DIGITALIZING EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES: STATE-OF-THE-ART TO ART-OF-THE-POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR CANADA

As a member of the Innovation Systems Research Network (ISRN), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), he has worked on the interface between the steel industry and the auto industry, particularly in the area of lightweight materials and the interaction of software and advanced materials. [...] (5.1) Regulation and Technological Progress The mining and oil and gas industries are subject to heavy regulation because some of their activities have the potential, if not carried out properly, to result in serious and lasting harm to the environment and to worker health and safety. [...] Understanding the employment impacts of digitalization of the mining and oil and gas industries will be important, both to the companies and to the communities and regions in which there are resource developments. [...] Depending on the ultimate impact of digitalization of extractive industries on the employment component of the value proposition, there may need to be a rebalancing of the weighting on the other historical components or the introduction of new components of the value proposition. [...] (6.0) Mining and Oil and Gas: Digital Synergy In terms of exploring the opportunities and challenges related to digitalization of extractive industries, there is tremendous synergy between the mining industry and the oil and gas industry, particularly between mining and offshore oil and gas production operations.