Landform Design Institute

Welcome, Introductions and Opening Ceremony

Current state of practice in mine reclamation and closure

Co-reclamation: Engaging Indigenous rightsholders, local communities and stakeholders

Indigenous share – Co-reclamation experiences with mining companies and First Nations

Introduction to landform design (and forming the landform design team and shared vision)

Case Study - A two-roads approach to co-reclamation

Governance for landform design

Making reclamation easier

Landform design step by step process

Designing with nested spatial and temporal scales, landform elements

Designing plateaus, designing slopes

Designing for surface water, seepage, and groundwater

Forming a design basis (DBM)

Collaborative exercise

Assessing risks, choosing return periods

Choosing landform design life

Designing an effective adaptive management program

Landform grading, aesthetics, and landscape architecture for landform design

Understanding and designing for acid rock drainage (ARD)

Designing and constructing wetlands

Designing, constructing, and monitoring cover systems

Case History

Developing reclamation technology / TRL

Designing for landform evolution

Constructing landforms and source control

Mine reclamation economics and NPV

Designing for soils, vegetation, wildlife and ecology

Reclaiming mine land and the role of the reclamation specialist

12 Principles of landform design

Characterizing mine materials

Constraint mapping for landform design

Panel Discussion

Monitoring and maintaining landforms

Capping and reclaiming soft tailings

Designing and managing pit lakes

Utilizing a reclamation designer of Record and a reclamation review board

Planning and accommodating reclamation infrastructure

Collaborative Exercise

Reflection and Closing