May 12, 2016 - This is a landmark event, as this conference will draw attendance from leading mining professionals from all over the world. Speakers representing industry, institutions, government agencies, equipment suppliers and software providers, professionals from the mining industry and practitioners from consulting companies, as well as academic scholars and researchers will present and discuss mining issues of the 21st century. The focus will be on responsible mining, mining technologies and mineral resources in the realm of significant challenges, ranging from technological to social, environmental and economic concerns.

The scientific program will feature 7 plenary talks by internationally renowned experts, 10 theme sessions with over 70 technical and scientific talks and 25 poster presentations. In addition, there will be 19 exhibition stands by industry, academia, publishing houses and research associations. The beautiful city of Aachen provides the setting for this meeting, and the conference dinner will add real flavour to the event!

Keynote Lectures

The following persons have agreed to present keynote lectures at the conference:

Dr Karen Hanghøj, EIT RawMaterials, GERMANY: EIT’s mission

Dr Frank Bierlein, Qatar Mining, QATAR: Project generation

Dr Nick Cook, Mawson Resources Ltd, FINLAND: Gold exploration

Dr Michael Drobniewski, RAG, GERMANY: Mine water

Dr Friedrich von Bismarck, GS StuBA, GERMANY: Mine site rehabilitation

Dr Corina Hebestreit, Euromines, BELGIUM: EU raw materials production till 2050

Dr Adam Jarvis, Newcastle University, UK: Mine waters

Scientific Advisory Panel

Professor Kurt Aasly, NORWAY

Professor Mike Buxton, NETHERLANDS

Professor Hylke Glass, UK

Professor Sair Kahraman, TURKEY

Professor Konstantinos Komnitsas, GREECE

Professor Jorge Loredo, SPAIN

Professor Peter Moser, AUSTRIA

Professor Safak Gokhan Özkan, TURKEY

Professor Eric Pirard, BELGIUM

Professor Ingo Valgma, ESTONIA

Professor Pär Weihed, SWEDEN 

The Preliminary Conference Programme can be found here.

The Abstract Volume can be found here.