Event Program

Program times are listed in AEDT. See Workshops and Speakers for other time zone listings

Also included at anytime:

  • View Technical Papers and Recorded Presentations
  • Connect with other delegates in the Meeting Hub

Registration

All registrations include access to all virtual sessions and on demand content, technical papers and event proceedings.

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$39

Non-Member 

$59 

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 Member       

$29

YP 

Non-Member 

$49 


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Workshops and Speakers


Tailings Workshop

The response to the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management 

Monday, 2 November 2020

  • Queensland - 12:00pm (AEST - UTC+10:00) 
  • New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT - 1:00pm (AEDT - UTC+11:00) 
  • South Australia, Broken Hill - 12:30pm (ACDT - UTC + 10:30)
  • Northern Territory - 11:30am (ACDT - UTC +09:30)
  • Western Australia - 10:00am (AWST - UTC +08:00)

Summary

With the recent release of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), all aspects of the tailings industry from design to management and regulation have been impacted with the GISTM proposing standards for the current practice in the industry. This workshop brings together representative from several industry bodies to present how their guidance and ongoing work may change in light of the new GISTM. In addition, representatives from several mining companies will discuss their planned implementation of the GISTM. 

This workshop will feature representatives from industry bodies such as ANCOLD, ICOLD and ICMM, as well as representatives from several mining companies. 

Regulators Workshop

Workshop on Dam Safety Regulatory Practices in Australia 

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

  • Queensland - 12:00pm (AEST - UTC+10:00) 
  • New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT - 1:00pm (AEDT - UTC+11:00) 
  • South Australia, Broken Hill - 12:30pm (ACDT - UTC + 10:30)
  • Northern Territory - 11:30am (ACDT - UTC +09:30)
  • Western Australia - 10:00am (AWST - UTC +08:00)

Summary 

The National Dam Safety Regulators Forum is a forum for all Australian jurisdictions to collaborate on achieving safe dams across Australia to protect owners, communities and the environment. Although there are many areas of common agreement and practice across Australia there are also significant matters where individual approaches vary State by State.This online session will provide a forum for regulators and practitioners to share perspectives and dam safety challenges faced across Australia and to share feedback on opportunities to improve.  

Key outcomes of the workshop:

  • Awareness of the nation’s regulators, how we influence dam safety, and our current and future activities
  • Your input to nationally consistent guidance information currently in development

The workshop will reflect the limitations of being online; presentations will be succinct, appropriate time allocated to a structured Q&A and opportunities for further feedback via online survey.

Risk Workshop

ANCOLD Guidelines on Risk Assessment: Current Australian practice 

Monday, 9 November 2020

  • Queensland - 12:00pm (AEST - UTC+10:00)
  • New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT - 1:00pm (AEDT - UTC+11:00) 
  • South Australia, Broken Hill - 12:30pm (ACDT - UTC + 10:30)
  • Northern Territory - 11:30am (ACDT - UTC +09:30)
  • Western Australia - 10:00am (AWST - UTC +08:00)

Speakers: Shane McGrath, Peter Hill, Mark Foster and Malcolm Barker

Summary

The 2003 ANCOLD Risk Assessment Guideline has been overhauled to reflect contemporary practice and will be published shortly. 

Session 1 - Key changes to the 2003 ANCOLD Guidelines on Risk Assessment proposed to capture current Australian practice for conducting risk assessments. 

Session 2  - Advances in the estimation of failure modes and the likelihood of dam failure related to:

  • Potential failure modes associated with spillways - mechanics of PFMs and role of judgement
  • Consideration of short duration risks during construction of new dams and upgrading of existing dams
Session 3 - Recent advances in consequence estimation, including:
  • New generation of 2D hydraulic models including nested grids and utilising GPU
  • Pending release of HEC-LifeSim version 2.0 for simulating evacuation and potential loss of life
  • New nationwide datasets such as the Australian Exposure Information Platform and Geoscape
  • Approaches for estimating indirect costs such as value of water and cost of restrictions.

Session 4  - Case histories that illustrate current practice as reflected in the proposed Guideline:
  • Dams that may have a number of components that could fail during the same hazardous event, where the failure of one component may reduce the likelihood of others failing during the same event.  We will discuss what this negative dependency means and how to evaluate it using complex monte-carlo analysis and more simplified common cause analysis
  • Risk assessment application for tailings dams - what are the failure modes telling us and how do we apply the risk guidelines to tailings dams
  • Approaches to handle rock buttressing either in the foundation or at the downstream toe of the structure for evaluating concrete gravity dam stability and failure analysis

    Technical Paper Q&A

    Wednesday, 11 November 2020

    Tailings Dams Panel

    • Queensland - 12:00pm (AEST - UTC+10:00) 
    • New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT - 1:00pm (AEDT - UTC+11:00) 
    • South Australia, Broken Hill - 12:30pm (ACDT - UTC + 10:30)
    • Northern Territory - 11:30am (ACDT - UTC +09:30)
    • Western Australia - 10:00am (AWST - UTC +08:00)

    Water Dams Panel

    • Queensland - 1:00pm (AEST - UTC+10:00) 
    • New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT - 2:00pm (AEDT - UTC+11:00) 
    • South Australia, Broken Hill - 1:30pm (ACDT - UTC + 10:30)
    • Northern Territory - 12:30pm (ACDT - UTC +09:30)
    • Western Australia - 11:00am (AWST - UTC +08:00)

    Summary

    These sessions will provide delegates with an opportunity to take part in a live questions and answer panel from the authors of technical papers that have been available in the On Demand Gallery throughout the event.

    The moderator will provide a general reporter on the papers to be discussed before opening the panel to questions from the audience.

    Paper Titles and Authors to be announced soon.

Virtual Portal Help


NEED HELP WITH THE VIRTUAL PORTAL?

HOW DO I REGISTER?

To join us for the ANCOLD 2020 Online, you will need to register your attendance through the Online Registration Portal. Once you have registered you will receive a confirmation email to let you know you have successfully registered.

WHAT BROWSER SHOULD I USE?

We recommend using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Opera to access the Virtual Platform. We also recommend you clear your cookies and cache prior to logging in and disable any VPNs you may be using.

To optimise the broadcast of sessions, please do not use ‘incognito’ or ‘hidden search’ browser settings.

HOW DO I LOG IN?

Your login details will be sent to you to access the portal after Oct 29, if you do not receive this email please contact Angela.

If you register after Oct 29, your login details will be sent to you immediately after registering. Please be sure to check your Junk inbox for this email.

LOGGED IN AND CAN’T SEE SESSIONS?

Log out, clear your browser history, cookies and cache and log back in. If you are having other connection problems please use the Live Tech Support icon to ask for assistance (red icon on top right corner).

Please note that Live Tech Support is only available during live sessions.

YOUR PASSWORD/PIN

Please keep your login details handy to access the portal as you may need to log in and out across the programmed days.

You can reset your password at any time. Your PIN will always stay the same so you can also use this to log in.

If you do not receive the email, please contact Angela.

I AM NOT RECEIVING EVENT EMAILS

Sometimes emails don’t get through firewall settings. To overcome this issues, please whitelist all email addresses listed in the section below if you find you are not receiving event correspondence.

GETTING LIVE SUPPORT

For support prior to the live event, please email Angela.
For support during the live event, please click the Tech Support button on the top right-hand side of the portal (red icon with a headset).

Please note that Live Tech Support is only available during live sessions.

HOW DO I REPORT A BUG?

If you experience any issues with the Virtual Portal, please click the red ‘Tech Support’ button at the top right-hand side of the  Portal. This will show up once you have logged in. This live support is only available during high demand periods.

You can also email Angela if you need assistance logging in.

HOW LONG WILL THE PORTAL BE OPEN?

The portal will be available to login from October 2020 and will then be open for a period of time post-event.

Watch this space to find out when the deadline is for viewing the event material post-event.

LOGGING IN FOR THE FIRST TIME

Each time you log in you will be asked to give permission for the portal to use your camera and microphone. We recommend allowing both features to maximise your experience.

When you first login to the OnAIR Portal, the Event Check-In window displays, where you can update your profile, capture or add a profile photo and review your privacy settings. To edit or change these settings, please click on your profile photo at the top right of the screen and select My Settings. Please check that your time zone is set correctly to ensure the agenda displays in your local time.

TECHNICAL PAPER GALLERY

This section of the portal contains Technical Papers and video presentations which you can view on demand. You can communicate with authors via the discussion forum associated with each paper.

USING THE TIMELINE

Sessions and functions that are happening each day are listed in the timeline in chronological order. You can click on any of the items in the timeline to view additional information and join the session or function.

The OnAIR timeline will display in your browsers time zone. To edit your time zone click ‘My Settings’ located at the top right-hand side of the OnAIR Portal.

USING THE MEETING HUB

The Meeting Hub allows you to connect and communicate with other attendees. Once you have located an attendee you want to connect with, click the Connect button. Once the other attendee accepts your request, you can choose to interact with your connection by starting a live chat or live video call. You can also schedule to meet at a future time, send messages and take notes. Contact information for all attendees you have connected with will be included when you export your contacts (see the Exporting your Notes and Contacts for additional information).

JOINING A LIVE SESSION

When joining a live session, a window will appear asking you to connect to the audio. Please click on the Live Support icon located at the top right-hand side of the OnAIR Portal (red headset icon) for additional assistance.

MY SCREEN IS BEING CUT OFF IN A SESSION

If you are using a laptop, we recommend setting your screen resolution settings to 100% as opposed to 125%. This will fix this problem.

AUDIO RECOMMENDATION

There are interactive sessions and networking features available, so a headset is recommended to optimise your audio.

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