FORUM SPEAKERS
Evy Hambro
BlackRock
Dr Muhammad Aldawood
Head of Industrials and Mining Section, MENA Investments
Public Investment Fund (PIF)
Abdulaziz Al Hamwah
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Modern Industrial Investment Holding Group
Dina Hassan Al Nahdi
Executive Committee Member of the National Mining Board
ENTEC Environmental Technology
Dr Hesham Shageer
General Director of Deep Sea Exploration Research Institute
King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology (KACST)
Khalid Al-Ramadan
Program Director, Geosciences Department and Geosystems Program Leader at CIPR
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mining (KFUPM)
Abdulrahman Al Belushi
Assistant Deputy Minister for Mining Enablement
Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdulrhman Hussain Alghamdi
Assistant Research Professor
National Center for Petroleum and Mining Technologies
Donald R. Sadoway
Professor of Materials Chemistry Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hirofumi Katase
Executive Vice Chairman and Director General Science & Technology, and Member of the Board
I-Pulse
Michelle Michot Foss
Fellow, Energy, Minerals & Materials
Rice University's Baker Institute-Center for Energy Studies
Rana Abdullah Mohamed Zumai
Senior Director Corporate Communication & Knowledge
Saudi Geological Survey
Roderick G. Eggert
Professor of Economics & Business, Coulter Foundation Chair in Mineral Economics
Colorado School of Mines
Rawan Alshehri
Masters Student in Chemistry
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Chris Cann
Mining-Journal
Thamer Bakarman
Senior Director Investment Services, Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
Saudi Geological Survey (SGS)
Abdulrahman Al Shehri
Executive Director of Environmental Performance
National Centre for Environmental Compliance
2023 ForumTopics of Discussion
The World Today
- The region’s mineral development in a global context
- The implications of war in Europe for future minerals supply, the energy transition and ESG
- Navigating disruption: economic, environmental and political developments that will impact the region’s mineral industrialization
The Region
- Future Minerals – outlook for critical minerals supply and demand creating resilient and responsible minerals value chains
- New age of exploration – mineral hot spots; attracting exploration companies and investment to the region
- Creating Centres of Excellence – translating discussion into action; geology; industrialization; sustainability; innovation and technology; and finance
Decarbonizing Supply Chains
- Renewable energy (solar, wind, hydrogen)
- Traceability; accountability; and certification
- Developing battery supply chains: capitalizing on the electrification revolution
- Innovations for decarbonizing the footprint of a mine
Digital & New Technology
- Reimagining mining through innovation and application of latest digital and technological advances
- Geotechnical engineering solutions for reducing negative impact of mineral production
- The benefits and pitfalls if new technologies: cold they jeopardise mining’s social license
Communities & Future Workforce
- A just transition; water; local content; and community relations
- Creating the future mining workforce – diversity, skills development, current leadership and the next generation of leaders
- Exploring the benefits of mineral development for local communities