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SD07 Presentations

Tuesday 30 October 2007

Opening Plenary Session

Speaker Presentation
Mr Mitchell Hooke Official Welcome and introduction
Premier Anna Bligh MP QLD Government’s vision for the minerals industry
Mr John Pegler A climate for change

Concurrent Session – Measurement & Reporting

Speaker Presentation
Mr Scott Cawrse & Bren Sheey The role of social monitoring in maintaining a ‘social license to operate’
Mr Andrew Petersen The value behind CSR reporting
Dr Gavin Mudd Towards quantifying the sustainability of mining in Australia
Dr Andy Holding Destiny’s child: the birth of a shared integrated monitoring system
Prof Ana Maria Esteves Measuring the business value of community investment at site level
Dr Sheridan Coakes Reputation and social performance measurement – hard science or soft sell

Concurrent Session – Energy

Speaker Presentation
Mr John Briggs Combating climate change through carbon offsets the legal perspective
Mr Ed Mongan Energy excellence – BHP Billiton’s Climate Change Policy in action
Mr Dave O’Brien Going beyond compliance with EEO
Ms Wendy Tyrrell Ventilation air power generation
Mr Alan Hayter What makes a smarter greener renewable energy footprint?

Concurrent Session – Impacts beyond life of mine

Speaker Presentation
Prof Marcia Langton Indigenous participation in the resource and extraction industries
Mr Kevin McLeish Argyle diamonds – building social assets within indigenous communities
Mr Mitchell Innes A partnership approach to sustainable community development – Rio Tinto Aluminium’s community fund model
Ms Marie-Claude Brown Safety for all: a community engagement program at BHP Billiton (Cannington)
Dr Bryce Skarratt The rise of community and regulator expectations for impact assessment
Ms Donna Pershke Sustainable mine closure planning: moving towards best practice – experiences and observations

Wednesday 31 October

Plenary Session

Speaker Presentation
Mr Charlie Lenegan Industry leadership & commitment to building sustainable communities
Mr Graeme Neate Sustainability – the interface between market forces and societal expectations
Dr Corrie Pitzer Is safety killing the business?

Concurrent Session – Skills & Employment

Speaker Presentation
Dr Adam Hall Understanding the links between organisation culture and safety
Mr Max Lloyd Jones Strategic contractor management: a joint approach to safety culture changes
Mr Andrew Lewin OHS Regulatory Reform – Role of the National Mine Safety Framework
Ms Janina Gawler Provincial Victoria minerals industry skills study
Mr Bob Harvey Increasing the indigenous workforce in mining
Ms Joni Parmenter Increasing participation of indigenous women in mining

Concurrent Session – Land Access & use

Speaker Presentation
Ms Chloe Piper Indigenous cultural heritage: latest developments
Ms Marielle Canter Initial biodiversity assessment and planning
Mr Brett McLennan Banking on biodiversity – offsetting impacts of biodiversity at mine sites
Ms Jemma Sargent The impacts of mine tailings on town water supply, Irvinebank FNQ

Concurrent Session – Stewardship

Speaker Presentation
Mr Malcolm Macpherson Application of stewardship principles to mining and minerals processing
Dr Chris Lund Losing the smoke but keeping the fire – mineral processing in a carbon constrained world
Mr Bruce McKean Making it real: theory and practice in nickel value chain stewardship
Mr Ben Loffler Cleaner production in design: development of a tool and application to a test case in mining
Mr Steve Karp An integrated tyre management strategy for delivering more value with less impact
Mr Eugene Gallagher Informed selection of the CHPP waste disposal system

Thursday 1 November

Joint Session with the Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining and Exploration Conference

Speaker Presentation
Mr Parry Agius The launch, history and future of Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining and Exploration Association
Mr Micko O’Byrne The road to success

Concurrent Session – Positive Legacies

Speaker Presentation
Mr Fred Fox Creating value through mine closure
Prof David Brereton Assessing the contribution of century mine to the sustainable development of the lower Gulf of Carpentaria region
Dr Deanna Kemp Understanding closure impacts through employee surveys
Mr David O’Brien Planning for mine closure including case study on New Wallsend Colliery in NSW
Mr Tim Offor & David Masani Negotiating equitable compensation for the impacts of the OK Tedi Mine: reaching an ‘informed consensus’

Concurrent Session - Water

Speaker Presentation
Dr Chris Moran Responsible water use and management in the minerals industry
Mr Greg Morris A community and industry perspective on water access and management at Cadia Mine
Mr Ian Kraemer Exergen brown coal dewatering
Mr Andrew Mattiske Bendigo’s treated mine water: from unwanted by-product to liquid gold
Mr Geordie McMillian Production of process water during drought – treatment of amd water using soil chemistry

Concurrent Session – Aboriginal Enterprises in Mining and Exploration

All AEME Presentations are available on the AEME website Visit aboriginalmining.com


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