INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MINING LAW 2026

SCHEDULE

Subject to change

Schedule

PROGRAM SUMMARY COMPLETE PROGRAM

• 09/15/2026 Tuesday
• 09/16/2026 Wednesday

08:00

LOBBY

Registration

08:45

Sala Santa Cruz

Welcome and start of the 1st day of the Congress

Sami Arap Sobrinho - Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at Vale

Facilitator

Pablo Silva Cesário - Director of Institutional Relations | Acting CEO of IBRAM

Speaker

09:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Opening Lecture: International Litigation on Issues of National Sovereignty

Summary

Filipe Morais Cunha - Partner at Bichara Advogados

Moderator

Priscila Rainato Zhouri Lamounier - Litigation and Disputes, Legal Labor Relations and Criminal Advisory Manager

Speaker

Rômulo Sampaio - Partner at Mattos Filho

Speaker

10:00

LOBBY

Intervalo - Networking

10:30

Sala Santa Cruz

Panel 1: Land Acquisition by Foreigners

Summary

Giselle Christina Neves de Oliveira - Director of ESG and Institutional Relations at CMOC Gold Brasil

Moderator

Frederico Munia Machado - Partner at Figueiredo & Velloso Advogados

Speaker

Luís Inácio Lucena Adams (Advogado Geral da União de 2009 a 2016) - Partner in the Litigation, Arbitration, and Compliance practices at Tauil & Chequer Advogados – in association with Mayer Brown

Speaker

Pedro Henrique Lacerda Miranda Coelho - Litigation Legal Consultant at FIEMG

Speaker

12:00

Subsolo

Lunch Break

13:30

Sala Santa Cruz 1

Panel 2: Mining on Indigenous Lands

Summary

Marcello Alfredo Bernardes - Partner at Pinheiro Neto advogados

Moderator

Ana Julia Grein Moniz de Aragão - Partner at Bermudes Advogados

Speaker

Mauro Henrique Moreira Sousa - Director General of the National Mining Agency - ANM

Speaker

Miyanou Dufour - Partner - Mining Environmental at Estudio Rodrigo

Speaker

Tiago de Mattos Silva - Mining Partner at Demarest

Speaker

Sala Santa Cruz 2

Workshop 1: Tax Discussions after Tax Reform

Summary

João Dácio Rolim -

Moderator

Clarissa Amaral Silva Freitas Brandão - Director at Women in Mining Brasil | Legal and Public Affairs Director at Hochschild Mining Brazil

Facilitator

Renata Ribeiro Kingston - Tax Partner at Mello e Torres Advogados Associados

Facilitator

Valter de Souza Lobato - Partner at Sacha Calmon - Misabel Derzi Consultores e Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

Workshop 2 - Energy and Mining: Conflicts between Activities and Incentive Mechanisms for Renewable Energy

Summary

Raphael Gomes - Partner at Lefosse Advogados

Moderator

Maria João Rolim - Partner at Rolim Goulart Cardoso Advogados

Facilitator

Thiago de Freitas Benevenuto - Chief Prosecutor at Brazilian Mining Agency - ANM

Facilitator

Vládia Viana Regis - Partner at Justen Pereira Oliveira & Talamini - Advogados

Facilitator

15:30

LOBBY

Intervalo - Networking

16:00

Sala Santa Cruz 1

WORKSHOP 3: Legislation on Waste Disposal and Related Regulations

 

 

 

Summary

Lauro Ângelo Dias de Amorim - Director of Permitting and Regulatory Affairs at Vale

Moderator

Alina Bendersky Furman - Partner at Bofill Mir Abogados

Facilitator

Eliezer Gonçalves Junior - Geotechnical Risk Manager for Dams at National Mining Agency - ANM

Facilitator

Paula Azevedo de Castro - Partner at Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 2

Workshop 4: The Role of Mining in Brazilian Economic Development

Summary

Fábio Henrique Vieira Figueiredo - Managing Partner at Figueredo Werkema & Coimbra Lawyers Associates

Moderator

Julevania Alves Olegário - Director of the Department of Sustainable Mining Development at the Ministry of Mines and Energy - MME

Facilitator

Marcela Faria de Almeida Guimaraēs - Head of Legal LATAM at RHI Magnesita

Facilitator

Mila Batista Leite Corrêa da Costa - Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Economic Development - SEDE-MG

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

Workshop 5: Innovation and Artificial Intelligence in Mining

Summary

Bruno Feigelson - Managing Partner at Lima ≡ Feigelson Advogados | Chairman at Lawgic

Moderator

Agostina Martinez - Partner - Natural Resources and Mining at Beccar Varela

Facilitator

Renato Müller da Silva Opice Blum - Partner at Cescon Barrieu

Facilitator

Taina Aguiar Junquilho - Parliamentary Advisor – Federal Senate

Facilitator

18:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Closing of the Workshop Discussions

Luciano Santos - Legal Director at IBRAM

Moderator

18:30

Subsolo

Cocktail Reception for Conference Delegates

08:00

LOBBY

Registration

08:45

Sala Santa Cruz

Welcome and start of the 2nd day of the Congress

Guilherme Simões Ferreira - Coordinator of the IBRAM Legal Committee | General Legal Manager at Nexa Resources

Moderator

09:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Lecture - The Importance of Legal Certainty in Mining Law

Summary

Sami Arap Sobrinho - Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at Vale

Moderator

Ministro Luís Carlos Gambogi - Justice of the Superior Court of Justice - STJ

Speaker

10:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Panel 3: Mergers and Acquisitions for Mining Businesses

Summary

Luciano Santos - Legal Director at IBRAM

Moderator

Barbara Rosenberg - Partner, Competition and Antitrust Law Practice at BMA Advogados

Speaker

John Price - Founder & Managing Director at Americas Market Intelligence

Speaker

Pedro A. Garcia - Partner and Head of Mining at Veirano Advogados

Speaker

Waleska Maciel - Volunteer Legal and Compliance Director at Women in Mining Brazil - WIM Brasil

Speaker

11:30

Sala Santa Cruz

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Justice and National Sovereignty

Summary

Ministro Gilmar Mendes - Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil

Speaker

12:00

Sala Santa Cruz 1

Lunch Break

13:30

Sala Santa Cruz 1

Workshop 6: Speleological Heritage and Legislation

Summary

Cristiano Monteiro Parreiras - Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Mineração Morro do Ipê

Moderator

Elisa Modenesi - Legal & Institucional Relations Director at Lhoist Latin America

Facilitator

Iuri Viana Brandi - General Manager of Environment – ​​Technical Studies at Vale Base Metals

Facilitator

João Raso - Senior Associate at BMA Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 2

Workshop 7: Administrative Sanctioning Process at the National Mining Agency (ANM)

Summary

Alexandre Oheb Sion - Founding Partner at Sion Advogados

Moderator

Adriano Drummond C. Trindade - Partner at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados

Facilitator

Fernando Alves Drummond de Oliveira - Head of Mining Inspections at Agência Nacional de Mineração - ANM

Facilitator

Mariana Mourão - Specialist Lawyer | Environmental and Mining Law at AngloGold Ashanti Brasil

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

Workshop 08: Alternatives for Financial Guarantees for Mining

Summary

Antonio Batista de Carvalho Neto - General Counsel Brazil at Ero Copper

Moderator

Ana Paula Terra - Partner in the Corporate and M&A Department at Azevedo Sette Advogados

Facilitator

Bruno Gandolfo Damico - Partner at Stocche Forbes Advogados

Facilitator

Carlos Omildo dos Santos Colombo - General Coordinator of Energy and Mining at the Ministry of Finance - MF

Facilitator

Erik Goldsilver - Partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Facilitator

15:00

LOBBY

Coffee-break

15:30

Sala Santa Cruz 1

Workshop 9: Discussions on Environmental Legislation

Summary

Thiago do Val - Legal and Compliance Manager at IBRAM

Moderator

Andrea Vulcanis - Secretary of State for Environment and Development Sustainable from Goiás and Vice-President of Abema for the Central-West Region

Facilitator

Isabela Cunha - Legal and Corporate Affairs Manager at Lundin Mining Brasil

Facilitator

Maria Paz Pulgar - Partner of Mining and Metals Area at Guerrero Olivos

Facilitator

Paula Susanna Amaral Mello - Partner - Environment, Climate Change, ESG, Sustainability at Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 2

Workshop 10: Compliance and Governance

Summary

Leonardo André Gandara - Legal Manager at CMOC Brasil

Moderator

Flávio Jardim - Federal Appellate Judge, Regional Court of the 1st Region

Facilitator

Maria da Graça Montalvão - Vice President of Legal, Compliance, and Land Management at Kinross Brasil Mineração

Facilitator

Milena Tavares Feneberg - Institutional Relations Manager at CBMM

Facilitator

Tatiana Neimi - Corporate Integrity Manager for Misconduct Prevention at Vale

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

Workshop 11: Mine Closure Legislation

Summary

Andre Ricardo Lima Ferreira - Legal Consultant at Nexa Resources

Moderator

Christian Fonseca de Andrade - Mining Units Manager, Zona da Mata Mineira at Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio - CBA

Facilitator

Fábio Perlatti - Manager - Mine Closure and Sustainability at National Mining Agency - ANM

Facilitator

Isabella Vaz - Manager of Alvarez & Marsal Consultoria em Engenharia

Facilitator

17:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Closing of the Workshop Discussions

Maina Novello de Castro Pessoa - Legal Manager at Vale

Moderator

17:30

Sala Santa Cruz

Closing Cerimony

09/15/2026 Tuesday

08:00

LOBBY

Credenciamento

08:45

Sala Santa Cruz

Boas-vindas e início do 1º dia do Congresso

Sami Arap Sobrinho - Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at Vale

Facilitator

Pablo Silva Cesário - Director of Institutional Relations | Acting CEO of IBRAM

Speaker

09:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Painel de Abertura - Litigância Internacional de Temas de Soberania Nacional

Summary

Filipe Morais Cunha - Partner at Bichara Advogados

Moderator

Priscila Rainato Zhouri Lamounier - Litigation and Disputes, Legal Labor Relations and Criminal Advisory Manager

Speaker

Rômulo Sampaio - Partner at Mattos Filho

Speaker

10:00

LOBBY

Intervalo - Networking

10:30

Sala Santa Cruz

PAINEL 1 - Aquisição de Terras por Estrangeiros

Summary

Giselle Christina Neves de Oliveira - Director of ESG and Institutional Relations at CMOC Gold Brasil

Moderator

Frederico Munia Machado - Partner at Figueiredo & Velloso Advogados

Speaker

Luís Inácio Lucena Adams (Advogado Geral da União de 2009 a 2016) - Partner in the Litigation, Arbitration, and Compliance practices at Tauil & Chequer Advogados – in association with Mayer Brown

Speaker

Pedro Henrique Lacerda Miranda Coelho - Litigation Legal Consultant at FIEMG

Speaker

12:00

Subsolo

Intervalo para Almoço

13:30

Sala Santa Cruz 1

PAINEL 2 - Mineração em Terras Indígenas

Summary

Marcello Alfredo Bernardes - Partner at Pinheiro Neto advogados

Moderator

Ana Julia Grein Moniz de Aragão - Partner at Bermudes Advogados

Speaker

Mauro Henrique Moreira Sousa - Director General of the National Mining Agency - ANM

Speaker

Miyanou Dufour - Partner - Mining Environmental at Estudio Rodrigo

Speaker

Tiago de Mattos Silva - Mining Partner at Demarest

Speaker

Sala Santa Cruz 2

OFICINA 1 - Discussões Tributárias após Reforma Tributária

Summary

João Dácio Rolim -

Moderator

Clarissa Amaral Silva Freitas Brandão - Director at Women in Mining Brasil | Legal and Public Affairs Director at Hochschild Mining Brazil

Facilitator

Renata Ribeiro Kingston - Tax Partner at Mello e Torres Advogados Associados

Facilitator

Valter de Souza Lobato - Partner at Sacha Calmon - Misabel Derzi Consultores e Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

OFICINA 2 - Energia e Mineração: Conflitos entre as Atividades e Mecanismos de Incentivo às Energias Renováveis

Summary

Raphael Gomes - Partner at Lefosse Advogados

Moderator

Maria João Rolim - Partner at Rolim Goulart Cardoso Advogados

Facilitator

Thiago de Freitas Benevenuto - Chief Prosecutor at Brazilian Mining Agency - ANM

Facilitator

Vládia Viana Regis - Partner at Justen Pereira Oliveira & Talamini - Advogados

Facilitator

15:30

LOBBY

Intervalo - Networking

16:00

Sala Santa Cruz 1

OFICINA 3  - Legislação sobre Disposição de Rejeitos e Regulamentações Correlatas

Summary

Lauro Ângelo Dias de Amorim - Director of Permitting and Regulatory Affairs at Vale

Moderator

Alina Bendersky Furman - Partner at Bofill Mir Abogados

Facilitator

Eliezer Gonçalves Junior - Geotechnical Risk Manager for Dams at National Mining Agency - ANM

Facilitator

Paula Azevedo de Castro - Partner at Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 2

OFICINA 4 - O Papel da Mineração no Desenvolvimento Econômico Brasileiro 

Summary

Fábio Henrique Vieira Figueiredo - Managing Partner at Figueredo Werkema & Coimbra Lawyers Associates

Moderator

Julevania Alves Olegário - Director of the Department of Sustainable Mining Development at the Ministry of Mines and Energy - MME

Facilitator

Marcela Faria de Almeida Guimaraēs - Head of Legal LATAM at RHI Magnesita

Facilitator

Mila Batista Leite Corrêa da Costa - Minas Gerais State Secretariat for Economic Development - SEDE-MG

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

OFICINA 5 - Inovação e Inteligência Artificial na Mineração

Summary

Bruno Feigelson - Managing Partner at Lima ≡ Feigelson Advogados | Chairman at Lawgic

Moderator

Agostina Martinez - Partner - Natural Resources and Mining at Beccar Varela

Facilitator

Renato Müller da Silva Opice Blum - Partner at Cescon Barrieu

Facilitator

Taina Aguiar Junquilho - Parliamentary Advisor – Federal Senate

Facilitator

18:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Fechamento das Discussões das Oficinas  

Luciano Santos - Legal Director at IBRAM

Moderator

18:30

Subsolo

Coquetel de Recepção para Congressistas

09/16/2026 Wednesday

08:00

LOBBY

Credenciamento

08:45

Sala Santa Cruz

Boas-vindas e início do 2º dia do Congresso

Guilherme Simões Ferreira - Coordinator of the IBRAM Legal Committee | General Legal Manager at Nexa Resources

Moderator

09:00

Sala Santa Cruz

PALESTRA  - A Importância da Segurança Jurídica no Direito da Mineração   
 

Summary

Sami Arap Sobrinho - Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at Vale

Moderator

Ministro Luís Carlos Gambogi - Justice of the Superior Court of Justice - STJ

Speaker

10:00

Sala Santa Cruz

PAINEL 3 - Fusões e Aquisições para os Negócios da Mineração

Summary

Luciano Santos - Legal Director at IBRAM

Moderator

Barbara Rosenberg - Partner, Competition and Antitrust Law Practice at BMA Advogados

Speaker

John Price - Founder & Managing Director at Americas Market Intelligence

Speaker

Pedro A. Garcia - Partner and Head of Mining at Veirano Advogados

Speaker

Waleska Maciel - Volunteer Legal and Compliance Director at Women in Mining Brazil - WIM Brasil

Speaker

11:30

Sala Santa Cruz

PALESTRA MAGNA - Justiça e Soberania Nacional

Summary

Ministro Gilmar Mendes - Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil

Speaker

12:00

Sala Santa Cruz 1

Intervalo para Almoço

13:30

Sala Santa Cruz 1

OFICINA 6 - Patrimônio Espeleológico e Legislações

Summary

Cristiano Monteiro Parreiras - Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Mineração Morro do Ipê

Moderator

Elisa Modenesi - Legal & Institucional Relations Director at Lhoist Latin America

Facilitator

Iuri Viana Brandi - General Manager of Environment – ​​Technical Studies at Vale Base Metals

Facilitator

João Raso - Senior Associate at BMA Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 2

OFICINA 7 - Processo Administrativo Sancionador na Agência Nacional de Mineração

Summary

Alexandre Oheb Sion - Founding Partner at Sion Advogados

Moderator

Adriano Drummond C. Trindade - Partner at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados

Facilitator

Fernando Alves Drummond de Oliveira - Head of Mining Inspections at Agência Nacional de Mineração - ANM

Facilitator

Mariana Mourão - Specialist Lawyer | Environmental and Mining Law at AngloGold Ashanti Brasil

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

OFICINA 08 - Alternativas para Garantias Financeiras à Mineração

Summary

Antonio Batista de Carvalho Neto - General Counsel Brazil at Ero Copper

Moderator

Ana Paula Terra - Partner in the Corporate and M&A Department at Azevedo Sette Advogados

Facilitator

Bruno Gandolfo Damico - Partner at Stocche Forbes Advogados

Facilitator

Carlos Omildo dos Santos Colombo - General Coordinator of Energy and Mining at the Ministry of Finance - MF

Facilitator

Erik Goldsilver - Partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Facilitator

15:00

LOBBY

Intervalo - Networking

15:30

Sala Santa Cruz 1

OFICINA 9 - Discussões sobre Legislação Ambiental

Summary

Thiago do Val - Legal and Compliance Manager at IBRAM

Moderator

Andrea Vulcanis - Secretary of State for Environment and Development Sustainable from Goiás and Vice-President of Abema for the Central-West Region

Facilitator

Isabela Cunha - Legal and Corporate Affairs Manager at Lundin Mining Brasil

Facilitator

Maria Paz Pulgar - Partner of Mining and Metals Area at Guerrero Olivos

Facilitator

Paula Susanna Amaral Mello - Partner - Environment, Climate Change, ESG, Sustainability at Pinheiro Neto Advogados

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 2

OFICINA 10 - Compliance e Governança

Summary

Leonardo André Gandara - Legal Manager at CMOC Brasil

Moderator

Flávio Jardim - Federal Appellate Judge, Regional Court of the 1st Region

Facilitator

Maria da Graça Montalvão - Vice President of Legal, Compliance, and Land Management at Kinross Brasil Mineração

Facilitator

Milena Tavares Feneberg - Institutional Relations Manager at CBMM

Facilitator

Tatiana Neimi - Corporate Integrity Manager for Misconduct Prevention at Vale

Facilitator

Sala Santa Cruz 3

OFICINA 11 - Legislação de Fechamento de Mina

Summary

Andre Ricardo Lima Ferreira - Legal Consultant at Nexa Resources

Moderator

Christian Fonseca de Andrade - Mining Units Manager, Zona da Mata Mineira at Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio - CBA

Facilitator

Fábio Perlatti - Manager - Mine Closure and Sustainability at National Mining Agency - ANM

Facilitator

Isabella Vaz - Manager of Alvarez & Marsal Consultoria em Engenharia

Facilitator

17:00

Sala Santa Cruz

Fechamento das Discussões das Oficinas

Maina Novello de Castro Pessoa - Legal Manager at Vale

Moderator

17:30

Sala Santa Cruz

Encerramento