The conference was organized by Ministry of Mines for showcasing blocks which will be auctioned by concerned states to potential investors. The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister for Mines, Union Minister of State for Mines and Mines Minister of Madhya Pradesh as well as Mining Ministers of six other states, Secretary Ministry of Mines, Secretary Ministry of Steel and CEO, Niti Aayog were present in the Conclave. Four GSI publications and two Mineral Belt maps were released during the inaugural session. 

It was a good platform for interaction with industry leaders from mining industry as well as with senior government officials. There were discussions with them on the conference sidelines on how software platforms such as GEOVIA helps in efficient mine survey, generate  daily survey requirements for mine site by integrating and processing survey data from CMS, GPS and other traditional survey instrumentation, and update as-built mine geometry from reduced survey data.