GUC 2023 Program
GUC 2023 Program
GUC 2023 Program
0930 – 0940 Welcome from the MCA Uranium Forum Chair – Duncan Craib
0950 – 1010 Official Conference Opening: Hon Tom Koutsantonis – Minster for Energy and Mining, Infrastructure and Transport
1010 – 1035 Keynote: Treva Klingbeil, Trade Tech: Uranium and Nuclear Fuel Market
1035 – 1105 MORNING TEA AND NETWORKING, DISPLAY TABLES
SESSION 2: Nuclear Industry and Small Modular Reactors
Session Chair: Mark Chalmers
1105 – 1120 Keynote: The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Federal Opposition
1120 – 1140 Keynote: Helen Cook: Nuclear Energy as an Option for Australia – How Do We Get There
1140 – 1200 Keynote: Lenka Kollar, Heliox: 2023 Small Modular Rector update and Use Cases for Australia
1315 – 1335 Keynote: Paul Heithersay, Department for Energy and Mining: Uranium in South Australia
1355 – 1415 Duncan Craib, Boss Energy: Honeymoon Uranium Mine re-start progress
1415 – 1435 Mark Chalmers, Energy Fuels: Building a critical minerals hub at a Uranium Mill
1435 – 1455 Georgina Furniss, BHP: Uranium Leaching Uplift at BHP Olympic Dam
1550 – 1605 Dr Alex Otto: The benign nature of the Tumas tailings: advantage of alkaline leach operations
1605 – 1620 Keith Baldry: Using sustainable development goals to transform radiation safety frameworks
1620 – 1635 Dr Olga Yahorava: Benefits of Moving Bed Ion Exchange for Uranium Hydrometallurgical Flowsheets
1635 – 1650 Odile Maufrais: New High-Grade Uranium Target Generation within Overlooked Margins of Athabasca Basin
1650 – 1705 Dr Greg Shirtliff: Recent Scoping Study shows R&D has paid dividends for Toro’s Wiluna Uranium Project
0835 – 0850 Opening Remarks: Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Mr Ted O’Brien MP
0850 – 0910 Keynote: Aidan Morrison, Trendlock: Renewables and nuclear power costs in Australia
0910 – 0930 John Borshoff, Deep Yellow Ltd – Nuclear Energy in the Global Energy Transition
1055 – 1140 Panel Session: Uranium Analysts – Brief presentation followed by panel discussion
1140 – 1225 Panel Session: Investors, Funds, Brokers – Brief presentation followed by panel discussion
1325 – 1345 Keynote: Stacey Golokin, NexGen Energy – Securing the Energy Transition
1405 – 1430 Presentations by Companies on their ESG practices, aims and ambitions: Each company to present for 8 mins –
Companies include: Bannerman Energy, Alligator Energy, Boss Energy, Deep Yellow Ltd, BHP
1430 – 1445 Panel of above Company representatives facilitated by DEM session Chair: Value and benefits of ESG practices and
application in the nuclear industry
1445 – 1500 Sophie Allen - How perceptions of the mining industry and pathways into geosciences influence the talent pipeline
needed for the net zero transition
1550 – 1605 Dr Martin Smith - Partnerships in Building Capability - ARC Training Centre for Radiation Innovation (RadInnovate)
1605 – 1620 Emlyn Graham: ASNO: Regulation to ensure the peaceful and secure use of Australian Uranium
1620 – 1635 Jim Hondros: The ICRP Review and Impacts for Uranium Mining
1635 – 1650 Greg Cochran: Could a mine of the future be achievable today?
1710 – 1720 Day 2 Closing remarks / Conference Close – Gillian Swaby and Greg Hall, Conference Co-Chairs