Keynote speakers

Three guest speakers will be featured in the virtual edition of the Symposium 2021 on Mines and the Environment. These experts in their fields will engage participants with their thought-provoking presentations about topics directly related to the key themes of the symposium. Plan to attend these high quality sessions!

 

Keynote speaker: David W. Blowes, Professor of Contaminant Hydrogeology and Environmental Geochemistry, University of Waterloo

Presentation: The Faro Waste Rock Project: Waste Characterization to Guide Minesite Reclamation

When? Monday June 14, 10:15am to 10:35am EDT on the virtual platform of the event

 

Keynote speaker: Dr. G. Ward Wilson, Professor of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, University of Alberta

Presentation: Technical Causes of the Feijão Tailings Dam I Failure Brumadinho, Brazil

When? Monday June 14, 2:40pm to 3:50pm EDT on the virtual platform of the event

 

Keynote speaker: Ulrich Mayer, Professor, The University of British Columbia

Presentation: Does Reactive Transport Modeling have a Role in Mine Waste Management?

When? Tuesday June 15, 2:40pm to 3:50 pm EDT on the virtual platform of the event

 

Register to the symposium

 

COLLABORATORS