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Day 1 - Session A: Welcome Breakfast
Welcome speech Fundación Chile - reception by CEO Oscar Guillermo Garreton President Fundación Chile -
Short presentation participants - -
Presentation objectives and expectations of the workshop Juan Ramon Candia (FCH) Presentations Objectives PPT
Challenges for a sustainable development of the mining industry Javier Cox, Consejo Minero Challenges PPT
Day 1 - Session B: Our aims, our vision, our challenges
Aims and Visions:
What would we like for our group?
What are our personal interests?
Francois Le Calvez (FCH) Aims & Visions DOC
Common Aims and Visions Francois Le Calvez (FCH) -
Personal and group past experiences Francois Le Calvez (FCH) -
Goal Grid Francois Le Calvez (FCH) Goal Grid DOC
Conclusions of morning session Francois Le Calvez (FCH) -
Day 1 - Session C: Inauguration and Participants Presentation
Mining industry and sustainable development – needs and challenges of the mining industry in Latin America Eduardo Chaparro ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) Minning Industries PDF
Presentation of Fundación and its business model for innovation Marcela Angulo (FCH) Business Model PPT
Participants’ presentations (institution, research)
  • David Mulligan (University of Queensland)
  • Dirk van Zyl (University of British Columbia)
  • Jac Wilsenach (CSIR), James Ranville (Colorado School of Mines),
  • James Ranville (Colorado School of Mines)
  • Dieter Wolf (University of Freiberg)
Day 2 - Session D: Target Market and Mining Industry in Latin America
Project examples: a description of the innovation needs of the local mining industry (Case Studies)
  • Juan Ramón Candia (FCH)
  • Ulrike Broschek (FCH)
Project Examples PPT
Description of the Chilean Mining Industry Alvaro Acevedo (FCH) Description of Chilean Minning PDF
Mine Waste Description and Management in Chile Jacques Wirtz Mine Waste PPT
Natural Water Resources in the Chilean North: Problems and Challenges Axel Dourojeanni (FCH) Natural Water PPT
Day 2 - Session E: Work the Net
Work the Net – experiences from the MEND Project Gilles Tremblay, MEND-Canmet Work The Net PPT
Interviews - -
Introduction for discussion Angela Oblasser (FCH) -
Discussion on areas for R&D, room for cooperation, project ideas
  1. FCH-Battelle - CSIR
  2. FCH - Uni. Cape Breton - Uni. Freiberg - MEND
  3. FCH- Uni. of British Columbia - Colorado School of Mines - Uni. of Queensland
Day 2 - Session F: Financing of environmental innovation for the mining industry
National and International Funding and Financing Mechanisms Claudio Maggi Corfo Finding PPT
Presentations International Funding Mechanism International Experts
Day 2 - Session G: General
Technical and administrative Aspects -
Day 3 - Session H: Discussion
Networking Session Francois Le Calvez -
Brainstorming Session: Roles, responsibilities and compromises Francois Le Calvez -
Day 3 - Session I: Development of a action research plan
Development of a common Action Plan Francois Le Calvez -
Wrap-up Session and final remarks Francois Le Calvez  
Development of a common Action Plan Francois Le Calvez Letter of Intent PDF