Registration, refreshments & networking

Welcome from the chair

Speaker

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  Lesley Warren
  Director - Lassonde Institute of Mining

STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE OF WATER

Bridging the gap between cultural connections to water and environmental regulations

Exploring how mining companies need to include all stakeholders of a water basin into water and environmental management plans. How can we better collaborate and regulate to foster positive transformation? Outlining BHP’s visions and strategic goals around building a company ethos centered around water.

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  Jed Youngs
  Practice Lead Water Stewardship - BHP

The role of mining in achieving a nature-positive future

Demystifying how to strengthen stewardship and coordinate at a landscape level to enhance stakeholder inclusion. Analyzing site and catchment-based approaches to be more aligned with the stewardship maturity framework and how it works with the water accounting framework. 

Speaker

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  Emma Gagen
  Manager Closure and Water - ICMM

Investors’ expectations for mining companies

Delving into water management data from mining companies globally and analyzing how this impacts investor risk and return. Portraying the importance for mining companies to understand their data and reporting.  

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  Pratima Divgi
  Head of Capital Markets - CDP North America 

Responding to investors ESG demands

Revealing the process and strategy to develop water stewardship targets in alignment with investor ESG demands. Will cover the pathway to AngloAmerican’s freshwater reduction metric, which led to its inclusion in the first of its kind sustainability-linked bond (SLB) to include a water target.

Speaker

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  Patrick Mullen
  Head of Water Management - Anglo American

Question & answer session

Networking and refreshments break 

PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO WATER QUALITY

Case study: Cariboo Mine – designing a mine with a water quality centric mindset

Providing insight into benefits of early environmental engagement to design out contamination issues later in the mine life and prepare for closure. Considering water balance and quality in the design processes of new mines. 

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  Sylvie St-Jean
  Director Environment and Reclamation - Osisko Development

Preventing mine waste leaching through source control

Developing new construction approaches for mine waste facilities in order to minimize and possibly eliminate the need to treat mine impacted water. 

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  Chris Kennedy
  Director - Water - Teck Resources

Evaluation of flow characteristics and improved hydraulic design in saline mine water discharge lagoons

Investigating contaminant removal through and improving water quality in closed mines when operating in aggressive saline environments.

Speaker

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  Vasiliki Ioannidou
  Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering - Leeds Beckett University 

Question and answer session 

Sit down lunch and networking

BREAKOUT SESSIONS – Pick a topic of your choice

Stream A: Climate Adaptive & Environmental Protection

Stream B: Monitoring & Data To Mitigating Risk

Emergency crisis planning: managing flooding events

Using water balance models to forward plan, prepare and respond to extreme weather. Sharing lessons learned to minimize impact to local communities, reduce environmental damage and protect mine operations. 

Speaker

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  Emily O’Hara
  Manager, Water Strategy & Stewardship - New Gold

Managing water risk through data 

Showcasing how AGA have harnessed water data to build robust and successful water management strategies. Outlining the importance of data and how you can enhance its use in water management.  

Speaker

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  Cecil Mutambanengwe
  Principal - Water & Hydrogeology - Anglo Gold Ashanti

Responding to the climate emergency in the short term

Extreme weather conditions are directly affecting mine sites today and our industry needs to be flexible. How can mines adapt to maintain operational and minimize environmental impact?

Harvesting data to build the Water Risk Filter scenarios and make informed decisions

Combining basin risk data with operational risk information to increase your understanding of water risk in your value chain and operation.  

Speaker

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  Ariane Laporte-Bisquit
  Project Manager Water Risk Filter - WWF

Question and answer session

An adaptive management approach for the first pit lake in the Alberta oil sands region

Describing an inter-disciplinary approach to steward the first pit lake in the oil sands region to achieving closure objectives. 

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  Carla Wytrykush
  Senior Associate Ecologist - Syncrude Research & Development

Roundtable discussion: Responding to environmental spills and pollution

• What technology and monitoring are you using to track spills and leakages?  
• When spills do occur, how can the industry respond to diminish environmental damage?  
• How should spills be communicated to local communities? 

Question & answer session 

Feedback session

Refreshments and networking break

WATER IN THE AGE OF CRITICAL RESOURCES

Developing and implementing a water stewardship approach in the early stages of mine design

Sharing Galore Creek’s experience with embedding a water stewardship approach and best practices into early mine planning and development to establish a comprehensive and holistic water management strategy, and collaborating closely with indigenous partners and local communities to ensure alignment with values and water stewardship principles.

Speaker

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  Yapo Alle-Ando
  Manager, Environment - Galore Creek Mining

Managing the mine water cycle for the environment and community

Benchmarking ecological transformation through developing and deploying solutions capable of radically turning the tide and responding to our society’s concerns. Sharing global case studies on supporting the goal of ecological transformation by managing the mine water cycle to benefit the environment and local community. 

Speakers

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  Kang Hu
  Global Membrane COE Leader - Veolia Water Technologies North America

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  James Murray
  Mining Market Director - Veolia HQ

Question and answer session

Fireside chat MAC & COSIA – a united approach

Discussing how to drive efficiency in protecting the environment, prioritizing communities with regards to water.  

• What is the role of reporting and governance?  
• How can associations encourage and facilitate collaboration around innovation and community engagement? 
• How can the industry prepare and address the skills gap? 

Speakers

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  John Brogly
  Director of Water - COSIA

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  Charles Dumaresq
  Vice President, Science and Environmental Management - Mining Association of Canada

Closing remarks from the chair

Close of day 1 & opening of networking drinks reception