In this opportunity, 40 technical lectures on topics such as process control and optimization, instrumentation and measurements, advanced process control, and artificial intelligence, teleoperations and ITwere presented and discussed.

We are particularly grateful to:

• The authors, for their invaluable technical contributions and willingness to share their knowledge and experiences
• The Technical Committee, for their collaboration to the revision of abstracts
• The Advisory Committee, for their contribution to promote the meeting
• The co-organizing institution, the University of Alberta, Canada
• The sponsors, for their generous support
• Media partners, for their assistance in promoting the meeting and bringing updated information to the public in a timely manner

And last, but certainly not least, we would like to thank all participants for their contribution to the technical discussion of presented works, which contributed to the success of the 4th International Congress on Automation in Mining.

Executive Committee
AUTOMINING 2014