| Knowledge Leadership Event
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Economic Development through Social Entrepreneurship.
With increasing societal and government expectations placed on mining companies to deliver positive legacies in mining regions, new insights, knowledge and strategies are required to ensure long-term sustainable outcomes are created for communities impacted by mining.
These issues were discussed at an SMI and UQ Business School event on the 16th April featuring world renowned Enterprise Facilitator, Dr Ernesto Sirolli.
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| SMI Seminar Series 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
SMI is proud to host a range of erudite speakers with a wide diversity of focus in the weekly SMI Seminar Series. The Seminars are normally held on Thursday mornings between 10am and 11.30am.
Please phone or email . Please phone or email to confirm times and location
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| 4th Annual SMI RHD Conference 20 - 21 Nov 2012
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Students from across the Institute gathered at Customs House in late November for the fourth annual RHD Conference.
This year’s theme, Sustainable Transitions for the Future Mining Industry, allowed students to showcase their research to their peers and a number of invited guests.
The Conference provided an opportunity for students to gain insights about the industry from those already working and researching in the sector.
Dan Hunt, Director-General, Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines and Bernie O’Neill, General Manager Newlands Coal, Xstrata Coal Queensland addressed how they believed the minerals sector would change in the future.
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| Knowledge Leadership Event
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tribes and Technology: What are the limits of technology INNOVATION in achieving economic GROWTH?
In early October SMI held a knowledge leadership event where leading experts from the Sustainable Minerals Institute explored the limits of technology, and why companies must look beyond geology to ecology if they are to find true economic success. In these times where industry is again downsizing in response to external changes, SMI is an expert at putting forward ideas that challenge the thinking that radical cyclical responses are inevitable.
Guest speakers:
Prof Saleem Ali, Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM)
Prof Wayne Stange, Director, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC)
To view the video recording of the presentations please click here
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| Within the context of climate change, human population growth and Rio+2, what should we do?
Monday, June 25, 2012
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, HUMAN
POPULATION GROWTH AND RIO+20, WHAT SHOULD THE
MINING FACULTY, THE MINING INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT
AND SOCIETY DO?
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| Public Seminar: Can extractive industries promote sustainable development?
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Public Seminar: Can extractive industries promote sustainable development?
Date: July 18th, 2012
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Level 4 Seminar Room, Sir James Foots Building (47A), Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland.
Lyuba Zarsky (Monterey Institute of International Studies) and Dr Chris Anderson (Rio Tinto) will spend an afternoon at CSRM talking about sustainable development challenges in the extractive industries.
The Marlin gold and silver mine in the highlands of Guatemala has generated intense international controversy on human rights grounds. Lyuba Zarsky and her co-author Leonardo Stanley recently completed a report evaluating the economic benefits and environmental risks of the mine for the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University in Boston.
Lyuba will present on the topic: "Can extractive industries promote sustainable development? A net benefits framework and a case study of the Marlin mine in Guatemala". Lyuba is Associate Professor, MBA and International Environmental Policy Programs, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.
Dr Chris Anderson will follow Lyuba’s presentation and engage the topic from an industry perspective. Chris is the Rio Tinto strategy leader and corporate functional lead for Communities in the Americas, with a particular focus on Indigenous communities.
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| SMI Three Minute Thesis Competition
Monday, May 21, 2012
SMI Three Minute Thesis Competition
Date: Thursday, June 14 2012
Time: 9:30am onwards
Venue: SMI Level 4 Seminar Room
Visit: www.smi.uq.edu.au/Education/CurrentStudents/3MinuteThesis
First prize: iPad 3 Second prize: David Jones $100 Gift Card
Register your interest by Friday 1 June 2012.
Note: The Institutes finals scheduled Friday 17 August, 2012
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 | Women in Leadership Seminar
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Celebrate International Women’s Day with the Sustainable Minerals Institute
8 March, 2pm–3pm, SMI RSVP 5 March 2012
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| The third annual SMI RHD Conference 22-23 Nov 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
The conference provides an opportunity for SMI postgraduate students to share their research and ideas, facilitate learning environment and network with industry.
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| SMI Events - SMI 10 Year Celebrations
Friday, August 19, 2011
15 July SMI will be celebrating 10 years of success in the minerals industry
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