Program workshop

24-25 April 2014

Mineral resources on the Mid-Atlantic ridge - status and perspectives 2nd Norwegian “Lunch-to-lunch” workshop on ocean floor mineral deposits.

Speakers from several countries bordering the Atlantic.

Contact persons: Steinar Løve Ellefmo (NTNU) Fredrik Søreide (NTNU) Tom Heldal (NGU)

steinar.ellefmo@ntnu.no fredrik.soreide@ntnu.no tom.heldal@ngu.no

DAY 1: CONFERENCE, THURSDAY APRIL 24, 2014

12:00

Welcome to Trondheim Managing Director Morten Smelror, Geological Survey of Norway

12:15

Norway Rolf Birger Pedersen, Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen Steinar L. Ellefmo & Fredrik Søreide, NTNU

12:55

Russia Georgy Cherkashov, VNIIOkeangeologia

13:25

Coffee break

14:00

Brasil Roberto Ventura Santos, Director of Geology and Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of Brazil

14:30

France Julien Denegre, Technip and IFREMER

15:00

Germany Sven Petersen, GEOMAR

15:30

Coffee break

16:00

Portugal Pedro Madureira, EMEPC (Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf )

16:30

United Kingdom Paul Lusty, British Geological Survey

17:00

Iceland Dr. Ármann Höskuldsson, Research Professor, Nordvolk, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland

17:30

Environmental seabed mapping - experiences from the Norwegian shelf, slope and continental rise Terje Thorsnes, NGU

18:00

End of session.

18:30

Demonstration of G-plates modelling tool in the lobby

19:00

Dinner

DAY 2: WORKSHOP (Invited participants only), FRIDAY APRIL 25, 2014

09:00

Introduction

09:15

Roundtable discussion. Investigating the MAR – status and perspectives.

10:30

Coffe break

11:00

Roundtable discussion. Mining the MAR - utopia or realism?

12:00

Conclusions

12:30

Lunch

Registration to the workshop before March 15, use the following link; www.ngu.no/oceanmining Please be aware that there will be limitations on the number of participants, and the first to register will have priority.

Trondheim in Norway can be easily reached by plane, train or bus. Detailed information on how to travel to Trondheim is found under http://www.trondheim.no/howtogethere/ The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) is situated in Leiv Eirikssons vei 39, NO-7491 Trondheim.

It can be reached from Trondheim city centre with the public busses number 3 (destination LADE) and number 4 (destination LADE). Please leave the bus at the bus stop called RINGVE SKOLE from where you can see a sign showing in which direction you have to walk to reach NGU. Estimated price from the city centre to NGU by Taxi is NOK 150-200.

Hotels: www.booking.com or book at the Rica Nidelven Hotel using NGU discount (NOK 1075,-).

Please send an email to the hotel (rica.nidelven.hotel@rica.no) with subject ’workshop ‘Deep sea mining in Norway’ - Code NGU. Hotel phone number: (+47) 73 56 80 00

NGU Geological Survey of Norway NO-7491 Trondheim Norway

Tel: +47 73 90 40 00 Fax: +47 73 92 16 20 www.ngu.no