Alumni Seminar 2022 Ghana

Sustainable Mining, Natural Resources Awareness and Social Acceptance of Mining

7 - 12 November 2022 at UMaT Ghana

For mining companies, sustainable practices are essential for their “licenses to operate” and their managers need to be environmentally and socially responsible and ensure that costs are covered by revenues. Sustainable mining offers new opportunities for “the capacity for the biosphere (environment) and human civilization to coexist”.

In many resource dependent countries, people resist – sometimes vigorously – mining projects because they see no benefits for their communities and fear the environmental impacts. The Mining and mineral sector in many African countries is fraught with many illegal operations, health and safety challenges, environmental destruction of water bodies and biodiversity, community agitations for more investments in local infrastructure, etc. Often, protests are raised against mining companies and resistance may lead to interruptions of mining operations. The transition into a sustainable future, requires collaborative efforts of industry, institutions and mining communities themselves as catalysts of change.

All this shows the importance of the subject of the Seminars for Alumni who work as professionals in the mining and minerals sector, the mining equipment sector, investors in these sectors, trade unions, consultancy, government agencies, NGOs and research institutions.

The host of the alumni seminar in 2022 is University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in Tarkwa, Ghana.
 
 

Application procedure

Your application (in English language) should emphasize your motivation and personal/professional benefit for your participation. You should illustrate how you plan to integrate the knowledge and experiences obtained at the seminar in Tarkwa into your professional work and how you will involve stakeholders in your co-operation activities.

We only accept online applications to be sent online or to the contact e-mail addresses shown below, only in case you have difficulties with the online uploading.

The deadline for submission is 16 October 2022. We cannot accept any exceptions and delays.

Submit your application on the application website

containing

1. the online application form
2. a short CV with photograph
3. relevant documentation of your alumni status
4. presentation of your contribution to the seminar, which can be designed creatively, for example as a video or poster

Please, do not include letters of recommendation.

Please note: Completeness of personal data mentioned in the online application form will affect your eligibility as a participant.

After a review by the organizing committee, invited participants will be notified at the end of October 2022 at the latest.

You will have to confirm the acceptance of your invitation by a given deadline date mentioned in the confirmation letter.

For further questions and for submission of your application, please use the following e-mail addresses:

Prof. Dr. Jan C. Bongaerts (j-c [dot] bongaerts [at] ioez [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de)
Dr. Jiangxue Liu (Jiangxue [dot] Liu [at] bwl [dot] tu-freiberg [dot] de)

Programme

Preliminary Programme