A weekend of solving mining industry problems using technology

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What is it about?

  1. Use technology to help improve efficiency, productivity and safety in mining industry.
  2. Solutions using latest technology innovations – IoT Sensors, Mobility, Cloud, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence.
  3. Prizes to top performing teams sponsored by MineExcellence.
  4. Enter as an individual or team.
  5. Judging by senior people from the mining industry.
  6. A Weekend of Hands on doing – not talking!


Who should enter?

Mining Engineers, Industry professionals, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, IoT Experts, Mine Planners etc.

How Do I Register? Write To:

[email protected]

+91-291 2624063

Date 15th December, 2018
Venue Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Time 9:00am – Late night
Presentations 16th December, 2018
What Happens During a Hackathon

  • Competition - Problem will be an industry problem or will come directly from a mining company.
  • Solution of a Problem - Participants get together to provide a business, conceptual or technical solution to the problem.
  • Work over Weekend - The teams work over the weekend (Saturday and present solution on Sunday)
  • Judging and Prizes - The presentations /solutions are judged and the winning teams gets a prize.
  • Fun - It is a fun supportive environment to network outside your company – We encourage as many industry practitioners to participate as possible – Several mining engineering students have already registered.
  • Guidance - Senior people from mining industry and MineExcellence team members will be present to guide the participants.
  • Objective - is to make this all fun while raising awareness about technology innovations in the mining industry. Government and regulatory body people are also encouraged to attend -NO age limit – the older you are the better.

Write To Us

  • If you are a mining company then can you share your problem statement / problem specific data or send your people to a fun problem solving weekend.
  • If you are a mining engineer, mine planner , geologist, data scientists, innovator , software engineer, IoT expert then join as a participant.
  • Email [email protected] to register or sharing a mining industry problem to be solved.

Some examples of Problem Statement
Problem Statement 1 VIEW
Problem Statement 2 VIEW
Problem Statement 3 VIEW
Problem Statement 4 VIEW
General Terms and Conditions

  • Ownership of Entrant IP - Entrant /Participants will retain ownership of all of their IP they produce over the weekend. Nothing in these terms or conditions assigns, transfers or otherwise affects the ownership of Entrant IP.
  • Disqualification - Entrants can be disqualified in case of breeching terms and conditions.
  • Selection of Winner - The teams work over the weekend (Saturday and present solution on Sunday)Based on the examination of the Submission, Product or Algorithm, the Judges will select the Winners of the Competition. The Judges’ decision is final and no Entrant is entitled to reasons for the decision or to argue against the result.