Student activities at CIM Conference – Vancouver 2010

The student program is designed to help students create a network of industry contacts – it`s never too early to start.

Join student membership FREE to take advantage of the $55 student delegate rate!   

Delegate Registration

Call for student poster abstracts!

For details about the Poster Session Competition (guidelines), click here!

Submit your 200 word abstract here, deadline: Monday, February 22, 2010

Student delegate program:

Technical program overview – visit www.cim.org/vancouver2010 for details

• Plenary – AM: Monday, May 10, Ballroom AB
• Projects
• Best Practice
• Finance and Risk Management
• People and Communities
• Innovation/Technology
• Mining Finance and Management Day: perspectives on valuation

Social events – visit www.cim.org/vancouver2010 for details

• Receptions
• P&H

Guided student tours

• Date: Sunday PM; Monday AM & PM; Tuesday PM; Wednesday AM (Opt)
• Times: 10.30 AM / 3 PM
• Location: Exhibition floor, Career Fair and Mining in Society (starting point: CIM booth)

Poster Competition

• Dates: Sunday, May 9 – Tuesday, May 11
• Times: TBD
• Location: Hallway/Trade Show entrance

Must attend Tuesday – Please RSVP to Teresa Barrett by April 26!
tbarrett@cim.org

Information seminars:

• Date: Tuesday, May 11
• Time: 10 – 11.45 AM
• Location: 202 (upper level)
• Presentations:

Sandvik Mining and Construction: Health and Safety culture

BHP Billiton: Careers

Student-Industry Networking Lunch

• Date: Tuesday, May 11
• Time: 12 noon – 2 PM
• Location: 203/204 (upper level)

Women in Mining Forum and Reception: Past, present and future

• Date: Tuesday, May 11
• Times: 3-5 PM (Forum) / 5-7 PM Reception
• Location: Ballroom A
• Forum cost: free/delegate
• Reception cost: $25/delegate

Sunday, May 9 workshops:

• One day: $100 each (discounted for students)

Power smart energy management workshop

First Nations: Learning Together

National Instrument 43-101: standards of disclosure for mineral projects

Mining 101: an introduction to mining and mineral processing

New approaches to greener mining

The realities of earning a social license to operate

• Half day: $25 each (discounted for students)

Mining Association of Canada`s Towards Sustainable Mining        9 AM – 12 noon

Tailings management for sustainable minin                                       1.30 – 4.30 PM

• Field trips: full rate applies
  (CIM reserves the right to cancel tours if minimum number of participants not reached)

Greenhills Operations Thursday, May 6 $900

Northgate Minerals Corporation, Kemmess South Mine Friday, May 7 $1200

Hillsborough Resources, Quinsam Coal Mine Saturday, May 8 $600

Teck Resources, Highland Valley Copper Thursday, May 13 $250

Thank You!

Vancouver 2010 Student Program Chair

Dr. Michael Hitch, assistant professor – University of British Columbia – Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering

BHP Billiton: Student Program Sponsor

www.bhpbilliton.com

Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)

855-3400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W, Montréal, Québec     H3Z 3B8
Contact: Teresa Barrett via e-mail at tbarrett@cim.org

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