and constructions sites in the future. Since 2018 he has also worked closely with Boliden to verify and test new solutions in underground mines. As a result of the collaboration, Boliden think they can reduce their dewatering cost with at least 30%

Lisa Önnerlöv Speaker

Development Engineer/Industrial Designer
Boliden

Lisa is an Industrial Designer at Boliden, mainly working within their Mine Automation Program, where she is managing projects and human centered aspects of tele remote control, data interaction and the future of mining.

Olav Kvist Speaker

Global Portfolio Manager Production Drilling
Epiroc AB

Olav’s academic profile is economics and process development. 15 years in the defense industry followed by the last 20+ years with Atlas Copco/Epiroc and automation of mining and construction machines. Highlights include project management developing the first autonomous loader as well as a surface crawler drill rig with a fully autonomous drill cycle. In the last years positions has included strategic automation planning and lately portfolio manager of production drilling underground.
Operational efficiency is one of Olav’s keen interests, why are customers not using the machines more?

Peter Burman Moderator

Program Manager Mine Automation
Boliden Mines Technology