2023 Speaker Presentations

Day 1 - Monday 6 February

 

Company Insight – Rio Tinto

10:45 - 11:05 - Sinead Kaufman, Chief Executive - Minerals, Rio Tinto
 

Company Insight – Barrick Gold

11:25 - 11:45 - Mark Bristow, President & CEO, Barrick Gold Corporation

11.30 - 13:00 - Sierra Leone Country Case Studies

• FG Gold

• Koidu Limited

• Marampa Mines

• Sierra Rutile
  
   

Company Insight - Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)

11:45 - 12:05 - Benedikt Sobotka, CEO & Co-Chair, Eurasian Resources Group & Global Battery Alliance
 

Company Insight - Harmony Gold

12:05 - 12:25 - Peter Steenkamp, CEO, Harmony Gold
 

Company Insight - Zijin Mining

12:25 - 12:45 - Jinghe Chen, Chairman & Founder, Zijin Mining
 

ASM Formalization: Learning from the past to shape the future, hosted by the World Bank

14:30 - 16:30 - Estelle Levin-Nally, Founder & CEO, Levin Sources and Nellie Mutemeri (Prof., Founder and Mining Practice Director, MutConsult and Rachel Perks, Dr., Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank

Day 2 - Tuesday 7 February 

 

11:00 - 12:30 - Angola Country Case Studies

• Geological Institute of Angola

• Endiama

• Tyranna

• Minbos Resources

• Amira
  
   

11:00 - 12:00 Presentation: JOGMEC Critical Minerals and the Carbon Neutral Initiative

• Hon. Ryuji Satomi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

• Tsutomu Sato, Director General, JOGMEC

Company Insight – B2Gold

12:10 - 12:30 - Clive Johnson, CEO, B2Gold Corporation
 

Company Insight – Perseus Mining

12:30 - 12:50 - Jeff Quartermaine, Managing Director & CEO, Perseus Mining
 

A New Partnership for the Delivery of Sustainable and Efficient Energy to Mines

13:40 - 14:00 - Asif Lakhany, EVP Group Strategy & Commercial:, Vivo Energy

 

14:00 - 15:30 - Namibia Country Case Studies

• Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board

• Geological Survey of Namibia

Beyond Tech Trends Embedding innovation in mining organisations

14:45 - 15:30 - Sandiso Sibisi, Founder & Studios Director, COOi Studios (moderator), Bramley Maetsa, Head of Digital Innovation Enablement, Sasol (speaker) and Elaine Hattingh, Innovation Manager, Exxaro Resources

 

Day 3 - Wednesday 8 February

 

Why Cloud Based Technologies Are Becoming an Essential Enabler Of Efficiencies And Sustainability In The Mining Sector

9:50 - 10:10 - Manoli Yannaghas, Founder and Managing Director, Voltvision
 

Opening CEO Keynote

10:00 - 11:00 - Robert Friedland, Founder & Executive Co-Chair, Ivanhoe Mines
 

Burkina Faso: Mining in the context of insecurity: the efforts of the Government of Burkina Faso to secure mining investments

12:00 - 13:30 - Hon. Simon-Pierre Boussim, Minister of Mines, Burkina Faso
 

Council for Geoscience

12:00 - 12:20 - David Khoza (Dr.) Executive Manager, Integrated Geoscience Department, Council for Geoscience
 

Company Insight - The Angolan Mineral Potential: The Future is Here

13:30 - 13:50 - Jacinto Ferreira dos Santos Rocha, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Angola National Agency for Mineral Resources
 

The Future Consumer – Responsible Mining, Transparent Sourcing and the Blockchain

14:05 - 14:25 - Fearghal Kearney, Vice President Sales, Circulor

 

14:30 - 16:00 - Côte d'Ivoire Country Case Studies:

• Groupement Professional des Miniers de Côte d'Ivoire

• Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy - in English and in French

• Endeavor Mining

• Compagnie Miniere du Bafing

• Societe Pour Le Developpement Minier

• Firering Strategic Materials

• Mining and Civil Services

Decarbonising the mining sector through renewable energy aggregators and the southern African power pool

14:50 - 15:15 - Ana Hadjuka Shields, Founder and CEO, Africa Green Co
 

Keynote Ministerial Address

15:00 - 15:15 - Hon. Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve Minister of State for Railways, Coal & Mines, Republic of India

Day 4 - Thursday 9 February 

 

Session 6: Workplace skills and workforce culture for the mine of the future

12:35 - 13:15 - Mustak Ally, Head of Skills Development, Minerals Council of South Africa ( (moderator), Hazel Wienand, Technical Specialist, Anglo American (speaker), Jennifer Broadhurst (Prof.), University of Cape Town, Deputy Director, Minerals to Metals Initiative (speaker)