Asia Mining Congress 2008 is the mining event that truly differentiates itself with its powerful speakers
We have lined up an impressive list of speakers representing the world’s top mining and metals companies, key mining investors interested in Asian projects and key mining policy makers from Asian governments.
Asia Mining 2008 Speakers:
Mr Peter C Akerley,
President & CEO,
Erdene Gold
Peter C. Akerley is the President and Chief Executive Officer as well as a Director of Erdene Gold Inc., a public company listed on Canada’s Toronto (TSX) exchange. He is a founding director of Erdene and has 20 years of experience in the mineral resource industry. He obtained a BSc. degree in Geology from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax in 1988 and spent the next 10 years working on diverse mineral projects in Canada, United States of America, Mexico, Guyana, Indonesia, and the Philippines predominantly through his own consulting companies: Anian Resources Inc. and BRM Exploration Inc. From 1996-1998, Mr. Akerley was responsible for managing one of the largest modern regional exploration projects in Mongolia which led eventually to the creation of Erdene as a Mongolian exploration focused private company in 2002. He has worked extensively as a consultant to major and junior mining companies internationally. Mr. Akerley provides broad international mineral industry experience through his past management of a multiple international projects and mineral industry companies.
Peter Albert,
General Manager,
Oxiana
Mr Albert is a metallurgist with some 25 years experience in project management, and operations management experience in mining and minerals processing in Australia, Africa and Asia. He joined Oxiana from Fluor Daniel where he held the position of General Manager – Projects. Prior to this Mr Albert worked with Billiton (Australia), Davy John Brown and JCI (South Africa)
Mr Charles Asubonten,
Chief Financial Officer,
Palabora Mining Company
Charles A. Asubonten, Chief Financial Officer of Palabora Mining Company, was elected an executive director of the Palabora Mining Company (JSE: PALAMIN) board of directors on 27 July, 2006. Mr. Asubonten, formerly a finance executive at DTE Energy in Detroit, USA, joined Rio Tinto in 2006 with more than 15 years of increasing accounting and financial leadership experience from Fortune 500 companies including Ford Motor Company and The Dow Chemical Company. He started his professional career as an auditor with KPMG. Mr. Asubonten earned an MBA in finance and corporate strategy from the University of Michigan and a BBA in accounting from North Carolina Central University. Having served on numerous civic and community boards in the Detroit area, Mr. Asubonten is currently a member of the audit committee of Rossing Uranium Limited. He also sits on the Palabora Foundation board and is the Principal Officer for the Palabora Pension Fund. Mr. Asubonten is a Certified Public Accountant (USA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.
Mr Paul Atherley,
Managing Director,
Leyshon Resources
Mr Atherley graduated in mining engineering from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College in 1982 and has more than 25 years industry operating experience including periods with British Coal in the UK and Mount Isa Mines Ltd in Australia. He was Executive Director of the Investment Bank arm of HSBC Australia where he undertook a range of advisory roles in the resources sector. He recently retired from the position of Managing Director of an ASX listed and AIM listed mining company, a position he held since the company’s flotation in 1994. During this period he completed a number of acquisitions and financings of resource projects in Australia, South-East Asia, Africa and Western Europe. Mr Atherley was appointed a Director of Leyshon Resources on 4th May 2004.
Jose L. Jr Atienza,
Secretary,
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Lito Atienza has long been a defender of the environment. This has been manifested in his crucial endeavors as a public servant – from the time he served as Assemblyman representing the capital city at the Batasang Pambansa (Philippine Congress), as National Housing Authority General Manager, until the time he was elected into office as Vice-Mayor and Presiding Officer of the City of Manila, and later as its Mayor – the only one in its history to be elected for 3 consecutive terms. An Architecture graduate with Masters in Urban Planning and a Doctorate in Public Administration, he is a champion of effective land use planning who has implemented programs that arguably made Manila the microcosm of sustainable development among urban areas in the Philippines – programs borne of sheer political will for the benefit of present and future generations. He successfully stopped a move to extend the reclamation areas in the city, which would have deprived the people access to what is known to many as one of the best sunsets in the world. He initiated the relocation of oil depots in the thickly populated Pandacan district, and established a Green Buffer Zone in the area to separate the fuel tanks from the community. He implemented the regreening of Manila and successfully planted 100,000 trees within five months last year. He championed the Buhayin ang Maynila (Revive Manila), the most extensive urban renewal program ever achieved in the Philippine capital. As Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, he brings with him his vision, his convictions, his courage, his management skills, his perspective as a local executive and his passion to do more. He also brings with him the balanced perspective of someone who views people as the key partner in the preservation of a healthy environment and in the development of its God-given resources. As chief steward of the environment and its natural resources, he has the marching order from President Arroyo to communicate to crucial stakeholders of the minerals industry about the positive side of mining, and ensure that the benefits of mining accrue to the communities and the Filipinos.
Robert Baldock,
Chairman, President & CEO ,
Monument Mining
Mr. Baldock is an experienced mining executive as well as being a qualified and experienced accountant with over 30 years of hands on management of public and private corporations across a wide range of industries. Mr. Baldock is the former co-founder and Managing Director and subsequently Executive Chairman of Golconda Minerals N.L.Group of Mining Companies listed on the ASX, NASDAQ and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges. He was as well President of a controlled subsidiary, Nevada Goldfields Corporation, which was listed on the TSX,Toronto, NASDAQ, USA and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges. Mr. Baldock’s role with the Golconda Group also included the role of Managing Director of Duketon Exploration Limited, listed on the ASX. The Market Capitalization of the Golconda Group and its subsidiaries was over $200,000,000 at the peak of operations. During Mr. Baldock’s period of tenure he had the overall responsibility for raising $30,000,000 of capital and using the raised capital and cash flow from operations to oversee the design, construction, commissioning and operation of six mineral processing plants.
Mr Rahul N. Baldota,
President ,
Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
Charles Barclay,
Vice President Operations,
Olympus Pacific Minerals
Mr. Barclay has 35 years mining operations experience, including positions as Project Development Manager of Kainantu Gold Mine (Highlands Pacific), Chief Operating Officer of Emperor Mines Ltd., and General Manager and Operations Manager of the Emperor Gold Mine (Fiji). His experience has provided a solid grounding in all aspects of open pit and underground mining, including, production, design, evaluation, construction, contract negotiation, and management.
Mr Mamadou Barry ,
Acting Global Head and Senior Underwriter , Oil, Gas, Mining & Chemicals sector,
Multilateral Insurance Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group
Mamadou Barry is a Senior Underwriter with MIGA, focusing on the Africa, Middle East and Asia regions. Since he joined MIGA, he has specialized in policy advisory services, investment promotion and political risk insurance. Prior to joining MIGA, he worked as a geological engineer with multinational mining companies operating bauxite mines in Guinea. He subsequently joined the staff of the Mineral Exploration Division at the Ministry of Mines of Guinea. Upon completion of his graduate studies in the United States, he worked as an associate consultant for several natural resource consulting and engineering firms in Colorado. He concurrently conducted specialized executive training and capacity building assignments in the areas of finance, natural resource and environmental management and investment analysis. He also taught graduate-level finance and economics courses at the University of Colorado. Mamadou joined the World Bank Group in 1993 and worked on industry and mining sector reform programs in developing countries. He was reassigned to MIGA in 1997, where he worked for both the technical assistance section and the guarantee arm. Mamadou received a minerals engineering degree from the Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké in Guinea, an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines. He also attended the Economics Institute of the University of Colorado, and the Graduate School of Business of the University of Denver where he specialized in Finance.
Neal Beatty,
General Manager,
Control Risks
Neal Beatty is currently the General Manager of international risk consultancy Control Risks’ Beijing office and heads the company’s business development team for Greater China. Neal also undertakes risk management consulting projects, specialising in advising multinational organisations in China on developing and implementing an overall corporate security and business continuity strategy, in particular reducing the risks to people, information and physical assets. Neal has worked on projects all over China, assisting clients to assess vulnerability against internal and external threats and to develop business continuity and crisis management plans. Neal has spent 12 of the last 15 years living and working in Greater China. Before joining Control Risks, he worked as head of security in China for a large US financial institution based in Beijing. Prior to this, he worked for three years in Shanghai as a manager for a risk management consulting firm. In this position, Neal was in charge of risk management consulting, executive protection and other security assignments for a large group of multinational clients. Prior to this he worked for the Swiss group Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) in Taiwan for four years. In that position he managed a team of internal auditors, as well as the goods evaluation and classification teams working on government importation contracts. Neal has a Masters degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Leeds (UK) and is fluent in Mandarin.
Mr John Bergin ,
Product Support Manager ,
Caterpillar Global Mining
John is an 18-year veteran of Caterpillar Inc. and has spent over 12 years outside his native United States, predominantly focusing on the mining business in Asia during that period. John’s assignments with Caterpillar began with technical responsibility for the 785, 789, and 793 Mining trucks and have included Indonesia customer coverage, product development, and major account coverage. More recently, he has taken a role as Product Support Manager for Cat Global Mining. In this position he is responsible for equipment management, maintenance contracts, product performance, and dealer capability as it relates to the mining market in China, India, Mongolia, and South-East Asia. John is based in Beijing.
Mr Stephen Biggins,
Managing Director,
Southern Gold
Stephen has accumulated broad experience as a geologist in mineral exploration, development and mining throughout Australia over the past 15 years. He has also applied his MBA to the management of exploration, resource definition and feasibility studies. Stephen joined Pima Mining the mid 1990s as an exploration geologist, supervising various exploration projects in gold and base metals on the Gawler Craton. Prior to this, he was part of the SA government’s early exploration initiatives in the early 90’s as an exploration geophysicist. As a mineral geophysicist, Stephen has also worked with BHP in South Australia and in the Pilbara in near-mine and in-pit iron ore exploration. Stephen was the founding Managing Director of Southern Gold in 2004 and is also a Non-Executive Director of Southern Uranium.
Mr L. Bold,
Chairman ,
Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia
Mr. Bold Luvsanvandan was born in 1961 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. After finishing secondary school in Ulaanbaatar, he graduated from the Trade Union University Bernau in Berlin, Germany. Mr. Bold Luvsanvandan began his career as an instructor at the Central Council of Mongolian Trade Unions from 1983-1989. His work experiences also include Deputy Chairman/Secretary General for the Union of Mongolian students, Member of the State Baga Hural, first democratically elected Parliament of Mongolia. He was elected and worked as a Member of the State Great Hural Parliament of Mongolia from 1996-2000, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the Promotion of Foreign Investment. From the years 2001 to 2004 Mr. Bold Luvsanvandan worked as Chairman of the Board of Governors at the Golomt Bank of Mongolia and President of the Mongolian Bankers Association from 2000-2005. From 2004 he was appointed by the Government of Mongolia as Chairman of the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Authority of Mongolia. Mr. Bold Luvsanvandan is active in a number of NGO positions. Chairman of the Mongolia-Germany Business Council, President of the Mongolian Athletes Federation, Board Member of French Alliance of Mongolia and Vice Chairman to the North East Asian Association. He speaks Mongolian, English German, Russian and French languages. In 2004 he was awarded the “Polar Star” order by the Mongolian President, 2006 the Federal Merit Order by the German Federal President.
Roberto Castello Branco,
Investor Relations Director ,
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE)
Roberto Castello Branco holds a PhD degree in Economics by Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil. After completing his doctoral studies, Mr. Castello Branco was a Post Doctoral Fellow in Economics at the University of Chicago, USA. Mr. Castello Branco is a former director of the Central Bank of Brazil. He was a Professor of Economics at Graduate School of Economics, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Executive Vice President of IBMEC – a Brazilian business school – and had also worked as Executive Director of Banco Boavista and Banco Interatlantico in Brazil. Mr. Castello Branco was a Director of the Brazilian Association of Investment Banks (ANBID) from 1988 to 1990, and President of the Brazilian Investor Relations Institute (IBRI) from 2002 to 2004. He joined Vale in July 1999, being currently Director of Investor Relations. He is also Vice-President of the World Federation of Investors, a member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Investor Relations Institute (IBRI), National Investors Institute (INI), Brazilian Association of Publicly Listed Companies (ABRASCA) and Associação Comercial do Rio de Janeiro.
Mr Michael Carrick,
CEO,
CGA Mining
Mr. Michael Carrick is a chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience in the resources sector. Mr. Carrick holds degrees majoring in economics, law, business administration and accounting and has been responsible for the acquisition, development, and operation of a number of major gold projects, both in Australia and internationally. He was previously Executive Chairman of AGR Limited, the entity which owned and developed the Boroo Gold Project in Mongolia, and Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Limited, one of Australia’s largest gold producers. Prior to joining Resolute, Mr. Carrick was a senior partner of Arthur Anderson.
HE Sieng Hong Chea,
Secretary of State ,
Ministry of Industry, Mines & Energy – Cambodia
Mr Jay Chmelauskas,
President & CEO,
Jinshan Gold Mines
Mr. Chmelauskas holds a Geological Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia as well as an MBA from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. Prior to becoming president of Jinshan Gold Mines, Mr. Chmelauskas managed business development and other corporate finance activities for the company from Beijing. He has extensive international experience as an engineer and financial analyst in the resource sector and gold mining industry, including operating experience at one of the largest remote gold mines in the Asia Pacific region.
Mr James Copland ,
Director, Project Finance ,
Caterpillar Finance
Mr Seamus Cornelius,
Partner,
Allens Arthur Robinson
Seamus has lived and worked in Shanghai and Beijing since 1994 and is one of the most experienced foreign lawyers in China. Seamus’ practice focuses on the exploration, development and sale of natural resources. In recent years he has advised many international mining companies on investment in China for the exploration and development of gold, platinum, copper, molybdenum, nickel and energy resources. He has also advised major Chinese companies on investment in resource project in Australia, China, Africa, the Middle East and South America. Another area of Seamus’ work is advising foreign investors on establishing foreign invested enterprises in China and providing ongoing advice to joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises. His corporate clients include multi-national corporations with interests in a range of industries in China such as resources, financial services, and manufacturing development. Seamus also advises foreign banks from Japan, Europe and Australia on a wide range of issues relevant to their lending business on both a transactional basis and more general operational issues. Major clients in the financial services sector include the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, ANZ Bank and Visa International.
Mr Michael Cosgrove,
Chief Executive Officer ,
Asian American Coal
Mr. Cosgrove joined AACI in May 2005 as Chief Financial Officer and assumed the role of CEO in November 2006. Before that he was a Director of NM Rothschild and Sons based out of Beijing. He acted for many mining companies and concluded a number of mining related deals for clients. Prior to that, Michael was one of the founders of Sino Mining International (now Sino Gold). The majority of Michael’s career however was with Macquarie Bank for Macquarie Corporate Finance. Michael was awarded a bachelor degree of Commerce (1st Class Honors) from University of Wollongong Australia in 1982.
Mr Alexander J. Davidson,
Executive Vice President, Exploration and Corporate Development,
Barrick Gold
Alex Davidson is EVP, Exploration and Corporate Development with responsibility for Barrick Gold’s international exploration programs and corporate development activities. Prior to April 2005, he was responsible for Barrick’s exploration strategy and programs as EVP Exploration. Mr. Davidson joined Barrick in October 1993 and under his leadership, Barrick’s exploration efforts grew outside of North America and into Latin America and beyond. Prior to joining Barrick, Mr. Davidson was Vice President, Exploration for Metall Mining Corporation. Mr. Davidson has over 25 years’ experience in designing, implementing and managing gold and base metal exploration and acquisition programs throughout the world. In April 2005, Mr. Davidson was presented the 2005 A.O. Dufresne Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum to recognize exceptional achievement and distinguished contributions to mining exploration in Canada. In 2003, Mr. Davidson was named the Prospector of the Year by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada in recognition for his team’s discovery of the Lagunas Norte Project in the Alto Chicama District, Peru. He received his B.Sc. and his M.Sc. in Economic Geology from McGill University.
Mr Jon Dugdale,
President- Asian Funds,
Lion Selection
Mr Dugdale, graduated as a geologist with first class honours from the University of Melbourne in 1986, before joining WMC where he spent 7 years in exploration and mine geology in Western Australia and North Queensland. Jon then joined Mining Project Investors (MPI) in 1993, spending 12 years with the group in WA and then Victoria, responsible for project generation and management initially in WA, then Eastern Australia. During this period, a number of discoveries were made by the MPI exploration team including Silver Swan nickel deposit in WA and Golden Gift in Stawell. The takeover of MPI Mines saw Jon move to Leviathan Resources as Manager Exploration, responsible for building and managing the exploration portfolio in SE Australia. Jon joined the Lion Manager in July 2006 and will initially be focussed on the development and growth of Asian Lion.
Mr Eric Finlayson,
Head of Exploration ,
Rio Tinto
Eric graduated in 1982 with a degree in Applied Geology from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. After work as an exploration geologist in Ireland and Turkey with NL Petroleum Services and as a field geochemist in Malawi with the British Civil Uranium Procurement Organisation, he joined the Geological Survey of PNG in 1984 as a regional geological mapper. Following five years of mapping in the Sepik River headwaters and on Bougainville Island, he joined Rio Tinto as project geologist responsible for copper and gold exploration in the PNG highlands based out of Sydney. In 1993 he was transferred to Vancouver as regional exploration manager for Western Canada and then in 2000 to London as the personal assistant to the head of Exploration. In January of 2002, he moved to Perth to assume the role of director of Exploration for Australasia and in January of 2007 was appointed head of Exploration for Rio Tinto based in London.
Peter Flindell,
Chief Geologist ,
Avocet Mining
He is a geologist with over 20 years experience in gold and copper exploration, resource evaluation and reserve development in South East Asia, Central Asia and North America. He has played a key role in the discovery and development of two gold mines in Indonesia, including Avocet’s North Lanut mine. He joined the Group as Chief Geologist in May 2002 following 12 years with Newmont Mining Corporation.
Dr Bart Follink,
Chief,
CSIRO Minerals
Dr Bart Follink was appointed Chief of CSIRO’s Minerals Division in September 2004. Dr Follink’s role is to guide CSIRO’s research in mineral processing and metal production. CSIRO Minerals employs 320 staff across five Australian sites. Its mission is to double Australia’s wealth from world-class minerals processing expertise by 2020 while drastically reducing environmental impact. Prior to taking up his current position, Dr Follink was Senior Director, Advanced Technology for Royal Philips Electronics based in Japan. Early in his career Dr Follink was awarded a Research Fellowship with the Ian Wark Research Institute at the University of South Australia, where he investigated mineral processing topics. Dr Follink studied at Wageningen University in the Netherlands where he completed a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in physical and colloid chemistry. He has credit for a range of patents, technical reports, invited conference papers and has produced more than 40 publications.
Mr Karsten Fuelster,
Senior Investment Officer, Oil & Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department,
International Finance Corporation
Karsten Fuelster is a Senior Investment Officer in the Oil & Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. After four years with the Mining Investment Division in Washington DC, Karsten recently relocated to Jakarta where he is developing new business opportunities for IFC in the Oil & Gas and Mining Sector throughout Southeast Asia. His team is providing both Advisory Services and Financing with the objective of strengthening the long-term prospects of his clients and the sustainability of their mining projects typically located in challenging environments. Before joining IFC in the Syndication Department in early 2001, Karsten was Vice President with Dresdner Bank AG, in Project and Export Finance, Fankfurt, Germany. Altogether, he has more than 20 years experience in international corporate lending and credit risk assessment. He successfully worked on a large number of project finance transactions the most prominent of his mining related experience being Alumbreara, Argentina, Colahuassi, Chile, Mozal, an aluminum smelter in Mozambique; Glamis’ Marlin gold mine project in Guatemala, Hernic Ferrochrome in South Africa, and an early equity investment for First Quantum’s Copper tailings project in DR Congo. Mr. Fuelster holds a BA in Finance and International Business Administration from the European Business School, Germany.
Mr Andre Gauthier,
President & CEO,
Maxy Gold Corporation
Andre Gauthier has over 30 years experience in the mining exploration business and has a very high reputation as an international explorationist, and has been heading Maxy Gold activities for the last 3 years. Prior to Maxy, Andre headed Cambior’s international exploration activities from 1989 to 2005 with the last 9 years focused in the Andes and Peru. He participated in the discovery of their “La Arena” gold deposit, among multiple other successes in acquisitions, discoveries and developments of gold, copper and base metal projects. Mr. Gauthier started his career as project geologist with Soquem for 2 years, then Falconbridge for 6 years where he was involved in the Lac Short gold mine discovery. After spending 3 years with junior explorer Noramco Inc. in Canada from 1986 as Exploration Manager from 1986 to 1989 he finally joined Cambior in 1989 until 2005. Mr. Gauthier was central in the creation and implementation of the Peruvian Stock Exchange, and is broadly experienced in the business and public company aspect of mineral resource exploration. M. Gauthier has been director of the Quebec prospector association, Director of the Peruvian mining society and president of the exploration and investment committee. He has been vice president of the Exploration committee at the Peruvian Canadian chamber of commerce and to various other organizations participating in promoting mining exploration in Latin America.
Mr Shaun Giacomo,
Senior Portfolio Manager,
Societe Generale Asset Management
Mr Bradley Gordon,
CEO,
Emperor Mines
Mr Gordon was appointed to the Board of Emperor Mines Limited in April 2006. He has more than 10 years experience in senior management positions in the gold industry in Australia, PNG and Fiji. Most recently employed as Managing Director of Placer Dome Niugini Ltd and prior to that as General Manager of Porgera, Mr Gordon was responsible for the world class Porgera operation, the Misima operation and other corporate activities in the country. Mr Gordon also has many years experience in Fiji where he was previously employed by Emperor as Operations Manager of the Vatukoula Gold Mine and General Manager of Tuvatu Gold Mining Company Limited, a former wholly owned subsidiary of Emperor.
Mr Mike Higgins,
MD,
Indo Gold Ltd
Mike Higgins graduated in 1971 from the University of NSW in Sydney, Australia with a BSc (Hons), majoring in Geology. From 1974 to 1994, he worked throughout Australia and different parts of the world for the Shell/Billiton Group companies at senior executive levels. This included a 3-year posting to Billiton’s head office in The Hague where Mike coordinated new business development in Africa, SE Asia/Pacific and the Americas. He has experience in conceiving, managing and implementing successful exploration strategies worldwide, several of which have led to the discovery and commercial advancement of major gold resources. These include Mt. Todd (NT, Australia), Goldridge (Transvaal, South Africa), Poura/Larafella (Burkina Faso) and Agbaou (Ivory Coast), with a combined total in excess of 8 million ounces gold in resources discovered. The first two of these discoveries became operating open pit mines – Mt Todd has since closed, while Goldridge is still being operated by Harmony Gold. The others are at pre-feasibility stage. In 1995, Mr. Higgins established Jandera Resources NL, an Australian unlisted public company, and secured funding and its West African gold exploration assets. Jandera was the subject of a public takeover in late-1997, and subsequent new owners explored its West Africa gold properties with some success, resulting in close to a million ounces in resource having been defined at Agbaou and nearby properties. In 1998, Mike established BSM Mining NL with co-directors Chris Rashleigh and Rolly Nice. This is a privately funded company involved in resource acquisition and development, and was instrumental in spinning off Goldcrest Mines Ltd, listed in Toronto, and Indo Gold Limited.
Rico Hizon,
Business & Financial News Anchor,
BBC World
Rico Hizon, the 2006 TOYM (The Outstanding Young Men) Awardee for International Journalism and Community Service, is the main anchor of the daily business and finance programme Asia Business Report and anchors one edition of World Business Report live from Singapore every weekday mornings. Produced in Singapore, Asia Business Report offers viewers the latest economic and market news from the Asia-Pacific region, with in-depth analysis of the latest trends from the movers and shakers in the business world. Rico also reports on the latest business and financial issues impacting the region. His latest reports have taken him to Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. Rico joined BBC World in 2002 after eight years with the financial and business news network CNBC Asia. He was based in Hong Kong and Singapore, where he was the main anchor of the morning edition of CNBC Today, Squawk Box, Market Watch and Power Lunch. Before working at CNBC Asia, Rico was an anchor and business reporter at the Manila-based GMA-7 network, responsible for covering capital markets, banking and finance, real estate, investment and corporate developments. He anchored the daily business programme, Business Today, GMA News Live and Stock Market Live from the trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange. Rico has close to 20 years of regional journalism experience. Before entering the broadcast industry, he was a lecturer in one of the country’s top schools De La Salle University, where he also finished a degree in Broadcast Journalism.
Mr Mitchell H. Hooke,
CEO ,
Minerals Council of Australia (MCA)
Mitch Hooke has been Chief Executive of the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) since April 2002. The MCA is one of the nation’s most significant industry bodies and represents minerals exploration, production and processing companies nationally and internationally which produce around 90 percent of Australian’s annual mineral output and exports. The companies account for nearly 40 per cent of Australian goods exports and one-tenth of annual national output. In this role he recently chaired the first APEC Mining Industry Forum held in conjunction with the Ministers Responsible for Mining meeting in Perth. This gave the minerals industry an unprecedented opportunity to make recommendations to APEC ministers on issues critical to further expanding the resources sector. He has reinvigorated and restructured the MCA, lifting its profile and engaging in debate about important issues facing the industry and Australia including climate change, energy security, skills and labour shortages, trade, constraints to growth and the need for continued economic reform. Mr Hooke’s current appointment is the latest in a range of industry leadership roles he has held over the past two decades. Before joining the MCA, Mr Hooke served as inaugural Chief Executive of the Australian Food and Grocery Council from 1995 to 2002. Earlier, he was Executive Director of the Grains Council of Australia. Mr Hooke began his career as an Agricultural Adviser on Queensland’s Darling Downs where he pioneered zero-tillage ecological farming systems.
Mr Tianwen Huang ,
President,
Sinosteel
Mr. Huang has spent his entire career working for the development of China’s metallurgical industry. Before joining Sinosteel Corporation, Mr. Huang has worked for China Minmetals Corporation for more than two decades and as the Vice President for nearly 10 years. Mr. Huang joined Sinosteel Corporation as the company’s president in 2003. With broad range of managerial and analytical experiences, he helped Sinosteel become a leading company in the field of development of mineral resources; production, trading and logistics of metallurgical raw materials and commodities; equipment manufacture, project engineering, and technical services. Mr. Huang graduated as MA in Business from Seton Hall University, USA. He is a Senior Analyst of International Business.
Mr Cliff James,
President & CEO,
TVI Pacific
Mr. Clifford M. James, President and CEO of TVI Pacific Inc., is a geologist and business executive with over 35 years of technical and financial experience in the natural resource sector. His career has taken him throughout North America, Africa and Asia where he has held senior positions in oil and gas and mining companies. Since 1993, Mr. James has spearheaded TVI’s activities in the Philippines. Notably, he is responsible for bringing on stream the Canatuan project, the first foreign invested, modern, full scale producing mine in the Philippines after the passage of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995. His tireless efforts continue to drive TVI’s commitment to transparent, environmentally responsible mining practices that bring sustainable development to the company’s host communities.
Ms Nellie James,
Acting Secretary,
Papua New Guinea Department of Mining
Sri Jegarajah ,CNBC Asia
Sri Jegarajah is an experienced business and financial markets correspondent at CNBC’s Asian headquarters in Singapore. He reports for “Squawk Box” (Asia), “Asia Market Week” and was an original correspondent for the Global Stock Patrol found only on “Worldwide Exchange.” Jegarajah has a decade of experience in journalism. He was a frequent contributor to CNBC programming when he was an energy reporter for Dow Jones Newswires in Singapore and also was a prolific reporter for Dow Jones in London. Prior to joining CNBC, he worked at Bloomberg, where he filed oil and energy market reports for the news terminals, television and radio services. Jegarajah holds joint honors in English and theatre studies from the University of Warwick in the UK.
Mr Denny Kurien,
Managing Editor (Asia-Pacific), Commodities,
Dow Jones Newswires
A business journalist with nearly two decades of experience covering various asset classes in New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Currently runs Dow Jones’ commodities coverage in the region. Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time news service of Dow Jones & Co. which also publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, the Far Eastern Economic Review, MarketWatch, Dow Jones Indexes and Factiva.
Mr Richard Laufmann,
Managing Director,
Indophil Resources
Richard Laufmann, 44, was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indophil Resources NL, an Australian-listed public company, on 28 May 2007. He is a mining engineer with extensive experience in underground mining operations, project and business development, and commerce. From 1986 to 2000, Mr Laufmann worked for WMC Resources Limited (formerly Western Mining Corporation) and held a number of managerial positions, including manager – mining at Kambalda nickel operations, general manager – St Ives and general manager – gold operations. Mr Laufmann was also project study manager for WMC Resources at the Tampakan Copper-Gold Project (southern Philippines) in which Indophil now holds rights to a 37.5% interest, with Xstrata plc as the 62.5% owner and project manager. In 2002, Mr Laufmann was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ballarat Goldfields NL. Until his current appointment, he was a Non Executive Director of Indophil. He is immediate past Chairman of the state council of the Minerals Council of Australia – Victorian division.
Dr. Wen Ling,
Executive Director, President & CFO ,
China Shenhua Energy
Dr. Ling Wen has served as an executive director and the President of our Company since August 2006. Dr. Ling has served as the executive director of the Company since November 2004. In addition, Dr. Ling is also the Chairman of Shenhua Finance Company Limited. Dr. Ling had previously served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of the Company. Prior to joining our Company, Dr. Ling served as a Vice General Manager of Shenhua Group. Prior to joining Shenhua Group in December 2001, Dr. Ling served as Deputy General Manager of the International Business Department of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Deputy General Manager of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited and Chairman of UB China Business Management Company Limited. Dr. Ling has in-depth and extensive experience in financial institution and enterprise management. Holding a professorship at the school of management of the Harbin Institute of Technology, he is a member of the Institute of Financial Accountants of the United Kingdom and is a fellow-professional accountant of the National Institute of Accountants of Australia. Dr. Ling graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University with a bachelor’s degree in science in 1984, received a master’s degree in system engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1987 and received a Ph.D. degree in management engineering in 1991. From 1992 to 1994, Dr. Ling conducted post-doctoral research in macroeconomics in the Department of Automation of Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Mr Bruce Loveday,
General Manager – External Relations,
Oxiana
Bruce’s experience includes over 25 years in the financial markets, covering funds management, institutional stock broking, asset consulting and corporate banking. He was also Course Leader and Lecturer in Economics in the Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance) program at Chisholm Institute of Technology (now part of Monash University). Bruce’s role at Oxiana commenced in March 2007 following a period at Smorgon Steel where he was responsible for Government Relations, Media, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications.
Mr Mark Lynch,
MD & CEO,
Citigold Corporation
Mr Mark Lynch has been actively involved in gold exploration and mining for almost 30 years, in both private and public companies. Mr Lynch has extensive hands-on experience in mine management and mining tenure administration in Queensland and has held the position of Director of the Queensland Resources Council for six years He is currently a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr Lynch is the driving force behind Citigold’s strategic vision to focus on expanding gold mining operations and the upside potential of exploration from the rich Charters Gold field in a way that adds value for shareholders.
Mr Gavin MacLaren,
Managing Partner,
Allens Arthur Robinson
Gavin is head of the firm’s South East Asian practice and is based in Singapore. The focus of his practice is the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors. Gavin also has a very active public international law practice advising governments and oil companies on international boundary disputes. Gavin acts for major mining companies, oil and gas producers, power companies, banks and governments throughout the region including in Indonesia, China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Australia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Laos and the Philippines. Gavin is named as a leading lawyer in the current editions of Asia Pacific Legal 500 , Chambers Global and Chambers Asia. He is also named as a leading oil and gas lawyer in Who’s Who Legal. Recent clients include companies such as BHP Billiton, BG, Chevron, Michelin, Macquarie Bank, PGN, Santos and Total as well as the Government of Cambodia and the World Bank. Examples of Gavin’s recent work includes advising BHP Billiton in relation to major exploration and mining investments in Guinea, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and Mongolia, acting for Santos in relation to the Bayu-Undan LNG Project and various matters in Vietnam and Indonesia, assisting BG in relation to concluding offshore production sharing contracts in China; and advising PGN (Indonesia’s partially privatized state gas transmission company) in relation to further restructuring and privatization options.
Tony Mahalski,
Chairman ,
Association of Mining Analysts (AMA)
Mr Neil Marston,
General Manager-Commercial and Company Secretary,
Grange Resources
Neil Marston is General Manager-Commercial & Company Secretary of Grange Resources Limited, an ASX-listed company. Mr Marston has extensive experience in the Australian mining and exploration industry together with several years experience in a broad range of other industry sectors. Mr Marston has worked for a number of mining and exploration companies including Barrack Mines Limited. Mr Marston joined Grange Resources Limited in 2004 to explore opportunities to develop resource projects in Australia and South East Asia. Subsequently he worked for Grange as the project manager on the Southdown (Australia) Magnetite and Kemaman (Malaysia) Pellet Plant Project.
Mr Nobuyuki Masuda,
Director General, Mine Pollution Control Department,
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Cooperation (JOGMEC)
Phil Morriss,
Vice President of Mining Technical services ,
Sandvik Mining and Construction
Phil has more than 25 years of rich experience in mining and consulting in many parts of the world including in South America & Australia. Presently he is Vice President of Mining Technical services in Sandvik mining and construction.
Mr Malay Mukherjee ,
Member of the Group Management Board ,
ArcelorMittal
Mr. Mukherjee has over 30 years of experience in a variety of technical and commercial functions in the steel industry, including iron-ore mining, project implementation, materials management and steel plant operations. He joined the LNM Group in 1993 from the Steel Authority of India Limited (‘SAIL’), where his last position was as Executive Director (Works) at the Bhilai Steel Plant, the largest integrated steel plant in India. Mr. Mukherjee has a Master’s Degree in Mining from the USSR State Commission in Moscow and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India. Mr. Mukherjee has completed an advanced management program conducted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in joint association with University of Ottawa, Canada and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Mr. Mukherjee joined Ispat Karmet in 1996 from Ispat Mexicana where he was Managing Director. He joined Ispat Europe as President and CEO in June of 1999 to take higher responsibilities. He became Chief Operating Officer of Mittal Steel Company in October 2004 prior to his position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Ispat International N.V. Mr. Mukherjee was appointed as Member of the Group Management Board of Arcelor Mittal in August, 2006 following the merger of Arcelor and Mittal Steel Company.
Mr Ian Mulholland,
Managing Director,
Rox Resources
Ian Mulholland is Managing Director of ROX RESOURCES LIMITED, a Perth-based junior exploration and development company. Ian holds a Masters degree in geology and has 25 years broad experience in a number of commodity groups including gold, nickel, base metals, uranium and diamonds. His experience covers exploration activities, feasibility studies and mining operations with both major and junior companies. He has been directly involved in several gold and base metal discoveries during his career, including the Mt Windsor copper-lead-zinc deposits in Queensland; the Nimbus silver-zinc deposit, the Mount Martin gold deposit, several nickel laterite deposits in Western Australia; and the Toka Tindung and Mount Muro gold deposits in Indonesia. Rox currently has its focus on the Pha Luang project in Laos where it recently discovered lead-zinc sulphide mineralisation.
Mr Anusorn Nuangpholmak,
Director General,
Department of Primary Industries & Mines – Thailand
Mr.Nuangpholmak got MBA from Roosevelt University, Chicago, USA. With his economic and industrial skill as his professional over 30 years, he has become the Director-General of Department of Primary Industries and Mines since 2002. He has taken all responsibilities on promoting the country’s economical and social development by being manage and develop mining, metallurgical and other primary industries including the clean technology and sustainable development. As a successful industrialist, he has got more important mission on industrial logistics development.
Mr Stephen Orr ,
CEO,
OceanaGold
Stephen Orr is an established leader with in-depth international commercial experience at both executive and operational levels in the gold industry. He is Chief Executive Officer of OceanaGold and was previously with Barrick Gold, where he was vice president and managing director – Australia and Africa. Prior to that, Stephen was responsible for the operation, development and growth of Barrick’s North American operations and was also president and CEO for Homestake Canada. He has broad experience in both operations and corporate affairs, reflecting his training first as a mining engineer (BSc, University of Arizona) and later in business administration (MBA, St. Mary’s College).
Mr Dave Potter,
Executive Vice President,
PT Freeport Indonesia
Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy,
Minister of State of Mines ,
Ministry of Mines – India
Mr Andrew Richards,
Managing Director,
Dragon Mountain Gold
Mr Andrew Richards is a geologist with 28 years experience in the mining industry, 7 years of which involved a senior role in Project Finance within a banking environment. Prior to 1996 he worked in a wide variety of areas and commodities, in both mine production and exploration, including as chief geologist of the New Celebration and Telfer gold mines in Western Australia with large drill out programs and resource upgrades. Subsequent work included technical reviews and due diligence of projects in Australia, Asia, Chile, North America and Europe for project and corporate financing; monitoring of project construction and performance; cash flow modeling for valuation, financing and hedging and liaison/advisory services to bankers, project sponsors, receivers and administrators. Andrew also undertook mineral asset valuations and independent expert reports for Snowden Mining Consultants, an international consulting group. Since 2004 Andrew provided consultancy services in project assessment and acquisition, management and financing for numerous resource companies and was General Manager of the relisted Preston Resources Limited as well as Managing Director of several unlisted companies. Andrew has been working in China for over 3 years.
Mr Philip G Romualdez,
President,
Chamber of Mines of the Philippines & ASEAN Federation of Mining Associates (AFMA)
Ralph Rossouw,
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director,
Zeehan Zinc
Dr. Simon Sembiring,
Director General, Geology & Mineral Resource,
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources – Indonesia
Alistair James Stephens,
Managing Director / CEO,
Arafura Resources
Mr Dean Stuart,
Country Manager- Indonesia,
Avocet Mining
D P Stuart (age 43) – a mining engineer with over 20 years experience including more than seven years working in Indonesia. Formerly employed by Aurora Gold Ltd of Australia, he was seconded to several gold projects in Indonesia including the Mt Muro gold and silver project in Central Kalimantan and the Toka Tindung project in North Sulawesi. Previously he was employed in both the goldfields mining region and the Pilbara iron ore mining region of Western Australia. In June 2005 he joined Avocet as General Manager at North Lanut, becoming Indonesian Country Manager shortly thereafter. Dean is Country Manager, Indonesia for Avocet Mining PLC
Dr Rory Sullivan,
Head of Investor Responsibility,
Insight Investment
Dr Rory Sullivan is responsible for leading the team’s thematic research and engagement activities on social, ethical and environmental issues. He has specific responsibility for investment research and engagement relating to climate change and human rights. Rory joined Insight in 2002. He has over 15 years of experience in environmental management and public policy, having worked for the private sector and government agencies in Australia, South-East Asia, Africa and Europe. His experience includes advising organisations on greenhouse, energy and environmental management issues, and advising Environmental Australia and the OECD on the development and implementation of pollutant release and transfer registers. He also has extensive experience in human rights – he chaired the Amnesty International (Australia) Business Group for three years and subsequently worked for Amnesty International (UK) – with a particular focus on trade and investment policy, and multinational enterprises and the law. He has contributed to various working groups and other bodies on issues such as mining and human rights, and the role of companies in conflict zones. He is the editor of Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions (2003). Rory has written over 200 articles, book chapters and papers on environmental and energy policy, corporate responsibility, and related business issues. He is the author/editor of five books on these issues including Rethinking Voluntary Approaches in Public Environmental Policy (2005) and Responsible Investment (edited with Craig Mackenzie, 2006). Rory holds an honours degree in electrical engineering (University College Cork, Ireland), Masters’ degrees in Environmental Science (University of Manchester, UK) and Environmental Law (University of Sydney, Australia), and a PhD in Law (Queen Mary, University of London, UK).
Mr Rob Thomson,
President & CEO,
Asian Mineral Resources
Mr Thomson holds a B.E(Mining), an MBA and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has 30 years of Australian and international experience in exploration, feasibility, development, construction, operations, corporate development and project financing. He commenced his career as an overseer miner/shift boss in underground gold mining in Zimbabwe and then returned to Australia in senior open pit operational roles in coal and gold followed by Project Manager of two Cu SX/EW operations. For the last 12 years he has specialised in Asian mining developments. He has held in-country positions of General Manager Development for the feasibility, financing, construction and delivery into operations of ASX listed Kingsgate’s Chatree Gold Mine in Thailand and Project Director for the construction and operations delivery for Oxiana’s (ASX) Sepon Gold Mine in Laos PDR. For the last 3 1/2 years he was CEO of Philippine focussed Climax Mining Ltd (ASX) which has recently merged with New Zealand’s largest gold miner, Oceana Gold. With Climax, he worked closely with Chairman Jim Askew on funding and revitalising the Company including re-engineering and permitting the 230,000 oz Au equiv pa Didipio project – now under construction. In this period there was a fifteen fold market re-rating for Climax to AUD 300 million prior to merger. He was a founding director of Asian Mineral Resources ( ASN on TSX.V) and appointed CEO in November 2006. ASN proposes to develop the Ban Phuc nickel sulphide project in Nth Vietnam after expected grant of the mining lease in early 2007.
Mr Kevin Tomlinson,
MD, Investment banking, Natural Resources,
Thomas Weisel Partners (UK)
Kevin Tomlinson is a geoscientist with over 27 years experience in the resources sector exploring for and developing various commodities including nickel, precious and base metals. He was formerly Manager Exploration for Plutonic Resources, a major gold producer in Australia, Managing Director of Austminex Ltd a base metal developer in Australia and Head of Research at Hartleys Ltd, a resource focused broker in Perth. Following his work in Australia, Kevin moved to London where he was Head of Natural Resources for Williams de Broë and has since joined Thomas Weisel Partners for the past two years as Managing Director Investment Banking
Mr Chris Tonkin,
Head of Natural Resources, Project and Structured Finance,
ANZ
Chris Tonkin is Head of Natural Resources in ANZ Investment Bank’s Project and Structured Finance group. He has extensive experience in business generation, development and management obtained over twenty-five years in industry and finance and has a strong track record in advising on, structuring and arranging project and structured finance facilities for resources, energy/utility, telecommunications and infrastructure projects. In his current role, he is responsible for ANZ teams originating, executing and managing financial structuring, advisory and arranging mandates for project and structured facilities in the mining and metals and oil and gas sectors. His experience in advising on and raising finance for complex projects in these sectors includes project evaluation, structuring, arranging and providing finance for companies and projects involved in base and precious metals, precious stones, coal, mineral processing, oil and gas and related infrastructure. Chris has led a wide range of project finance activities, including the teams involved in arranging a US$140 million Project Finance Facility for Oxiana’s Sepon copper-gold project and currently underwriting and arranging US$240 million in Project Finance Facilities for Pan Australian Resources in Laos. In addition, ANZ has arranged and participated in numerous financings for large and junior resources companies, such as Western Areas, AMCI, Resource Pacific, Lihir Gold, Hardman Resources, Emperor Mines, Austindo Resources and Perseverance Corporation and others. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree, Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA from the University of Melbourne. He began his career as a metallurgist, followed by management, business planning and marketing roles at a number of major companies, and senior lending, financial management, project finance and advisory roles at AIDC and The Chase Manhattan Bank. He also worked on corporate advisory assignments for KPMG in its corporate finance group prior to joining ANZ.
Mr Peter Topham,
Executive Chairman,
Royalco Resources
Peter holds degrees in Economics and Law and is a Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He has also been a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy for 20 years. After commencing work in the field of project finance with the HSBC in 1981 he moved into corporate advice in stockbroking in the late 1980’s prior to joining Mineral Commodities Limited in 1990 as Executive Chairman – a role he undertook for ten years. During his term at Mineral Commodities, the company was involved with the significant White Foil gold discovery in Western Australia, and the Trekalano/Inheritance copper discovery in Queensland. In 2001, with colleague David Ogg, he established Royalco Resources Limited – initially in the role as Managing Director, then assuming the role of Executive Chairman when the company floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in June 2006. Peter is also a director of Copper Strike Limited which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and has Teck Cominco as its largest shareholder.
Mr Mark Williams,
General Manager -Tampakan project,
Xstrata Copper
Appointed in May 2007, Mark Williams is the General Manager of the Tampakan copper-gold project located on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. Xstrata Copper assumed management control of the Tampakan project on 30 March 2007 through its Philippines-based affiliate Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI). Mark is a qualified mining engineer, and has over 18 years’ experience in the mining industry with substantial exposure to business development and managerial roles in South East Asia. Mark is leading the Tampakan project during this key development stage.
Mr Steve Wood,
Director, Resources,
South East Asia Strategic Asset Management Fund (SEASAF)
A seasoned professional with more than 20 years of international experience in the mining and finance industry, Steven has work experience with industry consultants, major mining companies and investment banks across four continents. He has extensive hands-on experience in gold, diamond, platinum, coal and base metal deposit exploration and development throughout Africa, North and South America and Asia. Prior to joining the Advisor, Steven served as Director of Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for Century Mining Corporation, a Canadian listed gold mining company. During his tenure, Century made a number of large acquisitions of mining properties, which together with a strong senior management team and favorable conditions led to a tripling of its shareholder value. Prior to joining Century, Steven was based in the United States with RCF Management (“RCF”) as a Vice President. At RCF, Steven managed private equity investments across the global resource sector and was involved in a number of transactions, primarily involving convertible debt and equity recapitalization deals. Steven holds a Bachelors degree in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.
Ms Lu Yang,
Vice Director General, Minerals Development Department,
Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources
Mr Jian Zou ,
Chairman & Director ,
Association of Metallurgical Mine Enterprises
Zoujian is the senior professional engineer and currently holds the post of the president of China Metallurgical Mining Corporation (Artificial Person), the executive council of Metallurgical Mines’ Association of China, vice-chairman of China Mining Association, managing director of china Iron & Steel Association and the committeeman of International department in World Mining Congress. China Metallurgical Mining Corporation (CMMC) is an enterprise being directly under Stated-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. CMMC has total capital more than 700 million yuan RMB, about 600 million yuan RMB annual turnover, nearly 2000 staff and 16 subsidiary enterprises. Mr. Zou took the general manager post in 2000 (Artificial Person) and adopted effective policy to standard enterprise management for solving historical problems such as aimless investment, aimless loan etc. Zoujian has also been involved in the process of Reduce management layer, shorten management chain and improve enterprise operation rate. Competition promoted qualified personnel. Scientific and serious budget and assessment promoted economic benefits constantly. The enterprise has not made decision-making fault for 4 years and its annual economic benefits reached a new stage. In the first year, the enterprise reduced loss dramatically. Deficits were made up in the second year and surpluses were increased. Subsequently, economic benefits increased constantly in the third and fourth year. The dissertations written by Zou Jian has been readout and published in domestic academic conferences and foreign counties such as Canada and Australia etc. many times.
