The IEEE-ICIT is one of the flag conference series of IEEE-IES. It provides a forum for presentation and discussion of emerging developments and applications in the rapidly evolving field of Industrial Technology. Also, it serves as a conduit for channelling advanced research and applications to the industry. In addition, this special edition of this conference includes, for the first time, a technical track on “Automation in Mining Engineering”. This technical Track is important to mining industry not only in Australia but world-wide. The accepted and presented papers are published in an IEEE proceedings volume and submitted for publication in IEEEXplore.