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0830 - 1620 • Thursday October 17, 2013 • Toronto ON Canada
The 11th
Risk MitigationCSR&
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0830 - 1620 ursday October 17, 2013 Fasken Martineau Boardroom 333 Bay Street, Suite 2400 Bay Adelaide Centre, Box 20 Toronto, ON M5H 2T6 Tel: 416.366.8381
Seminar Chairs Claudia Feldkamp, Associate, Fasken Martineau LLP Corinne Boone, Managing Director, Environmental Services Group (ESG), Hatch
0830-0900 Registration and Networking
0900-0910 WelcomeBruce Shapiro, President, Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business and MineAfrica Inc. Claudia Feldkamp, Associate, Fasken Martineau LLP
0910-0930 An EPCM Perspective on Local Employment and Procurement –
We Have a Local Content Plan… Now What?
- Olivia Gamache, Environment and Social Risk Consultant, Environmental Services Group (ESG), Hatch
0930-0950 Legal, Political, Social and Security Feasibility: A New Approach to Identifying
and Managing Above-Ground Risks to Protect Investments and Projects
- Daniel Linsker, Vice President, Global Client Services, Americas, Control Risks
0950-1010 How CSR Can Mitigate Risk in South Sudan
- David West, Vice President of International Operations, Blue Force
1010-1030 Where Did the "Social" in Corporate Social Responsibility Go?
- Rad Dockery, President and Chief Executive Officer, HigherEye Training & Consulting
1030-1050 Networking Refreshment Break
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1050-1110 The Benefit Footprint of Mining
- Ed Opitz, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Kinross
1110-1130 Mining the Financial Terrain of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - Perspectives from EDC
- Julie Henter, Senior Analyst, Corporate Responsibility, Export Development Canada
1130-1150 From Food Waste to Food Security: Making the Connection for CSR Strategy Development
- John Ashbee, Chairman & Founder, GreenScience Technologies Inc.
1150-1210 Question and Answer Session
1210-1310 Networking Lunch
1310-1330 A Sustainable Path Toward Rare Earth Production
- Mark Wiseman, Vice President, Sustainability, Avalon Rare Metals
1330-1350 International Trend Toward Transparency: Finally Coming to Canada?
- Martin Fisher-Haydis, Associate, Fasken Martineau LLP
1350-1410 A Story of the Successful Partnership Between MacCormick IMC and True Gold Mining
and Social Responsibility in Burkina Faso
- Bonnie Lyn de Bartok, Founder and CEO, MacCormick IMC
1410-1430 CSR and Effective Risk Mitigation During Challenging Economic Times
for the Mining Industry: A Legal Perspective
- Avril Cole, Lawyer, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
1430-1450 Networking Refreshment Break
1450-1510 Mitigating Risk with CSR Leadership
- Jeff Silverstein, President/Founder, Radius Communications
1510-1530 Management of Risk Through Defined Sustainability Structure
- James Peart, Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sherritt International Corporation
1530-1550 Canadian Charities and CSR in the New DFATD World
- Mark Blumberg, Partner, Blumbergs LLP
1550-1610 Question and Answer Session
1610-1620 Wrap UpCorinne Boone, Managing Director, Environmental Services Group (ESG), Hatch Wayne Floreani, Director, Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business and Vice President, MineAfrica Inc.
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Avalon Rare Metals Inc.
Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX and NYSE MKT: AVL) is a mineral devel-opment company focused on rare metal deposits in Canada. Its flag-ship project, the 100%-owned Nechalacho Deposit, Thor Lake, NWTis exceptional in its large size and enrichment in the scarce 'heavy'rare earth elements, key to enabling advances in clean technology andother growing high-tech applications. With a positive feasibility studycompleted, Nechalacho is now the most advanced potential large newsource of heavy rare earths in the world outside of China, currently thesource of over 95% of the world supply. Avalon is well funded, has nodebt and its work programs are progressing steadily. Social responsi-bility and environmental stewardship are corporate cornerstones.www.avalonraremetals.com
BlueForce LLC
BlueForce LLC is a professional services and consulting company thatprovides values-based, in-depth, strategic, and operational subjectmatter expertise across a wide spectrum of operations to both the USGovernment and private sector industry. We emphasize Commandand Control, Joint & Coalition Mission Planning, Exercise and Experi-mentation, Management and Assessment, Program and AcquisitionManagement Support, Stability Operations, Modeling and SimulationSupport, and Information Warfare Planning. www.blueforcellc.com
Blumberg Segal LLP
Blumbergs is a Toronto law firm that provides a full range of innovativeand cost effective legal solutions since 1984. Our Toronto lawyers haveexpertise in a number of areas, especially those of importance to busi-ness and non-profits including corporate law and governance, civil lit-igation, employment law, and intellectual property. You can contactHenry Blumberg at [email protected] and Mark Blumberg [email protected]. www.blumbergs.ca and www.globalphilanthropy.ca
Canada-Colombia Chamber of Commerce
The Canada-Colombia Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) is an inde-pendent, non-governmental business association headquartered inToronto with a leading role of connecting players from private and government sectors to strengthen bilateral trade and investments between Canada and Colombia. The CCCC maintains close ties withthe appropriate government departments and trade agencies both inCanada and Colombia. Funding for the CCCC is provided mainlythrough membership fees. www.canadacolombiachamber.org
Control Risks
Control Risks is an independent, global risk consultancy specialisingin helping organisations manage political, integrity and security risksin complex and hostile environments. We support clients by providingstrategic consultancy, expert analysis and in-depth investigations,handling sensitive political issues and providing practical on-the-ground protection and support. Our unique combination of services,geographical reach and the trust our clients place in us ensure we can help them to effectively solve their problems and realise new opportunities across the world. www.controlrisks.com
Export Development Canada
EDC is Canada’s export credit agency, offering innovative commercialsolutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. EDC’s knowledge and partnerships are usedby more than 7,400 Canadian companies and their global customersin up to 200 markets worldwide each year. EDC is financially self-sustaining and a recognized leader in financial reporting and economicanalysis. www.edc.ca
Fasken Martineau LLP
Fasken Martineau’s Corporate Social Responsibility Group under-stands that corporations are grappling with the potential risks thatarise from the way that that they manage their international and domestic operations, as well as from both up and down their supplychains. They have positive responsibilities, not only to their share-holders, but to a diverse range of stakeholders including employees,suppliers, customers, the local indigenous communities, as well as tolocal, state, and federal governments. They will be open to scrutinyfrom environmental groups, international organizations and institu-tions, non-governmental civil society groups and the media. With thenature and scope of CSR constantly evolving and the expectations ofthe private sector increasing, organizations turn to Fasken Martineauwhen seeking guidance on planning for, and responding to, the complex demands of CSR. www.fasken.com
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CORPORATE PROFILES
GreenScience Technologies
GreenScience Technologies is a Canadian owned environmental com-pany providing sustainable organic waste repurposing solutions. It achieves this objective by marrying nanotechnology to advanced biological processes, housed in a patented Canadian designed andbuilt system, to transform organic waste, having negligible worth, intoa sustainable product with significant, proven, economic value.GreenScience is committed meeting the highest CSR standards andtriple bottom line returns possible at all levels. The system generatesfour revenue streams while reducing GHG emissions, diverting organicmatter from landfills, enhancing agricultural lands and reversing desertification while substantially addressing the global issue of foodsecurity through urban agriculture.www.greenscience.ca
Hatch
Hatch is an employee-owned, multidisciplinary professional servicesfirm that delivers a comprehensive array of technical and strategicservices, including Consulting, Information Technology, Engineering,Process Development, and Project and Construction Management tothe Mining, Metallurgical, Energy, and Infrastructure sectors. Hatchcompanies have served clients for over 80 years and have project experience in more than 150 countries around the world. With 11,000people in over 65 offices, the firm has more than US$35 billion in projects currently under management.Clients recognize Hatch for its ability to bridge the gaps between research and innovative technologies, and between engineering andreliable operations. We are particularly known for working with seniorclient management to develop business strategies; managing and optimizing production; executing projects that involve the scale-up ofprocess technologies; and managing startups, commissioning andramp-ups.Hatch delivers unprecedented business results for our clients througha commitment to quality, lower operating costs, more efficient utiliza-tion of capital assets, higher standards for safety and risk manage-ment, faster startups and continuous performance improvements inall projects and programs. www.hatch.ca
HigherEye Training & Consulting
HigherEye Training & Consulting delivers outsourced Business Devel-opment and Social Media/Responsibility services that helps organiza-tions increase revenues and improve social impact. HigherEye hasdelivered Social Responsibility initiatives for young people from SubSaharan Africa, South East Asia and North America. These initiativeshave generated a 225% increase in post- secondary school enrollmentand assisted in the creation of over 200 small businesses.Through our Business Development practice organizations such asIBM, ADP, Xerox, Microsoft, CIMB Malaysia, HP and Cisco have real-ized revenue increases by as much as 488%. This experience is utilized to deliver Social Responsibility projects. www.highereye.com
Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines andprojects in Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Mauritania, Russia and the UnitedStates, employing approximately 9,000 people worldwide. Kinrossmaintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and theNew York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).www.kinross.com
MacCormick IMC
From Intentions to Impact™: MacCormick IMC is a boutique CSRManagement Consultancy head quartered in Toronto, Canada withprojects in the Americas and Africa, dedicated to the Mining industry.We provide solutions and strategies surrounding the people side ofthe business, offering Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resources planning services. Our consultants come from backgrounds in Environmental and SocialGovernance, Human Resources, Socioeconomics, Communications,International Development, and Finance. We are globally situated, multilingual and our tools and processes are tailored to the industry’sneeds.We offer a comprehensive range of services focused on the implemen-tation of the Social Due Diligence process including, Social Impact Assessments, Community Profiling, Stakeholder Mapping, Social RiskAssessments, Social Management Systems and Planning, Monitoringand Evaluation, Social System Audits, Local Employment and Capac-ity Development. www.maccormickimc.com
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MineAfrica Inc.
MineAfrica is a business development and marketing company providing the premier platform for mining and oil and gas companies,service providers and governments to promote themselves to a seniorlevel, Africa focussed financial and natural resources audience. Ourprograms include; 1) Investing in African Mining and Focus on WestAfrica seminar series in Toronto and London, UK; 2) ENERGYAfricaseminar series; 3) educational courses including our MASTERMININGprograms (3-day Understanding the Mining Industry and 1-day Canadian Capital Markets for Junior Mining Companies); and 4) business development, marketing and consulting services. In 2010we launched On the Ground Group to produce our non-African mininginvestment seminars including mineLatinAmerica in Toronto this November 15, 2013. www.mineafrica.com
Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice. We provide the world’spre-eminent corporations and financial institutions with a full businesslaw service. We have more than 3800 lawyers based in over 50 citiesacross Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.Recognized for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, miningand commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global businessprinciples of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highestpossible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia, NortonRose Fulbright Canada LLP, Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa (incorporated as Deneys Reitz Inc) and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, eachof which is a separate legal entity, are members (’the Norton Rose Fulbright members’) of Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss Verein.Norton Rose Fulbright Verein helps coordinate the activities of the Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal serv-ices to clients. Law around the world.www.nortonrosefulbright.com
On the Ground Group
On the Ground Group (the international division of MineAfrica Inc.) isa business development and marketing company producing seminarsfor the international mining and financial industries including mineLati-nAmerica in Toronto on November 15, 2013 and educational coursesincluding our MASTERMINING programs (3-day Understanding theMining Industry in Vancouver, Toronto, London, UK and Cape Town,South Africa and our new, 1-day Canadian Capital Markets for JuniorMining Companies). www.onthegroundgroup.com
Peruvian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
The Peruvian-Canadian Chamber of Commerce plays a vital and
active role in assisting Peruvian companies in Canada as well as
Canadian companies in Peru to expand their business.
The Chamber:• Promotes and facilitates better business relations
• Provides essential information about doing business
on each country• Brings business leaders together to facilitate contact
• Provides platforms for networking in both countries
• Represents the mutual interests of members
www.perucanadacc.com
RADIUS Communications
RADIUS Communications is a team of veteran investigative journalists
and seasoned media and marketing professionals. We provide strate-
gic communications and actionable intelligence for the mining indus-
try. We specialize in business intelligence, due diligence, risk mitigation
and reputation management, to bring context and clarity to the
decisions you need to make. In a world of 24-hour news cycles and
global connectivity through social media, companies can no longer
afford to stay out of the conversation. If you’re not controlling your
story and how it’s told, someone else is. We believe in the power of
storytelling, helping companies define who they are and what they do.
We also help to develop relationships and gain traction with the media,
brokerage firms, financial institutions, private investors and the public.
We deliver top level, fully integrated communications strategies to
resource-based companies.
www.radiuscommunications.com
Sherritt International Corporation
Sherritt International Corporation is a world leader in the mining and
refining of nickel from lateritic ores with projects and operations in
Canada, Cuba, Indonesia and Madagascar. Sherritt is the largest coal
producer in Canada and is the largest independent energy producer
in Cuba, with extensive oil and power operations on the island. The
Corporation licenses its proprietary technologies and provides metal-
lurgical services to mining and refining operations worldwide.
www.sherritt.com
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John Ashbee, Chairman & Founder, GreenScience Technologies
John has held management positions with several private and public companies, most recently, reWorks Inc. John has for a number of yearsbeen involved in promoting start-up ventures employing vermicasting technology. John graduated from Ryerson University as a MechanicalTechnologist with an Aeronautic [email protected]
Mark Blumberg, Partner, Blumberg Segal LLP
Mark Blumberg is a partner at the law firm of Blumberg Segal LLP inToronto and works almost exclusively in the area of Canadian non-profitand charity law. Mark has a B.A. in Political Science from the University ofToronto, an LLB from the University of British Columbia and a LLM fromOsgoode Hall Law School in Tax Law. Mark is on the Executive of theCanadian Bar Association (CBA) National Charities and Not-for- Profit LawSection and is also on the Executive of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA)Charity and Non-profit law section. Mark is also the editor of www.cana-diancharitylaw.ca – a Canadian charity law website and www.globalphil-anthropy.ca T – a Canadian website dedicated to legal and ethical issuesfor Canadian charities operating abroad. [email protected]
Corinne Boone, Managing Director,
Environmental Services Group (ESG), Hatch
Corinne is part of Hatch’s senior management team and leads the Environmental Services Group responsible for a team of approximately 200professionals focusing on integrating environmental, community/ stake-holder management, sustainable development and carbon managementissues into Hatch’s project portfolio and with Hatch’s clients. Corinne hasover 20 years of experience in the global environmental field. Corinne’s hasheld senior roles within projects as well as strategic advisory level positionswithin industry, consulting services and the financial industry and bringsstrong multi-disciplinary perspective and experience to her role at Hatch.Prior to joining Hatch, Corinne was Managing Director, Origination, withCantorCO2e and also spent 10 years at Ontario Power Generation Inc. andÉlectricité de France. Corinne holds a Bachelor of Arts from St. ThomasUniversity and a Master of Environmental Studies from York [email protected]
Avril Cole, Lawyer, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Avril Cole is a corporate lawyer based in Toronto and is a member of thefirm’s infrastructure, mining and commodities practice group. Ms. Colespecializes in providing advice to companies on international mergers andacquisitions, restructuring transactions and financings with a particularfocus on Africa and the resource sector. Ms. Cole has particular expertisein mining asset acquisitions and divestments, licensing and title mattersand commercial mining agreements including mine development agree-ments. She has advised companies in negotiations with governments andregulatory authorities in Africa.Ms. Cole is frequently quoted in the press on legislative developments inthe mining sector in Africa and has addressed various industry groups oninvesting in the mining sector in emerging [email protected]
Bonnie Lyn de Bartok, Founder and CEO, MacCormick IMC
Bonnie Lyn is the Founder and CEO of MacCormick IMC, established in2009. She lends more than 17 years International Business and Socioe-conomic Development experience to the leadership of the firm. She hasheld progressive and senior management roles in her industrial focusedcareer conducting business throughout the Americas, Africa, and Europe,and for the last 10 years has been focused in the Mining sector, globally.
A graduate of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a Bach-elor’s Degree in International Development Studies and International Poli-tics, Bonnie Lyn also holds additional certification in Finance andTechnology. Bonnie Lyn sits on the Program Advisory Council, for MiningManagement at Ryerson University, Toronto and is a Board Director for theToronto Hispanic Chamber of [email protected]
Radcliffe Dockery, President and Chief Executive Officer,
HigherEye Training & Consulting
Radcliffe has delivered training for businesses, educators and young peo-ple in Asia, South East Asia, the Americas and Sub-Sahara Africa. As acommunity volunteer, Radcliffe has hands on knowledge about the chal-lenges facing youth around the world. He used this knowledge tostrengthen CSR initiatives for companies across various sectors. He hasbeen featured on CBC Newsworld, Business News Network and in CIMMagazine. Radcliffe has an Honours Business Degree and a Certificate inStrategic Alliances from York University. He has worked for companiessuch as HBC, Zurich, TELUS, IBM, AT&T and Canada Post. This includesroles in Marketing, Training and Strategic [email protected]
Claudia Feldkamp, Associate, Fasken Martineau LLP
Claudia Feldkamp is a senior associate with a broad corporate/commercialpractice at Fasken Martineau LLP. Her areas of expertise include mergers& acquisitions, corporate and financial restructuring, and international tradeand investment law. She also provides strategic advice on government andinstitutional relations and evolving domestic and international standards inthe area of Corporate Social Responsibility related to investment, disclo-sure, accountability and bribery and corruption. Claudia is currently co-chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Group at Fasken MartineauLLP. [email protected]
Martin Fisher-Haydis, Associate, Fasken Martineau LLP
Martin Fisher-Haydis focusses on securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and general corpo-rate counseling and advice. His experience includes joint venture andstrategic investments in public and private companies, public and privateofferings of debt and equity securities, takeover bids, stock exchange list-ings and other corporate transactions. He has advised companies in themining, energy and natural resource sectors, insurance and telecommuni-cations industries, among others, regarding a wide range of corporate andsecurities law matters. His cross-border practice includes significant experience with companies based in Latin America, the United States, aswell as South Africa. [email protected]
Wayne Floreani, Vice President, MineAfrica Inc. and Director,
Canada-Southern Africa Chamber of Business
Wayne has 25 years of international trade and investment promotion experience and expertise, with a particular focus on natural resources. He worked previously with the South African Consulate (Department ofTrade and Industry) in Toronto and the Sudbury Regional DevelopmentCorporation. He has organized numerous international trade missions, conferences, seminars and ministerial delegations. He is a current BoardMember (and past Chairman) of the Canada-Southern Africa Chamber ofBusiness, a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association ofCanada and Past President of the Canadian Italian Business and Profes-sional Association of Canada. [email protected]
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Olivia Gamache, Environment and Social Risk Consultant,
Environmental Services Group (ESG), Hatch
Olivia is a Chemical and Environmental Engineer and an environment andsocial risk consultant responsible for developing local employment andtraining plans, local procurement strategies, influx management plans, andfor addressing community concerns around construction of large industrialdevelopment projects. Olivia has also worked on community consultationand engagement strategies, including identification and mapping of projectstakeholders and local Indigenous communities in various jurisdictionsglobally. As an environmental consultant, Olivia is experienced with envi-ronmental management and protection for large scale mining operations.She has also assisted clients in developing and implementing environmen-tal protection strategies, provided technical assistance for permit applica-tions, performed due diligence reviews, and supported development of environmental impact assessments. [email protected]
Julie Henter, Senior Analyst,
Corporate Responsibility, Export Development Canada
As a Senior Analyst, Corporate Responsibility, at Export DevelopmentCanada (EDC), Ms. Henter provides advice to EDC’s business teams onmanaging the CSR implications, including reputation and compliance risks,related to exports and investments insured or financed by EDC. Ms. Henterhas over twenty years of experience with EDC having previously workedin business development and marketing management. Before joining EDC,Ms. Henter was a Strategic Analyst and Investment Promotion Officer withInvestment Canada. Ms. Henter has a BSc in the Biosciences and an MBAfrom the University of Ottawa. [email protected]
Daniel Linsker, Vice President,
Global Client Services, Americas, Control Risks
Daniel Linsker currently serves as a Vice President for Control Risks’ GlobalClient Services department in South America and also heads the Americasregion mining consulting practice. Based in Bogotá, Daniel is responsiblefor the development, management and delivery of sophisticated compre-hensive risk management projects for Control Risks’ clients. He specializesin developing, leading and implementing tailored and integral solutions forclients to manage complex issues across the Americas. Daniel joined Control Risks in London in 2005 and worked as the head of the AmericasDesk in the Global Risk Analysis department until 2009, when he took asabbatical to work as the Strategic Director and Policy Coordinator of a presidential campaign in Colombia. He previously taught Latin Americanpolitics at the London School of Economics while completing his doctoralthesis on the effectiveness of international institutions. Daniel has contributed opinion articles on Latin American politics and economics forseveral publications, with a particular emphasis on Colombian [email protected]
Ed Opitz, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility,
Kinross Gold Corporation
Ed has been with Kinross since 1999 and is currently Vice President Corporate Responsibility. Previous positions with Kinross included VPEHSS, Russia, VP Environment and Director, Environmental Engineering.He was previously a Principal and Senior Consultant with Kingett Mitchell& Associates in Colorado.He speaks Russian and has a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering fromColorado State University and a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Econom-ics from Colorado College. [email protected]
James Peart, Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility,
Sherritt International Corporation
James Peart is Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility in the CorporateAffairs and Sustainability Department at Sherritt International Corporation,working closely with both operating divisions and senior management. He has been with Sherritt since 1996, in positions as Manager, Market Research in Sherritt’s Metals Division and Manager, Environmental Devel-opment in Sherritt’s Power Division. Prior to Sherritt, James held positionsin comptrollership at Ontario Hydro Ltd. and in metals marketing at RioAlgom Ltd. James holds a BA in Geography from Carleton University inOttawa and an MBA from Queen’s University at Kingston. [email protected]
Bruce Shapiro, President, Canada-Southern Africa
Chamber of Business and MineAfrica Inc.
In addition to On the Ground Group and MineAfrica Bruce is also the pres-ident of A.P.O.C. Inc., a business development company that providesmanagement and executive services to the Canada-Southern AfricaChamber of Business, of which he is the President. Prior to immigrating toCanada in 1977 and until 1991 Bruce held various senior executive posi-tions in retail, real estate and finance industries and owned a consultingpractice in trade and investment finance in South Africa. He has taught finance and marketing at various universities and colleges both in Canadaand South Africa and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.Bruce is a member of both the Prospectors and Developers Associationof Canada and the Canadian Institute of Mining. [email protected]
Jeff Silverstein, President/Founder, RADIUS Communications
Jeff Silverstein is one of Canada’s leading communications experts. Beforefounding RADIUS Communications he worked for some of the world’smost distinguished publications and television programs. He worked as acorrespondent in London, England after graduating with a Masters in International Journalism from City University. He covered business andpolitics in Europe for The Miami Herald, The San Francisco Chronicle, andThe Globe and Mail. From Jerusalem, he covered the conflict in the MiddleEast for The Boston Globe and United Press International. In the early 90she was based out of Mexico City where he worked as a foreign correspon-dent for The Independent newspaper in London as well as The Globe andMail. In addition to managing the newsroom at CTV, his credentials includeproducing at CBC’s flagship program, The Nature of Things. Jeff alsoserved for more than a decade with CTV’s leading investigative current affairs programs, W5. [email protected]
Dave West, Vice President of International Operations, Blue Force LLC
Dave West is the senior executive responsible for the management andoversight of Blue Force’s international portfolio, which includes severalglobally focused US Department of Defense and Department of State pro-fessional services support contracts. He is a former US Army Officer, andthe former Director of Protective Services for the World Bank, and hasmanaged over $800M in US government and private sector contracts inmore than 80 countries during his 20+ year career. Dave holds a Bachelor’sdegree in Education from the University of Memphis, a Master’s degree inBusiness Administration from Anglia Ruskin University, is a PMI certifiedProject Management Professional (PMP) and ASIS Certified ProtectionProfessional (CPP). [email protected]
Mark Wiseman, Vice President, Sustainability, Avalon Rare Metals
Mr Wiseman is a biologist with over 30 years of health, safety, environmentand social responsibility (HSEC) experience. He is a graduate of GuelphUniversity (BSc, 1979) and Laurentian University (MBA, 1989). Following a period of acid rain research with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Mark joined Falconbridge Limited in 1980, and worked in progressively responsible HSEC positions in the mining industry, both in operations and large scale projects nationally and internationally. Priorto joining Avalon, he most recently was Director Health, Safety and Environment for Xstrata Nickel’s Koniambo Project in New Caledonia. Mark has extensive experience in Social and Environmental Impact Assessment, permitting, HSEC management systems development andimplementation, training, risk management, closure planning, auditing anddue diligence assessment with the goal of continuous performance improvement. He has R&D experience as well as developed and imple-mented innovative and leading edge environmental protection measures.He has participated and chaired numerous multi-stakeholder committeesin the development of standards and regulations as well as managing relationships and requirements of local, national and international stake-holders. [email protected]
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