Registration for the WISA Mine Water Division’s forthcoming Annual Symposium is open, and this year’s theme is Management Options for Mine Water.
Highlights
The Serious Water Game will be played and demonstrated in the symposium. There will be free fast WiFi in the venue, so bring your Windows OS laptop or tablet if you would like to join in. Aqua Republica – the serious (water) game – was developed in collaboration with the UNEP-DHI Centre, and it served as the basis for the 2014 South Africa Water Game Challenge Registration rates- Conference fees: non-member R 3500 | WISA member R3300 | student R1900
- Field trip fees: non-member R 700 | WISA Member R600 | student R400
- Training session / discussion group fees: non-member R 1000 | WISA Member R800 | student R400
| HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKER | |
| Prof. Coleen Vogel of the University of the Witwatersand, Johannesburg is a climatologist by training but has increasingly worked in the social dimensions of climate change adaptation. She has chaired and been vice chair of global environmental change scientific committees, groups that preceded the current Future Earth developments. She serves on international boards including the African science committee of Future Earth. She has assisted several government-related development activities in South Africa and was a contributor to the Disaster Management Act process. She was one of the chapter lead authors of the Fourth IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Africa Chapter and part of the final synthesis author panel of that report, and was a chapter author of the 5th Assessment of the IPCC. A Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the author team together with Al Gore for the efforts made in compiling the 4th assessment report. |  Prof. Coleen Vogel |
| OUTLINE PROGRAMME | |
| 9th November 2016 | |
| Mine Water Risk and Regulation | Presenters include: |
| Presentations by experts from the Department of Water and Sanitation, from academia, and from the private sector will cover risk and adaptation | DWS, University of the Witwatersrand, Golder Associates Africa |
| Mine Water Innovation and Technology | |
| The newest developments from the technology provider sector, research and development as well as industrial case studies will be showcased in this session. | Anglo Thermal Coal, DHI Group, University of Cape Town |
| Mine Water Use and Discharge | |
| Water balances, reuse of mine water, and water efficiency will be presented from practitioners at the forefront of translating new know-how to action. | Kumba Iron Ore, WISA Water Reuse Division, TCTA, DWS and the Olifants Mine Water Coordinating body |
| 10th November 2016 | |
| Mine Water, Environment and Society | |
| The issues of water stewardship, offsetting, and closure management will be debated and discussed by invited experts in this session. | GIZ, Anglo American, Sasol, CSIR |
| Current Mine Water and Related Research | |
| The very newest and most exciting developments from the forefront of mine water research will be presented by the researchers and developers of new knowledge. | Universities of the Witwatersrand and Cape Town, The Moss Group, Miwatek Ltd. |
| Practical Developments in Mine Water Management | |
| Financial management and integrated water management will be among the topics presented in this session. | Private sector leaders such as DHI Group and Jones & Wagener |
| 11th November 2016 | |
| A choice of three post-symposium options is presented: | |
| Training Session: Understanding Mine Water | Golder Associates |
| Discussion Group: Water risk, business case & solutions in the mining sector | Talbot & Talbot |
| Field Trip: New Vaal Water Treatment Plant NB: You will be required to bring your own PPE (safety shoes, vest, hard hat, glasses), without which you will not be able to enter the site. | Anglo American |
| CORRESPONDENCE AND ENQUIRIES | |
| Mr Jaco Seaman Events Manager Water Institute of Southern Africa | Tel no.: 011 805 3537 Fax no.: 011 315 1258 Email: events@wisa.org.za |
| Ms Blanché Postma Chairlady, Mine Water Division | Email: chair@wisa-mwd.org |
| Mr Richard Garner Symposium Organising Committee Chairman | Email: richard.david.garner1@gmail.com |
