4Sight | ENS l Microsoft | NextGenOpX | Breakfast Session | In-person | 10 February 2026

Becoming a Mining Frontier Firm: AI at the Edge

You’re invited to an exclusive breakfast session hosted by 4Sight, ENS, Microsoft and NextGenOpX.
Join us as we explore how AI, edge computing, and intelligent automation are transforming mining operations into Frontier Firms.

What to Expect:

A practical, credible and forward‑looking discussion on how mining and energy companies can move confidently towards becoming Frontier Firms in the industrial AI era. 4Sight will lead the discussion on Industrial AI maturity, outlining the Seven Stages of Industrial AI - a practical maturity framework informed by real‑world deployments across industrial environments. The framework illustrates how organisations evolve from data foundations to autonomous AI-driven and frontier operations.

With 4Sight being recognised for our Frontier work in Intelligent Automation by Microsoft in November 2025 at the Microsoft World Ignite 2025 conference in San Francisco, hear from 4Sight Group CEO, Tertius Zitzke why a small, innovative partner like 4Sight makes it against the huge gorillas of the AI world today…

Microsoft will complement this by highlighting the technology foundation required to support Industrial AI at scale. They will position Azure, Copilot, data platforms and AI services as technology platforms, enabling secure, scalable and interoperable AI deployments across complex industrial ecosystems.

ENS will anchor the discussion in risk, regulatory compliance and governance, helping organisations navigate legal, ethical and operational considerations as AI becomes embedded in mission‑critical processes. As AI increasingly influences operational decisions, ENS will explore how organisations can proactively manage risk, ensure compliance and establish governance frameworks that protect both the business and its stakeholders— ensuring that innovation does not outpace governance.

NextGenOpX will contribute a deeply practical, operations‑led perspective to the discussion, with a specific focus on how mining organisations can not only design performance improvement initiatives but successfully adopt and embed them across the business. Drawing on extensive experience within asset‑intensive and complex mining environments, NextGenOpX understands that operational excellence is only achieved when strategy translates into consistent execution at the face, plant and enterprise level.

Panel Discussion:

How we are Helping Our Mining Customers Become AI-Enabled Frontier Firms

Panelists:

Tertius Zitzke, Group CEO, - 4Sight (Moderator); Wilhelm Swart, Chief Operational Technologies Officer – 4Sight; Jeandre du Randt, Business Director – 4Sight; Essich Wassenaar, Technical Director – 4Sight; Joseph Starwood – Worldwide Mining Industry Leader – Microsoft; Priyanka Raath – Senior Associate Technology, Media and Telecommunications – ENSafrica; Werner Grundlingh, Managing Director - NextGenOpX

Agenda:

• 07:00 – Early bird arrivals, coffee & breakfast
• 07:45 – Welcome and Panel discussion: How We Are Helping Our Mining Customers
  Become AI-Enabled Frontier Firms
• 08:45 – Q&A and Networking
• Depart for Mining Indaba at leisure – gates open at 09:00

Date: Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Time: 07:45 (Early bird arrival from 07:00)
Venue: ENS Offices, 35 Lower Long Street, Foreshore, Cape Town

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with thought leaders and discover how AI and edge technologies are driving the frontier mine.