Momentum growing for Yellowknife Geoscience Forum 2015!
12 November 2015
(Yellowknife, NT – November 12, 2015) Momentum continues to build for the Yellowknife Geoscience Forum 2015! Attendance continues to climb and is approaching 600. There are nearly 100 exhibitors registered for the tradeshow and over 125 presenters who will be sharing their rich and interesting knowledge with conference attendees under the following 11 broad topics:
- Geoscience and Exploration
- Diamonds
- Petroleum in Canada's North
- Regulatory and Policy Updates
- Community Engagement and Education
- Mining: Building our Future
- Environmental Monitoring and Research
- Wildlife
- Impacted environments
- Slave Province Surficial Materials and Permafrost Study
- Infrastructure and Innovation.
Dr. Thomas Stachel from the University of Alberta will provide the keynote lecture on Diamond Formations in Earth’s Mantle. The annual free public event is the Charles Camsell Lecture, which features Parks Canada’s Jonathan Moore speaking on The Search for Franklin’s Lost Ships and the Discovery of HMS Erebus. The event will take place at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre on November 24 at 7:30 p.m.
For the detailed schedule and list of presenters visit: www.nwtgeoscience.ca/schedule.
Tradeshow registrations are filling quickly but there is still room for more. Contact the conference coordinator at conference@miningnorth.com.
Workshops: There are three informative workshops, one of which is free. While it’s not required to register for the conference to attend the workshops, please register for the workshops using the same registration process. Click here.
Sponsorships: Sponsorships help make the event possible and are much appreciated. For a current List of Sponsors, click here. For a summary of the various levels and benefits of sponsorship, click here. If you would like to be a sponsor, contact the conference coordinator at conference@miningnorth.com.
Attendance is climbing but we still have room. Add your name by registering HERE. Tell your friends and colleagues about the event. The more the merrier!
