DAY 1 | Monday, November 3
Time
Event Details
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Exhibitor set-up
7:30 am
Registration and Networking
8:30 am – 8:55 am
OPENING CEREMONIES – Centennial Room
9:00 am – 9:45 am
Keynote Address: Kendal Netmaker – Indigenous entrepreneur, bestselling author and one of Canada’s most dynamic motivational speakers
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Health Break
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Centennial Room
Session 1: Churchill: Canada’s Newest Critical Minerals Gateway
Presenters: Chris Avery, Arctic Gateway Group President and CEO & Michael Spence, Mayor of Churchill
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Embassy Room
Session 2: It’s Wellness Beneath the Surface
Presenter: Stacy Stockham, Human Resources Hudbay Minerals
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Trade Show Networking
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Centennial Room
Session 3: Mining Your Potential
Presenters: Sandy Doverspike, Director of Human Resources and External Relations & Richard Trudeau, Hudbay Minerals and Glenn Laycock, Executive Director Northern Sector Council
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Embassy Room
Session 4: Innovation in Exploration
Presenters; David Quiroga, Dias Geophysical and Tristian Leclerc, EarthEx Geophysical
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Lunch – Wellington Room
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Special Event – Centennial Room
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Centennial Room
Session 5: Gold in Under-Explored Districts
Presenters: Kyle Stanfield, Director and CEO ON Gold Resources and Brian Humphries, Exploration Manager Dryden Gold Corp.
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Embassy Room
Session 6: Government Showcase
Presenters: Perry Blomquist , Impact Assessment Archaeologist and Suyoko Tsukamoto, Senior Impact Assessment Archaeologist MB Government Historic Resources Branch
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Health Break
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Centennial Room
Session 7: Minago: Charting the Future of Mining Through Indigenous-led Resource Partnerships
Presenters: TBA
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Embassy Room
Session 8: Exploring Silica: Structure, Function and Innovation
Presenters: Brent Bullen, Diretor and COO Sio Silica Corp. and Claude Deveau, Chief Metallurgist Tanco
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm
Centennial Room
Session 9: To Be Announced
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Bar
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Trade Show Networking
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Reception
DAY 2 | Tuesday, November 4
Time
Event Details
7:30 am – 8:45 am
Registration and Networking
8:45 am – 9:00 am
Welcoming Remarks – Centennial Room
9:00 am – 9:45 am
Keynote Speaker – Nalaine Morin – nationally recognized leader with deep technical expertise in mining and environmental assessment processes
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Health Break
TECHNICAL SESSIONS
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Centennial Room
Session 1: Next-Gen Nugget Hunting
Presenters: Chris Wharton, Project Director Alamos Gold and Cole Stocki, District Exploration Geologist First Mining Gold
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Embassy Room
Session 2: Geophysics for Advancing Mineral Knowledge in Manitoba
Presenters: Ben Lee, Brandon Chase, Seogi Kang and Jason Marks
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Trade Show Networking
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Centennial Room
Session 3: Unearthing Talent – Preparing the Next Mining Workforce
Presenters: Jamie Grant, Lori Simon and Tanya Manch, University College of the North & Yev Buriakova and Kelly Mahoney, Asper School of Business
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Sponsor & Exhibitor Lunch – Wellington Room
1:00 PM – 1:15 pm
Special Event
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Centennial Room
Session 4: Back to Basics with a New Approach
Presenter: Christian Bohm, Principal Geoscientist Goldilocks Geocience Services
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Embassy Room
Session 5: Old is Now New
Presenter: Neil Richardson, Exploration Director Hudbay Minerals and Kelsey Privett, Kinross Gold Director of Greenfields Exploration, Canada
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Trade Show & Health Break
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Centennial Room
Session 6: Unlock the Earth’s Wealth – We’ll Help Fund the Key
Presenters: Chuck Davidson, President & CEO Manitoba Chambers of Commerce and Edward Suzuki Program Manager Manitoba Mineral Development Fund (MMDF)
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Embassy Room
Session 7: To Be Announced
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Bar
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Trade Show Networking
4:20 PM – 4:30 pm
Closing Ceremonies
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Booth Tear Down