{"id":1157415,"date":"2019-12-27T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T23:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1010159"},"modified":"2019-12-27T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T23:48:54","slug":"innovation-hub-for-mining-and-energy-opens-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1157415","title":{"rendered":"Innovation hub for mining and energy opens in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Mining and<br \/>\nenergy companies in Australia looking to develop innovative solutions to market<br \/>\nchallenges now have a cutting edge location in Accenture\u2019s new Innovation Hub<br \/>\nin Perth. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both the mining and energy sectors are currently<br \/>\nfacing a world of disruption. Technology has brought dynamism for both, as<br \/>\nartificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics among<br \/>\nothers start to play a key role in large-scale operations.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability is another major disruptor reshaping<br \/>\nthe face of the two industries. The mining and energy sectors are emission<br \/>\nheavy, and the economic drive towards sustainability is forcing many companies<br \/>\nto reexamine their operations. In the mining sector, pressure to become<br \/>\nsustainable has pushed many to phase out diesel machinery, among&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consultancy.com.au\/news\/1256\/bdo-unveils-three-trends-for-australias-mining-industry\">other<br \/>\nfundamental changes<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Specifically in the energy sector, disruption has<br \/>\nfurther come in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consultancy.com.au\/news\/1291\/three-major-trends-are-reshaping-australias-energy-sector\">the form of<br \/>\nthree Ds<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013<br \/>\ndecarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation. Innovation is critical in<br \/>\nthis scenario, and Accenture has stepped in to facilitate problem-solving<br \/>\nthrough its new Perth Innovation hub.<\/p>\n<p>The new hub joins three other Innovation Hubs in<br \/>\nAustralia \u2013 situated in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra \u2013 and becomes part of a<br \/>\nglobal network of more than 100 Accenture Innovation Hubs. The facility is equipped<br \/>\nwith state-of-the-art technological implements so as to enable experimentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new hub joins three other Innovation Hubs in Australia &ndash; in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2648,624,1035,369],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1157415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157416,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157415\/revisions\/1157416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1157415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1157415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1157415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}