Country

Name of Participant

Title

Organisation

Australia

John Hartwell

Head of Resources Division

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources

Benin

Nestor Vedogbeton

Secrétaire general du Ministère

Ministère des mines, de l'énergie et de l'hydraulique

Moriba Djibril Aliou

Directeur Général

Office Béninois de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Brazil

Claudio Scliar

Secretário-Adjunto de Minas e Metalurgia

Ministério de Minas e Energia do Brasil

Burkina Faso

Gaoussou Ouédraogo

Directeur Général des Mines, de la Géologie et des Carrières

Ministère des mines, des carrières et de l'énergie

Bouri Roger Zombré

Directeur des Exploitations Minières à Petite Échelle

Ministère des mines, des carrières et de l'énergie

Antoine Karambiry

Spécialiste en Droit des Affairs et Fiscalité

Ministère des mines, des carrières et de l'énergie

Canada

Denis Lagacé

Director General, Mineral and Metal Poloicy Branch

Natural Resources Canada

Patrick Chevalier

Senior International Policy Advisor

Natural Resources Canada

André Bourassa

Senior International Policy Advisor

Natural Resources Canada

Richard Ballhorn

Director General, Environment and Sustainable Development Affairs Bureau

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Jean-Louis Wallace

Senior Policy Advisor

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Karim Amégan

First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Canada

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

Chile

Sergio Vives

Lawyer

Comisión Chilean del Cobre (Cochilco)

China

Zheng-guo Tang

Ministry of Land and Resources

Xwe Jun Yang

Ministry of Land and Resources

Cuba

José Fernández

Second Secretary

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cuba

Gabon

Jean Félicien Makanga

Directeur Général Adjoint

Ministère des Mines, de l'Energie, du Pétrole et des Ressources Hydrauliques

Ghana

Benjamin N. A. Aryee

Chief Executive

Minerals Commission

Matilda Aku Alomatu

First Secretary

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Ghana

India

Vinod Kumar

Director

Ministry of Mines

Japan

Takanori Kamei

Director General

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Jun Kamura

Metal Mining Agency of Japan

Hiroshi Kuwayama

METI

Shin Morita

METI

Bart Carrin

Research Associate

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Sabine Papadopoulos

Research Associate

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

Kazakhstan

Murat S. Tashibayev

Counsellor

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Lesotho

Nyakallo Mpatuoa

Commissioner of Mines

Department of Mines

Malawi

Leonard S. N. Kalindakafe

Director of Mines

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs

Mali

Modibo Coulibaly

Directeur National

Direction Nationale de la Géologie et des Mines

Mexico

Abel Abarca

Director General de promoción minera

Secretaría de Economía

Mauricio Garcia Velosco

Representative of the Ministry of Environment

Permanent Mission of Mexico

Eva Pizano

Permanent Mission of Mexico

Morocco

Abdelmajid Hatimi

Chef de service du contrôle technique et de la normalisation

Ministère de L'Énergie et des Mines

Mozambique

Antonio Manhica

Deputy

National Directorate of Mines

Niger

Ousmane Adamou

Ministère des Mines et de l'Énergie

Nigeria

Garba Buwai

Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Solid Minerals Development

M.K. Amate

Ministry of Solid Minerals Development

O.E. Okeudo

Ministry of Solid Minerals Development

S.F. Ohiwerei

Ministry of Solid Minerals Development

Peru

Permanent Mission of Peru

Romania

Stefan Hirsu

Manager, Negotiations Contracts Department

National Agency for Mineral Resources

Petru Stratulat

Counsellor

National Agency for Mineral Resources

Bucsa Viorel Mircea

General Directorate for Mineral Resources

Ministry of Economy and Commerce

Russia

Maxim Kochetkov

Attaché

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation

Felix Grishnev

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation

Senegal

Eugène Ngor Faye

Directeur

Ministère des Mines, de l'Énergie et de l'Hydraulique

Sierra Leone

Umaru B. Wurie

Ambassador

Embassy of Sierra Leonne to Germany

Edouard-Emile Luy

Consul in Switzerland

Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone

South Africa

Nchakha Moloi

Deputy Director General, Mineral Development

Department of Minerals and Energy

Yvonne Mfolo

Director, International Co-ordination

Department of Minerals and Energy

Abe Mngomenzulu

Chief Director, Mineral Policy and Investment

Department of Minerals and Energy

Petrus Fusi

Mintek

Spain

Pedro Fernández

General Directorate of Mining

Spanish Ministry of Economy

Swaziland

Richard Maphalala

Assistant Director, Geological Survey and Mines

Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy

Thailand

Somkiat Pootongchairit

Deputy Director-General

Department of Primary Industries and Mines, Ministry of Industries

Wisanu Tabtieng

Senior Mining Engineer

Department of Primary Industries and Mines, Ministry of Industries

Somsak Potisat

Director-General

Department of Mineral Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

Tawsaporn Nuchanong

Director

Geological Resources and Management, Department of Mineral Resources

Teerawut Tunnukit

Metallurgical Engineer

United Kingdom

Jonathan Hobbs

Head of Section, Environmental Policy Department

Department for International Development

United States

Robert Reiley

Director, Office of Metals, Materials and Chemicals

Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration

Man Cho

International Trade Specialist

Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration

Uruguay

Felip Puig

Director General

Direción National de Mineria y Geologia

Zambia

Delax T. Chilumbu

Acting Director

Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development

Zimbabwe

Titus Nyatsanga

Director of Mining Promotion and Development

Ministry of Mines Environment& Tourism

Multilateral Institution

Name of Participant

Title

Organisation

United Nations Department for Social and Economic Affairs

Manuel Dengo

Chief

Water, Natural Resources and Small Island Developing States Branch

Anatoli Belov

Senior Economic Affairs Officer

Water, Natural Resources and SIDS Branch, Division for Sustainable Development

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Ulrich Hoffmann

Chief

Trade and Sustainable Development Section

Alexei Mojarov

Economic Affairs Officer

Division on International Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities

International Labour Organisation

Norman Jennings

Senior Industrial Specialist

International Labour Office

World Bank Group

John Strongman

Mining Adviser

Mining Department

Invited Speaker

Name of Participant

Title

Organisation

Phillip von Wielligh

Manager Sustainable Development

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