Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this Congress. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for a detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available). The programme is preliminary and subject to change!

Please note that all times are shown in the time zone of the conference. The current conference time is: 23rd Aug 2025, 08:54:23am WEST

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 07/July/2025
8:30am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Main Hall
9:00am
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10:00am
OPENING CEREMONY
Location: A1
10:00am
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10:40am
KeyNote 1 – “Between GEOLOGY and GEOPOLITICS: Mineral CRITICALITY”; Daniel Oliveira, LNEG
Location: A1
Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
10:40am
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11:20am
COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
11:20am
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1:00pm
S01 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control
Location: A1
Chair: Margarida Horta Antunes
S02 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines
Location: A2
Chair: Paula Marinho Reis
S03 - Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water
Location: A3
Chair: Patrícia Gomes
 
1:00pm
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2:20pm
LUNCH
Location: Main Hall
2:20pm
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4:00pm
S04 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
Chair: Anne Gädeke
S05 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like
Location: A2
Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
S06 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues
Location: A3
Chair: Elke Mugova
S07 - Mine water and water resources management
Location: A4
Chair: Kym Lesley Morton
4:00pm
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4:40pm
COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
4:40pm
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5:40pm
S08 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
Chair: Charles A Cravotta III
S09 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like
Location: A2
Chair: Ana Raquel Barroso
S10 - Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water
Location: A3
Chair: Mark Lund
 
5:40pm
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6:00pm
EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
6:00pm
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8:00pm
Mine water and the environment - associate editor and editorial board meeting
Location: A1
Chair: Robert Lawrence Kleinmann
Room 0.17