🌍 GAIA Stakeholders Workshop – Join Us in Seville on 10 September 2025!

The GAIA project is pleased to announce the GAIA Stakeholders Workshop, which will take place on 10 September 2025 at the Hotel Occidental Sevilla Viapol in Seville, Spain. This event is part of the EU-funded GAIA initiative, dedicated to improving the monitoring and characterization of Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs) and waste sites through the application of Earth Observation (EO) technologies and Machine Learning (ML) methods.

This workshop is intended for:

• Mining authorities and regulatory agencies

• Industry professionals involved in TSF and waste site operations

• Environmental, geotechnical, and civil engineers

• Remote sensing and data science researchers

• NGOs and stakeholders involved in environmental protection and mining governance

It will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange, technical discussion, and future collaboration.

📍 Event Details

• Date: 10 September 2025

• Venue: Hotel Occidental Sevilla Viapol, Seville, Spain

• Format: In-person

• Registration: Click on the link below to register

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⚠️ Participation is free of charge. Prior registration is mandatory, and in-person attendance is limited to 40 participants (a waiting list will remain open in case of cancellations). A confirmation email will be sent upon successful registration.

Workshop Agenda:

Time	Session	Presenter
9:00 – 9:30	Registration & Coffe Icebreaker	All Participants
9:30 – 09:40	Opening Remarks	Iberian Sustainable Mining Cluster Álvaro Serrano, President
9:40 – 10:00	Introduction to the GAIA-TSF: Strategic projections for Raw Materials based on the GAIA Project	Iberian Sustainable Mining Cluster Dr. HC, Santiago Cuesta-López, General Director
10:00 – 10:40	Key Operational Practices and Monitoring Variables for TSF and Waste Management	TU Delft
10:40 – 11:00	Coffee Break and Group Photograph	-
11:00 – 12:00	Interactive Session: Analysis of Best Practices in TSF Monitoring	Iberian Sustainable Mining Cluster
12:00 – 13:00	Satellite Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Other Emerging Technologies in TSF and Waste Monitoring	University of the Witwatersrand, CybELE and Czech Technical University
13:00 – 15:00	Lunch Break (on-site at the meeting venue) and Networking	-
15:00 – 15:30	Interactive Session: Innovation Landscape for TSF and Waste Monitoring	Iberian Sustainable Mining Cluster
15:30 – 16:30	Panel Discussion: Stakeholder Perspectives on Key Opportunities and Challenges in TSF and Waste Monitoring	Junta de Andalucía Tharsis Mining Sandfire MATSA TERRAVISION Project University of the Witwatersrand TERRAVISION Project
16:30 – 17:00	Coffee break	-
17:00 – 18:00	Panel Discussion: Repurposing Mine Tailings for a Sustainable CRM Value Chain	EU funded projects International and national stakeholders TBC
18:00 – 18:15	Open discussion and Conclusion	Iberian Sustainable Mining Cluster Dr. HC, Santiago Cuesta-López
18:15 – 19:00	POSTER GALLERY AND NETWORKING	ALL PARTICIPANTS