The Mining World Congress 2024 is one of the most important platforms for the leading mining discussions regarding, trends, equipment, exploration and business.

Mining Shared Value Managing Director, Jeff Geipel, will be speaking about the current trends on local procurement best practices and how they relate to the increasing regulations on supplier due diligence, such as the European Union Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

Resourcing Tomorrow is an event focused in the latest ideas to foster innovation, drive collaboration, and accelerate growth in the mining industry.

This year's spotlight is on breaking out of the echo chamber, urging miners to lead the charge in the global energy transition. From decarbonisation to industry hurdles, it's space to call for action and collaboration. By forging new partnerships with OEMs, energy giants, and governments, the mining sector can spearhead innovative solutions. As we unveil our agenda amidst transformative times, we invite industry leaders to redefine mining's narrative and embrace the future.

The 20th IGF Annual General Meeting is set for November 18-20 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, hosted by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This year’s theme is “Redefining Mining: Balancing the Need for Minerals with Protecting People and the Planet.”

This year’s conference will gather stakeholders from across the public and private sectors, academia, civil society organisations, and Indigenous representatives to discuss well-being in mining regions, focusing on two pillars:

1. Partnering for sustained development in mining regions

2. Future-proofing regional mineral supply for the energy transition

Jeff will take part in Panel 9A: The role of small and medium mining companies in the green transition

The 17th edition of the Forum will reflect longstanding and emerging priorities in fostering responsible mineral supply chains, with sessions spanning often overlooked conflict risks, development minerals, regional sessions on gold supply chains, policy cohesion in an evolving regulatory landscape, and the role for responsible business conduct in government-to-government agreements on transition minerals. A key theme will be bridging longstanding focus areas like conflict financing risks with the opportunities for enhancing the sector’s contribution to sustainable development through the increasing strategic profile of transition minerals.

Mining Shared Value will be launching its new guidance for mining sector reporting on human rights due diligence during procurement of goods and services, which will complement the Mining LPRM, created in partnership with GIZ

PDAC 2024: The World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention is the leading event for people, companies and organizations connected to mineral exploration.

The annual award winning PDAC Convention in Toronto, Canada brings together up to 30,000 attendees from over 130+ countries for its educational programming, networking events, business opportunities and fun.

Mining Shared Value will host a side event to  promote the work that is being done with GIZ to create guidance on mining sector reporting on human rights due diligence during procurement of goods and services, which will complement the Mining LPRM.

The IGF’s 19th Annual General Meeting will be held on November 7–9, 2023, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva and online, hosted by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The theme for 2023 was Sharing Mining Benefits in the Energy Transition.

The City of Karratha is excited to partner with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to host the 4th Meeting of Mining Regions and Cities. To be held in Karratha from 20-23 June 2023, this exciting event will host delegates from mining Cities and Regions locally and from around the world to discuss key topics of diversification and liveability in the context of the green transition.

The World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention is the leading event for people, companies and organizations connected to mineral exploration.

This annual convention in Toronto, Canada is known for attracting up to 30,000 attendees from over 130+ countries for its educational programming, networking events, outstanding business opportunities and fun.

The SHARE Investor Summit brings together institutional investors including pension funds, foundations, universities, Indigenous trusts, faith-based groups and asset managers to strengthen investor collaboration and action around the critical environmental, social and governance challenges facing capital markets.

The 2023 SHARE Investor Summit will support investment decision makers in exploring opportunities for coordinatedand impactful investor action in the context of environmental, social and governance pathways.

Jeff will be speaking on the panel Mining supply chain localisation, reindustrialisation, and reskilling; technologies role in Job creation.
The discussion will include how localisation, reskilling, and reindustrialisation are pivotal to “pandemic” proofing the mining supply chain; examining job creation withing the mining supply chain; and technology’s role in addressing unemployment.

Jeff will be speaking on the panel Where are the benefits of mining for communities?

The panel will be exploring the positive and negative lasting impacts mining has on a community before, during and after operating: jobs, health, education

Jeff will be speaking at Resourcing Tomorrow on the Keynote Panel What should the mining sector’s contract with society be?

Resourcing Tomorrow, brought to you by Mines and Money, will look at the energy transition, ESG, sustainability and the circular economy.

Tatiana Alarcon will be a guest speaker in the project network session Global Stakeholder Platform for Responsible Sourcing.

The yearly RE-SOURCING virtual conference is finally back! Don’t miss your chance to explore the most urgent developments and challenges in the field of Responsible Sourcing for mineral raw materials and discuss with policy-makers, businesses, researchers and civil society organizations from around the world.

Mining Shared Value will be at the IGF engaging with governments on local content policy.

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) will convene in-person for its 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 7–10, 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland and hosted by UNCTAD. Sessions will also be live streamed for virtual attendees.

Our Managing Director will be presenting virtually as part of the 3rd ECOWAS Mining & Petroleum Forum and Exhibition, being held in Niamey, Niger.

Jeff will be speaking at the Mali Mining and Petroleum Conference and Exhibition (JMP 2021) which takes place from November 16th to November 18th, 2021. He will be speaking on the importance of local procurement and the role it can play in the economic development of Mali. There is a slight chance the event will be in person but otherwise the presentation will be carried out virtually.

Jeff will be speaking at the RE-SOURCING Virtual Conference 2021 which takes place from November 8th to November 10th, 2021. He will be participating as a panelist in the “Session on Responsible Sourcing for a Green Transition.” The panel will be tackling how a responsible supply chain can be implemented in the green transition by bringing together EU and international perspectives.

Our Managing Director Jeff Geipel will speak on the role of local procurement in responsible mining, and the potential for it to create economic benefits in Morocco.

Along with representatives of SRK Consulting and Anglo American, our Managing Director Jeff Geipel will speak as part of the session, "Developing and Measuring Sustainable and Resilient Mining Communities,” focusing on the need to measure local procurement impacts.

Now taking place online, as part of the 40th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), we will hold a session, “Local Content Development: Advances in Approaches, Tools and Governance”, in partnership with DAI. More details to come!

Our Managing Director Jeff Geipel will be presenting, “Measuring and Managing Mining Local Procurement” at 09:00 BST on Thursday, May 13th, as part of the ESG Toolbox event overviewing trends and providing tools on managing ESG in the mining sector.

MSV’s Program Manager Kyela de Weerdt will be presenting as part of the “Economic Development and Benefit Increases” Lightning Talk Series on Tuesday the 4th at 10:00am.

Find the event and agenda here, along with the chance to register.

Our Managing Director will present as part of the panel “Technological Innovation for Resilience of Mining Companies”, drawing from our “New Tech, New Deal” work with the IGF, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment.

We are excited to take part and present during this year’s Africa Mining Summit. Held in Gaborone, Botswana in recent years, this year’s event will be held online due to COVID-19 related travel restrictions. Find the draft agenda here.