Monday 09 May 2011 10. 00 18 00 Participant Registration at the Palais du Peuple 08. 00-15. 00

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  Introduction by the President of the Organising Committee : Guillaume CURTIS, Secretary General, Ministry of Mines & Geology, Republic of Guinea
  
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  Welcome Speech: Hon Mohamed Lamine FOFANA, Minister of Mines & Geology, Republic of Guinea
  
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  Speech of: Prof. Dr. Peter EIGEN, Special Representative, EITI, “Making transparency count – a vision for governing Guinea’s mining sector.”
  
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  Opening Speech: His Excellency, President of the Republic of Guinea, Head of State, Professor Alpha CONDE
  

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  Kémoko TOURE, Director General, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée
  
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  Andrew TAPLIN, Acting Managing Director, Rio Tinto Simandou
  
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  Ricardo SAAD, Director of the Simandou Project, Vale
  
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  Bellzone
  

Mining Policy: Legal, regulatory & fiscal mining framework

Moderator : Hon Michel KAMANO President, C.E.S

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  Saadou NIMAGA, Legal Advisor, MMG and Mme Fatou DIALLO, Director, Legal Service, The mining code, perspectives on its revision & opportunities for investment
  
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  Ousmane CISSE , Technical Specialist , Regional Project for Capacity Development for Negotiating and Regulating Investments Contracts, UNOPS, 'Developing an Appropriate Policy Framework for Natural Resource Management'
  
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  Mensan LAWSON-HECHELLI, Director, Industry & Mining, ECOWAS
  
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  Malal CAMARA Director, Office of Exploration and Petroleum Promotion , Guinean Petroleum Code (Perspectives on its revision)
  
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  Ibrahima Bodié BALDE, Advisor to the Minister of Economy & Finance,). Fiscality of the Mining Industry ( fiscal barriers to investment, problems of the imposition of ceding mining rights)
  
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  Bertrand MONTEMBAULT, Partner, Herbert Smith, The Equilibrium of Mining Contracts
  

Good Governance & Transparency in the Mining Industry

Moderator : Hon Aboubacar Sidiki KOULIBALY, Minister of Auditing, Economic & Financial Control, Republic of Guinea

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  Henri Pierre GEBAUER, Coordinator & Project Head, Consultation in the area of international cooperation & primary substances, BGR, Good Governance : transforming mining potential in sustainable development
  
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  Boubacar BOCOUM, Senior Mining Specialist, The World Bank, “Perspectives on the Guinean mining sector".
  
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  Tim BITTIGER, Regional Director, Francophone Africa, EITI, “The EITI – building trust and staying accountable”.
  
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  Kristian LEMPA, Governance of Extractive Industries, GIZ, Resource Governance: A public policy challenge and the GIZ response
  
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  Badara DIOUBATE, Professor, Course Leader, Reims Management School, Questions of the Governance in the mining sector
  
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  Karamokoba CAMARA, Principal Advisor, Ministry of Economy & Finance, Thoughts of the State regarding Imports, Taxes and Royalties
  
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  Edgar DE CARVALHO*, Executive Secretary, ADPA, The African Diamond Sector, challenges & Opportunities
  

Financing Mining Activities

Moderator : Hon. Dr Lounceny NABE Governor B.C.R.G

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  Alsény SYLLA, Director General, ’OPIP, Investment opportunities for the private sector in the Republic of Guinea
  
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  Philippe MICHAUD, Director, AFD, Guinea, The support of the AFD to the public sector politics of the Guinean mining sector
  
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  Jean Pierre BARRAL, Director of the Infrastructure and Mining Division, Proparco, Case Study of the financing Proparco/AFD non sovereign loan to the dam of Bujagali in Uganda
  
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  Mouhamadou NIANG, Manager, Industries and Services Division, African Development Bank, The Role of the African Development Bank in the Guinean Mining Sector
  

Moderator: S.E Dr Lounceny NABE Gouvernor, B.C.R.G

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  Christopher LUCET, Regional Representative, European Investment Bank, EIB & financing the mining sector
  
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  Mark SORBARA, Analyst, Africa Risk Consulting, Changing the political risk picture for Guinea
  
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  Habib HANN, CFA, FINECAP Partners: Transforming natural resources into a source of prosperity for the nation : The mobilisation of financial resources
  
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  Dr Brahima GUIRE, Conseil juridique et fiscal, Directeur Général, Conseils & Fiscalistes Associés en Afrique, Fiscal Treatment for the provision of reconstitution of mining deposits: A comparison between Guinea & Burkina Faso
  

Mining Development 

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  Jean-Francois David, President, BHP Billiton, Guinea
  
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  Dr Alkaly Yamoussa BANGOURA, Technical Advisor, MMG, Managing the World Largest bauxite resources.
  
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  Yakov ITSKOV, Member of the Board of Director, Deputy Director General UC RUSAL, Previous working experiences & strategic objectives of UC Rusal in Guinea
  
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  Nikhil SHAH, Head of Raw Materials – Aluminium, Cru Analysis, Global developments in the Aluminium, Alumina and bauxite markets.
  
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  Vinood SOOD, Sr. Vice President (Corporate Projects), Hindalco Industries Limited
  
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  Richard LAMARCHE, Vice President, Energy, Alcoa & Project Director, Kabata Alumina Refinery (Alcoa/Rio Tinto Alcan) & Franck MONTIEL, Project Director, Kabata Alumina Refinery (Alcoa/Rio Tinto Alcan), Kabata refinery project.
  
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  Russell WILLIAMS, Director, Anglo Aluminum Corp, "Advancing Bauxite Resources in Guinea"
  
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  Danny KEATING, Chief Executive Officer, Alufer, The Future of Bauxite, operating in Guinea
  

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  Dr Aliou CISSE, Mining Potential in the Republic of Guinea
  
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  Dr Alan REID, Chief Geophysicist, AMTEC, Geosurvey Nationwide Geophysical Airborne Survey
  
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  Carlos ROJAS-ARBULU, Commercial Advisor and Principal Attache ( West Africa), Embassy of Canada, Senegal, "Canadian Experience in mines and extraction."
  
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  Vladimir MAMEDOV, General Coordinator, Geoprospects Ltd, The Knowledge of Geology and Location of Mineral Deposits as the Basis of Mining Development of Republic of Guinea".
  
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  Mike PALMER, Vice President, Operations, Hyperdynamics
  
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  André LAMBERT , Consultant, Permanence of gold in the Guinean geology
  

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  Sidiki CONDE, National Mining Director, The Iron Ore of the Republic of Guinea
  
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  Ricardo SAAD, Director of the Simandou Project, Vale
  
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  Thierry KAIOUN, Directeur General, Newmont LaSource, President, Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée (SMFG)
  
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  Thierno DIALLO, General Manager Economic Development and Government Relations, Rio Tinto, Simandou
  

Exploration Projects gold & other associated minerals in Guinea

Moderator: Hon. Ibrahima Soumah, Former Minister

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  Mamadou Alpha DIALLO, D.N.A, Promoting & formalising artisanal exploration
  
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  Paul WEEDON, VP Business Development, Anglogold Ashanti, Anglogold Ashanti in West Africa: A Lion in Elephant Country
  
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  Tim MORGAN, Business Development Manager, EMEA, Minelab International Limited, Promoting and formalising artisanal exploration
  
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  Peter FLINDELL, Executive Vice President – Exploration, Avocet Mining, Koulékoun gold deposit
  
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  Mark REILLY, Managing Director, CEO, Forte Energy
  

Mining and Sustainable Development

Moderator : S.E Dr Ahmed Tidiane SOUARE, Former Prime Minister

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  Kémoko TOURE, DG CBG, The Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, a citizen lead company
  
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  Mamady YOULA, General Manager, Guinea Alumina Corporation & Vice-President of the Chamber of Mines “A sustainable approach to major project delivery.”
  
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  Glenn J. MULLAN, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Golden Valley Mines, "Mining, CSR and beyond"
  
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  Richard LAMARCHE, Vice President Energy, Alcoa and Project Director, Kabata Alumina Refinery (Alcoa/Rio Tinto Alcan), Sustainable Development- a new imperative in the business world. It is present in the DNA of Alcoa
  
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  Morciré SYLLA, Advisor MMG, Mega Projects and Sustainable Development
  
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  Michel SERRES, Senior Sales Manager, Electrification et Automatisation de la transformation des minéraux ABB, How to bring up local éducation level and be active in CSR
  

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  Dr. Moussa SYLLA, Director of Mines & Geology, Senegal " Mining Investment and Social Responsibilities in Senegal
  
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  Alhassane Aminata TOURE, National Coordinator of Support Program to Village Communities (PACV), Support to the local development process in mining collectivities
  
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  Lansana CONDE, D.G.A, PUAK, Community Development in Guinea, the Committees of Prefectures of Development
  
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  Paul SIEGEL, WWF Dakar/ Dr Alkhaly DOUMBOUYA, Chercheur au Centre de Recherche Halieutique de Boussoura, The neccessity of a strategic environmental study of North West Guinea
  
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  Mme Safiatou DIALLO National Environment Director, Gold Exploration & Environmental Protection in Guinea