Moderator
Timur Odilov

Partner
Haller Lomax


Speakers

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

Ruslan Baimishev

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

Talgat Satiev

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.

Zulfukhar Zholdasov

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.

Nariman Absametov

Chief business development Director
Tau-Ken Samruk


10:15     Legislative incentives for the Reproduction of Mineral Resource Base.

Nikolay Radostovets

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.

Timur Odilov

Partner
Haller Lomax


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

Laura Morrison

Associate Director, Energy and Mining
Critical Resource - an ERM Group company


10:50     Maintaining competitiveness in a challenging global environment

Benjamin Godwin

Associate Director – Head of Analysis
PRISM Political Risk Management


Session Sponsor:


 


Moderator
Mike Beare

Director and Corporate Consultant (Mining Engineering)
SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan)


Speakers

11:15     Welcome and introduction

Kathy Leach

Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan


11:30     Field of activity of Kazgeology

Berikbol Khamzin

Chief Geologist
Kazgeology


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

Kirill Kozenyashev

Associate Partner
EY-Parthenon Russia and CIS


12:00     Reducing Carbon Emissions from Mining – How can this be tackled?

Mike Beare

Director and Corporate Consultant (Mining Engineering)
SRK Consulting (Kazakhstan)


12:15     The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions: Global Perspectives

Tae-Yoon Kim

Senior Energy Analyst
International Energy Agency


12:30     Framework conditions for decarbonisation in the mining sector

William Tompson

Head of the Eurasia Division
OECD


12:45     World Bank´s approach to mineral industry for a decarbonized economy

Javier Aguilar

Senior Mining Specialist
World Bank


13:00     EBRD’s Green Economy and Climate Action

Dimitrios Koufos

Lead Direct Finance Associate Director, Green Economy and Climate Action team
EBRD


13:15     Working with foreign investors on exploration projects. Successes and challenges.

Nariman Absametov

Chief business development Director
Tau-Ken Samruk


Panellist
Viktor Kovalenko

Partner, Head of Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice
EY



Moderator
Viktor Kovalenko

Partner, Head of Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice
EY


Speakers

09:15     Impact of the new Environmental Code of Kazakhstan on the mining and geological industry.

Arman Bigazin

Partner
Haller Lomax


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

Jane Joughin

Corporate Consultant (ESG)
SRK Consulting (UK)


09:45     Investing in the mining sector in Kazakhstan

Akop Kagramanyan

Principle Banker Natural Resources
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)


10:00     Astana International Exchange: a bridge between mining companies and investors

Malik Nishanbayev

Head of Mining
Astana International Exchange


10:15     Sustainable finance solutions for mining and metals producers

Oxana Megglé

Director, Mining, Metals and Industry Finance
Societe Generale


10:30     Optimal resource development through effective project decisions

Matt Mullins

Executive Consultant
Snowden


10:45     Blockchain’s role in mining ESG.

Tanya Matveeva

Geologist
Kamni Chain



Moderator
Aleksey Nesterenko

Director, Strategy & Operations
KPMG in the CIS


Speakers

11:30     Digitalisation and improvement of production efficiency

Aleksey Nesterenko

Director, Strategy & Operations
KPMG in the CIS


11:45     Unmanned mining technologies

Dmitry Minaev

Business line manager automation CIS
Sandvik


12:00     Luftera automation and digitalisation solutions for mining enterprise

Artem Samoylovskiy

CTO
Luftera


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

Stefano Utili

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

Mykhailo Nazarenko

CEO
K-MINE


12:45     Optimising Mining industry processes through AI solutions

Andrei Tyan

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

Dr Maxim Seredkin

Technical Director & In-Situ Recovery Coordinator
CSA Global