Programme

The programme is still being compiled but it will be similar to the below schedule.

Saturday
7 November 2020
Morning Shortcourses
Morning Shortcourses
Morning Shortcourses
Lunch
Afternoon Shortcourses
Afternoon Shortcourses
Enjoy an evening at your leisure

Monday
9 November 2020
Opening Ceremony
2 Keynotes
Morning Tea
Sessions: Legacy Sites, Mine Geochemistry 1
Lunch
Sessions: Mine Closure 1, Regional Perspective (local NZ case studies)
Afternoon Tea
Sessions: Water Stewardship & Cultural Perspectives, Ecological Studies
Evening IMWA EC Meeting @ Distinction Hotel

Wednesday
11 November 2020
1 Keynote
4 Plenary Talks
Morning Tea
Sessions: Waste Rock Storage, Mine Hydrogeology 3 (Groundwater Modelling)
Lunch
Poster Session
Sessions: Biogeochemistry, Conventional Water Treatment
Afternoon Tea
Sessions: Tailings Storage 1, Mine Geochemistry 3
Evening Congress Dinner @ Transitional Cathedral
Sunday
8 November 2020
Morning Shortcourses
Morning Shortcourses
Morning Shortcourses
Lunch
Afternoon Shortcourses
Afternoon Shortcourses
Evening Ice Breaker Party

Tuesday
10 November 2020
2 Keynotes
2 Plenary Talks
Morning Tea
Sessions: Mine Closure 2, Mine Hydrogeology 1
Lunch
Sessions: Mine Geochemistry 2, Mine Hydrogeology 2
Afternoon Tea
Sessions: Mine Rehabilitation, Pit Lakes
IMWA General Assembly @ Distinction Hotel

Thursday
12 November 2020
1 Keynote
3 Plenary Talks
Morning Tea
Sessions: Mine Geochemistry 4, Mine Catchment Assessments
Lunch
Sessions: Passive Treatment Innovation, Tailings Storage 2
Afternoon Tea
Closing Ceremony: 2 Closing Plenaries, Congress Review, IMWA 2021 Wales
Friday
13 November 2020
Post Congress Field Trips

Each day will start with a keynote address (30 minutes) and plenary talk (20 minutes) delivered to a plenary session by invited speakers. After the daily keynote address, 3 to 5 parallel sessions will start and each session (20 minutes) will be introduced with a synthesis of the previous day’s presentations.

Wednesday there will be a conference dinner including traditional New Zealand food and wine, music, student awards show and speeches by representatives of the organizing organizations.

Thursday during the closing ceremony the IMWA2021 presentation will be given.

Accompanying Persons’ Programme (APP) will run from Monday to Thursday.