On February 12, 2013, the Canada Mining Innovation Council held its 2nd Annual Signature Event, a mining conference bringing representatives from industry, government, academia, and other sectors together in Toronto to discuss the role of innovation in the industry's future. Gord Winkel, Chair and Industrial Professor at the University of Alberta, presented the innovation story of the oil sands, CIM and CMIC to show the needs, challenges and success of innovation.

1. Informing Innovation Strategies
- CMIC, the CIM and the Oil Sands

2. An Innovation Story....Oil Sands

3. An Oil Sands Primer....History
GCOS Sun Oil Suncor
1963 1979
Syncrude
Innovation in Action 1964
•early mineral processing
technology development
( University of Alberta) Mildred Lake Pilot Plant

4. An Oil Sands Primer....Resource
1.7 Trillion Bbls estimated to be in place in Alberta’s oil sands
300 Billion Bbls - ultimately recoverable with current technology
Athabasc
a Oil Surface Suncor &
Sand mineable Syncrude
Athabasca Deposit
Fort
Peace River McMurray
Cold Lake
Edmonton
Lloydminster
Calgary
Province of
Alberta

5. An Oil Sands Primer....Mining
Mining – 20% of the oil sands resource is less
than 200 feet deep - 2.5% of Surface Area
Oil Sands Mining....Knowing the Numbers
60 billion barrels = 240 billion tonnes mined

6. An Oil Sands Primer.... Securing Canada's Energy Future
We will achieve this by...
•Encouraging learning and innovation in everything we do,
•Pushing the limits of what technology can accomplish,
Corporate DNA

7. An Innovation Imperative....Technology
Corporate DNA Leverage
Rank/Company
21 Rogers Communications Inc.
21 Vale Canada Limited (fs)
23 Constellation Software Inc.
24 Hydro-Quebec
25 General Motors of Canada Limited.
26 Syncrude Canada Ltd.
27 Sierra Wireless, Inc.
28 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc.
29 CGI Group Inc.
30 PMC-Sierra Ltd.

8. An Innovation Imperative....Technology
Leverage
Corporate DNA
Slurrying
DL/BWR/Conveyors
Extraction
Trucks
Froth
Treatment
Shovels
Upgrading
Crushers
Pumps & Pipelines Environmental

9. An Innovation Imperative....Technology
Leverage
Corporate DNA
DL/BWR/
Innovation & Continuous Improvement
Conveyors
Trucks Aurora
Oil Sand
Remote
Shovels Applications Ore Body
Hydrotransport Mining &
Crushers Extraction
Pumps
NFL
Pipelines Warm Water
Slurrying Extraction
Low Energy
Extraction Extraction
Froth NRU IPS PFT Centrifuge
Treatment Rate & Quality
Run Length Coker Vacuum
& Capacity LC Finer Catalyst UE1
Upgrading Stretch Topping
Air Tailings Reclamation
Environmental Water Quality Certification BML FEN
Mnmgt

10. An Innovation Imperative....Collaboration
Corporate DNA
National Oil Sands Task Force
•fiscal certainty and stability
encouraging investment
Syncrude Developed
Technologies Made
Available to Industry

11. An Innovation Imperative....Engagement
Corporate DNA

12. An Innovation Story....Oil Sands
Innovation Imperatives
Technology Leverage
Collaboration
Engagement

13. An Innovation Story....
CIM/CMIC/Oil Sands

14. The Story Unfolds.... Introducing Our Cast
Vision
World-class professional development, networking, and knowledge
sharing.
Purpose
The core purpose of CIM is to serve minerals, materials and
petroleum industries and professionals around the world. We will
achieve this by:
•Facilitating collaboration among all constituents.
•Providing networking opportunities.

15. The Story Unfolds.... Introducing Our Cast
Vision: Canada is a global leader Mission: To enhance the
in the mining industry competitiveness of a
through leading edge responsible Canadian mining
research and innovation industry through excellence in
research, innovation and
commercialization
•Highly Qualified People
•Innovation Systems •Exploration
•Collaboration •Mining
•Targeted Research and •Processing
Innovation •Environment
•Branding

16. The Story Unfolds.... Introducing Our Cast
The SMART Group is an association of mining companies
working to coordinate the technology development needed by
the mining industry. The SMART membership collaborate in
Industry wide initiatives, learning forums and best practice
sharing.

17. The Story Unfolds.... Introducing Our Cast
Goal
• Improve the performance of
the Oil Sands Industry
through superior new
technologies
Belief Principles
Collaborative R&D have higher • Network’s intellectual
impact on technology development property policy will
than isolated R&D and it must be enable collaborative
encouraged. research

18. Industry Associations….Early Collaborations
Securing Canada's Energy Future

19. National Vision for Mining Research....CMIC
CMIC Board supports oil
sands tailings collaboration
as a national priority
Edmonton session identifies
oil sands tailings as an
opportunity for collaboration
Over 150 leaders from
industry, government, research
centres and academia participated
in Regional Workshops:
Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, T
oronto, Val-d’Or, Montréal and

20. CMIC and the Oil Sands Tailings Consortium
Oil Sands Tailings
Consortium (OSTC)
Intellectual Property
constraints limit
collaboration
CMIC works in OSTC
to establish collaboration
opportunities

21. An Innovation Challenge....Intellectual Property
Level of Technology Collaboration
Low High
Vendor Field Follow Gov’t Supported
Research Prototypes Research (NSERC)
Blanket Environmental
Industry
Patents Supplier Research
Advisory
Improvements Committees
Trade Equipment
Secrets Defensive User Groups
Technology Learning
Patents
Sales/Licensing Mining School Seminars
Patents for Or University
Benchmarking Research
Competitive
Advantage Industry Industry
Information Broad
Specific Based Research
R&D Sharing Associations
R&D

22. An Innovation Challenge.... Market Competition
Mining Mining Firm
Industry Competitive
Advantage Advantage

23. The Oil Sands Industry As a Whole Must
Demonstrate Tailings Technology Improvement
Tailings Technology
Effectiveness
Supported by
Firm B - Status Quo
Innovation
Time

24. An Innovation Imperative....Integration
Performance Differentiated by Organization’s
Capability to Integrate Potential Improvements

25. An Innovation Story....
CIM/CMIC/Oil Sands
Innovation Imperatives Innovation Challenges
Technology Leverage Intellectual Property
Collaboration Market Competition
Engagement
Integration

26. An Innovation Imperative.... Leadership
Shell
Vice Presidents
Round Table
Leadership
May 27, 2010

27. An Innovation Imperative.... Leadership
100%
Collaboration Level
VP Round Discussions and Rework
Table With Reduced Enrollment
May 2010 Nov 2010
Calendar Time

28. Additional Innovation Challenges....
Equity, Competition Law, Legal Risk Mgmt.
Market
Competition
100% Intellectual
Property
Legal Risk
Collaboration Level
Management
Competition
Equity/ Law
Sustainability
VP Round Discussions and Rework
Table With Reduced Enrollment
May 2010 Nov 2010
Calendar Time

29. An Innovation Imperative.... Leadership
Leadership Heroes in Every Company

30. An Innovation Story....
CIM/CMIC/Oil Sands
Innovation Imperatives Innovation Challenges
Technology Leverage Intellectual Property
Collaboration Market Competition
Engagement Equity/Sustainability
Integration Legal Risk Mgmt.
Leadership Competition Law

31. An Innovation Success....
CIM/CMIC/Oil Sands
The Oil Sands
Tailings Consortium
Shell
Collaborating on Oil Sands
Tailings Innovation
A Template for Sustainable
Collaboration & Innovation

32. An Innovation Success....
CIM/CMIC/Oil Sands
The Oil Sands
Tailings Consortium
Collaborating on Oil Sands
Tailings Innovation Our Vision: To enable responsible
and sustainable growth of
Canada’s oil sands while
delivering accelerated
improvement in environmental
performance through
collaborative action and
innovation.
Tailings Water
A Template for Sustainable
Land Greenhouse Gases
Collaboration & Innovation

33. CMIC: A Vision for Innovation
Leadership in Canada

34. Innovation Leadership….
Making Innovation a Priority
Making Everyone a
Leader in Innovation
Making Innovation
Happen Starts with Us

35. Innovation Leadership….
Making Innovation a Priority
Making Everyone a
Leader in Innovation
Making Innovation
Happen Starts with Us

36. Innovation Leadership….
Making Innovation a Priority
Making Everyone a
Leader in Innovation
Making Innovation
Happen Starts with Us