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  IMII DEMOday and Innovation Award
- Innovation is important to Saskatchewan's minerals industry and the province. That is why the International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII) was formed in 2012, and introduced new funds to support research, development and demonstration of innovations that matter to mining in 2017. It is also why IMII, in cooperation with the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association (SIMSA), introduced DEMOday in 2018.
  DEMOday invites inventors, start-ups and supply chain companies to apply to pitch their innovative solutions – equipment, technologies, products or processes that solve an industry problem for one or more of IMII’s minerals company members. Your solution may be:
  An incremental improvement to existing mining and milling operations, or equipment and materials in use;
  An innovation that could be deployed in a new mine or mill that enhances productivity or safety or reduces energy consumption or environmental releases; or
  Solutions to transform how a mining or milling process works.
  Companies selected to participate in DEMOday will present their technologies to a panel of experts from IMII’s principal minerals companies’ members – BHP, Cameco, Mosaic and Nutrien.
  This opens the door to having their innovations considered for financial and in-kind support to help move them down the path to commercialization through their further development, demonstration or deployment.

- DEMOday 2021
- The IMII is inviting applications for its 2021 DEMOdayand Innovation Award being held on December 7^th at the 13^th Annual Saskatchewan Mining Supply Chain Forum.
  This is an open innovation opportunity for existing suppliers with new ideas or new companies with new solutions for business unusual. Innovations for development, demonstration or deployment in the areas of:
  Energy - improving the industry’s access to low carbon sources of energy or reducing the consumption of fossil-fuel energy directly or indirectly.
  Health and safety – in production and in replying to emergencies.
  Productivity – improving efficiency and reducing costs.
  Environmental footprint and ESG – including carbon intensity and water consumption, improving the industry’s Environment, Social and Governance performance.
  Industry 4.0 Digital Transformation - artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous equipment, the internet of things and other elements of the fourth industrial revolution in their operations.
  DEMOday applications are open to any mining supply chain company that develops advanced or innovative solutions for Saskatchewan’s minerals industry.
  The solutions must be newly developed or introduced to the minerals industry in the past year (2020 - 2021).
  Applications from Saskatchewan based companies will be considered for the IMII Innovation Award – www.imii.ca/initiatives/Innovation-award.
  All submissions are to be received by IMII at adminREMOVE_THIS@imiiREMOVE_THIS.ca by August 27th at 11:00 pm and will undergo a merit-review selection process involving representatives of IMII member companies.
  IMII will notify the applicants by October 1^st if they have been selected to present at DEMOday 2021.
  
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- DEMOday 2020
- On December 2, 2020, five finalists pitched their innovative solutions to Saskatchewan's leading minerals producers in the categories of:
  Safety innovation - applying technology or improving processes in innovative ways, above and beyond mandatory requirements, to improve mine worker safety and health.
  Technical innovation – improving productivity through advances in automation, digitalization, electrification, drones and smart sensors.
  Green innovation – technologies for increasing efficiency of assets, strengthening recovery rates, reducing releases of wastes, lessening consumption of energy and water.
  The selected finalists for 2020 are:
  EECOL Electric & SafeBox - SafeBox Systems (safety innovation)
  Noble Construction Corp. - NobleVR Safety Experience (safety innovation)
  OXO Valve Inc. / Westlund (safety innovation)
  RESPEC & Automodality, Inc. - Autonomous UAV (technical innovation)
  EECOL Electric & Phoenix Contact – PLCnext Open Controller (technical innovation)
  DEMOday 2020 was hosted in a virtual event by IMII on the eve of the 12^th Annual Saskatchewan Mining Supply Chain Forum.

- DEMOday 2019
- On Wednesday, April 3^rd, five supply chain innovations that matter to mining will be presented to a panel of representatives from Saskatchewan’s leading minerals companies in the International Mineral Innovation Institute’s (IMII’s) second DEMOday. They are:
  A new cybersecurity solution for industrial SCADA systems from EECOL Electric and Nozomi Networks;
  A new corrosion resistant epoxy powder coating technology from Saskatoon Custom Powder Coating Corporation and Akzo Nobel Coatings;
  A new to Saskatchewan mining technology for potential use in the potash industry from Continental Mine & Industrial Supply Ltd.;
  A new dust collection system suitable for underground potash mining from Continental Mine & Industrial Supply Ltd.; and
  A new battery electric truck for roof bolting from Prairie Machine & Parts Mfg. Partnership.

- DEMOday 2018
- DEMOday 2018 was a first-time event in which supply chain companies presented their innovations directly to Saskatchewan's major mining companies and had them considered for further review and potentially financial and in-kind support, to help move them down the path to commercialization. Innovations aren't innovations if they are not put to use, and supply chain companies were invited to pitch their innovation sin equipment, technologies, products or processes to industry members that may be used to improve one or more of the pillars of industry sustainability - economic, environmental or social performance.
  On Tuesday, April 10^th, and on the eve of the 10^th Annual Saskatchewan Mining Supply Chain Forum, five innovations that matter to mining were presented to a panel of representatives from Saskatchewan's leading minerals companies in the International Minerals Innovation Institute's inaugural DEMOday. They were:
  A radically new style of conveyor belt roller with the potential to improve maintenance, safety, and productivity on existing belts from a local inventor, Danny Lewis, P.Eng.;
  A new to mining in Canada type of conveyor drive motor with the potential to increase energy efficiency and lower maintenance and inventory costs from GMR Electric Motors Ltd.;
  A new tool for wear analysis of mineral processing equipment using portable scanners combined with advanced analytics with the potential to improve maintenance planning and reduce downtime in operations from Croatia Industries Ltd.;
  A new and improved replacement arm for underground bore miners in potash applications with the potential to reduce maintenance downtime and costs, and improve the capacity of the bore miner from Industrial Machine & Mfg. Inc.; and
  A new fall protective system that is portable and easy to move with the potential to improve safety in many maintenance applications from Northern Strands.