Final Conference Programme of the West Pomerania Deep Sea

Final Conference Programme of the West Pomerania Deep Sea

Final Programme
18 January 2016 - Venue: Zamek Książat Pomorskich, sala Bogusława / Pomeranian Duke’s Castle, The Boguslaw
Chambers
09:00
Registration open for participants
10:00
12:00
12:20
Opening Session: Business models, policies and deep sea mining value chain
Chairman: prof. Mariusz Orion-Jędrysek, Secretary of State Chief National Geologist
Welcome address
Olgierd Geblewicz, Marshal Westpomerania
Keynote speech
Nii Odunton, Secretary General, International Seabed
Authority
KGHM SA: New exploitation horizons
KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. Maciej Koński, Andrzej Grotowski
Exploration activities in the Area – perspectives for
Polish raw materials strategy
Polish Geological Survey, Polish Ministry of Environment,
Andrzej Przybycin
Potential for deep seabed minerals in the context
of Czech policy for raw materials supply
Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, Martin Vlastnik, Pavel
Kavina
Coffee break
Deep Sea Mining Alliance – international
cooperation projects on sustainable deep-sea
mining
COMRA's Activities in the International Seabed
Area
Open sea transshipment operations and
transportation of heavy bulk cargo
Deep Sea Mining Alliance, Germany, Michael Jarowinsky,
COMRA, China, LIU Feng
Polsteam, Paweł Szynkaruk
13:30
Value chain of deep seabed mining and business
models
Lunch break
14:30
Session: Legal, regulatory and CSR aspects, chairman prof. Vu Nguyen Hong
Competition and cooperation in the deep sea
mining industry
Does the current international law provide a stable
and reliable legal framework for deep sea mining?
Sponsoring States' rights, obligations and liability
for activities in the Area
Initial considerations for fiscal and taxation
structures in the deep sea mining under UNCLOS
regulations
Social challenges in the mining industry. The role of
CSR in mining companies
Regulatory aspects of deep sea mining
18:00
Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, Tomasz Abramowski
Dentons, Wojciech Wąsowicz
Wardyński i Wspólnicy sp.k., Dominik Wałkowski
Wardyński i Wspólnicy sp.k., Dominik Wałkowski
PGK Legal Solutions Przemysław Gardocki, Univeristy of
Silesia Joanna Nowakowska-Małusecka
KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Łukasz Kowalik
Dentons, Agnieszka Skorupińska
Conference Banquet. Venue: Park Hotel banquet hall, 1 Plantowa street, Szczecin.
19 January 2016 - Venue: Zamek Książat Pomorskich, sala Bogusława / Pomeranian Duke’s Castle, The Buguslaw Chambers
09:30
09:30
11:00
Session: Technology development. Chairman: prof. Peter Halbach
Design prerequisites for deep sea mining ships
Marine Design Szczecin, Artur Zabawski
Technical planning of pilot mining test for
polymetallic nodules
Hydro Naval Ltd, Szymon Sobków, Tadeusz Szelangiewicz
Applied research capabilities of CTO S.A. in deep sea
mining area
Ship Design and Research Centre, Leszek Wilczyński
Multidisciplinary education for deep sea mining
needs
Maritime University of Szczecin, Jerzy Hajduk
Coffee break
Hydrometallurgical metals recovery from the
nodules
Institute of Non-ferrous Metals in Gliwice, Grzegorz Pietek,
Katarzyna Leszczyńska-Sejda
Underwater vehicles and subsea systems – support
for mining operations
West Pomeranian University of Technology, Taduesz Graczyk
Innovation methods for complex ore processing
Technical and Chemical University in Prague, Vu Nguyen Hong
Cuban nickel industry readiness to process
polymetallic nodules
Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, Ramon Causse Miyares
13:00
Lunch break
14:00
Session: Exploration and Ocean Environment Protection, chairman Dr Peter Balazs
Concentrations and metal potentials of Rare Earth
Free University of Berlin, Peter Halbach and Andreas Jahn
Elements in marine polymetallic nodule and Co-rich
crust deposit
Deep sea exploration for metal reserves – objectives, Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, Ivo Dreiseitl
methods and look into the future
Megafauna diversity in the TOML contract area
15:00
16:00
Coffee break
Environmental baseline and impact studies for deep
sea mining
Would it be feasible, affordable and socially
acceptable? Polymetallic ocean deposits from
geological and geopolitical point of view
Protection of marine environment and monitoring
systems for deep sea mining
Conference closing
Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd/Nautilus Minerals, Nicholas Dyriw
University of Szczecin, Teresa Radziejewska
University of Szczecin, Łukasz Maciąg
Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, Valcana Stoyanova