SkiComCu Plenary 2 – Madrid, Spain
On the 24th and 25th of October 2024, the SkiComCu partners gathered in Madrid, Spain, for the second Plenary Meeting of the project. The event, hosted by the Centro de Domótica Integral (CEDINT) from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, was held in hybrid mode, allowing the participation and interaction between the representatives from the consortium who attended physically and those who joined online.
The second Plenary Meeting helped coordinating the activities that are currently being carried out, bringing to light those important points that have been developed during the last months and organizing and discussing future events and tasks that will be developed in the near future.
The agenda started with the presentation by the coordinating institution Elval Halcor, who provided an update on the overall progress and the recent achievements within the Work Package on project management. After that, each WP leader presented their progress of their respective work during the sessions of the first and second day of the meeting, explaining the most relevant challenges and actions foreseen for the near future, concluding with an open discussion with the involvement of all project partners.
During this meeting, the pending issues were discussed to develop the work plan for the following weeks, together with the most recent events, where organization was crucial to maintain a good flow of communication and correct development of activities.
In adittion, to finish the second day, the consortium had the chance to meet some of the CEDINT researchers, that presented us their facilities, highlighting the technological capabilities of their Virtual and Augmented Reality. During this site visit we explored some of the possibilities that this technologies offer to improve the training on different levels and proffesional profiles in the fields of Copper mining and metallurgy, together with the possibilities of creating virtual environments to simulate complex situations for workers to practice safety protocols and face risk scenarios under controlled conditions.
This technologies offer an advantage inside the training field, by helping people understand what they are studying with complete 3D models, the importance of raw materials and some of the specific needs on mining and metallurgy to be improved, while learning about safety and efficiency processes.
