The PDAC Convention Planning Committee is responsible for planning and execution of the Technical Program. In order to ensure delivery of the relevant programming and selection of the high calibre speakers, the planning process begins 1.5 years in advance of every convention.

Industry experts are invited to share timely insights during these dynamic series of presentations. Attendees learn next and best practices that can be applied to their work right away.

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Technical Program

Sunday, March 1, 2020 - Afternoon

Recent advances in Archean geology

Mining investment: How to navigate the changing landscape

Commodities and market outlook

Precompetitive data

Monday, March 2, 2020 - Morning

Trends In resource policies in The Americas: Opportunities and challenges to sustain mining

Keynote session: Discoveries of the 21st Century

Monday, March 2, 2020 - Afternoon

The business of diamonds: From rock to ring

Metallurgy and processing revenue components of geometallurgy

Back to North America: New opportunities

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - Morning

Technology metals 2020: Recent trends and opportunities

Gold deposits of west Africa: Recent discoveries and developments

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - Afternoon

Moon and asteriods: The next exploration and mining frontier

Geophysics: New proven advances and applications in exploration geophysics

New exploration technologies

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - Morning

Supply and services market potential

Metallurgical coal and iron ore

Managing and exploring big data through artificial intelligence and machine learning

New discoveries and developments

All Access Pass required

For more information, contact:

Zoe Bell
[email protected]
416 362 1969 ext. 238

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Copies of presentations

To request copies of presentations from PDAC 2019, All Access pass purchasers can contact Zoe Bell at [email protected]. Please note that not all presentations are available as the authors may not have provided permission to release them.

Professional Development

Need professional development hours to maintain your designation? Upon request, PDAC will provide a Technical Session certificate of attendance to help you meet your professional development requirements.
For more information please contact Zoe Bell or complete the online request form