Global Exploration, Mining and Minerals (GEMM) 2014: Creating Mutual Value: “What’s Important to ‘You’?”

April 9 – 10, 2014 (networking opportunities April 11 a.m.)
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Asia Pacific Hall
Vancouver, BC, Canada

“Mining for whom and to what end?” was the theme of the last dialogue. GEMM 2014 will deepen that discussion by focusing on the human interactions and organizational dynamics that shape thinking and acting within communities, companies, civil society, and governments. We will drill down into the basics: the hopes and fears that shape our “stories,” stories that live inside communities moving from old to young, and from the project site to the boardroom, and the boardroom to the site.

We will ask how those insights can be used to identify straightforward practical steps that become part of a mindset (like safety is now part of the DNA of many companies) applied every day in the way we live and work together in effective working relationships within the resource sector, as employees and as neighbours.

Money and markets, water and land will be the lens through which we explore risks and opportunities. We will ask whether it is possible to build resilient relationships given different organizational cultures and “currencies” of value that are important to us in different ways. We will ask whether the proliferation of standards, guidelines and rights is creating value for communities and companies on the ground, and to investors and governments, or only generating paper and websites.

And we will ask whether such working relationships have become essential assets to building better businesses, livelihoods, and lives in resource driven economies and regions, creating value during their operations and sustainable legacies after closure.

Information on recommended accommodation can be found here.

This session will be the fifth event in the RMSI Dialogue Series.