The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is the leading voice of the mineral exploration and development community. The annual award-winning PDAC Convention in Toronto, Canada, brings together 27,000 attendees from over 135 countries for its educational programming, networking events, business opportunities and fun.
The sustainability program aims to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and peer learning on key issues related to responsible exploration and mining.

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PDAC offers the use of Slido to help facilitate audience interaction. Slido allows you to include polling, word cloud generation, and Q&A functionality in your presentation. There are also AV capabilities to share pre‐prepared videos, presentations, images etc.
Outline content and any AV requirements for a 60-minute session (Allocate time for the opening housekeeping notes, and audience interaction)

Note: The pre‐allocated timing counts towards this time limit.

Time (e.g. 5 min)Description – What’s on stage? (e.g. Presentation, Audience Q&A, Panel Discussion)AV – What’s on screen? (e.g. Video, PowerPoint, Poll Results, Image Loop)Comments/Notes
PDAC strongly encourages proposals that reflect a diversity of perspectives — including gender, racial, geographic, disciplinary, and career-stage diversity. If you’d like help identifying speakers from underrepresented backgrounds or fields, or if someone is unconfirmed, please use TBD.
Potential speaker list 

Use TBD or N/A as applicable

NameAffiliation/CompanyPositionRole in Session (e.g. Co-chair, Panellist)Email addressExpertise/Relevance to Topic

should be representative of main session themes

Will this session use a case study (or multiple)? 

Additional details:

Has this session been presented before? 
Session organizer responsibilities: 

If my proposal is accepted, I acknowledge the following responsibilities as a session organizer:

If my proposal as a session organizer is not accepted, I would still like to be considered as a session speaker/participant for a similar topic: 
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