Timings reflect Canadian Eastern Time
26 April 2023
Registration, refreshments & networking
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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James Murray
Mining Market Director - Veolia HQ -
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
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John Brogly
Director of Water - COSIA -
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
The Networking Dinner is included in the Premium Package or as an Add-On to the Conference Only Package
