CIM Ottawa Branch Inaugural Future-Proofing Dialogue Series 2026

Enjoy Brave Conversations and Insights from renown Trailblazers who will Enlighten You and Uniquely Future-Proof Your Lived Experiences!
About this Event

The Inaugural Hybrid Edition of FPD Series is CIM’s Ottawa Branch Initiative contributing to brave conversations and enriching insights that prepare Minerals, Metals, Materials and Energy industries in the National Capital Region (NCR) and across Canada for the future.

This first edition of FPD Series aims to enlighten participants on innovative insights, solutions and practices that stand to future-proof communities of aspiring students, emerging talents and seasoned professionals as well as stakeholders from diverse ecosystems across the NCR and its surroundings.

To that end, CIM OB is kicking off this series with two high calibre presenters and renown trailblazers at home and abroad. Their talks will set the bar for next editions.

Presenting Forward-Thinkers' Bios:

Professor Lesley A. Warren is the Director of Mining Futures at the University of Toronto and CIM’s 2025 Distinguished Lecturer. She will present on “Disruption of current mining water models and strategies through integration of genomics-based tools with geochemistry.”

Chamirai Charles Nyabeze is the Executive of Vice-president of Business Development at the Center for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) and Director of the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) in Sudbury. He will present on “Emerging Secondary Mining and Mineral Processing Technologies: Why Technology Piloting and Commercialization Must Come First.”

In-Person seats are limited. REGISTER RIGHT AWAY to secure yours as ALL Seats are booked on First Come First Served Basis.

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Industries and Stakeholders who CONNECT with FPD Series and SUPPORT the shifting of CIM OB’s Revitalization Journey to the next chapter of Vitality, Viability and Visibility are encouraged to Proactively Pledge their Sponsorship of this Inaugural FPD Edition OR Commit to APPROVE forthcoming sponsorship requests in the following categories:

• Platinum: $5,000 to cover CIM OB’s Transformation activities
• Diamond: $3,000 to support Student & Industry activities
• Gold: $2,000 to sustain next FPD Series Editions
• Silver: $1000 to cover Professional Development
• Copper: $500 to cover Drinks and Refreshments

Such Pledges can be directed to the CIM CFO Ameni Ben Ammar at: [email protected] who will handle both invoices and payment processing to CIM OB's bank account at CIM National Office.

Please ensure to mention Sponsorship of CIM OB's FPD Series and copy:

• The CIM OB Chair, Eugene Omboli at [email protected] and
• The CIM OB Treasurer, Michael Archer at [email protected].

Thanks in advance to ALL who Dare to help CIM OB initiate and sustain this bold FPD Series in the NCR for industries and community stakeholders to influence meaningful Dialogue and Impact individual and collective readiness to shape a better future for modern societies.