DAY 1 - Tuesday 21 October
0830 TSF Operation and Surveillance Training
1530 TSF Training Tour
1700 Debrief and refreshments
1730 Registration closes
DAY 2 - Wednesday 22 October
0730 Registration opens
0830 Tailings Forum Welcome
0845 Tailings Forum presentations
1730 Tailings Forum concludes
1800 Registration closes
1830 Forum Dinner
DAY 3 - Thursday 23 October
0730 Registration opens
0830 Tailings Forum site tour commence
1400 Site visit concludes, return to Townsville
1630 Arrive in Townsville (airport drop off)
*Please note that this program is a preliminary outline and is subject to change. We recommend allowing extra time for potential flight delays when making your travel arrangements for the forum.

Thank you to our Platinum Partner

TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER (ADD ON TSF TRAINING)
7:30 8:30 Registration Rydges, Townsville
8:30 13:00 TSF Operation and Surveillance Training Derrick McKenzie Tailcon Director
13:00 14:00 Lunch
14:00 17:00 TSF Training Tour – Ross River Dam Derrick McKenzie Tailcon Director
17:00 19:00 Debrief and Networking Drinks BridgeWater Q
WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER (FORUM DAY 1)
7:30 8:30 Registration Rydges, Townsville
8:30 8:37 Welcome to Tailings 2025
Acknowledgement to Country
Kate Brand Forum Convenor
8:37 8:45 ANCOLD Executive Welcome Sam Banzi Banzi Consulting Services
8:45 8:55 Ice Breaker Activity Jack Moorhead BHP Kate Brand Forum Convenor
TOPIC 1: EVOLUTION OF THE OPERATOR’S ROLE IN TAILINGS MANAGEMENT: OBSERVED CHANGES AND LOOKING FORWARD
Chair: Jack Moorhead BHP
8:55 9:20 KEYNOTE
Experience over the past 20 years and how the role has changed
Tim Bell Evolution, North Parks NSW
9:20 10:00 PANEL DISCUSSION
How has the role of operations changed in tailings management, and what could it look like in the future?
Jack Moorhead BHP
10:00 10:30 MORNING REFRESHMENTS
10:30 10:40 Platinum Sponsor Talk
Platinum address: Tony Eid, New Business Manager
TOPIC 2: 101 DAM STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
Chair: Ina Prinsloo South 32
10:40 11:10 KEYNOTE
101 of Dam Stability Concepts - critical information for a site operations team
Derrick McKenzie Tailcon, WA
11:10 11:25 Presentation 1.1
Operational changes that can introduce stability risks
Anjan Kundu GHD, QLD
11:25 11:40 Presentation 1.2
Improving Tailings Dam Monitoring with GNSS-IoT Sensors: Ensuring Accuracy, Consistency, Availability, Latency, and Reliability
Mark Wallace Kurloo, QLD
11:40 11:55 Presentation 1.3
A Ground Improvement Approach to Tailings Dam Safety and Stability Solutions
Tierney Boulter Menard, QLD
11:55 12:05 Group Q&A
Ina Prinsloo South 32
12:05 13:05 Lunch
TOPIC 3: TAILINGS DAM MONITORING - MONITORING METHODS FOR KEY FAILURE MODES, TOOLS AND THE CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING
Chair: Naren Ramachandran Glencore
13:05 13:20 Re-focus activity – Failure modes vs monitoring Naren Ramachandran Glencore, Mt Isa
13:20 13:35 Presentation 2.1
Dam Inspections – Tying observations to failure modes and design intent, and what could be missed?
Danielle O’Toole SLR Consulting, Townsville
13:35 13:50 Presentation 2.2
New approaches to monitoring and how it is changing inspections
Jack Moorhead BHP, QLD
13:50 14:05 Presentation 2.3
From Data to Action: Establishing Trigger Levels for Tailings Dams
Hugo Brandao Klohn Crippen Berger, QLD
14:05 14:15 Group Q&A Naren Ramachandran Glencore
14:15 15:00 GROUP ACTIVITY: WICKED PROBLEM
A roundtable brainstorming exercise to discuss monitoring challenges. What has and hasn’t worked, and how badly has it failed?
Nick Thomas-Kinsella GHD
15:00 15:10 Scenario wrap-up
15:10 15:40 AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
TOPIC 4: TARPS – FROM TRIGGER TO RESPONSE: CASE STUDY AND WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES
Chair: Kate Brand TBA
15:40 15:45 Presentation 3.1
Critical control management in a world of different standards
Charles Rose REE, WA
15:45 16:00 Presentation 3.2
Recent Experiences in developing and reviewing TARPs for Tailings Dams
John Van Der Merwe IMBR-Mines Rescue NSW
16:00 17:10 KEYNOTE
Taking the learnings from the morning and sharing how these can be applied in practice, working through real-world problems, and considering the barriers to activating TARPs
Stu Henderson Rio Tinto, Qld
17:10 17:20 Group Q & A and Feedback
Kate Brand Forum Convenor
17:20 17:25 SITE VISIT – WHAT TO EXPECT
Kate Brand Forum Convenor
17:25 17:30 FORUM WRAP-UP
Kate Brand Forum Convenor
18:30 22:30 FORUM DINNER
A Touch of Salt
Forum Dinner address: Scott Lines, Senior Geotechnical Engineer
THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER (FORUM DAY 2)
7:15 Tailings Forum Geological Discovery Tour ( Port of Townsville & Magnetic Island ) Group 1
8:15 Tailings Forum Geological Discovery Tour ( Port of Townsville & Magnetic Island ) Group 2
12:00 13:30 Lunch at Magnetic Island
12:30 1:15 Keynote Address John Eckersley
15:00 Return to Rydges Townsville Group 1
16:00 Return to Rydges Townsville Group 2