Skip to content

Details

Mining is an important vertical in the Industrial IoT (IIoT) space, and a vital sector in Canada’s economy, demanding next-generation networks to make it happen. And - CENGN is in the thick of it, implementing a Smart Mining Living Lab with specialized and hardened WIFI and private LTE equipment in the NORCAT Underground Centre near Sudbury Ontario.

This presentation will first overview the role of IIoT in the mining sector and then get down to the nitty-gritty of the real-world mining environment at the NORCAT facility, and the industry-leading wireless technology installed in the CENGN Smart Mining Living Lab. Mining IoT product commercialization projects supported by CENGN and NORCAT will be explained, along with examples of how IoT product solutions are making huge impacts on improving safety and productivity in the mining industry.

Come and learn from Kirby Kosner as he details another important vertical where IIoT is making a world of difference for worker health and safety and economic productivity.

SPEAKERS

Kirby Koster
Senior Manager – Broadband Programs
CENGN – Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks

Kirby Koster has extensive wireless, optical, and fixed-line advanced technology experience. He has been working in senior product management positions as well as design, application, and sales engineering positions for the past 30 years with companies such as Newbridge Networks, Bridgewater Systems, Xtera Communications, and Meriton Networks. He has designed and driven projects for CWDM/DWDM optical networks across North America for large International Banks, utilities, and ISPs. Kirby has also helped design and test high capacity microwave radio links in networks around the world in Canada, South Africa, Turkey, India, USA, France, and Japan.

As Senior Manager – Broadband Programs at CENGN, Kirby defines, funds, and executes technology projects designed to prove technology and business case innovation to reduce the cost of residential broadband solutions for small northern and rural communities in Ontario. Kirby also applies his extensive network technology experience to drive the implementation of a Smart Mining Living Lab, working with major technology partners and the Northern Ontario Centre of Advanced Technology (NORCAT) in Sudbury, Ontario. Kirby will also be looking to implement other Living Labs, including a Smart Agriculture Living Lab in the near future.

CENGN is the Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks, with a mission to drive technology advancement, talent development, solution integration, and advisory services, through our data centres, and our Smart Mining Living Lab. CENGN provides key expertise, and a partner eco-system, to accelerate innovation and commercialization in the ICT industry to support the mining industry through IoT solutions.

WHEN

May 6, 2020 6:00-7:45 PM

ONLINE EVENT

This is an online event using Zoom. The event link will be forwarded to the RSVPed after the close of RSVP on the day of the event.

To install and test Zoom Meeting Client on your computer go to

https://zoom.us/download#client_4meeting

or install Zoom on your mobile device from the relevant app store.

You may also like