BRIMM at the CIM Connect 2025 Conference
BRIMM is excited to be attending the CIM Connect 2025 Conference in Montreal, from May 4th to May 7th. Our BRIMM team and researchers look forward to connecting with you there. For more information about the event, click here.
During the conference, we will be contributing as presenters and session chairs in the technical sessions from Monday to Wednesday. See the schedule below for more information.
See you there!
MONDAY – May 5
Monday, May 5 | 2:00pm – 3:15pm | Room 511F
Theme: Geological Innovations for Sustainable Mineral Exploration
Session: Advanced sensing and imaging for sustainable exploration
JANICE FINGLER Session Chair; Regional Innovation Lead, UBC BRIMM-MICA
Monday, May 5 | 3:55 PM – 4:20 PM | Room 513C
Theme: Innovation and best practices in Mining, Operations and Processing
Session: Innovation and Best Practices in Open Pit Mining: Mine Fleet Electrification
THOMAS ARMSTRONG Presenter; UBC Mining Engineering Graduate Research Assistant
- Assessing the Potential Benefits of Trolley Assisted Haulage through Discrete Event Simulation
TUESDAY – May 6
Tuesday, May 6 | 10:30 AM – 10:55 AM | Room 511C
Theme: Partnership & Community Engagement
Session: Leveraging partnerships for sustainable development: Innovation in partnerships
JOHN STEEN; Presenter, Director – Bradshaw Research Institute for Minerals and Mining
- Managing Deep Tech Innovation Partnerships in Canadian Mining“
Tuesday, May 6 | 10:30 AM – 10:55 PM | Room 513A
Theme: Innovation and best practice in Mining: Operations and Processing
Session: R&D and Energy Optimization: Innovations in Heating technologies for drying and processing
PARHAM SAMEA Presenter; UBC Mining Engineering Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
- Microwave Drying of Minerals: Experimental and Numerical Modeling
WEDNESDAY – May 7
Wednesday, May 7 | 3:30 PM – 3:55 PM | Room 515A
Theme: Innovation and best practices in Mining: Operations and Processing
Session: Advances in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering: Rock Mechanical Properties
PARHAM SAMEA Presenter; UBC Mining Engineering Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
- Effects of Microwave Irradiation on Strength Reduction in Rocks
OTHER EVENTS
Creative Destruction Lab’s Minerals 2024/25 Graduating Cohort
Tuesday, May 6 | 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Hall Viger
BRIMM will be there to celebrate the innovation ventures graduating from the Creative Destruction Lab’s Minerals program. Come join us to learn more about these promising technology solutions and the CDL program. Applications for the next 2025-26 CDL cohort are OPEN NOW until July 25th.