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.

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

Speaker

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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. 

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

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.  

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

Speaker

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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 Anglo American’s freshwater reduction metric, which led to its inclusion in the first of its kind sustainability-linked bond (SLB) to include a water target.

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

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

Porewater to Watersheds: ERM’s strategic approach to Water Management

Identifying water risks and opportunities to provide scalable nature-based solutions.  Examining the application of this approach from the smallest perspective to watershed approach. 

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

Speaker

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  Deb Bryant
  Project Manager & Freshwater Scientist - ERM

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. 

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

Speaker

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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.

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

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. 

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

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.  

Chaired by Jay Werber, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Speaker

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  Cecil Mutambanengwe
  Principal - Water & Hydrogeology - Anglo Gold Ashanti

Mitigating risk and building climate resilience

Mine water management is already vulnerable to climate-related extremes and this will be exacerbated under future climate change. Providing an overview of the vulnerability of Canadian mining operations to climate variability, and proposes solutions for improved adaptation strategies.

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

Speaker

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  Nadja Kunz
  Canada Research Chair - The University of British Columbia

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.  

Chaired by Jay Werber, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Speaker

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  Alexis Morgan
  Global Water Stewardship Lead - 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. 

Chaired by Jay Werber, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Speaker

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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? 

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

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.

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

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. 

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

Speakers

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  James Murray
  Mining Market Director - Veolia HQ

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  David Oliphant
  Vice President of Heavy Industry - Veolia Water Technologies North America

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? 

Chaired by Lesley Warren, Director, Lassonde Institute of Mining 

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