Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

 
 
Session Overview
Date: Sunday, 24/Sept/2023
5:00pm - 7:00pmPre-event registration
Location: Lobby – Conference hotel
Date: Monday, 25/Sept/2023
8:00am - 5:00pmField trip A - Crossen

Field trip A: Wismut Site Crossen: tailings remediation and transition to post-remedial care

Chair: Marcel Roscher, Wismut GmbH

8:00am - 5:00pmField trip B - Königstein/PTALT

Field trip B: Wismut Site Königstein & PTALT Sites in Freital/Dresden

Chair: Norman Kinal, Wismut GmbH

8:00am - 5:00pmField trip C - Lake Most (CZ)

Field trip C: Remediating open cast lignite mines: a case study from Lake Most (Czech Republic) (in cooperation with DIAMO s.p., Straz p.r., Czech Republic)

Chair: Vojtěch Vokál , DIAMO s.p.; Axel Hiller, Wismut GmbH

8:00am - 5:00pmField trip D - Welterbe

Field trip D: UNESCO World Heritage Ore Mountains: tracing the history of local uranium mining 

Chair: Nico Loße, Wismut GmbH

8:00am - 5:00pmField trip E - Radon Management

Workshop: Radon management at waste rock dumps

Chair: Jens Regner, Wismut GmbH

6:00pm - 8:30pmIce-Breaker
Location: Schwenke's - bar Conference hotel
Date: Tuesday, 26/Sept/2023
8:30am - 10:00amOpening Ceremony
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Dr. Michael Paul, Wismut GmbH, Germany
Session Chair: Olaf Alisch, Verband Bergbau, Geologie und Umwelt e.V., Germany

Opening remarks: Dr. Michael Paul (Wismut GmbH), Olaf Alisch (VBGU)

Welcoming Adresses:

Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Bodo Ramelow, Prime minister of the Free State of Thuringia

Eva Jähnigen, Bürgermeisterin Stadt Dresden

Prof. Bernhard Cramer, Sächsisches Oberbergamt

10:00am - 10:30amCoffee Break
Location: Zeis 1
10:30am - 12:10pmSocial acceptance (1)
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Dr. Raphael L’Hoest, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, Germany
12:10pm - 1:15pmLunch
Location: Restaurant "Le Boulevard"
1:15pm - 2:35pmSocial acceptance (2)
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Olaf Alisch, Verband Bergbau, Geologie und Umwelt e.V., Germany
2:35pm - 3:00pmCoffee Break
Location: Zeis 1
3:00pm - 4:45pmDeep mining/final repositories – Legacies in abandoned mining sites
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Prof. Bernhard Cramer, Sächsisches Oberbergamt, Germany
4:45pm - 5:00pmPause
Location: Zeis 1
5:00pm - 6:15pmNORM-Management
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Dr. Sven Altfelder, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Germany
5:00pm - 7:30pmVBGU Mitgliederversammlung
Location: Zeis 1
fulldayPoster exhibition
Location: Zeis 1

For details, please see poster exhibition on Thursday, 28th, 2023: https://www.conftool.pro/wissym2023/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=48&presentations=show 

Date: Wednesday, 27/Sept/2023
9:00am - 9:35amOpening 2nd Conference Day
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Minou Amir-Sehhi, Veranstaltungsmoderatorin, Germany

Eröffnung des 2. Konferenztag: Dr. Michael Paul (Wismut GmbH)

Michael Kretschmer, Minsterpräsident des Freistaates Sachsen

"Rohstoffstrategie in Sachsen"

9:35am - 10:30amPanel discussion
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert

Podiumsdiskussion

Bergbau für die globale „grüne“ Transformation … aber nicht vor meiner Haustür:

MP Michael Kretschmer, Minsterpräsident des Freistaates Sachsen

Dr. Corinne Unger, University of Queensland, Australia

Dr. Sven Altfelder, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe

Dr. Horst Monken-Fernandes, Internationale Atomenergie-Organisation

Dr. Julian Hilton, Aleff Group, UK

Humberto Rivas, Codelco, Chile

10:30am - 11:00amPause
Location: Zeis 1
11:00am - 12:15pmCircular economy and resources
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Minou Amir-Sehhi, Veranstaltungsmoderatorin, Germany
12:15pm - 1:30pmLunch
Location: Restaurant "Le Boulevard"
1:30pm - 4:00pmBreak-Out-Session
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Minou Amir-Sehhi, Veranstaltungsmoderatorin, Germany

-   Valorization of NORM residues (Horst-Monken-Fernandes, Sven Altfelder)

-   Water-Energy Nexus (Frank Winde, Lars Mammitzsch)

-   Zero-Waste, critical material and circular economy (Julian Hilton, Jiří Mužák)

-   Capacity building in mining and remediation (Maria de Lurdes Dinis, Peter Schmidt)

-   Social acceptance and economical sustainability (Eberhard Falck, Olaf Alisch)

5:30pm - 10:00pmConference Dinner
Location: Wackerbarth Castle

There will be a bus shuttle from hotel Pullman Dresden Newa to Wackerbarth Castle

Departure: 5:00 pm

Place of departure: in front of the entrance of hotel Pullman Dresden Newa

fulldayPoster exhibition
Location: Zeis 1

For details, please see poster exhibition on Thursday, 28th, 2023: https://www.conftool.pro/wissym2023/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=48&presentations=show 

Date: Thursday, 28/Sept/2023
8:30am - 10:15amMining remediation - technology & aftercare (1)
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Edgar Carvalho, EDM - Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro, S.A., Portugal
10:10am - 10:45amCoffee Break
Location: Zeis 1
10:45am - 12:25pmMining remediation - technology & aftercare (2)
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Jacob Mai, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Peru
12:25pm - 1:30pmLunch
Location: Restaurant "Le Boulevard"
1:30pm - 2:45pmMining remediation - technology & aftercare (3)
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Dr. Frank Winde, Wismut GmbH, Germany
2:45pm - 3:15pmPause
Location: Zeis 1
3:15pm - 4:55pmMining remediation - technology & aftercare (4)
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
Session Chair: Thomas Metschies, Wismut GmbH, Germany
4:55pm - 5:05pmClosing Ceremony & End of the Conference
Location: Bentz & Lingner & Pfund & Schubert
5:05pm - 6:30pmFarewell
Location: Schwenke's - bar Conference hotel
fulldayPoster exhibition
Location: Zeis 1