Join us for the 4th Annual Rocks & Stocks 2017!
Management and Economics Society & CIM Toronto Branch
Professional Development Series
SHAKING UP OUR INDUSTRY: BEING SMARTER THIS TIME
Opening & Welcome: Irene Gosende Seeney, R&S Chair
Session 1: Shake it Up!
Chair: Rosemary Niechcial
Ideas That Have Shaken Mining – Kenneth Thomas, CIM
Innovation in Operations and Design – Fred Stanford, Torex Gold Inc.
Mining in the Digital Era: Imperatives and Disconnect – Theophile Yameogo, EY
Session 2: Is “Innovation” the Answer?
Chair: Bereket Berhe
Teaching a T-Rex to Tango – Carl Weatherell, Canada Mining Innovation Council
Open Discussion – Panel and Audience (Moderator: Indi Gopinathan, JDS Energy Mining Inc.)
— LUNCH with KEYNOTE SPEAKER (George Hemingway, Partner, Head of Innovation Practice, Stratalis Group) —
Introduction: Marilyn Barton
THE THREE KEYS TO CONQUERING UNCERTAINTY
Session 3: Being Smarter: Creativity & Intelligence
Chair: Michael Samis
Financing: Faster and Smarter – Peter Clausi, CBLT Inc.
Smarter People or Smarter with People? – Paul Pittman, The Human Well
Session 4: Preparing for the Future Now
Chair: James Gardner
What Will “Smarter” Look like This Time? – Rob McEwen, McEwen Mining Inc.
Open Discussion – Panel and Audience (Moderator: Anthony Vaccaro, The Northern Miner Group)
Final Comments / Questions & Closing: Irene Gosende Seeney, R&S Chair
Click HERE for full event details.
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Our speakers include:
Peter Clausi
Chief Executive Officer, CBLT
Indi Gopinathan
Project Management / Economics Consultant, JDS Energy & Mining
Rob McEwen
Executive Chairman, Director, and Chief Owner, McEwen Mining
Paul Pittman
Founder, The Human Well
Fred Stanford
President and Chief Executive Officer, Torex Gold
Kenneth G. Thomas
President, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (CIM)
Anthony Vaccaro
Group Publisher, The Northern Miner Group
Carl Weatherell
Executive Director & CEO, Canada Mining Innovation Council
Theophile Yameogo
National Advisory Leader, EY Mining & Metals
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Thursday, October 19, 2017
8:30am – 4:30pm
Location: Ernst & Young LLP, 100 Adelaide Street West, 31st Floor, Toronto, Ontario
Followed by:
CIM Toronto’s 11th Annual Grubstake Networking Event
4:30pm to 7:30pm
at
The National Club
303 Bay Street, Toronto
Join us for an evening of hot and cold appetizer buffets with beer and wine, excellent conversation, networking, and catching up with industry friends.
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For more information about Rocks & Stocks 2017, click HERE
COST:
$395 – Rocks & Stocks plus Grubstake Event
$355 – Rocks & Stocks only
$70 – Students: Rocks & Stocks plus Grubstake
$50 – Students: Rocks & Stocks only
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT – Register before September 30th and save $100 ($10 Students)!
Pre-registration is strongly advised. EY and National Club will exert its best efforts to accommodate walk-in registrations. Cancellations must be emailed 72 hours prior to event.
For registration, click HERE
Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support:
Host Sponsor
Premium Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
Print Sponsors
Click HERE for Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities for Rocks & Stocks 2017
Rocks & Stocks is a joint effort by Management and Economics Society (MES) of CIM and the CIM Toronto Branch.
Keep up to date by checking us out at: www.cimmes.org
Be part of an MES conversation, start a conversation or simply be informed – join us on LinkedIn! Click HERE to register!
