Technical Program

Technical Program Schedule

View Technical Program Schedule

Join us for the leading international conference on acid rock drainage, featuring 141 presenters, 2 keynotes, and 3 panels over 4 days.

Topics

  • Water Quality Prediction
  • Geochemistry
  • Material Characterisation
  • Sampling
  • Water Quality Modelling
  • Static Tests and Kinetic Tests
  • Scaling From Laboratory to Field
  • Applied Mineralogy
  • Operation, Closure, and Legacy Sites
  • Planning For Closure
  • Material Handling, Ore/Waste Segregation
  • Co-Disposal and Blending
  • Mine-to-Process Optimisation
  • Dry Covers
  • Water Covers
  • Backfill
  • Tailings Disposal Technologies
  • Waste Rock Disposal Technologies
  • Geotechnical Aspects
  • Mine Water Treatment – Active Processes
  • Mine Water Treatment – Passive
  • Surface Water Collection and Clean Water Diversion
  • Hydrology and Hydrogeology
  • Groundwater Impacts and Remediation
  • Water Use Minimisation
  • Recycle Water Quality and Metallurgical Impacts
  • Other Water Issues:
    – Sulphate, Cyanide and Ammonia
    – Metalloids Treatment (As, Mo, Sn, Se)
    – Salinity, TSS, Thiosalts, Etc.
  • Governance In Mining
  • Mining Environmental Guidelines
  • Mining Regulations
  • Community and Indigenous Engagement
  • Social License to Operate
  • Corporate Stewardship
  • Reporting
  • The Economics of ARD Management
  • Resource Extraction in Developing Countries
  • Artisanal Mining
  • Integration of Traditional Knowledge
  • Geomicrobiology
  • Catchment Management
  • Biogeochemical Cycles and Biomining
  • DNA Footprint
  • Receiving Environment
  • Mining Impacts on Flora and Fauna
  • Automation and Artificial Intelligence
  • New Technologies
  • Critical Minerals
  • Carbon Footprint
  • Climate Change
  • Geophysics and Remote Sensing
  • On-Line Continuous Analyses
  • Extreme Environments

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS WHOSE ABSTRACTS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED

Oral & Poster Presentation Requirements

To present at the conference for either an oral or poster presentation and have your paper published in the proceedings, you must follow the steps below:

1) By April 5, 2024: Upload a draft full paper (8 to 16 p) for review by logging in to the abstract submission site located at https://www.xcdsystem.com/cim/abstract/index.cfm?ID=u8WIVas. You can access the author guidelines/template at the link below. Uploaded documents will immediately go out for review, so please ensure the version you upload is ready for review. You will receive comments on the draft full paper by June 7, 2024.

2) By June 28, 2024: Upload to the submission site https://www.xcdsystem.com/cim/abstract/index.cfm?ID=u8WIVas .

  • The Final paper (after final review) for the conference proceedings
  • The “Copyright Form,” which is available below.

3) By July 5, 2024: Pay the registration fee. For your paper to be considered for a presentation and inclusion in the proceedings, you must register as a presenter by July 5, 2024. Note that there is a reduced fee for presenters at the ICARD conference.