MIND ID Introduces BIGMIND Innovation Award to Drive Mining Industry Technology

Jakarta, 13 May 2022 – MIND ID or Mining Industry Indonesia, the Holding State-Owned Enterprise for the Mining Industry, with members PT Aneka Tambang Tbk, PT Bukit Asam Tbk, PT Freeport Indonesia, PT Inalum (Persero) dan PT Timah Tbk, introduces the BIGMIND Innovation Award 2022. The competition reflects the commitment of MIND ID towards the growth of the innovation ecosystem in Indonesia.

This program is the 3^rd innovation competition, continuing the success of previous events which gave birth to many ideas and innovations that have made the mining industry business process more efficient, effective, environmentally friendly and sustainable.

BIGMIND Innovation Award 2022 was launched by the Director of Business Development of MIND ID - Dilo Seno Widagdo, Director of Operations and Portfolio - Danny Praditya, Board of Directors Members of MIND ID. The series of launches were also marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between MIND ID and the University of Indonesia on Education, Research and Community Service, by the Director of Business Development of MIND ID, Dilo Seno Widagdo, and the Director of Research & Development of the University of Indonesia, Munawar Khalil, Ph. D in Depok on May 13, 2022.

MIND ID Director for Business Development, Dilo Seno Widagdo, said that “MIND ID hopes innovations resulting from the BIGMIND Innovation Awards are beneficial, implementable and provide solutions to the challenges of the mining industry.  The contribution from Indonesian innovators will support continuous improvements and become new revenue stream for the MIND ID Group In the current era of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity), we need a lot of creative and innovative people so that mining technology grows optimally”.

BIGMIND Innovation Award 2022 is an innovation competition held by MIND ID and PT Bukit Asam Tbk with three main categories, namely (i) Continuous Improvement; (ii) New Revenue Stream; and (iii) Greenovator, with two sub-categories, conceptual and implementation.  Participants are able to select seven topics, Business Process, Digitalization, Exploration, Mining, Industry Process (Processing & Refining), CCUS and Decarbonization, with hundreds of million Rupiah prizes. Registration of ideas and innovations for Continuous Improvement and New Revenue Stream categories are open on 20 May 2022 on www.big.mind.id. While for Greenovator category (CCUS and Decarbonization) on https://greenovator.ptba.co.id.

The series of BIGMIND Innovation Award 2022 will be supplemented by a series of roadshows conducted offline and online (Hybrid), as follows: (i) Jakarta 13 May 2022 (hybrid) – Topic: Business Process and Digitalization, (ii) Webinar 20 May 2022 – Exploration and Digitalization, (iii) Medan 27 May 2022 – CCUS, Carbon Reduction and Industrial Process, (iv) Webinar 3 June 2022 – Industrial Process and Digitalization, (v) Palembang 10 May 2022 – Business Process and Mining, (vi) Makassar 24 June 2022 – Exploration and Mining. The BIGMIND Innovation Award 2022 roadshow will present practitioners, experts and business players who will provide information concerning the Indonesian mining industry.

MIND ID through the Indonesia Mining & Minerals Research Institute (IMMRI) continuous to encourage the growth of the innovation and research ecosystem, specifically in the mineral and coal clusters in Indonesia.  This is based on the innovation culture of the MIND ID Group which is one of the factors supporting the performance of the Company and in line with the AKHLAK Core Values culture of State-Enterprises as well as Noble Purpose of MIND ID, namely… We Explore…..Natural Resources for Civilization, Prosperity and Brighter Future. MIND ID is optimistic the growth of digital technology will strengthen good operational governance and accelerate the growth of the sustainable mining industry.