Keynote Speakers |
 | Professor Bernd Lottermoser In Bernd's varied career, he has worked in the mining industry and also in research and academic instruction at Australian, German and British universities. His work has been recognised by a German Humboldt Research Fellowship, an Erasmus Mundus Fellowship of the European Union, and an Endeavour Executive Award and the Michael Daly Award for Excellence in Science Communication by the Australian Government. His current research interests focus on mineralogical, geochemical and biogeochemical aspects of degraded lands, mine site rehabilitation and mines wastes. Bernd's keynote address is entitled Environmental indicators in mining - advances in knowledge and challenges ahead. |
 | Professor Jim Harris Jim's work encompasses many aspects of land use, degradation and restoration, particularly with respect to the use of microbial communities to assess ecosystem health and recovery in relation to ecosystem service provision, and climate change. He has an active interest in the interaction between the planning regime and ecosystem service delivery. Jim is Past Chair of the Society for Ecological Restoration International, Editorial Board Member of the Journal Restoration Ecology, and a co-founder of the Natural Capital Initiative. He is a Peer Reviewer for Defra's Ecosystem Approach, and for the Foresight Land Use Futures Project. Jim's keynote address title is Ecosystem concepts: Can we use them to guide management decision making in mine closure programmes? |
 | Rory Haymont Rory completed studies at the Queensland University of Technology in 1984 and commenced a career in land management with the Queensland National Parks Service and later the private sector throughout Australia and New Zealand. For the past 17 years he has worked in the mining industry focusing primarily on mine rehabilitation, closure planning and implementation, community affairs and Native Title including, Grany Smith Goldmine, Newmont and Newmont Asia Pacific. On a number of occasions Rory has led teams which has been recognised with environmental excellence accolades and presented at numerous national and international conferences on the mine closure management, rehabilitation planning, weed management and geochemistry. He is currently the Director of Trajectory, a consultancy specialising in mine closure and rehabilitation. Rory's keynote address is entitled Critical analysis and mine closure: why do things still go wrong in a swirl of feasibility, regulation and planning. |
 | David Jasper David is a Director of Outback Ecology and Principal Scientist. Since joining Outback Ecology in 2002, David has managed projects in soil assessments, developing completion criteria, tailings rehabilitation, topsoil management, characterisation and management of mine wastes to optimise reconstructed soils, and plant uptake of metals. These projects have been exclusively for mining and oil and gas operations, including major resource companies, in diverse mineral commodities and environments. A recent focus has been developing completion criteria for operations in the Pilbara, Kimberley, and south-west of WA. Through his former role as Director of the UWA Centre for Land Rehabilitation, David gained a broad exposure to industry liaison, research project development, project management, and training. David retains a role at UWA as Adjunct Associate Professor in Soil Science. |