SDIMI 2026 will be held in Medellin, Colombia between July 13 and 16, 2026.
Tentative conference topics include, but are not limited to:
- Reporting strategies
- Socio-economic indicators
- Environmental indicators
- Technical and operational indicators
- Cases from mining and other industries
- Different political approaches in global context
- Multinational views and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
- Examples of sustainable development practices in mining
- Certification or auditing of indicators
- Site and sector specific indicators (metal, minerals, coal and energy)
- Data quality in terms of aggregation, availability, transparency and addressee
- Digitalization and Smart Mining for Sustainability (big data, artificial intelligence, and digital twins to optimize indicators and reduce impacts).
- Climate Resilience and Mining (adaptation and mitigation strategies for mining operations under climate change).
- Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition (the role of mining in global supply chains for clean energy technologies).
- Life cycle assessment
- Mine closure
- Recovery of mining environmental liabilities
- Just Transition and Local Communities (balancing mine closure, employment, and new sustainable opportunities).
- Water and Sustainability in Mining (water resource management, recycling, and water balance as key indicators).
- Circular Economy and Secondary Mining (valorization of waste and tailings for metal recovery).
- Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Sustainable Mining (as part of social sustainability indicators).
- Data Governance and Transparency in Mining (blockchain, traceability, and responsible supply chains). Sustainability in Artisanal and
- Small-Scale Mining (ASM) (adapting sustainability indicators to ASM contexts).
- Sustainable Financing and ESG in Mining (green bonds, responsible investment, and ESG criteria applied to the mining industry).