April 2012
On April 17th-18th, Maria Laura Barreto, Chair of the ARM Board, and Cristina Echavarría, board member and former Executive Director, will be among the opening discussants at “GEMM 20/20: Global Exploration, Mining and Minerals in 2020. Responsibility and Sustainability Challenges and Opportunities.” in Vancouver, Canada.
The goal of the event is to bring together people and organizations from diverse perspectives and experiences to share insights and concepts, develop strategies and tools, and build networks and relationships for effective leadership and responsible management in the mineral sector.
The aim is to confront the toughest issues that must be addressed for the mineral sector to move forward in demonstrating sustainability and responsibility over the coming decade, identify specific priority projects or activities responsive to these issues to define “Pathways for Improving Practice” and “Agendas for Responsive Research”, and, last but not least, expand and deepen across sectors and disciplines the network of experienced and knowledgeable leaders, practitioners, decision makers and researchers from communities, nongovernment organizations, companies and governments.
See the program.