Bio Anna Bwana brings over 15 years’ experience in designing and leading adaptive governance programs, with a passion for civil society collaborations, active citizenship, and women rights....
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Claire Alidenes – 2025 – Experiences in mining and finance
Bio Claire is a Principle Investment Specialist at Asian Development Bank, currently based in Manila. She has had a varied and dynamic career, with more...
Kombada Mhopjeni – 2025 – Experiences of collaboration in Namibia and Southern Africa
Bio Kombada Mhopjeni is the National Programme Officer for Natural Sciences at the UNESCO Windhoek office. She leads the delivery of UNESCO’s science programs in...
Britt Bluemel – 2025 – Lessons in Collaborative Excellence in Mining: from start ups to Global Enterprises
Britt is a geoscientist with over 15 years of experience in mining and mineral exploration, specializing in orebody knowledge, applied geochemistry, spectroscopy, and machine learning....
Maeve Boland – 2025 – Facilitating Collaboration between Geoscience Societies
Bio: Maeve Boland has extensive experience in the private, public, academic, and non-profit sectors in Ireland and the United States, mainly focusing on Earth resources...
Kyle Pearce – 2025 – Co-design and FPIC
Abstract: The paradox of an irresistible force and an immovable object is occurring The need for critical minerals has become an irresistible force for environmental...
Chris Tucker – 2025 – Embedding Longer-Term Thinking Into a Development Stage Projects
Bio: Chris Tucker is Skeena Gold & Silver’s Corporate Innovation Manager, focused on energy and risk management in revitalizing the Eskay Creek Mine in northwestern...
Konstantin Born – 2025 – Circular resourcing: The role of mining in a circular economy
Bio Konstantin is an experienced researcher and mining industry professional. He recently completed a PhD at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and the...
Helen Woodcock – 2025 – The Ripple Effect of Community Collaboration
Speaker Bio Helen Woodcock is a Risk and ESG leader with over a decade of experience in embedding risk, environmental and social impact into corporate strategy. As...
Harikrishnan Tulsidas – 2025 – Waste into resources: North–South alliances for the closed-loop mining revolution
Abstract:Mountains of tailings, slags, and spent batteries already dwarf the metal content of many untapped ore bodies—yet most mining strategies still treat them as liabilities....