International Mine Water Association Conference
6–11 July 2025 | Braga, Portugal & Oviedo, Spain
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, 08:30:34am WEST
To register for the Conference, please navigate to www.IMWA2025.info/registration.
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Session Overview |
| Date: Friday, 04/July/2025 | |
| 10:00am - 11:00pm | Pre-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 - 11:00pm | Pre-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 - 4:30pm | Pre-Conference Field Trip Day 3 Location: Pre-Conference Field Trip |
| 9:00am - 1:00pm | Short Course 1 – Charles Cravotta Location: Room 1.15 (SC1) PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat water-quality modeling workshop |
| 9:00am - 1:00pm | Short Course 3 – Mike Müller Location: Room 1.16 (SC3) Modelling Hydrodynamics and Water Quality of Pit Lakes with PITLAKQ |
| 9:00am - 1:00pm | Short Course 4 – Kirk Nordstrom, Ann Maest Location: Room 1.17 (SC4) Five easy pieces: Case studies that implement models for better characterization and remediation |
| 9:00am - 1:00pm | Short Course 5 – Lloyd Townley Location: Room 1.18 (SC5) The use of GoldSim simulation software to support integrated water management on mine sites |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | LUNCH Location: Lunch not covered; you're free to lunch around the Campus |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm | Short Course 1 – Charles Cravotta Location: Room 1.15 (SC1) |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm | Short Course 3 – Mike Müller Location: Room 1.16 (SC3) |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm | Short Course 4 – Kirk Nordstrom, Ann Maest Location: Room 1.17 (SC4) |
| 2:00pm - 5:30pm | Short Course 5 – Lloyd Townley Location: Room 1.18 (SC5) |
| 6:00pm - 7:30pm | Ice Breaker Party Location: Migaitas Salão Champagne |
| Date: Tuesday, 08/July/2025 | |
| 8:30am - 9:00am | Registration Location: Main Hall |
| 9:00am - 9:40am | KeyNote 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 - 10:40am | S11 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 Session Chair: Nils Hoth |
| 9:40am - 10:40am | S12 - Emerging Technologies – Sensors, UAV, Machine Learning and the like Location: A2 Session Chair: Ann Maest |
| 9:40am - 10:40am | S13 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A3 Session Chair: Michael Drobniewski |
| 9:40am - 10:40am | S14 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water Location: A4 Session Chair: Florian Hahn |
| 10:40am - 11:20am | COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall |
| 11:20am - 1:00pm | S15 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Session Chair: Kym Lesley Morton |
| 11:20am - 1:00pm | S16 - Passive Mine Water Treatment – Nature based solutions Location: A2 Session Chair: Maria Clara Costa |
| 11:20am - 1:00pm | S17 - Mine Drainage of Abandoned Mines Location: A3 Session Chair: Joana Fonseca Araújo |
| 11:20am - 1:00pm | S18 - Geothermal Energy and Mine Water Location: A4 Session Chair: Maria Almudena Ordóñez Alonso |
| 1:00pm - 2:20pm | LUNCH Location: Main Hall |
| 2:20pm - 4:00pm | S19 - Acid Mine Drainage – Prevention, Monitoring and Control Location: A1 Session Chair: Maria Almudena Ordóñez Alonso |
| 2:20pm - 4:00pm | S20 - Mine Water and Climate Dynamics Location: A2 Session Chair: Duk-Min Kim |
| 2:20pm - 4:00pm | S21 - Mine Closure and Associated Legacy Issues Location: A3 Session Chair: Andrew Clifford Johnstone |
| 2:20pm - 4:00pm | S22 - Active Mine Water Treatment Location: A4 Session Chair: Magdalena Worsa-Kozak |
| 4:00pm - 4:40pm | COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS AND SPONSOR EXHIBITION Location: Main Hall |
| 4:40pm - 5:40pm | S23 - Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Mine Geochemistry Location: A1 Session Chair: Lloyd Richard Townley |
| 4:40pm - 5:40pm | S24 - Circular Economy and Resilience in Mining-influenced Water Location: A2 Session Chair: Rodrigo Jr Embile |
| 4:40pm - 5:40pm | S25 - Mine water and water resources management Location: A3 Session Chair: Tamara Rae Diedrich |
| 5:40pm - 6:20pm | POSTER 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 - 8:00pm | IMWA EC Meeting Location: Room 0.17 |
| 6:20pm - 9:00pm | Early Career Evening Location: Main Hall |
| Date: Wednesday, 09/July/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 6:00pm | Mid-Conference Field Trips Location: Mid-Conference Field Trips Meeting point is in Main Hall of the venue. |
| 1:00pm - 6:00pm | Mid-Conference Field Trips - Cultural visits Location: Mid-Conference Field Trips |
| Date: Saturday, 12/July/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 7:00pm | Post-Conference Field Trip Day 2 Location: Post-Conference Field Trip |
| Date: Sunday, 13/July/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 7:00pm | Post-Conference Field Trip Day 3 Location: Post-Conference Field Trip |
| Date: Monday, 14/July/2025 | |
| 8:00am - 5:00pm | Post-Conference Field Trip Day 4 Location: Post-Conference Field Trip |