Program | MASTER 2026

New Leaders Summit 2026 I Program

The Summit program is subject to change at any time, at the discretion of the organising committee.

All times are listed below in AEDT (Brisbane, Australia).

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

	Track 1
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Tour 1 - Idemitsu Australia
	Tour 2 - UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute
	Tour 3 - Harmony Australia
	Tour 4 - Resolve Mining Solutions
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception

	Track 1
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Tour 1 - Idemitsu Australia
	Tour 2 - UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute
	Tour 3 - Harmony Australia
	Tour 4 - Resolve Mining Solutions
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception

	Track 1
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Tour 1 - Idemitsu Australia
	Tour 2 - UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute
	Tour 3 - Harmony Australia
	Tour 4 - Resolve Mining Solutions
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Welcome Reception

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 1 \| Registration & Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Session 1 I Opening Plenary Welcome to Country Indigenous Elder, Official welcome and opening remarks Elyse Bosch, Welcome from AusIMM Stephen Durkin, AusIMM UQ Keynote University of Queensland, Opening Plenary Kate Sommerville, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance Session 1 I Q&A Session Chair,
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Day 1 \| Morning Tea
Session 2 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Session 2A I Future ready leadership and operational decision making Future ready leadership and operational decision making Steve Coughlan, Byrnecut The new social license: Leadership in an era of regulatory change and stakeholder complexity Emily-Jane Schutte, AusIMM Hunter Student Chapter Why good mine plans still fail: Understanding operational variability beyond the schedule Andika Ramdhani Wilogo, PT Roda Jaya Sakti Session 2a I Q&A Session Chair,	Session 2b I S&E Society Workshop S&E Society Workshop S&E Society,
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Day 1 \| Lunch
Session 3 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3a I Future skills and resilient operations Future skills and resilient operations Workshop Thiess,	Session 3b I Sustainable development and circular mining Evaluating NorSand for static liquefaction prediction in upstream tailings dams: Lessons from Brumadinho Muhammad Mutee ur Rahman, University of Tasmania (UTAS)/GHD Repurposing of tailings with the view to minimise or eliminate the requirement for a tailings storage facility Kavee Weerasekara, AusIMM TAS Optimising cyclone performance for enhanced tailings utilisation in cemented paste backfill operations at Porgera Gold Mine Darrel Yockopua, New Porgera Limited Session 3b I Q&A Session Chair,
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Day 1 \| Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Session 4 I Day 1 Closing Plenary Leadership in an era of automation, globalisation and stakeholder scrutiny Raul V. Rodriguez, Woxsen University Session 4 I Q&A Session Chair,
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Networking Reception

	Track 1	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 1 \| Registration & Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Session 1 I Opening Plenary Welcome to Country Indigenous Elder, Official welcome and opening remarks Elyse Bosch, Welcome from AusIMM Stephen Durkin, AusIMM UQ Keynote University of Queensland, Opening Plenary Kate Sommerville, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance Session 1 I Q&A Session Chair,
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Day 1 \| Morning Tea
Session 2 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Session 2A I Future ready leadership and operational decision making Future ready leadership and operational decision making Steve Coughlan, Byrnecut The new social license: Leadership in an era of regulatory change and stakeholder complexity Emily-Jane Schutte, AusIMM Hunter Student Chapter Why good mine plans still fail: Understanding operational variability beyond the schedule Andika Ramdhani Wilogo, PT Roda Jaya Sakti Session 2a I Q&A Session Chair,	Session 2b I S&E Society Workshop S&E Society Workshop S&E Society,
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Day 1 \| Lunch
Session 3 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3a I Future skills and resilient operations Future skills and resilient operations Workshop Thiess,	Session 3b I Sustainable development and circular mining Evaluating NorSand for static liquefaction prediction in upstream tailings dams: Lessons from Brumadinho Muhammad Mutee ur Rahman, University of Tasmania (UTAS)/GHD Repurposing of tailings with the view to minimise or eliminate the requirement for a tailings storage facility Kavee Weerasekara, AusIMM TAS Optimising cyclone performance for enhanced tailings utilisation in cemented paste backfill operations at Porgera Gold Mine Darrel Yockopua, New Porgera Limited Session 3b I Q&A Session Chair,
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Day 1 \| Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Session 4 I Day 1 Closing Plenary Leadership in an era of automation, globalisation and stakeholder scrutiny Raul V. Rodriguez, Woxsen University Session 4 I Q&A Session Chair,
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Networking Reception

	Track 1
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 1 \| Registration & Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Session 1 I Opening Plenary Welcome to Country Indigenous Elder, Official welcome and opening remarks Elyse Bosch, Welcome from AusIMM Stephen Durkin, AusIMM UQ Keynote University of Queensland, Opening Plenary Kate Sommerville, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance Session 1 I Q&A Session Chair,
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Day 1 \| Morning Tea
Session 2 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Session 2A I Future ready leadership and operational decision making Future ready leadership and operational decision making Steve Coughlan, Byrnecut The new social license: Leadership in an era of regulatory change and stakeholder complexity Emily-Jane Schutte, AusIMM Hunter Student Chapter Why good mine plans still fail: Understanding operational variability beyond the schedule Andika Ramdhani Wilogo, PT Roda Jaya Sakti Session 2a I Q&A Session Chair,
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Day 1 \| Lunch
Session 3 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3a I Future skills and resilient operations Future skills and resilient operations Workshop Thiess,
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Day 1 \| Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Session 4 I Day 1 Closing Plenary Leadership in an era of automation, globalisation and stakeholder scrutiny Raul V. Rodriguez, Woxsen University Session 4 I Q&A Session Chair,
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Networking Reception

	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 1 \| Registration & Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Session 1 I Opening Plenary Welcome to Country Indigenous Elder, Official welcome and opening remarks Elyse Bosch, Welcome from AusIMM Stephen Durkin, AusIMM UQ Keynote University of Queensland, Opening Plenary Kate Sommerville, BHP Mitsubishi Alliance Session 1 I Q&A Session Chair,
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Day 1 \| Morning Tea
Session 2 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Session 2b I S&E Society Workshop S&E Society Workshop S&E Society,
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Day 1 \| Lunch
Session 3 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Session 3b I Sustainable development and circular mining Evaluating NorSand for static liquefaction prediction in upstream tailings dams: Lessons from Brumadinho Muhammad Mutee ur Rahman, University of Tasmania (UTAS)/GHD Repurposing of tailings with the view to minimise or eliminate the requirement for a tailings storage facility Kavee Weerasekara, AusIMM TAS Optimising cyclone performance for enhanced tailings utilisation in cemented paste backfill operations at Porgera Gold Mine Darrel Yockopua, New Porgera Limited Session 3b I Q&A Session Chair,
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Day 1 \| Afternoon Tea
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Session 4 I Day 1 Closing Plenary Leadership in an era of automation, globalisation and stakeholder scrutiny Raul V. Rodriguez, Woxsen University Session 4 I Q&A Session Chair,
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Networking Reception

Thursday, October 1, 2026

	Track 1	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 2 \| Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Session 5 I Day 2 Opening Plenary Welcome to Day 2 Elyse Bosch, BPEQ Keynote Colin Sheldon, Board of Professional Engineers Queensland Session 5 I Q&A Session Chair,
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 2 I Morning Tea
Session 6 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Session 6a I Designing the next generation of mines Evaluating flat long-hole open stoping using integrated stability and dilution analysis at Bellevue Gold Mine Maddison Berkovic, Curtin University WASM From airflow to air quality: Beyond the 0.05 rule through digital optimisation of undeground mine ventilation systems Joshua Noonan, Alkane Resources Session 6a I Q&A Session Chair,	Session 6b I Geoscience, critical minerals and orebody knowledge An appetite for apatite: Investigating apatite geochemistry as an exploration tool for carbonatite rare earth element deposits Katya Orlova, Australian National University Unveiling copper species of supergene ore at the Hillside Copper Deposit, South Australia Janay Will, Adelaide University Session 6b I Q&A Session Chair,
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Day 2 \| Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Session 7 \| Day 2 Closing Plenary Panel: What does the future look like in the mining sector? Panel, Award of abstract prizes and summit close Awards,
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Day2 \| Afternoon Tea to Go

	Track 1	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 2 \| Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Session 5 I Day 2 Opening Plenary Welcome to Day 2 Elyse Bosch, BPEQ Keynote Colin Sheldon, Board of Professional Engineers Queensland Session 5 I Q&A Session Chair,
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 2 I Morning Tea
Session 6 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Session 6a I Designing the next generation of mines Evaluating flat long-hole open stoping using integrated stability and dilution analysis at Bellevue Gold Mine Maddison Berkovic, Curtin University WASM From airflow to air quality: Beyond the 0.05 rule through digital optimisation of undeground mine ventilation systems Joshua Noonan, Alkane Resources Session 6a I Q&A Session Chair,	Session 6b I Geoscience, critical minerals and orebody knowledge An appetite for apatite: Investigating apatite geochemistry as an exploration tool for carbonatite rare earth element deposits Katya Orlova, Australian National University Unveiling copper species of supergene ore at the Hillside Copper Deposit, South Australia Janay Will, Adelaide University Session 6b I Q&A Session Chair,
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Day 2 \| Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Session 7 \| Day 2 Closing Plenary Panel: What does the future look like in the mining sector? Panel, Award of abstract prizes and summit close Awards,
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Day2 \| Afternoon Tea to Go

	Track 1
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 2 \| Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Session 5 I Day 2 Opening Plenary Welcome to Day 2 Elyse Bosch, BPEQ Keynote Colin Sheldon, Board of Professional Engineers Queensland Session 5 I Q&A Session Chair,
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 2 I Morning Tea
Session 6 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Session 6a I Designing the next generation of mines Evaluating flat long-hole open stoping using integrated stability and dilution analysis at Bellevue Gold Mine Maddison Berkovic, Curtin University WASM From airflow to air quality: Beyond the 0.05 rule through digital optimisation of undeground mine ventilation systems Joshua Noonan, Alkane Resources Session 6a I Q&A Session Chair,
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Day 2 \| Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Session 7 \| Day 2 Closing Plenary Panel: What does the future look like in the mining sector? Panel, Award of abstract prizes and summit close Awards,
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Day2 \| Afternoon Tea to Go

	Track 2
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Day 2 \| Arrival Networking
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Session 5 I Day 2 Opening Plenary Welcome to Day 2 Elyse Bosch, BPEQ Keynote Colin Sheldon, Board of Professional Engineers Queensland Session 5 I Q&A Session Chair,
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Day 2 I Morning Tea
Session 6 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Session 6b I Geoscience, critical minerals and orebody knowledge An appetite for apatite: Investigating apatite geochemistry as an exploration tool for carbonatite rare earth element deposits Katya Orlova, Australian National University Unveiling copper species of supergene ore at the Hillside Copper Deposit, South Australia Janay Will, Adelaide University Session 6b I Q&A Session Chair,
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM	Day 2 \| Lunch
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM	Session 7 \| Day 2 Closing Plenary Panel: What does the future look like in the mining sector? Panel, Award of abstract prizes and summit close Awards,
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Day2 \| Afternoon Tea to Go

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