#DEEPSEAMINERALS
26-27 OCT 2022 // deepseaminerals.net
26-27 OCT 2022 // deepseaminerals.net
hotel norge by scandic
Bergen // Norway
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Securing Minerals for the Green Shift
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CONFERENCE DELEGATES
| Name | Company |
| Acer Figueroa | National Oceanography Centre |
| Adrian Ben Zaiter Osmundsen | |
| Ahmed Sameh | SLB |
| Aistė Klimašauskaitė | Bergen Uni |
| Al Rumson | DEEPOCEAN AS |
| Alden Denny | ADEPTH MINERALS AS |
| Alexander Opdahl | UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN |
| Alexandrya Tiare Herman | Seabed Minerals Authority |
| Alfhild Waeroe | Tecnip FMC |
| Anders Meihack | STRATUM RESERVOIR (NORWAY) AS |
| Andreas Bjelland Eriksen | OLJE- OG ENERGIDEPARTEMENTET |
| Andreas Svanlund | Seabed Solutions |
| Anette Broch Mathisen Tvedt | ADEPTH MINERALS AS |
| Anita Fjellså | AKER BP ASA |
| Anna Lim | Argeo |
| Annemiek Vink | Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe |
| Antonio Canas-Enciso | Shearwater GeoServices Limited |
| Arne Myhrvold | Equinor |
| Astrid Solheim | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) |
| Atle Andersson | Bergens Tidende |
| Atle Gran | Kongsberg Maritime AS |
| Bengt Larssen | Shearwater GeoServices Limited |
| Bent Kjølhamar | TGS |
| Berit Floor Lund | KONGSBERG MARITIME AS |
| Birthe Oldenborg | |
| Bjørn A Fossum | ECOTONE AS |
| Brandy Jones | SCHLUMBERGER |
| Brit Inger Thyberg | ACTIONABLE GEO SYSTEMS AS |
| Britta Paasch | EQUINOR ASA |
| Bruna Grossl | Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Limited |
| Catarina Bandeira | |
| Cecilie Myklatun | Ministry of petroleum and energy |
| Cecilie Østby | Miljødirektoratet |
| Colin Seaborn | Ocean Minerals LLC |
| Dani Schmid | BERGVERK AS |
| Dr Samantha Smith | Blue Globe Solutions |
| Dr. Udo Barckhausen | BGR |
| Ebbe Hartz | AKER BP ASA |
| Eduardo Silva | INESC TEC |
| Egil Tjåland | NTNU |
| Ellen Eckhoff Planke | FJORGYN AS |
| Eric Young | SINTEF OCEAN AS |
| Erica Ocampo | The Metals Company |
| Erika Ilves | The Metals Company |
| Ernie Tapanes | Odyssey Marine Exploration |
| Espen Lundberg Simonstad | Green Minerals |
| Farida Mustafina | NTNU |
| Fridtjof Jebsen | QUANTUM XPLORATION MARINE MINERALS AS |
| Gabrielle Dublet-Adli | NGI |
| Georgy Cherkashov | |
| Guido van den Bos | NOV |
| Gunhild Myhr | PGS |
| Halfdan Carstens | GEOPUBLISHING AS |
| Hans Petter Klohs | ADEPTH MINERALS AS |
| Hans Smit | Ocean Minerals LLC |
| Harald Brekke | OLJEDIREKTORATET |
| Hector Marin Moreno | NGI |
| Helga Gjeraldstveit | NORCE |
| Henning Hansen | AARBAKKE INNOVATION AS |
| Henning Hansen | AARBAKKE INNOVATION AS |
| Hilda Kjeldstad | Petroleumstilsynet |
| Hilde Ottesen Braut | OLJEDIREKTORATET |
| Hilde Ottesen Braut | OLJEDIREKTORATET |
| Ian Lipton | AMC Consultants |
| Ida Helene Magnor Hansen | GEOPUBLISHING AS |
| Ingvild Ryggen Carstens | GEOPUBLISHING AS |
| Isabella Olsen Hestholm | University of Bergen |
| Jan Alvaer | Schlumberger |
| Jan-Erik Berre | DNB Bank ASA |
| Jeff Donald | The Metals Company |
| Jens Christian Heffermehl | MHWIRTH AS |
| Jens Didrik Berg | UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN |
| Jens Laugesen | DNV |
| João Carvalho | ISQ |
| Johan Heiler | GSR |
| Johannes Dahl | |
| John Parianos | Seabed Minerals Authority |
| Jon Hellevang | GCE OCEAN TECHNOLOGY SA |
| Jon Inge Pedersen | DEEPOCEAN AS |
| Julia Romano | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) |
| Kaja Lønne Fjærtoft | STIFTELSEN WWF VERDENS NATURFOND |
| Kamila Mianowicz | Interoceanmetal Joint Organization |
| Keith Robertson | Lateral AS |
| Ketil Hokstad | EQUINOR ASA |
| Kjell Einar Ellingsen | Equinor ASA |
| Krittika Singh | UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND: Arctic doctoral programme |
| Lluisa Puig Moner | GCE OCEAN TECHNOLOGY SA |
| Lodve Berre | NTNU TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AS |
| LUISA PINTO RIBEIRO | EMEPC |
| Lukasz Smajdor | Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute |
| Lyudmyla Vynnytska | KALKULO AS |
| Mari Bygstad | |
| Marie Bueie Holstad | NORCE |
| Marit Bauck | CGG SERVICES (NORWAY) AS |
| Marius Andersen | BRANSJEFORENINGEN OFFSHORE NORGE |
| Mark Brown | Seabed Minerals Authority |
| Martin Hansen | EMGS ASA |
| Martin Springer | AkerBP |
| Mauro Passarella | |
| Mayumi Inoue | E&E Solutions Inc. |
| Nathan Eastwood | Clifford Chance |
| Nicholas Szebor | AMC Consultants (UK) Limited |
| Oliver Gunasekara | Impossible Metals |
| Owe Hagesaether | GCE Ocean Technology |
| Øystein Refseth | LATERAL SOLUTIONS AS |
| OYSTEN BRUNCELL LARSEN | INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY |
| Pablo Sobron | Impossible Sensing |
| Paulo Chaves | ISQ |
| Pedro Madureira | EMEPC |
| Per Erik Berger | MinerAll |
| Philip Weaver | Geosed Ltd |
| Piotr Nowak | Ministry of Climate and Environment |
| Raoul Schmitt | NTNU |
| Raphael Ouillon | atdepth |
| Rima Browne | Seabed Minerals Authority |
| Roar Marthiniussen | KONGSBERG MARITIME AS |
| Roar Nybø | SINTEF Industry |
| Roar Sognnes | Petroleum Safety Authority |
| Robin Balas | AKER SOLUTIONS AS |
| Roger Skogmo | KONGSBERG DIGITAL AS |
| Rolf Røssland | NUI AS |
| Ronny Setså | GEOPUBLISHING AS |
| Ruben Kornmo Janssen | Argeo |
| Scott Stemm | Pirajuba LLC |
| Simon Bjørndal | UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN |
| Sissel H Eriksen | OLJEDIREKTORATET |
| Solveig Adine Osjord | ADEPTH MINERALS AS |
| Sondre Torset | Equinor |
| Sosei Nakasuji | E&E Solutions Inc. |
| staale emil johansen | NTNU |
| Ståle Monstad | Green Minerals |
| Stephen Schlieman | U.S. Embassy Oslo |
| Stig Erik Elliott | Kystens Næringsliv |
| Svein Arne Frivik | Shearwater GeoServices Limited |
| Svein Ellingsrud | ALLTON CARBON AND MINERALS AS |
| Sverre Planke | FJORGYN AS |
| Thomas Lüttke | BGR |
| Thomas Lüttke | BGR |
| Thomas Peacock | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera | ISA |
| Walter Sognnes | LOKE MARINE MINERALS AS |
| Wenche Rosengren Helland | LOKE MARINE MINERALS AS |
| Yusuf Khan | Wall Street Journal |
Please contact Ingvild Ryggen Carstens, events@geopublishing.no, for information about pricing for start-ups, students and out-of-work professionals.
Terms & Conditions:
GeoPublishing AS reserve the right to alter the program. Substitutions to your registration may be made at any time by contacting the organizers in writing on events@geopublishing.no.
Accomodation
Hotel Norge by Scandic
NB! Available rooms from 25th-27th of October
NOK 2020,- /night single room, including breakfast
How to Book
Book your room directly when you sign up for the conference.
Where is it?
Nedre Ole Bulls plass 4
5012 Bergen
+47 55 55 40 00
Travel
From Bergen Airport, take the Airport bus or Bybanen
Program
ICEBREAKER - OCTOBER 25
19:00 - 22:00
Sponsored by ADEPTH Minerals & DeepOcean
Location: BI Building, Kong Christian Frederiks plass 3, Bergen
Talk: "You Could be Mine" by Rasmus Noss Bang, NHH
DAY 1
Introduction
WELCOME
08:30
Ingvild Ryggen Carstens, General Manager at GeoPublishing
Our Seabed Minerals Journey in the Cook Islands
The Cook Islands' Prime Minister Honourable Mark Brown
Session 1
MARINE MINERALS EXPLORATION STATUS
09:00
Moderated by Anette Broch Mathisen Tvedt, CEO and Co-Founder at ADEPTH Minerals
"The Area": Update on Licensing
Pedro Madureira, Deputy Head at EMEPC
Deep-Sea Resources: From Exploration to Exploitation, Marine Scientific Research, Environmental Baselines, Technological Approaches
Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Programme Management Officer (Mining Geology) at the International Seabed Authority
Exploration Status within EEZs
Harald Brekke, Geologist at NPD, and Chair of the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed Authority & Project coordinator and Senior Geologist in the NPD
Public Perception Status: Narratives Propagated About the Industry
Erika Ilves, Chief Strategy Officer at The Metals Company
Q&A
Coffee Break & Networking
10:30 - 11:00
Session 2
COOK ISLANDS - THE FIRST LICENCING ROUND
11:00
Moderated by Alden Denny, Chief Geoscientist at ADEPTH Minerals
Moving to Sustainable Development - The Cook Islands Process
Alex Herman, Commissioner at Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority
Recent and Forthcoming Scientific Developments on Seabed Minerals in the Cook Islands
John Parianos, Technical Director at Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority
Updated Mineral Resource Assessment for Polymetallic Nodules in the Cook Islands Economic Zone
Rima Browne, Senior Technical Officer at the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority
Leading Practice ESIA Applied to the Moana Minerals Work Program
Hans Smit, President and CEO at Ocean Minerals
Q&A
Lunch & Networking
12:30 - 14:00
Poster Presentations - In-Person Only
13:30 - 14:00
A Selection System for Deep Sea Mining Techniques Considering Ecological Uncertainty
Raoul Schmitt, PhD Student at NTNU
Regulating a New Industry: Deep Sea Mining. Testing the Adequacy of Area Based Protection Measures and Adaptive Management
Krittika Singh, Junior Researcher and PhD candidate at The University of Lappland
Session 3
THE ENVIRONMENT / LICENCE TO OPERATE
14:00
Moderated by Jon Hellevang, R&D Manager at GCE Ocean Technology
Overview
Samantha Smith, President at International Marine Minerals Society and Director at Blue Globe Solutions
Baseline Study: Sulphides
Phil Weaver, Associate Consultant at Seascape Consultants
Baseline Study: Nodules
Kamila Mianowics, Senior Specialist on Environmental Procedural Standards at Interoceanmetal Joint Organization
Monitoring: Nodules
Mathias Haeckel, Researcher at GEOMAR
Coffee Break & Networking
15:20 - 15:50
COMPASS: GSR's Adaptive Management System for the Responsible Commercial-scale Collection of Polymetallic Nodules
15:50
Johan Heiler, Head of Technology and Operations at Global Sea Mineral Resources
Advancing the state of the art in monitoring and modelling of nodule mining sediment plumes
Thomas Peacock, Professor at MIT
TRIDENT – Technology based impact assessment system for sustainable, transparent deep sea mining exploration and exploitation
Eduardo Silva, Professor at INESC TEC / ISEP
Environmental Monitoring of Deep Sea Minerals
Jens Laugesen, Chief Specialist Environment at DNV
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Jon Hellevang, R&D Manager at GCE Ocean Technology
END DAY 1
17:30
EVENING EVENT & AWARD CEREMONY: STUDENT INNOVATION CHALLENGE
19:00 Aperitif
20:00 Dinner
21:00 Award Ceremony - Student Innovation Challenge
DAY 2
Session 4
EXPLORATION STRATEGY / TECHNOLOGY
08:30
Moderated by Anna Lim, Geophysicist and Discipline Leader at Argeo
ATLAB: The First Marine Minerals Research Project in the North Atlantic to Include Seismic Data Acquisition
Ståle Johansen, Professor at NTNU
Metalliferous Sediments: Exploration Markers of Seafloor Massive Sulphide Deposits in the Deep Sea
Acer Figueroa, PhD Student at the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
Technology for Integrated Assessment of Marine Mineral Resources and Environment
Berit Floor Lund, Director Research at Kongsberg Maritime
Argeo Data-as-a-Service Model in DSM Exploration
Ruben Janssen, MultiClient Manager at Argeo
Q&A
Coffee Break & Networking
09:40 - 10:10
Student Innovation Challenge: AuRoS - Autonomous robot swarm system for large scale benthic observations
Raoul Schmitt, PhD Candidate at NTNU & Julia Romano, Student at NTNU & Universita di Bologna
Sponsored by GCE Ocean Technology
Deep Sea Mining: Data and their Understanding
Ebbe Hartz, Lead Geologist at Aker BP
Minimal-Impact Exploration of Deep-Sea Critical Minerals and Ecosystems
Pablo Sobron, Founder & Sensing Wizard at Impossible Sensing
Knowledge Extraction from Public Data: Making the Most of the NPD Dataset
Lucy MacGregor, CTO at OFG Multiphysics
Towards Ore Reserves for Polymetallic Nodules in NORI Area D
Ian Lipton, Principal Geologist at AMC Consultants
Q&A
Impact Assessment - Findings
11:30
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, State Secretary at the Norwegian Department of Oil & Energy, and Hilde Braut, Assistant Director Technology, Analysis and Coexistence (Acting) at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Lunch & Networking
11:50 - 13:00
Poster Presentations - In-Person Only
12:40 - 13:00
Corporate Decision-Making under Uncertainty and Regulatory Policy Design for Deep-Sea Mining on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Farida Mustafina, PhD Candidate on Economics of Deep-Sea Mining at NTNU
A new Seabed Geomorphology Map for the Cook Islands
Rima Browne, Senior Technical Officer at Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority
Decision-making Support Platform to Simplify, De-risk and Improve Prospection and Exploration Activities for the Deep-Sea Mining Sector
Paulo Chaves, Business Development at I&Di
Session 5
MINERAL PROCESSING AND MARKET
13:00
Moderated by John Parianos, Technical Director at Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority
Pyrometallurgical and Future Zero-Waste Processing of CCZ Polymetallic Nodules
Jeffrey Donald, Head of On-Shore Development at The Metals Company
Economically Viable Selective Harvesting & Green Processing of Polymetallic Nodules
Oliver Gunasekara, CEO & Co-Founder at Impossible Metals
Evolution of a Hydrometallurgical Process for Extracting Cobalt, Nickel, Copper and Manganese from Cook Island Deep Sea Nodules
Colin Seaborn, Chief Metallurgist at Ocean Minerals
Deep Sea Mineral Processing - An Overview of Current Research Projects at BGR
Thomas Lüttke, Researcher at Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)
Lifecycle Analysis
Erica Ocampo, Chief Sustainability Officer at The Metals Company
Q&A / Panel Discussion
Coffe Break & Networking
14:35 - 15:05
Session 6
NORWEGIAN START-UPS
15:05
Moderated by Egil Tjåland, Secretary General at The Norwegian Forum for Marine Minerals
ADEPTH Minerals: Deep Insight to the Minerals for the Future
Anette Broch Mathisen Tvedt, CEO and Co-Founder at ADEPTH Minerals
Green Minerals: From Exploration to Extraction, our Vision, and a Bold Look Into the Crystal Ball
Espen Simonstad, Senior Advisor Geoscience at Green Minerals
Loke: Ready for the Next Phase
Walter Sognnes, CEO at LOKE Marine Minerals
Q&A
END DAY 2
16:00
POSTERS
Poster Presentations
A new Seabed Geomorphology Map for the Cook Islands
Rima Browne, Senior Technical Officer at Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority
A Selection System for Deep Sea Mining Techniques Considering Ecological Uncertainty
Raoul Schmitt, PhD Candidate at NTNU - Department of Geoscience and Petroleum
Regulating a New Industry: Deep Sea Mining. Testing the Adequacy of Area Based Protection Measures and Adaptive Management
Krittika Singh, Junior Researcher and PhD candidate at The University of Lappland
Corporate Decision-Making under Uncertainty and Regulatory Policy Design for Deep-Sea Mining on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Farida Mustafina, PhD Candidate on Economics of Deep-Sea Mining at NTNU
Decision-making Support Platform to Simplify, De-risk and Improve Prospection and Exploration Activities for the Deep-Sea Mining Sector
Paulo Chaves, Business Development at I&Di
Program Committee
Anna Lim
Georgy A. Cherkashov
Anette Broch Mathisen Tvedt
Harald Brekke
John Parianos
Samantha Smith
Pedro Madureira
Walter Sognnes
Ståle Monstad
Jon Hellevang
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