Speakers
09:30 Subsoil use (First results of the reform)

Vice Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan
09:40 Kazakhstan's geological industry-challenges, prospects and opportunities

Chairman
Geology Committee, Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
09:50 On the innovations of the environmental regulation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Chairman
The Committee for Environmental Regulation and Control of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
10:00 Working with foreign investors on exploration projects. Successes and challenges.

Chief business development Director
Tau-Ken Samruk
10:15 Legislative incentives for the Reproduction of Mineral Resource Base.

Executive Director
Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises
10:30 Reform of the mining and geological industry, challenges and completion of what has been started.

Partner
Haller Lomax
10:40 A “super-cycle” in anti-mining activism – global trends and company responses

Associate Director, Energy and Mining
Critical Resource - an ERM Group company
10:50 Maintaining competitiveness in a challenging global environment

Associate Director – Head of Analysis
PRISM Political Risk Management
Networking break and visit to the 3D virtual exhibition
Session Sponsor:
Moderator

Director and Corporate Consultant (Mining Engineering)
SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan)
Speakers
11:15 Welcome and introduction

Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan
11:30 Field of activity of Kazgeology

Chief Geologist
Kazgeology
11:45 International prospects for decarbonization of the mining and metallurgical industry

Associate Partner
EY-Parthenon Russia and CIS
12:00 Reducing Carbon Emissions from Mining – How can this be tackled?

Director and Corporate Consultant (Mining Engineering)
SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan)
12:15 The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions: Global Perspectives

Senior Energy Analyst
International Energy Agency
12:30 Framework conditions for decarbonisation in the mining sector

Head of the Eurasia Division
OECD
12:45 World Bank´s approach to mineral industry for a decarbonized economy

Senior Mining Specialist
World Bank
13:00 EBRD’s Green Economy and Climate Action

Lead Direct Finance Associate Director, Green Economy and Climate Action team
EBRD
13:15 Working with foreign investors on exploration projects. Successes and challenges.

Chief business development Director
Tau-Ken Samruk
Visit MINEX Kazakhstan’21 3D virtual exhibition
Speakers
09:15 Impact of the new Environmental Code of Kazakhstan on the mining and geological industry.

Partner
Haller Lomax
09:30 Responsible sourcing: how to be sure your mineral products meet changing acceptance criteria

Corporate Consultant (ESG)
SRK Consulting (UK)
09:45 Investing in the mining sector in Kazakhstan

Principle Banker Natural Resources
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
10:00 Astana International Exchange: a bridge between mining companies and investors

Head of Mining
Astana International Exchange
10:15 Sustainable finance solutions for mining and metals producers

Director, Mining, Metals and Industry Finance
Societe Generale
10:30 Optimal resource development through effective project decisions

Executive Consultant
Snowden
10:45 Blockchain’s role in mining ESG.

Geologist
Kamni Chain
Speakers
11:30 Digitalisation and improvement of production efficiency

Director, Strategy & Operations
KPMG in the CIS
11:45 Unmanned mining technologies

Business line manager automation CIS
Sandvik
12:00 Luftera automation and digitalisation solutions for mining enterprise

CTO
Luftera
12:15 OptimalSlope: a software determining optimal pitwall profiles to maximise mining financial returns and reduce carbon footprint

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering & Founder of OptimalSlope
Newcastle University (UK), OptimalSlope
12:30 Improving the efficiency of production and business process management at Sovrudnik LLC with K-MINE

CEO
K-MINE
12:45 Optimising Mining industry processes through AI solutions

Director
Center for Technological Development "Intellisense-LAB"
13:00 In-Situ Recovery – Emerging “Green” Technology for the Extraction of Nickel and Cobalt from Laterite Deposits

Technical Director & In-Situ Recovery Coordinator
CSA Global