Minerals Week 2021

THURSDAY 3 JUNE

8.30 am – 5.00 pm 7.00 am - 8.30 am	MINERALS WEEK SEMINAR 2021 Hyatt Canberra MINERALS WEEK 2021 SEMINAR BREAKFAST Federation Ballroom, Hyatt Canberra
7.00 am – 7.15 am	Mabo Day Commemoration Chair: The Hon Helen Coonan, MCA Address: Mayor Vonda Malone, Torres Shire Council
7.15 am – 7.30 am	Future Indigenous leaders Chair: The Hon Helen Coonan, MCA Chair Address: Clontarf Foundation alumni
7.30 am – 8.30 am	The political outlook for Australia’s resources sector Chair: Tyler Mitchelson, MCA Vice Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American Metallurgical Coal Keynote: The Hon Keith Pitt MP, Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia Keynote: Ms Madeleine King MP, Shadow Minister for Trade, Shadow Minister for Resources
8.30 am – 10.00 am	Session 2: The next generation of industry and Indigenous partnerships Chair: Paul Flynn, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Whitehaven Coal Keynote: The Hon Ken Wyatt MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians (invited) Panel: Jamie Lowe, Chief Executive Officer, National Native Title Council Julian Farrugia, Chair, MCA Indigenous Partnerships Committee and Indigenous Policy Taskforce Florence Drummond, Chief Executive Officer, Indigenous Women in Mining and Resources Australia James Christian, Chief Executive Officer, NSW Aboriginal Land Council Libby Ferrari, Head of Indigenous Relations, BHP
10.00 am - 10.30 am	Morning tea
10.30 am - 11.50 am	Session 3: Safe, healthy, respectful and inclusive workplaces Chair: Michael Wright, Executive Chairman, Thiess Q & A: The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Shadow Minister for Education, Shadow Minister for Women Facilitator: Kate Jenkins, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights Commission Panel: Sean Taylor, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Komatsu Australia, Champions of Change Coalition Renata Roberts, Chief Corporate Services Officer, The Bloomfield Group, winner of the 2020 Exceptional Woman in Australian Resources Fiona Vines, Head, Inclusion & Diversity and Workforce Transition, BHP
11.50 am - 12.00 noon	Closing remarks Tania Constable, Chief Executive Officer, Minerals Council of Australia

9.30 am – 2.00 pm	MINING TECHNOLOGY AND CAREERS SHOWCASE Great Hall, Parliament House Open to MPs, staff, media, Minerals Week 2021 delegates and school groups