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Join NY SME on Wednesday 29 September 2021
The program will start at ~8:25 AM ET. Register now here for scheduling, speaker updates and pass code for viewing the event on Sept 29th and more about on-demand available two weeks later.
Hear these and other speakers address these topics
ESG: Mining Must Get Sustainability Right: the opening keynote presentation by Robert W. Schafer, Reg. P.G., CEO, Eagle Mines Management and 2020 SME President
Donald Marleau, Senior Director, Sector Lead, Natural Resources Corporate Ratings, Standard & Poor's in a keynote presentation will speak about how The credit and capital markets today are adjusting as are participants in the metals, mining and energy sectors worldwide
Randy Smallwood, President and CEO of Wheaton Precious Metals in a fire side chat moderated by Mike Jones, C.Eng, P.Eng, Regional Director, Africa, Europe and Middle East at HATCH will discuss: What is sustainability finance? How are banks, investors, financiers adapting to expectations?
How Can Explorers, Developers and Miners position themselves for the long term? What ESG issues and metrics are used by funders and How Are Operators adjusting to changing expectations. A Fireside Chat with the CEOs of Hecla Mining Company, Phil Baker and Great Bear Resources, Chris Taylor with Jeff Parshley, Chairman of SRK Consulting as session chair.
Michael Maten, General Motors' Lead for Electric Vehicle Policy Strategy will discuss GM's Strategy of Going EV by 2035 in a Fireside chat with Terry Scarrott, Principal Consultant at Benchmark Minerals
Michelle Ash, CEO, GEOVIA at Dassault Systèmes, a world leader recognized for having made significant contributions to the mining sector with a focus on Innovation Strategy, Technology, and Digital Transformation, will speak of the importance of Mine Cycle Planning: Sustainable operations; no longer a matter of "if" or "when", It’s a matter of how.
Highlighting multiple practiced examples learn how companies are Mining the Value of ESG: How Sustainable Development Practices Create Greater Wealth in a roundtable led by Tabetha Stirrett, P.Geo., CPG, Senior Geologist at RESPEC Consulting with leading subject matter experts from FLSmidth; NexGen Energy and the University of Alberta.
Nathalie Camden, Associate Deputy Minister of Mines, Quebec's Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources in a discussion with other experts will speak about How Governments, Policy Makers, Communities Can be core to off set, support, moderate financial, technical, commercial risks. What are some of the Best Examples, all industry participants can Emulate, Build on?
Hear how Credit Committees, Financiers, Capital Markets, Commercial and Investment Banks, Strategic Investors hold the Keys to funding. What should be known? Revealed? How? during an engaging roundtable discussion led by Cynthia Urda Kassis, Shearman & Sterling's Co Head of Metals and Mining, Project Development & Finance Partner with Remko van De Water, Head of Metals & Mining, Americas at ING Capital and others.
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