Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
Creating responsible and resilient minerals and metals supply and value chains in Africa, Western and Central Asia
Join us as Saudi Arabia brings together governments, industry, investors, technology suppliers, educators and civil society to develop a minerals and metals value chain roadmap for the region: development, decarbonization, digitization and innovation
08:50 - 09:25
08:50 - 09:20
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
Fatma Alshamari
Saudi Journalist
and News Anchor
09:20 - 09:25
H.E. Bandar Khorayef
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
09:20 - 12:10
Day One: PLENARY SESSION 1
Lands of opportunity: enabling mineral development across Africa, Western and Central Asia09:25 - 10:15
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
H.E. Khalid Al Falih
Minister of Investment
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
The Hon. Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy
United Kingdom
Dominic Barton
Chairman
Rio Tinto
Marna Cloete
President
Ivanhoe Mines
Jeremy Weir
CEO
Trafigura
Robert Wilt
CEO
Ma’aden
10:15 - 10:55
H.E. Mohammed Al-Jadaan
Minister of Finance
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Tarek El-Molla
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Arab Republic of Egypt
Hon Naseer Ahaned
Minister of Environment
Sri Lanka
Mark Bristow
President and Chief Executive Officer
Barrick Gold Corporation
Andrew Southam
Chief Executive Officer
Kaz Minerals
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
10:55 - 11:25
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
Mike Henry
CEO
BHP
11:25 - 11:45
Robert M. Friedland
Executive Co-Chairman
Ivanhoe Mines
11:45 - 12:05
Rohitesh Dhawan
President & Chief Executive Officer
International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM)
H.E. Bandar Khorayef
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
The Hon. Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy
United Kingdom
Anil Agarwal
Chairman
Vedanta
12:05 - 12:25
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
H.R.H. Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud
Minister of Energy
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
12:10 - 13:20
13:20 - 13:25
Khalid Nouh
Chairman, ARGAS and
Chief Executive Officer, TAQA
Fatma Alshamari
Saudi Journalist
and News Anchor
13:35 - 14:15
Spotlight on geology, mining, processing, skills, financing, innovation and national champions
H.E. Khalid Al Mudaifer
Vice-Minister for Mining Affairs
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Dr Muhammad Al-Saggaf
President
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
Mark Davies
Chief Technical Officer
Rio Tinto Plc
Evy Hambro
BlackRock
Benedikt Sobotka
CEO
Eurasian Resources Group
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
14:15 - 14:30
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
Robert Wilt
CEO
Ma’aden
14:00 - 18:05
14:00 - 17:50
Plenary Theatre
New age of mineralsPlenary Theatre
Mitchell Hooke
Chairman
Partners in Performance
14:30 - 15:05
What mining will look like in the era of energy transition, digitalization, ESG and demand changes
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
HE Abdullah Ibrahim Al-Abdul-Karim
Governor
SWCC
Rohitesh Dhawan
President & Chief Executive Officer
International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM)
Robert Johnston
Executive Director
Columbia Center for Global Energy Policy
Anthony Morgan
President, Mining& Metals
Fluor
15:05 - 15:45
Standards, policy and legal frameworks
Cyrus Hiramanek
Senior Managing Director
M. Klein and Company
Abdulaziz Al Hamwah
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Modern Industrial Investment Holding Group
George Cheveley
Portfolio Manager
Ninety One
Kathleen Kelley
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Queen Anne's Gate Capital Management
Keith Spence
Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Global Mining Capital
Michael Graeme Willoughby
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals, Mining and Transition Materials
Global Banking and Markets
15:45 - 15:55
Yahiya Al Shangiti
Chief Executive Officer
AMAK
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
15:55 - 16:30
Exploring debt, equity and impact investing for funding projects – exploring sustainability linked loans, the public/private split and potential initiatives to enable investors to take higher risk investments
Dr Muhammad Aldawood
Head of Industrials and Mining Section, MENA Investments
Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Michael Barton
Managing Partner
Orion Resource Partners
Christopher Ecclestone
Principal and Mining Strategist
Hallgarten & Company
Jay Hambro
CEO
Verdigris Strategic
Amanda van Dyke
Managing Director
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
William Husband
Managing Director, Global Head of Metals and Mining
Citi
16:30 - 17:00
Moving from complexity to simplicity and outcomes focus
HE Moussa Magassouba
Minister of Mines and Geology
Guinea
Mark Ashwin
General Manager for Mining and Metals EAM
Bechtel Mining and Metals
Dr Stacy Hope
Managing Director
Women in Mining UK
Michelle Michot Foss
Fellow, Energy, Minerals & Materials
Rice University's Baker Institute-Center for Energy Studies
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
17:00 - 17:35
Steps to encourage boots on the ground and to establish an ecosystem of investment
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
Thamer Bakarman
Senior Director Investment Services, Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
Bill Brodie Good
CEO
Alien Metals
Brian Hosking
Chief Executive Officer
Gold and Mineral
Richard Schodde
Managing Director
MinEx Consulting
Al Workman
Vice President
Watts, Griffis and McOuat
17:35 - 17:40
Mitchell Hooke
Chairman
Partners in Performance
14:00 - 17:50
Marketplace Theatre
Minerals’ social impactMarketplace Theatre
Richard Morrow
Chairman
The Melbourne Mining Club
14:00 - 14:40
From ESG to renewables, infrastructure to closing a mine – what initiatives can be set up to ensure the sustainable life cycle of mining
Peter Bryant
Board Chair and Managing Director
Clareo
Abdulaziz Asker Al Harbi
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Ma’aden
Fahad Al Sherehy
Vice President Energy Efficiency and Carbon Management
SABIC
John Bradford
Vice President Global Initiatives
Colorado School of Mines
Mayer Ngomesia
Senior Expert, Sustainable Resources Program
RESOLVE
Dr Martin Wedig
Managing Director
The German mining association
14:40 - 15:15
Showcasing technologies and innovations to further circularity in the steps towards net zero
Dina Hassan Al Nahdi
Executive Committee Member of the National Mining Board
ENTEC Environmental Technology
Khaled Alrashed
Group COO
Saudi Investment Recycling Co (SIRC)
Patience Mpofu
CEO
Insight Mining Experts
Nicole Voigt
Managing Director and Partner, Global Head of Metals
BCG
15:15 - 15:45
Maintaining habitat integrity, encouraging mining operators to become actors of biodiversity, minimising conflict socially and environmentally
Katharina Loeckinger
Head of Corporate Communications
DGWA
HE Dr Muhammad Ali Qurban
Head, National Center for Wildlife
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Hassan Al Garni
Operation Development Manager
Saudi Comedat
Khalid Al-Shariff
Vice-President of Strategy and Planning
Ma’aden
Gerald Byarugaba
Regional Advisor, Extractive Industries
Oxfam
Murray Hitzman
Director
iCRAG
15:45 - 16:15
Opportunities and challenges for integrating hydrogen into vehicle fleets; (remote) mining microgrids; modelling hydrogen options in mine development; infrastructure costs, technology and electrolyser innovations
Klaus Kleinfeld
Former CEO
Siemens & Alcoa
John Bradford
Vice President Global Initiatives
Colorado School of Mines
Gustav Kruger
Electrical Engineer
DNV
Jeffrey Lorch
Partner, Leader of North American Metals and Global Aluminum
McKinsey
Clare Sykes
Managing Director
LarkinSykes Advisory
16:15 - 16:45
Value chain opportunities and challenges in the region
Murray Hitzman
Director
iCRAG
Abdulrhman Hussain Alghamdi
Assistant Research Professor
National Center for Petroleum and Mining Technologies
Patrick Friedrichs
Senior Scientist
GTK
Fortune Mojapelo
Co-founder and Chief Executive
Bushveld Minerals
Sean Sargent
Chief Executive
Green Lithium
16:45 - 17:15
Value chain development opportunities and challenges in the region
Amr Mohamed Khashoggi
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Amkest Group
Suliman Al Othaim
Chairman
Saudi Gold Refinery
Jonathan Cordero
Head of Corporate Development
Eurasian Resources Group
Sven Demmig
Global Head of Minerals Solutions
Siemens
Steele Li
Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
CMOC Group Limited
17:15 - 17:45
Understanding the environmental, political and technology risks
Zohair Nawab
President
Marine Mining Company
Abdullah Dabbagh
Board Member/Partner
Saudi Marine Mining Company
Andrea Kochinski
Professor of Geosciences
Jacobs University - virtual
Johannes Post
Managing Director
DeepSea Mining Alliance
Dr Hesham Shageer
General Director of Deep Sea Exploration Research Institute
King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST)
Leonhard Weixler
Group CEO
Bauer
17:45 - 17:50
Richard Morrow
Chairman
The Melbourne Mining Club
14:00 - 18:05
Exhibition Theatre
Lands of OpportunityExhibition Theatre
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
14:00 - 14:30
Update and challenges; is the government an enabler or competitor?
Fatma Alshamari
Saudi Journalist
and News Anchor
Ahmed Mohammed Al-Baqawi
Vice President, Studies
SIDF
Abdulrahman Al Belushi
Assistant Deputy Minister for Mining Enablement
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Peter Leon
Partner and Africa Chair
Herbert Smith Freehills
Jeffrey Steiner
Chairman
Canada-Saudi Business Council
14:30 - 15:00
Peter Leon
Partner and Africa Chair
Herbert Smith Freehills
HE Osama Al-Zamil
Vice-Minister for Industry Affairs
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Khalid Al Amoudi
CEO
Saudi Red Bricks
Ahmed Al Obaishi
Vice President Of Planning Digital Development
ESNAD
Tom Harley
Chairman
Australia-Saudi Business Council
Klaus Kleinfeld
Former CEO
Siemens & Alcoa
15:00 - 15:30
Roger Baxter
Chief Executive Officer
Minerals Council South Africa
Tseliso Maqubela
Deputy Director General, Petroleum
Mosa Mabuza
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Geoscience
Molefi Motuku
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Mineral Technology (MINTEK)
15:30 - 16:00
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
Roger Baxter
Chief Executive Officer
Minerals Council South Africa
Molefi Motuku
Chief Executive Officer
Council for Mineral Technology (MINTEK)
Ernst Müller
Senior Associate, ESG and Natural Resources
Herbert Smith Freehills
Anna Poberezhna
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
ClearHub
16:00 - 16:15
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
María Fernanda Ávila
Mining Secretary
Argentine Republic
16:15 - 16:40
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
HE Mohamed Basheer Abdalla
Minister of Minerals
Sudan
Jeff Quartermaine
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Perseus Mining
16:40 - 17:00
Insight into legislation, environment and exploration developments
Andrew Southam
Chief Executive Officer
Kaz Minerals
Kanat Kudaibergen
Chief Executive Officer
GWM Resources Fund
Wendy Tyrrell
Executive Director
Development Partner Institute
17:00 - 17:20
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
Peter Arkell
Chairman and Managing Director
Global Mining Association of China
Dr Longyin Li
Chief Geologist
China National Geologcial and Mining Corporation
17:20 - 17:40
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
Mohamed Ahmed AbdelKawy
Head of R &D
Duqm Modern Coast Company
18:00 - 18:05
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
14:00 - 17:30
GCC Theatre
Smart MiningGCC Theatre
Remi Piet
Co-founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
14:00 - 14:30
Innovations for decarbonization, automation, tailings management, grade recovery, productivity, cost containment connectivity
Jim Keravala
CEO and Chief Architect
OffWorld
Ana Cabral-Gardener
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chair
Sigma Lithium Corporation
Saud Al Mandil
Technology and Innovation
Ma’aden
Christian Aramayo
Chief Operating Officer, Co- founder
Kuya Silver
Brian J Anderson
Director
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
Markku Teräsvasara
President, Minerals
Metso Outotec
14:30 - 14:40
Nils Janssen
Head of Global Account Management & Target projects
Siemens
14:40 - 14:50
Hartono Wijaya
SVP of Business Development and Strategy
Cyanco
14:50 - 15:00
Cyriac Joseph
MD & CEO
Squadrone Infra & Mining
15:00 - 15:10
Michael Zhdanov
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
TechnoImaging
15:10 - 15:20
Hasan Al-Harbi
Deputy General Manager, Technical, Minerals
ALS Arabia
15:20 - 15:30
Faisal Al Rashed
General Manager
Manufacturing Saleh Al Rashed and Sons
15:30 - 15:40
Khaled EL Nabbout
General Manager
Mena3D
15:40 - 15:50
Thomas Rowe
Project Manager, XR Technology Advocate
Sentient
15:50 - 16:00
Tanya Nassir
Business Development Manager
3ME Technology
16:00 - 16:10
Subhendu Roy
Regional Sales Director-India, ME and SEA
Hawk Measuremen
16:10 - 16:45
What can this look like in the region? Closing the gap between concepts and capability
Peter Bryant
Board Chair and Managing Director
Clareo
Jim Keravala
CEO and Chief Architect
OffWorld
Michael Zhdanov
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
TechnoImaging
Tadeu Carneiro
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Boston Metals
Aus A Tawil
Aramco
Naushad Ansari
Country Head, Saudi Arabia
Essar Steel
16:45 - 17:15
What role will they play to uplift the mining sector?
Remi Piet
Co-founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
Philipp Schmidt-Thomé
International Operations Director
Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
Marzio Pellizon
Business Development Manager
Al Haytham Mining Company
James Smith
Chief Executive Officer
DRA
17:15 - 17:30
Remi Piet
Co-founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
08:00 - 09:00
Integrated Steel Production: Green Roadmap
Breakfast WorkshopSabic
Dr. Abdullah Al-Shahrani
Staff Scientist, Research
Sabic
08:00 - 09:00
Saudi Geological Survey
Eng. Mustafa Makki
Owner of National Geological Database Initiative
SGS-NIDLP
08:55 - 09:00
Safety briefing
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
09:00 - 10:15
Plenary Theatre
09:00 - 09:35
The mining company of the future – a materials provider not just minerals supplier?
Alan Young
Director
Materials Efficiency Research Group
Andrew Southam
Chief Executive Officer
Kaz Minerals
Ronan Le Roy
Head of mining division, BYTP
DTP Mining and Director of BTGC, BTGC
Mayer Ngomesia
Senior Expert, Sustainable Resources Program
RESOLVE
Hamid Rashid
Chief, Global Economic Monitoring
UNDEA
Wendy Tyrrell
Executive Director
Development Partner Institute
09:35 - 09:45
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
Benedikt Sobotka
CEO
Eurasian Resources Group
09:55 - 10:05
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
09:45 - 10:15
Creating a vibrant investment platform that is self-sustaining and risk taking; Setting up vehicles for investment; Creating a carbon credit exchange in the Kingdom
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
HH Prince Sultan Khalid Al Saud
Chief Executive Officer
SIDF
HE Engineer Saad Al-Khalb
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi EXIM
John Sfakianakis
Director of Economic Research
Gulf Research Centre
Farah Ismail
Deputy Ministry for Sectorial and Regional Development Affairs
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
10:15 - 13:25
10:15 - 10:30
Plenary Theatre
Minerals for Decarbonization10:15 - 10:30
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
Dr Don Sadoway
Professor of Materials Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:30 - 11:05
Emily King
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Prospector
Suliman Al Mazroua
Chief Executive Officer
National Industrial Development Program (NIDLP)
Emilie Bodoin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pure Lithium
Kirill Dmitriev
Chief Executive Officer
Russian Direct Investment Fund
Roderick G. Eggert
Professor of Economics & Business, Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics
Colorado School of Mines
Hany El Shaer
Regional Director, Office for West Asia
IUCN
11:05 - 11:45
Analyzing the commercial viability of hydrogen applications, green H2 costs, scaling up and what will drive the uptake of hydrogen to decarbonize mining
John Defterios
Former Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor
CNN
Marcello Spinelli
Executive VP
Ferrous Minerals
Alicia Eastman
Founder and Managing Director
InterContinental Energy
R K Goya
Managing Director
Kalyani Steels
Grischa Sauerberg
Vice President of Sectoral Decarbonisation & Innovation
Shell
11:45 - 11:55
Suliman Al Mazroua
Chief Executive Officer
National Industrial Development Program (NIDLP)
Peter Bryant
Board Chair and Managing Director
Clareo
11:55 - 12:35
Supply chain reorganisation. Lowering the carbon footprint, the circular economy, cost and controlling the offtake.
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
Joc O’Rourke
CEO
Mosaic
Meshary Al-Ali
Chief Executive Officer
Golden Compass
Sonia Scarselli
Vice-President
BHP Xplor
Hon. Frank Fannon
Managing Director
Fannon Global Advisors
Markku Teräsvasara
President, Minerals
Metso Outotec
12:45 - 13:25
Smart mining: mineral production in the digital age
PanelSmart mining: mineral production in the digital age • Metals creation from new sources • New approaches to permitting • Applying disruptive technologies at scale (water, carbon reduction, processing) • Maximizing infrastructure benefits to operators and society
Dr Don Sadoway
Professor of Materials Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
HE Saleh Al-Jasser
Minister of Transportation and Logistics Services
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
HE Osama Al-Zamil
Vice-Minister for Industry Affairs
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Iván Arriagada Herrera
Chief Executive Officer
Antofagasta Minerals
George Fang
Executive Vice Chairman
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt
10:15 - 10:55
Marketplace Theatre
New Age of Minerals10:15 - 10:55
Increasing transparency, accountability and traceability in the critical minerals supply chain – what needs to happen to meet customer and consumer expectations?
Remi Piet
Co-founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
Pierre Gratton
President and CEO
The Mining Association of Canada
Matthew Chamberlain
CEO
London Metal Exchange
Sarah Gordon
Co-founder and CEO
Satarla
Abdulrahman Al Shehri
Executive Director of Environmental Performance
National Centre for Environmental Compliance
11:00 - 11:10
Yahiya Al Shangiti
Chief Executive Officer
AMAK
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
11:10 - 11:40
Minerals of new interest in the energy transition; geological features to look for; local resources vs imports
Doug Kirwin
Consultant Geologist
Geological Consulting
Dr. Abdulrahman Hussain Alghamdi
Research Assistant Professor at the Mining and Hydrocarbon Research Institute
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Michelle Michot Foss
Fellow, Energy, Minerals & Materials
Rice University's Baker Institute-Center for Energy Studies
Kimmo Tiilikainen
Director General
GTK
Fatma Alshamari
Saudi Journalist
and News Anchor
11:40 - 11:50
Projects, investments; commodity and equity exchanges
Fahd Al Enezi
Chief Executive Officer
Ajlan and Bros
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
11:50 - 12:20
What are the different routes to secure exploration rights, a mining licence and operate in the Kingdom: where are the risks and opportunities?
Sarah Gordon
Co-founder and CEO
Satarla
Eng. Abdullah Al Shamrani
Chief Executive Officer
Saudi Geological Survey
Jim Paterson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ValOre Metals Corp.
Ross Bhappu
Partner and Head of Private Equity
Resource Capital Funds
Ali Saeed AlQahtani
Chief Operating Officer
Central Mining Holding
Saleh Al Maghlouth
Executive Vice President, Exploration and Resource Development
Ma'aden
12:20 - 13:00
Automation and drones, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, smart sensors and machine learning – how will they boost productivity? Training the next generation of workers
Amr Mohamed Khashoggi
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Amkest Group
Dr Saeed AlShihri
Vice President for Energy and Industry Sector
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Christine Gibbs-Stewart
Chief Executive Officer
Austmine
Moath Al-Rawi
Chief Executive Officer
ARGAS
Saud Al Rashed
Chief Executive Officer
Saleh Al Rashed and Sons
14:15 - 17:15
14:15 - 17:15
Plenary Theatre
Minerals’ Contribution to SocietyPlenary Theatre
Mitchell Hooke
Chairman
Partners in Performance
14:15 - 14:45
ESG, rapid technological advances, a just energy transition, skills and training, women in mining, mining responsibly, rising demand for critical minerals for a low-carbon energy transition
Rohitesh Dhawan
President & Chief Executive Officer
International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM)
Florence Drummond
CEO
IWIMRA
Dr Stacy Hope
Managing Director
Women in Mining UK
Lamon Rutten
Chief Executive Officer
The Mining Exchange
Owen Hegarty
Executive Chairman
EMR Capital
Nina Vaskunlahti
Deputy Minister, Under Secretary of State, International Affairs
Finland
14:45 - 14:55
Moath Al-Rawi
Chief Executive Officer
ARGAS
Mitchell Hooke
Chairman
Partners in Performance
14:55 - 15:25
Capitalising on the electrification revolution – ensuring efficiency, reliability, costs and durability
Amr Mohamed Khashoggi
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Amkest Group
Michael Naylor
Chief Executive Officer
EV Metals Group
Qichao Hu
Founder & CEO
SES AI
Erez Ichilov
Managing Director
TRAXYS
15:25 - 16:00
Beneficiation, resource nationalism and industrial hubs with end product focus: finding common ground between government and private sectors on the region’s industrialization
Meshary Al-Ali
Chief Executive Officer
Golden Compass
Suliman Al Othaim
Chairman
Saudi Gold Refinery
Steele Li
Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
CMOC Group Limited
Fadi Trabzuni
Managing Director
AIMC (Tasnee affiliated)
Nina Vaskunlahti
Deputy Minister, Under Secretary of State, International Affairs
Finland
HE Musadiq Malik
Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Pakistan
Wendy Tyrrell
Executive Director
Development Partner Institute (DPI)
16:00 - 16:40
Country risk, ESG, technology and social
HE Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga
Minister of Hydrocarbons
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Khaled Abbass
Group Wholesale Banking Head and Country Head for the UAE
Gulf International Bank
María Fernanda Ávila
Mining Secretary
Argentine Republic
Hyunghwan Joo
Former Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy
Republic of Korea
Bert Monro
Chief Executive Officer & Director
Cora Gold
Edward Sugar
Principal
EAS Advisors LLC
Peter Bryant
Board Chair and Managing Director
Clareo
16:40 - 17:10
What shifts need to happen to meet climate targets, costs, supply-demand pressures and ESG?
Abdullah AlShabanat
Vice President Machinery and Energy, National Industrial Development Center
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Stefan Mueller
CEO
DGWA
Rawan Alshehri
Masters Student in Chemistry
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Ben-Schoeman Geldenhuys
Co-Founder & President
Tamarack Mining Services
Eithne Treanor
CEO & Founder
E Treanor Media
17:10 - 17:15
Mitchell Hooke
Chairman
Partners in Performance
14:15 - 17:00
Marketplace Theatre
Minerals’ Social ImpactMarketplace Theatre
Remi Piet
Co-founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
14:15 - 14:45
Exploring the positive and negative lasting impacts mining has on a community before, during and after operating: jobs, health, education
Greg Radford
Director
Intergovernmental Forum
Jeff Geipel
Managing Director
Mining Shared Value
Alicia Eastman
Founder and Managing Director
InterContinental Energy
Jeff Townsend
Founder
Critical Minerals Association
Allison George
Head of Programs and Initiatives
Development Partner Institute
Ana O’Farrill
Head of Chairman’s Office
Rio Tinto
14:45 - 15:15
Community empowerment, participation and ownership. Local content and procurement, indirect job opportunities for women in regional communities
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
Alan Young
Director
Materials Efficiency Research Group
Peter Bryant
Board Chair and Managing Director
Clareo
Jacqui Coombes
CEO
Amira Global
Andrew Irvine
Legal and Corporate Engagement Director
EITI
15:15 - 15:45
Diversity, inclusion and equality: supporting Saudization. Universities creating career pathways; increasing access to courses for women and non-urban young people
Fatma Alshamari
Saudi Journalist
and News Anchor
Brian Hosking
Chief Executive Officer
Gold and Mineral
Rana Abdullah Mohamed Zumai
Senior Director Corporate Communication & Knowledge
Saudi Geological Survey
Rawan Alshehri
Masters Student in Chemistry
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Shouq Al Asmari
Senior Personnel Officer
Gold and Minerals
15:45 - 16:20
From senior management to mine operations – how to train the labour force of the future
Carole Cable
Brunswick Partner, Co Head Energy & Resources and
Chair of Women in Mining UK
Adnan Abualaud
Consultant
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resource
Mashael Al Omair
Metallurgical Engineer
Ma’aden
Roderick G. Eggert
Professor of Economics & Business, Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics
Colorado School of Mines
16:20 - 16:55
Enhancing diversity and inclusion in companies; identifying direct and indirect jobs; learning from women’s experiences in other mining countries
Amanda van Dyke
Managing Director
ARCH Emerging Markets Partners
Florence Drummond
CEO
IWIMRA
Dr Faten Alsari
Head of Women in Mining Committee
Saudi Arabia
Allison George
Head of Programs and Initiatives
Development Partner Institute
Dina Hassan Al Nahdi
Executive Committee Member of the National Mining Board
ENTEC Environmental Technology
16:55 - 17:00
Remi Piet
Co-founder and Senior Partner
Embellie Advisory
14:15 - 17:15
Exhibition Theatre
Reimagining MiningExhibition Theatre
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
13:30 - 14:15
Jean Boulle
Chief Executive Officer
Jean Boulle Group
Hirofumi Katase
Executive Vice Chairman and Director General Science & Technology, and Member of the Board
I-Pulse
Sheila Khama
Former CEO
De Beers Botswana
Darryn Quayle
Vice President, Resources
Worley
Fatma Alshamari
Saudi Journalist
and News Anchor
14:15 - 14:35
Dr Robert Green
Director, Microdevices Lab
NASA
14:35 - 15:15
How is the coming wave of tech different in speed and quality? From making pellets for steel without heat to technologies that use less water, are cheaper and modular optimising energy consumption
Sonia Scarselli
Vice-President
BHP Xplor
Justin Bain
CEO
3METechnology
Khaled Bankher
Initiative leader / geothermal energy resources
Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
Dr Robert Green
Director, Microdevices Lab
NASA
Oscar Malpica
CEO
Rockburst Technologies
Warren Newfield
Co-Founder
Tau Capital
15:15 - 15:50
Leading technologies to encourage processing with less/no water? Strategies for procuring more water plants, recycling and reducing reliance on ground water
Sarah Gordon
Co-founder and CEO
Satarla
Dennis Gibson
President
Snowline Group
Ingrid Putkonen
Founder and Managing Director
Metals4Humanity
Dusan Ilic
Senior Research Fellow
Newcastle University
Hashim Al-Hawsawy
Senior Hydrologist
Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
15:50 - 16:20
Leveraging big data and VR, closing the gap between concept and capability
Amr Mohamed Khashoggi
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Amkest Group
Sara Alnasser
Researcher
KACST
Khalid Al-Ramadan
Program Director, Geosciences Department and Geosystems Program Leader at CIPR
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mining (KFUPM)
Asko Käpyaho
Head of Mineral Economy Solutions Unit
Geological Survey of Finland
16:20 - 16:55
Emily King
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Prospector
Rohitesh Dhawan
President & Chief Executive Officer
International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM)
Carole Cable
Brunswick Partner, Co Head Energy & Resources and
Chair of Women in Mining UK
Marna Cloete
President
Ivanhoe Mines
Chris Cann
Mining-Journal
16:55 - 17:00
Gavan Collery
Founder
The Melbourne Mining Club
14:15 - 17:15
GCC Theatre
Lands of OpportunityGCC Theatre
Richard Morrow
Chairman
The Melbourne Mining Club
10:30 - 11:30
Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia, Invest Saudi, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia, Investors Journey, Ministry of Investment, Saudi Arabia, Regional Headquarters Programme
14:15 - 16:45
KSA Explorer and Investor Networking Session (By invitation)
MC and Moderator: Richard Morrow, Chairman, The Melbourne Mining Club
Opening Remarks (10 minutes)
HE Khalid Al Falih, Minister of Investment, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
HE Bandar Al Khorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
14.20 – 14.40
Panel (20 minutes)
Allen Davis, Chairman, Moxico Resources
Alasdair Smith, Technical Director, Alpha Exploration
14.40 – 14.50
Presentations on upcoming exploration rounds and potential of the Arabian Nubian Shield (10 mins)
Dayla Alzawad, Geophysicist, Deputy of Mining Development, Ministry of Industry and Industrial Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
14.50 – 16.40
Networking (110 mins)
16.40 – 16.45
Closing Remarks (5 minutes)
HE Khalid Al Mudaifer, Vice-Minister for Mining Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
KSA Explorer and Investor Networking Session (By invitation)16:45 - 17:30
Saleh Al Anazi, Director, Talent Management, Ma’aden
17:15 - 17:45
Tumi Makgabo
Broadcaster and
Entrepreneur
H.E. Khalid Al Mudaifer
Vice-Minister for Mining Affairs
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr Don Sadoway
Professor of Materials Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr Saeed AlShihri
Vice President for Energy and Industry Sector
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
Sonia Scarselli
Vice-President
BHP Xplor
Chris Maybury
Deputy Chair
Bermuda Commercial Bank
Christine Gibbs-Stewart
Chief Executive Officer
Austmine
Emilie Bodoin
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Pure Lithium
Florence Drummond
CEO
IWIMRA
17:45 - 18:15
H.E. Khalid Al Mudaifer
Vice-Minister for Mining Affairs
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
H.E. Bandar Khorayef
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
18:15 - 18:30