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Save the Date!
24-25 September 2025
InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort, Manor Circle, Gold Coast Queensland, Australia
Day 1 – Wednesday, 24 September
Session 1 – Welcome
- Welcome Coffee and Registration
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Amira Intro and Welcome
Vaughan Chamberlain, Amira Global
Dr Alan Kobussen, Rio Rinto - Welcome to Country Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre
- Keynote 1: Geoscience Australia’s Role in Resource Exploration Marina Costelloe, Geoscience Australia
- Keynote 2: The Power of Now – Real Time Collaboration in Exploration Richard Inglis, Newmont
- Coffee Break & Networking
Session 2 – Time
[tʌɪm]noun
the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole: “travel through space and time” · “our conception of time” · “one of the greatest wits of all time”
- Framework Geoscience and Metal Endowment of the Superior Craton, Learnings from the Modern Ocean Ross Sherlock, Metal Earth Harquail School of Earth Sciences
- From Discovery to Development: Accelerating Development Timeframes and Enabling Resilient Mines Toby Whincup
- Panel Discussion: What Will Drive Real Impact in Expediting Discovery? What Are the Breakthroughs We Actually Need to Shift Time?
- Lunch & Networking
Session 3 – Uncertainty
un·cer·tain·ty[ʌnˈsəːtnti]
noun
the state of being uncertain: “times of uncertainty and danger” (uncertainties) something that is uncertain or that causes one to feel uncertain: “financial uncertainties”
- Academic Perspective: Learnings from a blind test on a real-world exploration project Dr Ivan Belousov, CODES
- Industry Perspective: Learnings from a blind test on a real-world exploration project Dr Adam Pacey, Rio Tinto
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Panel Discussion: Managing Uncertainty in Teams
Dr Libby Sharman, BHP
Dr Sandra Occipinti, CSIRO
- Afternoon Tea & Networking
Session 4 – Collaboration
col·lab·or·ation[kəˌlabəˈreɪʃn]
noun
collaboration (noun) · collaborations (plural noun)
the action of working with someone to produce something: “he wrote a book in collaboration with his son” something produced in collaboration with someone: “his recent opera was a collaboration with Lessing”
- Title to be announced soon Mike Christie
- Geoscience as the Foundation For Strategic Collaborations for Advancement of Critical Minerals in Africa Dr Rokayah Samba Diene, National Geological Service of Senegal
- Panel Discussion: What Does This Rock Mean to You? How Would You Describe This Rock? Xin Wang, University of Queensland
- Closing
- Drinks and Networking
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Conference Dinner and Optional Night Sky Tour
Jonti Horner. To Infinity and Beyond: Learning about Alien Worlds through Direct and Indirect Planetary Observations Join us for dinner, drinks, and and evening with Prof. Jonti Horner, an astrobiologist and astronomer based at the University of Southern Queensland. As a passionate science communicator, Jonti would like to invite you on a journey of discovery, as he shares what astronomers have learned from their explorations of planets in our Solar system, and beyond. Following dinner you have the option to join Jonti for an informal night sky tour, at which there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions
Dr Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
Day 2 – Thursday, 25 September
Session 1 – Welcome
- Welcome Coffee
- Welcome Back Vaughan Chamberlain, Amira Global
- The Talent Faultline: Rethinking Geoscience in a World that’s moving on Dr Anil Subramanya, Amira Global
- Dealing With Uncertainty And Risk Inherent in Accelerated Mine Development Dr Rick Valenta, University of Queensland
- Break- Morning Tea
Session 2 – Time
[tʌɪm]noun
the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole: “travel through space and time” · “our conception of time” · “one of the greatest wits of all time”
- Crust to Commodity: Decoding Earth’s Rhythms to Drive Discovery Dr Chris Kirkland, Curtin University
- A geological tardis, expediting discovery and progression of deposits. Marcus Tomkinson & Erin Carswell, Foran Mining
- Panel Discussion: When To Stop Drilling? Shauna Edmond, Veracio
- Lunch & Networking
Session 3 – Uncertainty
un·cer·tain·ty[ʌnˈsəːtnti]
noun
the state of being uncertain: “times of uncertainty and danger” (uncertainties) something that is uncertain or that causes one to feel uncertain: “financial uncertainties”
- The Fingerprint of a Successful Deposit Richard Schodde, MinEx Consulting
- Person to Person Variability in Mineral Resource estimation outcomes – Insights from the 2023 and 2025 AusIMM Parker Challenges Danny Kentwell, SRK Consulting Australasia
- Panel Discussion: What Is Geomet? And Why Do We Find It So Hard? Dr Alan Kobussen, Rio Rinto
- Afternoon Tea & Networking
Session 4 – Collaboration
col·lab·or·ation[kəˌlabəˈreɪʃn]
noun
collaboration (noun) · collaborations (plural noun)
the action of working with someone to produce something: “he wrote a book in collaboration with his son” something produced in collaboration with someone: “his recent opera was a collaboration with Lessing”
- Collaboration is the New Resource: Learnings from MinEx CRC Technology Development Andrew Bailey, Minex CRC
- Measuring Collaboration Professor Martie-Louise Verreynne, University of Queensland
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Panel Discussion: EMC Reflections and Moving Forward
Richard Inglis, Newmont
Dr Alan Kobussen, Rio Tinto
Dr Libby Sharman, BHP
- Closing Remarks and Wrap Up/ Path Forward Vaughan Chamberlain, Amira Global
- Dinner & Networking
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