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Programme timetable

 

Trade Fair and Conference Programme, see Inviation here >>

 

Monday June 7

 

12:00-18:00

Check-in and registration

 

 

Tuesday June 8

 

08:00-12:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-convention field trips:

The Rönnskär Smelter
Sponsored by Boliden

The Renström Mine
Sponsored by Boliden

Björkdalsgruvan/The Bjorkdal Gold Mine

- see separate programme

08:00-12:00

Check-in and registration

12:00-14:00

 

Lunch
Sponsored by Quadrem

14:00-18:00

Trade Fair and Conference programme:

Opening Session

Chaired by Magnus Ericsson, Senior Partner Raw Materials Group, Sweden

14:00-14:05

 

Welcoming remarks
Lennart Gustavsson, Chairman, Georange, Sweden

14:05-14:15

 

Conference Opening
Chris Heister, Governor, County Administrative Board of Västerbotten County, Sweden

14:15-14:30

 

Government address
Maud Olofsson, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Sweden

14:30-15:00

 

 

 

 

Key Note speakers:

Mineral Governance for Mutual Benefit
Karin Lissakers, Director, Revenue Watch Institute (RWI)

KGHM Polska Miedz SA - company presentation
Herbert Wirth, President of KGHM Polish Copper

15:00-15:30 

 

Coffee break
Sponsored by Lappland Goldminers, Drillcon and Outotec

 

Securing Europe’s mineral and metal resources

Chaired by Christina Lundmark, Geological Survey of Sweden

15:30-15:50

 

 

Commodities and market outlook
Philip Crowson, Honorary Professor at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum,
and Mineral Law & Policy at the University of Dundee, Scotland

 

15:50-16:10

 

 

EU Raw materials Initiative
Paul Anciaux, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry,
European Commission, Brussels

16:10-16:30

 

 

Challenges for Europe’s extractive industries
Krister Söderholm, General Manager for First Quantum/Kevitsa Mining
Peter G. Cordin, Executive Chairman, Dragon Mining, Australia

16:30-16:50

 

 

16:50-17:10 

Sources for European supply of minerals
Patrice Christmann, Head of Mineral Resources Unit, BRGM, France

 

Discussion/Summary

18:00

Trade Fair closing for the day

18:00-21:00

 

Get-together & Mingle Party
Sponsored by Atlas Copco

Wednesday June 9

09:00-18:00

Trade Fair and Conference programme

Mine of the Future

Chaired by Ulf Marklund, General Manager Technology, Boliden Mineral AB

09:00-09:30

 

Morning Coffee
Sponsored by Lappland Goldminers, Drillcon and Outotec

09:30-09:50

 

Technological Challenges in Mining
William A. Hustrulid, Manager, Hustrulid Mining Services, USA

09:50-10:10

 

Trends in Mine Robotics and Automation
Greg Baiden, Professor - Robotics and Automation, Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada

10:10-10:30

 

Eco-efficient Mineral Processsing
Peter Craven, General Manager, Technology, Mintek, South Africa

10:30-10:50

 

Mine of the Future
Göran Bäckblom, CEO, Swedish Mining Research Foundation, Sweden

10:50-11:10 

Discussion/Summary

11:30-13:00

 

 

15:00-15:30

 

Lunch
Sponsored by LKAB

 

Coffee break
Sponsored by Lappland Goldminers, Drillcon and Outotec

15:10-15:20

 

 

 

"Hot seat"
Bergmannen has placed Tomas From, deputy CEO of SveMin, in the hot seat for a tough
cross-examination on future developments in Swedish mining and the controversial environmental
and energy issues currently confronting the industry.
"Hot seat" is presented during the Coffee Break outside The Sportbar.

18:00

Trade Fair closing for the day

 20:00

 

 

Conference Buffet Dinner
Sponsored by FLSmidt

 

Thursday June 10

 

09:00-12:00

Trade Fair and Conference programme

 

Mining and the Society

Chaired by Kathryn McPhail, Senior Program Director, ICMM

09:00-09:30

 

Morning Coffee
Sponsored by Lappland Goldminers, Drillcon and Outotec

09:30-09:50

 

Mineral policies and regimes
Bonnie Campbell, Professor, University of Quebec, Canada

09:50-10:10

 

 

The Stakes for Africa in Mineral Resources Development
Antonio Pedro, Director, United Nations Economic Commission
for Africa

10:10-10:30

 

Land use conflicts
Gavin Hilson, Lecturer in Environment and Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom

10:30-10:50

 

Mining for Development
Magnus Ericsson, Senior Partner Raw Materials Group, Sweden

10:50-11:10

Discussion/Summary

11:10-11:25

 

 

Closing remarks
Margaretha Lundquist, Managing Director, Nolia AB
Lennart Gustavsson, Chairman, Georange

12:00

Trade Fair and Conference closing

12:00-13:30

 

Lunch
Sponsored by Bergteamet