Scientific Programme:
(as of 15th September 2017, subject to change)
Social Programme
Sunday, 24 September 2017, 18:15 - 20:00
Welcome reception after the opening lecture and honorary talk, sponsored by Newmont Mining Corportion, Greenwood Village, CO/USA
Tuesday, 26 September 2017, 19:30 - 23:00
Conference Dinner at the historical concert hall Tivoli.
sponsored by Newmont Mining Corportion, Greenwood Village, CO/USA
Enjoy a relaxed evening with colleagues and business partners at the concerthall Tivoli. A regional and saisonal buffet with regional wines and beers and softs will be served. A typical music corps will introduce traditional songs for this region.
Registration is neccessary. Please incidate your participation at the online registration.
Ticket: 59 € incl 19% VAT (buffet, drinks, music )
Invited Speakers
Honorary Lecture on Sunday, 24 September 2017
- P. Norris, University of Exeter/UK
Progress in Biohydrometallurgy over the last thirty years?
Public Evening Lecture on Wednesday, 27 September 2017
- B. Cramer, Sächsisches Oberbergamt, Freiberg/D
850 years of ore mining in Saxony – lessons (to be) learned
Invited Keynote Lectures
- M. Chen, CSIRO/AU
Characterization and localized insight into leaching of sulfide minerals
- C. Demergasso, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta/CHL
From knowledge to best practices in bioleaching
- Mark Dopson, Linnaeus University, Kalmar/S
Optimizing Acidophile Biofilm Formation for Metal Sulfide Dissolution: The SysMetEx Project
- P. D'Hugues, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans/F
Bioleaching in stirred tanks reactors to process Kupferschiefer type of ore: an overview
- A. Kaksonen, CSIRO, Floreat/AUS
Recent advances in biomining and microbial characterization
- J. Lloyd, University of Manchester/ UK
Putting subsurface microbes to work; metal recovery and biosynthesis of functional metallic nanoparticles
- J. Petersen, University of Cape Town/ZA
Unravelling the complexity of heap bioleaching
- F. Roberto, Newmont Mining Corporation, Englewood, CO/USA
Copper Heap Bioleach Microbiology – Progress and Challenges
- M. Ranjbar, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman/IR
Bioelectrochemical Leaching of Copper Sulfide Minerals
- J.-L. Xia, Central South University, Changsha/CN
In-situ characterization and molecular mechanisms evaluation of interfacial interaction between minerals and typical bioleaching microorganisms
