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Conference Time: 1st July 2025, 07:57:48pm WEST
 

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!

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Session Overview
Date: Friday, 04/July/2025
10:00am - 11:00pmPre-Conference Field Trip Day 1
Location: Pre-Conference Field Trip
Bus stop 1 (10:00 o'clock)
Train Station Estación del Norte

Bus stop 2 (10:10 o'clock)
Bus Stop Argüelles Street, 2 (almost in front of EXE Hotel El Magistral)
Date: Saturday, 05/July/2025
8:20am - 11:00pmPre-Conference Field Trip Day 2
Location: Pre-Conference Field Trip
08:20 Bus stop 1 pick-up
08:30 Bus stop 2 pick-up
Date: Sunday, 06/July/2025
8:30am - 4:30pmPre-Conference Field Trip Day 3
Location: Pre-Conference Field Trip
9:00am - 1:00pmShort Course 1 – Charles Cravotta
Location: DCT S1
PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat water-quality modeling workshop
9:00am - 1:00pmShort Course 3 – Mike Müller
Location: DCT S3
Modelling Hydrodynamics and Water Quality of Pit Lakes with PITLAKQ
9:00am - 1:00pmShort Course 4 – Kirk Nordstrom, Ann Maest
Location: DCT S4
Five easy pieces: Case studies that implement models for better characterization and remediation
9:00am - 1:00pmShort Course 5 – Lloyd Townley
Location: DCT S5
The use of GoldSim simulation software to support integrated water management on mine sites
1:00pm - 2:00pmLUNCH
Location: Restaurant Braga
2:00pm - 5:30pmShort Course 1 – Charles Cravotta
Location: DCT S1
2:00pm - 5:30pmShort Course 3 – Mike Müller
Location: DCT S3
2:00pm - 5:30pmShort Course 4 – Kirk Nordstrom, Ann Maest
Location: DCT S4
2:00pm - 5:30pmShort Course 5 – Lloyd Townley
Location: DCT S5
6:00pm - 7:30pmIce Breaker Party
Location: Restaurant Braga
Date: Monday, 07/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00amRegistration
Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 10:00amOPENING CEREMONY
Location: A1
10:00am - 10:40amKeyNote 1 – “Between GEOLOGY and GEOPOLITICS: Mineral CRITICALITY”; Daniel Oliveira, LNEG
Location: A1
Session Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
10:40am - 11:20amCOFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 1:00pmS01 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control
Location: A1
Session Chair: Margarida Horta Antunes
11:20am - 1:00pmS02 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines
Location: A2
Session Chair: Paula Marinho Reis
11:20am - 1:00pmS03 - Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water
Location: A3
Session Chair: Patrícia Gomes
1:00pm - 2:20pmLUNCH
Location: Main Hall
2:20pm - 4:00pmS04 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
Session Chair: Anne Gädeke
2:20pm - 4:00pmS05 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like
Location: A2
2:20pm - 4:00pmS06 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues
Location: A3
Session Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
2:20pm - 4:00pmS07 - Mine water and water resources management
Location: A4
Session Chair: Kym Lesley Morton
4:00pm - 4:40pmCOFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
4:40pm - 5:40pmS08 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
Session Chair: Charles A Cravotta III
4:40pm - 5:40pmS09 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like
Location: A2
Session Chair: Ana Raquel Barroso
4:40pm - 5:40pmS10 - Ecology and Microbiology of Mining-influenced Water
Location: A3
Session Chair: Mark Lund
5:40pm - 6:00pmEXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
6:00pm - 8:00pmJournal and Society Committee Meetings
Location: A1
Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00amRegistration
Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 9:40amKeyNote 2 – “Sustainable Water Management in a Mining Operation; interactions and challenges from the surface to the underground. Case Study Neves Corvo”; Mafalda Oliveira, Somincor
Location: A1
Session Chair: Teresa Maria Valente
9:40am - 10:40amS11 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control
Location: A1
Session Chair: Nils Hoth
9:40am - 10:40amS12 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like
Location: A2
Session Chair: Ann Maest
9:40am - 10:40amS13 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines
Location: A3
Session Chair: Michael Drobniewski
9:40am - 10:40amS14 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water
Location: A4
Session Chair: Florian Hahn
10:40am - 11:20amCOFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 1:00pmS15 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
Session Chair: Kym Lesley Morton
11:20am - 1:00pmS16 - Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions
Location: A2
Session Chair: Maria Clara Costa
11:20am - 1:00pmS17 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines
Location: A3
11:20am - 1:00pmS18 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water
Location: A4
Session Chair: Maria Almudena Ordóñez Alonso
1:00pm - 2:20pmLUNCH
Location: Main Hall
2:20pm - 4:00pmS19 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control
Location: A1
2:20pm - 4:00pmS20 - Mine Water and Climate Dynamics
Location: A2
Session Chair: Duk-Min Kim
2:20pm - 4:00pmS21 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues
Location: A3
Session Chair: Andrew Clifford Johnstone
2:20pm - 4:00pmS22 - Active Mine Water Treatment
Location: A4
Session Chair: Magdalena Worsa-Kozak
4:00pm - 4:40pmCOFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
4:40pm - 5:40pmS23 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
Session Chair: Lloyd Richard Townley
4:40pm - 5:40pmS24 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water
Location: A2
Session Chair: Rodrigo Jr Embile
4:40pm - 5:40pmS25 - Mine water and water resources management
Location: A3
Session Chair: Tamara Rae Diedrich
5:40pm - 6:20pmPOSTER SESSION
Location: Main Hall

We are awarding the best student poster presentation a 500 € cash prize. Help us to find the best poster by visiting this web page during the conference: https://imwa2025.info/bestposter
6:20pm - 8:00pmIMWA EC Meeting
Location: A1
6:20pm - 9:00pmEarly Career Evening
Location: Restaurant Braga
Date: Wednesday, 09/July/2025
8:00am - 1:00pmMid-Conference Field Trips
Location: Mid-Conference Field Trips
1:00pm - 6:00pmMid-Conference Field Trips - Cultural visits
Location: Mid-Conference Field Trips
Date: Thursday, 10/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00amRegistration
Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 9:40amKeyNote 3 – “PCBs in the Mining Environment 2.0 – From Silver Bullet to Dirty Dozen”; Chris Wolkersdorfer, Tshwane University of Technology
Location: A1
9:40am - 10:40amS26 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
9:40am - 10:40amS27 - Tailings and Tailings Ponds
Location: A2
9:40am - 10:40amS28 - Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions
Location: A3
Session Chair: Danie Vermeulen
9:40am - 10:40amS29 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues
Location: A4
Session Chair: Rens Verburg
10:40am - 11:20amCOFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 1:00pmS30 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A1
Session Chair: Adrian Brown
11:20am - 1:00pmS31 - Tailings and Tailings Ponds
Location: A2
Session Chair: Larry Breckenridge
11:20am - 1:00pmS32 - Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions
Location: A3
Session Chair: Rita Maria Ferreira Fonseca
11:20am - 1:00pmS33 - Mine water and water resources management
Location: A4
1:00pm - 2:20pmLUNCH
Location: Main Hall
2:20pm - 4:00pmS34 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water
Location: A1
2:20pm - 4:00pmS35 - Case Studies
Location: A2
Session Chair: Mariana Werle
2:20pm - 4:00pmS36 - Mine Water and Climate Dynamics
Location: A3
Session Chair: Robert Lawrence Kleinmann
2:20pm - 4:00pmS37 - Active Mine Water Treatment
Location: A4
Session Chair: Christoph Klinger
4:00pm - 4:40pmCOFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
4:40pm - 5:40pmS38 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water
Location: A1
Session Chair: Hernan Flores
4:40pm - 5:40pmS39 - Case Studies
Location: A2
Session Chair: Małgorzata Szlachta
4:40pm - 5:40pmS40 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control
Location: A3
Session Chair: Joana Fonseca Araújo
8:00pm - 10:00pmCONFERENCE DINNER
Location: Restaurant Braga
Date: Friday, 11/July/2025
8:30am - 9:00amRegistration
Location: Main Hall
9:00am - 9:40amKeyNote 4 – “Alternative and sustainable dewatering technologies for sludge treatment, from comminution and washing processes of the extractive industry – Gouvães case study”; Nuno Faria, DST Group
Location: A1
Session Chair: Margarida Horta Antunes
9:40am - 10:40amS41 - Tailings and Tailings Ponds
Location: A1
Session Chair: Rodrigo Alvarez
9:40am - 10:40amS42 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water
Location: A2
9:40am - 10:40amS43 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry
Location: A3
Session Chair: Paula Marinho Reis
10:40am - 11:20amCOFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION
Location: Main Hall
11:20am - 12:00pmKeyNote 5 – “A Hydrogeochemist’s Mindful Toolkit: Conceptualization, Characterization, and modeling of Mine Sites Producing Acid Mine Drainage”; Kirk Nordstrom, US Geological Survey
Location: A1
Session Chair: Christian Wolkersdorfer
12:00pm - 12:40pmCLOSING CEREMONY
Location: A1
12:40pm - 2:00pmLUNCH
Location: Main Hall
2:00pm - 8:00pmPost-Conference Field Trip Day 1
Location: Post-Conference Field Trip
Date: Saturday, 12/July/2025
8:00am - 7:00pmPost-Conference Field Trip Day 2
Location: Post-Conference Field Trip
Date: Sunday, 13/July/2025
8:00am - 7:00pmPost-Conference Field Trip Day 3
Location: Post-Conference Field Trip
Date: Monday, 14/July/2025
8:00am - 5:00pmPost-Conference Field Trip Day 4
Location: Post-Conference Field Trip

 
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