ROBERT BASSETT Partner, Holland & Hart LLP (Representing the International Bar Association)

Robert Bassett practices natural resources and international law with an emphasis on the mining industry. In recent years he has handled projects as diverse as: mining counsel in financing of a major coal company merger, a major copper company,and a major lead producer; development of mine methane capture and use programmes; development of an underground coal gasification project; acquisition of major copper, gold, and uranium mines and royalty interests in the US, Latin America and Africa; acquisitions of short-line railroads; and eminent domain matters for natural resources projects in numerous jurisdictions.

Other 2010 Speakers

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  FRANK ALMOND Consultant, Almond Sustainable Development Consultants

  Frank Almond trained as a chemical engineer and practised in the steel, process and petrochemical industries.

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  CAROLINE REES Director, Governance and Accountability Programme, Harvard Kennedy School

  Caroline Rees is director of the governance and accountability programme at the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of Harvard Kennedy School.

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  MARKETA EVANS Extractive Sector Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada

  Marketa Evans is the government of Canada’s CSR counsellor for the extractive sector.

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  DR IAN THOMPSON Principal, On Common Ground Consultants

  Ian Thomson has over 30 years of experience in the mining industry, working for the past decade to advance and refine the management of social issues in resource development projects.

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  LUC ZANDVLIET Senior Advisor Corporate Engagement Project, CDA

  Luc Zandvliet is former director of the corporate engagement project at the Boston-based CDA Collaborative Learning Projects.