WIM USA is now accepting abstracts for the following track titles:
Career Connections: Building Your Best Career
Career growth begins with understanding yourself: your strengths, values, goals, and the type of work and leadership that align with who you are. The Career Connections Track explores how self-awareness, personal growth, and meaningful relationships shape careers in mining, helping professionals make intentional decisions, navigate change, and pursue opportunities that align with their aspirations.
Through honest conversations, personal stories, practical advice, and insights from professionals across the industry, attendees will explore the connections, experiences, and decisions that shape career success. Discussions will examine networking, career transitions, confidence, visibility, and the role self-awareness plays in making intentional career choices. Attendees will gain perspectives on navigating challenges, building meaningful professional relationships, growing as leaders, and identifying opportunities that align with their strengths, values, and goals.
Whether you are finding your place in the industry, pursuing new opportunities, stepping into greater leadership responsibility, or helping others grow and succeed, this track offers inspiration, practical strategies, and actionable insights for continuous personal and professional development.
Because understanding yourself is the foundation for growth, leadership, and opportunity.
The Human Side of Mining
Mining is powered by people. Beyond the equipment, technology, and processes, it is the relationships we build, the conversations we have, and the support we provide one another that shape safe, healthy, and successful workplaces.
The Human Side of Mining Track explores the people-centered aspects of our industry, focusing on safety, mental health, wellbeing, workplace culture, frontline experiences, and leadership at every level. Designed for frontline workers, supervisors, operational leaders, safety professionals, and industry partners, this track highlights the critical role connection plays in creating environments where individuals and teams can thrive.
Through real stories, practical lessons, and honest discussions, attendees will examine topics such as psychological safety, fatigue, flexibility in a 24/7 industry, respect in the workplace, speaking up, resilience, and looking out for one another. Sessions will explore how trust and communication strengthen safety performance, support wellbeing, and foster cultures where every employee feels valued, heard, and empowered to contribute.
Whether you are working on site, leading a team, or shaping organizational culture, this track offers actionable insights and meaningful conversations that recognize the realities of modern mining while celebrating the people who make the industry possible.
At the heart of every safe operation and strong workplace is a network of people connected by a shared commitment to one another’s success and wellbeing.
Because in mining, connection doesn’t just create opportunity. It creates safer workplaces, stronger teams, and better outcomes for everyone.
Proud to Have Mining in My Backyard
Mining creates lasting value when strong relationships are built within our workplaces and beyond the mine gate. The Proud to Have Mining in My Backyard Track explores how a strong commitment to environmental stewardship, community engagement, and responsible business practices can transform mining from something communities tolerate into something they actively support.
Through candid conversations, practical case studies, and diverse perspectives, attendees will examine topics including community engagement, Indigenous partnerships, social performance, governance, environmental practices, and long-term stewardship. Sessions will highlight how meaningful partnerships with local communities help build trust, strengthen social license, and create opportunities that extend far beyond the life of a mine.
Whether you work in operations, technical services, leadership, or community relations, this track offers valuable insights into building relationships that foster trust, create lasting impact, and deliver shared success for both the mining industry and surrounding communities.
Responsible mining belongs in our backyard because, when built on trust and respect, it creates jobs, strengthens communities, and delivers benefits that extend far beyond the mine itself.
Better Together, Building Strong Foundations for Advocates & Allies
Not all advocacy happens at the state capitol or in a boardroom. Sometimes, the most meaningful acts of allyship are as simple as making someone feel welcome, included, and supported. The Better Together, Building Strong Foundations for Advocates & Allies track explores how positive change in the mining industry can be achieved through both large-scale initiatives and everyday actions.
Through honest conversations and real-world examples, participants will learn from successes, challenges, and lessons learned in creating workplaces where everyone can thrive. Sessions will cover topics such as promoting open-door leadership, recognizing and addressing unconscious bias, and implementing meaningful workplace changes that benefit employees across the organization. Together, these discussions will highlight the important role allies and advocates play in shaping a more inclusive and successful mining industry.
When people feel supported, included, and empowered, they are better equipped to reach their full potential which contributes to stronger teams, communities, and mining overall.
The Power of Generations: Building Mining’s Future Workforce
Mining’s future depends on the people who choose to build their careers in the industry and those willing to share the knowledge, experience, and lessons learned along the way. As mining navigates a significant workforce transition, the power of generations working together has never been more important. Creating meaningful connections across generations is essential to attracting, developing, and retaining talent while ensuring critical expertise is carried forward. The future of the industry depends not only on preparing the next generation of professionals, but also on preserving the knowledge, skills, and leadership that have shaped mining for decades.
The Power of Generations Track explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding workforce development, knowledge transfer, succession planning, mentorship, recruitment, retention, education, and leadership development. Through candid conversations, real-world examples, and practical strategies, attendees will examine how organizations can strengthen talent pipelines, develop future leaders, preserve critical expertise, and foster collaboration across generations. This track will highlight how the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and experience strengthens teams, drives innovation, and prepares the workforce for the future. Attendees will gain actionable insights for developing talent, building stronger organizations, and ensuring the industry’s expertise and leadership continue to evolve.
Because when generations connect, mining gains the talent, leadership, and resilience needed to thrive for years to come.