Conferences and Seminars
Seminar and Conference Presentations (from 2005)
"Resource Development: Law, Institutions and What Lies Beneath", RMMLF/IBA Conference – Buenos Aires, 20 April 2009 (presented by Adriano Trindade). A summarised version of this article is being published as "Rethinking Mining Law" at the IBA- Mining Law Committee, July 2009.
"Voluntary Codes of Conduct: Legal Implications?", St Andrews-Dundee workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Mineral Resources Industry hosted by St Andrews Sustainability Institute, 26 September 2008
Presentation on ‘Contractual Relations in the Mining Industry’ and participation in the series of expert seminars on Global Resource Management – A Challenge for Peace, Development and Environmental Policies organised by the Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (SEF) (Development and Peace Foundation), BAKS Conference Centre, Berlin, 2006-2007.
‘Estudo Comparado sobre a Legislação Mineira: Perspectivas Internacionais’, Workshop Internacional para Conhecimento de Experiencias de Outros Paises, Painel II – Tema 1: Reformas Legislativas Internacionais – Novas Direcções. Comissão Técnica para a Revisão da Legislação Económica, Luanda, 22 November 2006 (by video-conference).
Presentations on current trends in legal reform in the minerals sector, legal aspects of mining development at a local level and transboundary mining clusters to be made at the Workshop on Integrated Resources Planning: Fostering Minerals Clusters, organised under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Mining Network, Maputo, 11-14 April 2006.
‘Mining Law: Introduction and Overview’, a presentation to the Preparatory Sessions of the Biannual Conference International Bar Association – Section on Energy, Environment, Resources and Infrastructure Law, Rome, 2 April 2006.
‘La Regulación Ambiental de la Actividad Minera en los Países de la Unión Europea’, Foro de Abogados de San Juan, San Juan, Argentina, 14 th December 2005.
‘Mining Law & Policy in Latin America: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends’, a presentation for the forum Mining in Latin America, Canning House, London, 3 November 2005.
‘The Legal Framework for Mining in Peru’, a presentation prepared with Cecilia Gonzáles and presented at the forum Peru: Charting the Course for the Years Ahead, Association of Mining Analysts, London, 30 September 2005.
‘Mining Law: Comparative Perspectives’, a presentation prepared for the Workshop on Integrated Resources Planning: Managing Mineral Wealth’, organised under the auspices of UNCTAD and UNECA, African Mining Network, Kampala, 23 May 2005.
