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New Leaders Summit Program

The program is subject to change at any time, at the discretion of the organising committee. All times are listed below in ACST (Adelaide, Australia).


Monday, September 25, 2023


Tuesday, September 26, 2023

7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration & Arrival Networking
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Session 1 I Opening Plenary


Welcome to Country
Uncle Frank Wangutya Wanganeen, Purli Kardla Taikurtirna

Welcome from Committee Chair
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group

Welcome from AusIMM
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Ministerial Address and Official Summit Opening
Tom Koutsantonis MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and Minister for Energy and Mining

Keynote Presentation and Interview of Industry Legend
Paul Heithersay, Department for Energy and Mining

Interview Facilitator
Elyse Bosch, BHP
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Day 1 | Morning Tea
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 2 | Case Studies & Decarbonisation


Case Study & Interview
Claudia Vejrazka, Resolve Mining Solutions

Interview Facilitator
Elyse Bosch, BHP

Systematic interrogation of groundwater sampling techniques, equipment, and analytics to constrain their impact on water metrics and refine best practice sampling for North Queensland
Elora Baird, AusIMM North Queensland Student Chapter

Blasting optimisation at Telfer using a differential energy product - A new and emerging reduced energy and GHG technology
Leonard Rowe, Newcrest Mining Limited

Formulating a natural hydrogen prospectivity map for South Australia
Rumi Daruso, AusIMM Adelaide SC

Decarbonisation
Dylan Gill, AusIMM Curtin University Student Chapter

Decarbonising mine operations, from concept to closure
Sophia Minter, AusIMM Tasmania Student Chapter

Q&A with Session Chair
Elyse Bosch, BHP
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Day 1 | Lunch
12:15 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 3 | Case Studies & Health and Safety


Case Study & Interview | The Middleback Ranges Magnetite Expansion Project
Geoff Johnson, SIMEC Mining

Interview Facilitator
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter

The safety culture you want and how to get it
Kate du Preez, Resources Safety and Health

Leading by example: Why health and safety are critical components of successful leadership
Nikky LaBranche, The University of Queensland

Caring for country through the energy transition: Exploring how holistic sustainability will save the world
Sarah Mansell, Worley

Q&A with Session Chair
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter

Case Study & Interview
Cu Phan, BHP

Interview Facilitator
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Day 1 | Afternoon Tea
2:40 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 4 I Environment


Interview of Industry Legend
Jason Schell, Rex Minerals

Interview Facilitator
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Interview of Industry Legend
Jim McCluskey, BHP

Interview Facilitator
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Day 1 Closing Remarks
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Networking Reception
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration & Arrival Networking
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Session 1 I Opening Plenary


Welcome to Country
Uncle Frank Wangutya Wanganeen, Purli Kardla Taikurtirna

Welcome from Committee Chair
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group

Welcome from AusIMM
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Ministerial Address and Official Summit Opening
Tom Koutsantonis MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and Minister for Energy and Mining

Keynote Presentation and Interview of Industry Legend
Paul Heithersay, Department for Energy and Mining

Interview Facilitator
Elyse Bosch, BHP
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Day 1 | Morning Tea
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 2 | Case Studies & Decarbonisation


Case Study & Interview
Claudia Vejrazka, Resolve Mining Solutions

Interview Facilitator
Elyse Bosch, BHP

Systematic interrogation of groundwater sampling techniques, equipment, and analytics to constrain their impact on water metrics and refine best practice sampling for North Queensland
Elora Baird, AusIMM North Queensland Student Chapter

Blasting optimisation at Telfer using a differential energy product - A new and emerging reduced energy and GHG technology
Leonard Rowe, Newcrest Mining Limited

Formulating a natural hydrogen prospectivity map for South Australia
Rumi Daruso, AusIMM Adelaide SC

Decarbonisation
Dylan Gill, AusIMM Curtin University Student Chapter

Decarbonising mine operations, from concept to closure
Sophia Minter, AusIMM Tasmania Student Chapter

Q&A with Session Chair
Elyse Bosch, BHP
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Day 1 | Lunch
12:15 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 3 | Case Studies & Health and Safety


Case Study & Interview | The Middleback Ranges Magnetite Expansion Project
Geoff Johnson, SIMEC Mining

Interview Facilitator
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter

The safety culture you want and how to get it
Kate du Preez, Resources Safety and Health

Leading by example: Why health and safety are critical components of successful leadership
Nikky LaBranche, The University of Queensland

Caring for country through the energy transition: Exploring how holistic sustainability will save the world
Sarah Mansell, Worley

Q&A with Session Chair
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter

Case Study & Interview
Cu Phan, BHP

Interview Facilitator
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Day 1 | Afternoon Tea
2:40 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 4 I Environment


Interview of Industry Legend
Jason Schell, Rex Minerals

Interview Facilitator
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Interview of Industry Legend
Jim McCluskey, BHP

Interview Facilitator
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Day 1 Closing Remarks
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Networking Reception

7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Registration & Arrival Networking
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Session 1 I Opening Plenary


Welcome to Country
Uncle Frank Wangutya Wanganeen, Purli Kardla Taikurtirna

Welcome from Committee Chair
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group

Welcome from AusIMM
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Ministerial Address and Official Summit Opening
Tom Koutsantonis MP, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and Minister for Energy and Mining

Keynote Presentation and Interview of Industry Legend
Paul Heithersay, Department for Energy and Mining

Interview Facilitator
Elyse Bosch, BHP
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Day 1 | Morning Tea
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Session 2 | Case Studies & Decarbonisation


Case Study & Interview
Claudia Vejrazka, Resolve Mining Solutions

Interview Facilitator
Elyse Bosch, BHP

Systematic interrogation of groundwater sampling techniques, equipment, and analytics to constrain their impact on water metrics and refine best practice sampling for North Queensland
Elora Baird, AusIMM North Queensland Student Chapter

Blasting optimisation at Telfer using a differential energy product - A new and emerging reduced energy and GHG technology
Leonard Rowe, Newcrest Mining Limited

Formulating a natural hydrogen prospectivity map for South Australia
Rumi Daruso, AusIMM Adelaide SC

Decarbonisation
Dylan Gill, AusIMM Curtin University Student Chapter

Decarbonising mine operations, from concept to closure
Sophia Minter, AusIMM Tasmania Student Chapter

Q&A with Session Chair
Elyse Bosch, BHP
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Day 1 | Lunch
12:15 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 3 | Case Studies & Health and Safety


Case Study & Interview | The Middleback Ranges Magnetite Expansion Project
Geoff Johnson, SIMEC Mining

Interview Facilitator
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter

The safety culture you want and how to get it
Kate du Preez, Resources Safety and Health

Leading by example: Why health and safety are critical components of successful leadership
Nikky LaBranche, The University of Queensland

Caring for country through the energy transition: Exploring how holistic sustainability will save the world
Sarah Mansell, Worley

Q&A with Session Chair
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter

Case Study & Interview
Cu Phan, BHP

Interview Facilitator
Oliver Mowbray, AusIMM Adelaide Student Chapter
2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Day 1 | Afternoon Tea
2:40 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 4 I Environment


Interview of Industry Legend
Jason Schell, Rex Minerals

Interview Facilitator
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Interview of Industry Legend
Jim McCluskey, BHP

Interview Facilitator
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Day 1 Closing Remarks
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Networking Reception


Wednesday, September 27, 2023

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival Networking
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Session 5 | Education & Future Industry


Day 2 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Guster Laufmann, AusIMM Kalgoorlie Student Chapter

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Zack Oswald, AusIMM Illawarra Student Chapter

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Lauren Symon, Thiess

Interview of Industry Legend
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Interview Facilitator
Josephine Liantono, BHP

Case Study & Interview
Seher Ata, University of New South Wales

Interview Facilitator
Josephine Liantono, BHP
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Day 2 | Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:35 PM
Session 6 | Future Industry, New Projects & Innovation


Case Study & Interview
Odette Brimblecombe, Whitehaven Coal

Interview Facilitator
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University

Transparent reporting of methane emissions in Australian mining and metallurgy
Kane Annesley, Advisian

A case study on developing a novel idea to solve an industrial problem of size segregation in stockpiles
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Q&A with Session Chair
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University

Interview of Industry Legend
Steve Coughlan, Byrnecut

Interview Facilitator
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Day 2 | Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:45 PM
Session 7 | Closing Plenary


Overcoming the darkness: A new data capture method for underground face mapping
Jane Gray, Idemitsu Boggabri Coal

Applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: Ore processing and mineral exploration
Harrison Keeble, AusIMM Tasmania Student Chapter

Investigation into the relationship between flitch height and ore dilution
Christopher Darmago, AusIMM Curtin University Student Chapter

Q&A with Session Chair
Viv Naidu, Resolve Mining Solutions

Summit Close
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 2 | Afternoon Tea
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival Networking
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Session 5 | Education & Future Industry


Day 2 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Guster Laufmann, AusIMM Kalgoorlie Student Chapter

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Zack Oswald, AusIMM Illawarra Student Chapter

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Lauren Symon, Thiess

Interview of Industry Legend
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Interview Facilitator
Josephine Liantono, BHP

Case Study & Interview
Seher Ata, University of New South Wales

Interview Facilitator
Josephine Liantono, BHP
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Day 2 | Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:35 PM
Session 6 | Future Industry, New Projects & Innovation


Case Study & Interview
Odette Brimblecombe, Whitehaven Coal

Interview Facilitator
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University

Transparent reporting of methane emissions in Australian mining and metallurgy
Kane Annesley, Advisian

A case study on developing a novel idea to solve an industrial problem of size segregation in stockpiles
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Q&A with Session Chair
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University

Interview of Industry Legend
Steve Coughlan, Byrnecut

Interview Facilitator
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Day 2 | Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:45 PM
Session 7 | Closing Plenary


Overcoming the darkness: A new data capture method for underground face mapping
Jane Gray, Idemitsu Boggabri Coal

Applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: Ore processing and mineral exploration
Harrison Keeble, AusIMM Tasmania Student Chapter

Investigation into the relationship between flitch height and ore dilution
Christopher Darmago, AusIMM Curtin University Student Chapter

Q&A with Session Chair
Viv Naidu, Resolve Mining Solutions

Summit Close
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 2 | Afternoon Tea

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Arrival Networking
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Session 5 | Education & Future Industry


Day 2 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Guster Laufmann, AusIMM Kalgoorlie Student Chapter

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Zack Oswald, AusIMM Illawarra Student Chapter

Panellist | The benefits of EEF and how it can assist you in your career
Lauren Symon, Thiess

Interview of Industry Legend
Stephen Durkin, AusIMM

Interview Facilitator
Josephine Liantono, BHP

Case Study & Interview
Seher Ata, University of New South Wales

Interview Facilitator
Josephine Liantono, BHP
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Day 2 | Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:35 PM
Session 6 | Future Industry, New Projects & Innovation


Case Study & Interview
Odette Brimblecombe, Whitehaven Coal

Interview Facilitator
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University

Transparent reporting of methane emissions in Australian mining and metallurgy
Kane Annesley, Advisian

A case study on developing a novel idea to solve an industrial problem of size segregation in stockpiles
Lucy Barrie, Glencore

Q&A with Session Chair
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University

Interview of Industry Legend
Steve Coughlan, Byrnecut

Interview Facilitator
Zac Chrzanowski, James Cook University
12:35 PM - 1:35 PM
Day 2 | Lunch
1:35 PM - 2:45 PM
Session 7 | Closing Plenary


Overcoming the darkness: A new data capture method for underground face mapping
Jane Gray, Idemitsu Boggabri Coal

Applications of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy: Ore processing and mineral exploration
Harrison Keeble, AusIMM Tasmania Student Chapter

Investigation into the relationship between flitch height and ore dilution
Christopher Darmago, AusIMM Curtin University Student Chapter

Q&A with Session Chair
Viv Naidu, Resolve Mining Solutions

Summit Close
Alex Bozward, GMA Garnet Group
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 2 | Afternoon Tea


Thursday, September 28, 2023


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