The current program is available for download here (as of 12 February 2019).
19-February 2019
11:00 | Registration - Light snacks and beverages
12:00 | Opening session:
- Keynote address (Maria Krautzberger, President German Environment Agency)
- Keynote address (Svenja Schulze, Federal German Environment Minister)
- Keynote speech (R. Antony Hodge, Queen's University of Kingston)
- Panel discussion
14:00 | Coffee break
14:30 | Session 1: Mining and the Environment
Environmental raw material criticality, environmental risks and impacts of mining16:15 | Coffee break
16:45 | Launch of the International Resource Panel's Report: Mineral Resource Governance for Sustainable Development
17:15 | Session 2: Options for International and EU Governance
Cooperation, partnerships, due diligence regulation, treaties and agreements
18:30 | Evening buffet reception
20-February 2019
9:00 | Welcome and recalling day 1
9:10 | Session 3: Responsibility in Global Supply Chains
Supply-chain due-diligence, standard, initiatives, certification schemes
10:50 | Coffee break
11:20 | Session 4: Mining and Climate Change
Adaptation and mitigation in mining sector, linkages to environmental and supply risks
12:40 | Introducing the topics for the afternoon break-out sessions
12:45 | Lunch break incl.poster walk
13:45 | 4 Parallel break-out sessions
1. Mining and the Environment
2. Responsibility in Global Supply Chains
3. Options for International and EU Governance
4. Mining and Climate Change15:00 | Coffee break
15:30 | Outcome of break-out sessions
15:50 | Session 5: Closing Panel
17:00 | Closing
