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2025 PROGRAM
2025 WAMS Conference program is now available in English (pdf) and in French (pdf).
PROGRAM – DAY ONE PLENARY – Tuesday, 30 September 2025
| 0800 | Registration opens |
| 0900 | Opening session |
| 1000 | Geopolitics in West Africa: Challenges and Opportunities |
| 1110 | Gold flows & armed networks threats in Ghana’s Sahelian border zone |
| 1140 | Eyes in the sky, mines on the ground: Emerging threats to mining operations in West Africa |
| 1340 | Operating in complex frontier markets: navigating extremism, community vulnerability, and operational risk |
| 1420 | Extracting terrorism from gold: field lessons & robust data on how gold mining either favours or impedes entry points for terrorists in northern Côte d’Ivoire |
| 1450 | Joint Q&A session |
| 1530 | Exploration security: a case study in Côte d’Ivoire |
| 1600 | Security and personnel risks (title to be confirmed, TBC) |
| 1630 | Fireside discussion: wrap-up panel |
| 1710 | Close of Day 1 |
| 1830 | Welcome Cocktail and Networking Reception |
DAY TWO PLENARY – Wednesday, 1 October 2025
| 0900 | Regional political risks in a Global Context – a political risk insurance market perspective |
| 0930 | Arbitrary detention: what to do? |
| 1050 | West African VEOs as an intelligence problem |
| 1130 | Perspectives |
| 1200 | Fireside discussion: wrap-up panel |
| 1230 | Plenary Close |
DAY TWO WORKSHOP – Wednesday, 1 October 2025 – 13:30 GMT
CRISIS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP – MAINTAINING SAFE OPERATIONS
The crisis management workshop is tailored for mine security professionals and managers responsible for managing security incidents. It is a practical and useful knowledge sharing opportunity that will draw on scenarios with degrading conditions, indicators and mitigation practices. In particular, this session will examine shelter in place and evacuation considerations and draw out lessons learned from previous events, planning restrictions and operational guidance.