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Final Agenda and List of Speakers for the Inaugural meeting of the
International Forum on Sustainable Options for Uranium Production
26 February 2008, Phoenix, Arizona USA
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Click here for a summary of the Inaugural meeting
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07:00
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08:00
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Breakfast Meeting of Panelists
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Phoenix Convention Center, 3rd Level
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08:00
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08:30
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Registration/Coffee
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Phoenix Convention Center, Room 106C
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Welcome and Opening Panel: Setting the Scene
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08:30
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08:45
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Welcome – and What Do We Mean by Sustainability?
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Michelle Rehmann – IFSOUP Co-Chair; WM Symposia, Inc./Tetra Tech, USA
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08:45
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09:00
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International
Atomic Energy Agency Initiatives in Support of Sustainable Uranium Recovery Operations
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Horst Monken-Fernandes, IFSOUP Co-Chair; IAEA, Austria
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09:00
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09:10
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How can Uranium Production be Made More Sustainable?
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Roberto Villas-Boas; Ministério de Ciência e Tecnlologia, Brasil
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09:10
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09:20
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Environmental
Leadership - Cameco's Strategy for Growth and Sustainability
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Brent Berg, Department of Environmental Leadership; Cameco Corp., Canada
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09:20
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09:30
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The Uranium Renaissance: Africa's Problem and Promise
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Dr. David LeMone; University of Texas El Paso (Ret.), USA
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09:30
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09:40
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An
NGO Perspective – Interactions and Communications between Stakeholders and Uranium Recovery Projects
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Mervyn L. Tano, Esq., International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, USA
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09:40
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10:00
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Discussion Panel - Audience
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all
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10:00
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10:30
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Coffee break
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Panel: Good Practices
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10:30
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10:40
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Modern Management Practice – Life Cycle Management
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Sylvain. St. Pierre, WNA, UK
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09:30
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09:40
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The Regulatory Perspective – Implementation and Gaps
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Larry Camper; US NRC, USA
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10:50
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11:00
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Modern Mining Techniques for Tailings Management and Uranium Recovery from
Lower-Grade Ore Bodies
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Michelle Rehmann; WM Symposia, Inc./Tetra Tech, USA and Malcolm Ross; Saskatchewan
Environmental Assessment Branch, Canada
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11:00
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11:10
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Exploration and Mining in Economies in Transition
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Wallace Mays, President; WM Mining Inc., USA/Mongolia
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11:10
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11:20
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Availability of Public Lands for Exploration and Development
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Paul Buff; Bureau of Land Management, USA
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11:20
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11:50
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Discussion Panel - Audience
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all
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12:00
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13:30
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Lunch
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Panel: Long-Term Liability Management
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13:40
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13:50
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Abandoned Mines – the Gunnar Case Study
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Malcolm Ross, Saskatchewan Environmental Assessment Branch, Canada
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13:50
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14:00
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Our Predictive Models and Tools are Sophisticated and Mature but have Little
Impact on Public Confidence – Why? – Suggestion on Path Forward
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Steven Brown, CHP/UMREG Participant, USA
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14:00
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14:10
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Long-Term Financial Management Instruments - Bonds
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Brent Berg; Cameco Corp., Canada
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14:10
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14:20
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Reclamation and Decommissioning Requirements/Developing Durable Relationships
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John Greeves; Talisman International, USA
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14:20
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14:50
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Discussion Panel - Audience
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all
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14:50
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16:00
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Coffee break
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Panel: Enabling Regulators
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16:00
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16:10
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Is There a Need to Improve Regulatory Environments: Improving Regulatory Certainty in Canada's Uranium Mining Industry
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Malcolm Ross; Saskatchewan Environmental Assessment Branch, Canada
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16:10
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16:20
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Industry/Regulatory
Environmental Leadership Initiatives - Bringing the Energy Benefits of Uranium to our Nation; and the Economic Benefits of Uranium Development to Southside Virginia
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Patrick Wales; Virginia Uranium Inc., USA
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16:20
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16:30
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Risk Reduction vs. Regulatory Compliance
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Alberto Castillo; CNEA, Argentina
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14:30
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17:00
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Discussion Panel - Audience
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all
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17:00
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17:20
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Summing up of the Meeting
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Horst Monken-Fernandes; IFSOUP Co-Chair; IAEA, Austria
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17:20
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17:30
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Closing Remarks
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Michelle Rehmann; IFSOUP Co-Chair; WMS/Tetra Tech, USA
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