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Centres of Excellence and Industry Councils

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Centre of Excellence

AI Start-up Incubator

An AIAA Centre of Excellence being established to help promising AI ventures build responsibly.

Selected

Overview

Why the centre is being established, the six objectives it works to and its current status.

Inception and program design

Stage

Initial leadership team appointed

Team

In development

Programs

Not yet open

Venture intake

Full detail below

Core

Overview

Purpose and objectives

AIAA's AI Start-up Incubator is being established as an industry-connected Centre of Excellence to help promising AI and AI-enabled ventures move from credible ideas and research to responsible, commercially viable solutions. It will bring together founders, researchers, experienced business leaders, industry mentors, enterprise partners and capital networks, with responsible AI and sound governance embedded from the outset.

The Incubator is currently in its inception stage. AIAA has appointed an initial team to shape its operating model, partnerships and first programs. No ventures or projects have yet commenced.

01Accelerate the development of high-quality Australasian AI and AI-enabled ventures addressing genuine market and community needs.

02Embed responsible AI, sound governance and AIAA standards of practice from the earliest practical stage.

03Connect founders with Industry Councils, enterprise customers, research partners, experienced mentors and potential pilot pathways.

04Build commercial, operational, governance and investment readiness through structured support and evidence-based milestones.

05Build investment readiness through structured mentoring and governance support.

06Share de-identified insights and practical learning with the AIAA community, while protecting confidentiality and intellectual property.

Stage

Inception and program design

Team

Initial leadership team appointed

Programs

In development

Venture intake

Not yet open

Projects

No current projects

Partnerships

Foundation discussions commencing

Illustrative: multidisciplinary teams working on applied AI problems

Illustrative: applied AI build and testing work

Illustrative: mentoring with experienced industry practitioners

AIAA Operating Console

Industry Network

Industry Councils

Industry forums convened by leaders to advance responsible, practical AI adoption.

Industry Council

Mining and Resources Industry Council

AIAA's industry forum for responsible, high-value business AI adoption across the resources value chain.

Overview

Purpose and objectives

AIAA's Mining and Resources Industry Council is being developed to help the industry turn AI capability into practical business value. Its purpose is to bring together industry leaders, practitioners, researchers and technology specialists to strengthen responsible adoption across exploration, mining, processing, resource logistics and supporting services.

The Council will focus on better business decisions, operational performance, workforce capability and responsible resource management, with safety, sound governance and human accountability central to its work. It is currently at inception stage. Its work plan, appointments, partners, budgets and launch dates remain subject to confirmation.

01Identify high-value AI opportunities across the mining and resources value chain, grounded in real industry needs.

02Promote responsible adoption with safety, data protection, operational assurance and human accountability built in.

03Connect operators, METS businesses, researchers and specialists to share expertise and explore practical collaboration.

04Strengthen business cases, adoption readiness and measurement of operational and commercial outcomes.

05Build workforce capability and retain valuable industry knowledge through education, mentoring and professional development.

06Share practical guidance and verified learning through AIAA's professional community and Knowledge Repository.

Council establishment

In development

Proposed operating model

Industry led

Core focus

Responsible adoption

Development agenda

Programmes being shaped

Illustrative: autonomous haulage on a pit road

Illustrative: mineral processing operations

Capability in action · Pilot

Agentic AI in mining's critical work

AIAA's Executive Team is pilot testing the adoption of agentic AI through application development for pit optimisation. The work explores AI-augmented pit optimisation and predictive maintenance in the field.

Patrick Hanna, ELT, AIAA member and Executive Council, AusIMM, and Usman Qureshi, AIAA member, working together on the pilot.

Mining professional reviewing pit optimisation data at an open-pit operation — From development to deployment: AI-augmented pit optimisation and predictive maintenance in the field.

Live development screens showing mining topographic analysis — Live development
Live development: multi-screen agentic workflows, topographic analysis and team review.

Application

Pit optimisation

Workflow

Topographic analysis and scheduling

Assurance

Human oversight at every decision point