Apr 27th
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Forum Sessions
Forum Opening
Keynotes and opening remarks.
Followed by Forum Kick-off and stock-taking of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance :
Presentation and discussion taking stock of trends in...
RC
Ruth Crowell
London Bullion Market Association (LBMA)
Chief Executive
VD
Valdis Dombrovskis
European Commission
Executive Vice President
HH
Hilde Hardeman
European Commission
Head of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments
GH
Guus Houttuin
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Senior Adviser Trade and MSG Chair
BK
Benjamin Katz
OECD
Policy Analyst
MK
Masachimi Kono
OECD
Deputy Secretary-General
JL
Joanne Lebert
IMPACT
Executive Director
YIAM
Yasir Ibrahim Ali Mohamed
International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR)
Deputy Executive Secretary
ANK
Antoinette N’Samba Kalambayi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Minister of Mines
AZ
Alexandre Zouev
United Nations
Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions
Apr 27th
10:00 am - 11:15 am
Forum Sessions
A needed paradigm shift: moving from de-risking to risk mitigation
Companies too often use the presence of responsible business conduct risks in supply chains as a rationale for categorical disengagement from regions or supply types...
TA
Tatiana Aguilar
Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy
Director of Business Mining
SB
Sarah Bell
International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
Director of Health, Safety and Product Stewardship
MB
Michele Brulhart
The Copper Mark
Executive Director
MG
Maria Gorsuch-Kennedy
Cisco
Senior Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability
YM
Yannick Mbiya
Trust Merchant Bank
Deputy CEO
SM
Shamiso Mtisi
Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association
Deputy Director
LS
Lihui Sun
CCCMC, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters
Director
Apr 27th
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Forum Sessions
Preparing for the EU Regulation – perspectives from government, industry and civil society
With the European regulation on responsible mineral sourcing in force since January 2021, this session will focus on the Regulation’s implementation activities by the...
EB
Eric Buisson
French Ministry for the Ecological Transition
Policy Officer
PD
Philipp Dupuis
European Commission
Deputy Head of Unit, DG Trade
MG
Michael Gibb
Independent Expert
HK
Hannah Koep-Andrieu
OECD
Manager Extractives and Alignment Practice
LO
Laurent Orsati
STMicroelectronics
HSPM & Sustainability Program Manager
JU
Jamal Useni
Save Act Mine
Director
Apr 27th
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Forum Sessions
Learning from Covid-19: making due diligence more resilient
COVID-19 heavily disrupted mineral supply chains through uneven and fluctuating impacts on demand, supply and trade. This had serious knock-on effects on mining...
RC
Roper Cleland
International Tin Association
ITSCI Programme Manager
TDJ
Terah De Jong
Tetra Tech
USAID AMPR Technical Advisor
OD
Olivier Demierre
MKS PAMP
Group Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
LH
Lotte Hoex
IPIS
Analyst
YBO
Yaw Britwum Opoku
Solidaridad West Africa
Gold Programme Manager
RP
Rachel Perks
World Bank
Senior Mining Specialist
Apr 28th
8:15 am - 9:30 am
Forum Sessions
Addressing corruption risks in mineral supply chains
Corruption risks in mineral supply chains are sometimes overlooked or overshadowed by other topics or reduced to a compliance perspective despite the serious adverse...
BB
Benjamin Boakye
Africa Centre for Energy Policy
Executive Director
NB
Nicola Bonucci
Paul Hastings
Partner
EC
Elisabeth Caesens
Resource Matters
Director
LC
Lisa Caripis
Transparency International Accountable Mining Programme
Research and Policy Manager
LG
Lucy Graham
Serious Fraud Office
Principal Investigative Laywer
JK
John Kielty
Serious Fraud Office
Chief Intelligence Officer
MP
Mark Pieth
Basel Institute on Governance
Chair
Apr 28th
10:00 am - 11:15 am
Forum Sessions
Annex II risks and beyond: trends and implications for due diligence
A range of different information sources, like the media, advocacy organisations, desk research or direct experience inform the understanding of supply chain risks by...
RA
Rashad Abelson
OECD
Legal Expert, Responsible Business Conduct
GF
Gudrun Franken
German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Head of the Mining and Sustainability Unit
PH
Peter Handley
European Commission
Head of Energy-Intensive Industries and Raw Materials, DG GROW
AJ
Allan Jorgensen
OECD
Head of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct
OO
Olinda Orozco
Instituto Redes de Desarrollo Social (Red Social)
President
SS
Sue Slaughter
Ford Motor Company
Purchasing Director Global Material Cost, Supply Chain Sustainability
Apr 28th
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Forum Sessions
Understanding the cost and value of responsible sourcing
Ongoing discussions in multi-stakeholder forums have raised important questions on the perceived imbalance of how due diligence costs and benefits are distributed along...
RA
Rashad Abelson
OECD
Legal Expert, Responsible Business Conduct
TG
Tyler Gillard
OECD
Head of Sector Projects
GH
Guus Houttuin
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Senior Adviser Trade and MSG Chair
JH
Jackie Huddle
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Supply Chain Social & Environmental Responsibility Program Manager
JPL
Jean Paul Lonema
IMPACT - Transformer la gestion des Ressources Naturelles
Gestionnaire de Projets
OW
Olena Wiaderna
LuNa Smelter Ltd.
Managing Director
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