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Co-chair on Tuesday 31 October 2017
Welcoming words
Mika Riipi, County Governor of Lapland, Regional Council of Lapland
Mika Riipi is the County Governor of Lapland at the Regional Council of Lapland. He started in this position on March 1, 2013. Previously he has been the Municipality Director in Posio (2006-2013), town secretary in Haapavesi (2004-2006), and senior adviser in the Municipality department at the Ministry of the Interior (2002-2004).
Mr. Riipi holds a Master´s degree in Administrative Sciences, majoring in municipality jurisdiction.
He graduated from the University of Tampere in 2002. Mr. Riipi is the Chair of the FEM Steering Committee.
Tero Vauraste, Chair of the Arctic Economic Council & CEO, Arctia Ltd
Mr. Tero Vauraste is the President and CEO of Arctia Ltd, a Finnish company that provides icebreaking, ice management, oil recovery and specialized multipurpose vessel services.
Mr. Vauraste has a MSc in Risk, Crisis and Disaster Management from Leicester University and he has completed the naval officer exam at the Finnish Naval Academy. He has also served as vessel master and SAR instructor in the Finnish Coast Guard. His military rank is Lieutenant Commander.
He has long experience in senior executive positions within the traffic service cluster including safety and security, aviation and car rental.
Chair on Tuesday 31 October 2017
Main sponsor's address
Jani Lösönen, Vice-President, Europe, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Mr. Lösönen joined Agnico Eagle as Vice-President, Europe, and Managing Director of Agnico Eagle Finland Oy, which is a subsidiary of Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, in May 2017. He worked previously as the CEO of Ekokem.
He graduated from the Lappeenranta University of Technology with a Master's degree in industrial engineering and management, and he has also held several senior management positions at Kemira.
Ambassador's address: Current development projects in mining and CETA
Andrée N. Cooligan, Ambassador to Finland, Embassy of Canada to Finland
Andrée Noëlle Cooligan joined the Department of External Affairs and International Trade in 1991 following work in the airline industry. Ms. Cooligan has served abroad as Trade Commissioner in Thailand, Senior Trade Commissioner and Consul in Turkey and as Chargé d'Affaires and Commercial Program Manager in Finland. Ms. Cooligan was stationed in Cyprus and Turkey during the Government of Canada's evacuation of Canadians from Lebanon in 2006.
In Ottawa, Ms. Cooligan has held management positions as Acting Director and Deputy Director for the Trade Commissioner Service Marketing Division and the Regional Offices Division, as well as in the Communications Bureau, and has served as Desk Officer for Southeast Asia.
Prior to taking on her duties as Canada's Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, Ms. Cooligan was the Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of Canada in Berlin, Germany from 2010-2013. Ms Cooligan holds a Bachelor of Arts (1988) from the University of Ottawa, with combined credits from Laval University. Ms. Cooligan speaks English, French, German and Finnish.
Keynote: Spectral sensing technologies applied to mineral exploration & production problems
Prof. Carlos Souza Filho, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
Professor Carlos Roberto de Souza Filho is the Chair of the Research Group and Labs on Geotechnologies (VNIR-SWIR-TIR Spectroscopy and Remote Sensing, Geophysics, GIS, Geomathematics), at the Geosciences Institute, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil.
He has developed numerous methods and applications of Geotechnologies in basic geology, resource exploration and planetary studies. He is the author of >120 PEER-reviewed articles and received a number of science awards and large projects during his career. He has supervised 22 MSc, 24 Ph.D. students and 14 postdoctoral researchers at UNICAMP between 1997-2016.
He is a NASA-funded researcher on ASTER HyspIRI missions. He is currently the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
Keynote: Man, machine and data: A mineral exploration perspective
Prof. Eun-Jung Holden, University of Western Australia
Eun-Jung (EJ) Holden was trained as a computer scientist and made a transition to geoscience in 2006. She established and leads the Geodata Algorithms Team at the Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) within The University of Western Australia (UWA).
The team spans the boundaries of computational science and geoscience, and has been developing innovative geodata analytics tools by working closely with the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) and the resource industry.
Their collaboration with industry resulted in three commercial software products, namely the CET Grid Analysis and the CET Porphyry Detection extensions for Geosoft Oasis Montaj, and the Image and Structure Interpretation Workspace for ALT's WellCAD, which are used widely by mining and petroleum companies and consultancies around the world. Their collaboration with GSWA over the past three years resulted in the development of the Integrated Exploration Platform, a GIS based data interpretation support platform for mineral explorers, which was launched as a GSWA product in 2016.
The Team won various awards including Laric Hawkins Memorial Innovation Award at the 23rd International Geophysics Conference and Exhibition in Melbourne in 2013; and the UWA Vice Chancellor Award in Impact and Innovation in 2015.
Keynote: Sakatti 2017
Jukka Jokela, Sakatti Project Manager, Anglo American
Mr. Jokela has over 30 years of international experience in mineral exploration, geological research, and project and company management in different mining companies (Outokumpu Mining Oy, Polar Mining Oy, Store Norske Gull As, Northland Mines Oy and the Geological Survey of Finland).
Mr. Jokela joined Anglo American in the beginning of 2014. Since then he has been working as the Sakatti Project Manager and CEO of AA Sakatti Mining Oy.
Mr. Jokela holds M.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy, from the University of Turku, Finland.
Keynote: Responsible exploration in the Arctic: What Northern Europe and Canada can learn from each other
Glenn Mullan, President, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
Over his +40-year career, Glenn has followed a traditional exploration and prospecting path. He began with contract geophysical surveys, then prospecting and staking mining claims independently while completing his B.Sc. in Geology and Earth Sciences at Concordia University. He later conducted contract exploration geological services, mostly in Northern Ontario and Québec.
Glenn has brokered numerous prospector/vendor transactions with arms-length public companies, and formed a public company in 1999 that evolved into Ni-Cu-PGE producer that employs more than 300 people in Northern Québec.
Currently, Glenn serves as President and CEO of Golden Valley Mines Ltd and has been a PDAC member for over 40 years, serving on the Executive Committee, Awards Committee, CSR Committee and the Governance & Nominating Committee.
Keynote: 100 years of success in Finnish exploration and mining
Heikki Papunen, Emeritus Professor of Economic Geology, University of Turku
"Heikki Papunen graduated from the Helsinki University in 1960 and got the licentiate degree in1968 and PhD in 1971 at the Turku University where he was first an assistant teacher and 1971-2000 a Professor of economic geology. He and his students worked mainly on the mineral deposits of Finland, and he has authored or co-authored more than 100 refereed publications.
Heikki has played a role in several scientific societies, becoming President of the Geological Society of Finland 1974-75, the Mineralogical Society of Finland 1975-76 and the SGA 1999-2001; he was the founder and chairman of CODMUR 1987-1999. He is Honorary Senior Fellow of SEG, honorary member of Vuorimiesyhdistys-Bergmannasföreningen and Turku students association Pulterit, he was honored with the Outokumpu Otto Trüsted Medal in 2000, the first Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining Special Award in 2007 and the Pentti Eskola gold medal by the Geological Society of Finland in 2016."
Keynote: Long-term trends in global exploration – are we finding enough metal?
Richard Schodde, Managing Director, MinEx Consulting & Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia
"Richard holds an Honours Degree in Materials Engineering and a MBA and has over 30 years experience in a wide variety of project analysis, business development and strategic planning roles within the international resources industry – including 15 years at WMC and, more recently, 4 years at BHP Billiton. In 2008 Richard founded MinEx Consulting to provide strategic and economic advice to industry and government. His main focus is on the economics of mineral exploration and building the business case for how exploration adds-value to a company.
Richard has published several dozen papers on exploration performance and is internationally recognized by his peers as a world leader in mineral economics.
In recognition of this, for two years running (in December 2015 and December 2016), the Mining Journal nominated him as one of the top 20 power people in world mining, due to his influence on strategy and policy in the exploration sector. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Resources Policy, the organising committees for the AusIMM and the Melbourne Mining Club, and is also a member of SEG and an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia."
Keynote: Future mining technologies
André van Wageningen, Manager Technology & Development, Agnico Eagle Finland Oy
"André van Wageningen is currently the Manager of Technology and Development at Europe's largest gold mine, the Kittilä Mine. He has 15 years of international experience living and working in Canada, Sweden and now Finland. Throughout his career he has had a focus on technology and a keen interest for optimization.
Currently he is also actively involved in several EU sponsored mining research projects. He is known as a man with ideas and a vision. André has an MSc in Mining Engineering from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. When not working he can be found enjoying the outdoor activities Lapland has to offer."
Co-chair on Wednesday 1 November 2017
Riikka Aaltonen, Senior Adviser, Mineral Policy, Enterprise and Innovation Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
"M.Sc. Riikka Aaltonen has experience from Mining Authority both at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and at The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes). Prior to that she has a background in mining industry in Finland and Sweden."
Chair on Thursday 2 November 2017
Noora Ahola, Environmental Director, Mawson Oy
"Noora Ahola is the Environmental Director and a board member of Mawson Resources Ltd. As Environmental Director, Noora sets company´s Environmental Policy with the senior management. She has developed strong experience within the Finnish environmental administration, applying environmental legislation towards nature protection.
She is responsible for identifying and managing key environmental risks associated with Mawson's projects and for ensuring environmental factors are effectively addressed and managed. Working closely with local communities and government, Noora manages consultants and ensures that environmental criteria are integrated into the design of exploration projects. The role is a key member of the exploration team and is responsible for ensuring all environmental requirements are delivered on time and within scope."
The Aamurusko gold prospect, Central Lapland greenstone belt, Northern Finland
Mike Basha, President & CEO, Aurion Resources Ltd
"Mr. Basha has been working in the mineral exploration industry for 29 years with major and junior exploration companies both domestically and internationally. His experience includes project generation, fieldwork, and senior management in gold, base-metal and magmatic nickel-copper-platinum group elements exploration. Mr. Basha was instrumental in the discovery of the Hammerdown Gold deposit in Newfoundland and was formerly Vice President Exploration of Cornerstone Capital Resources Corp., heading up the generative initiative that led to development of a large portfolio of successful ventures for Cornerstone in Canada and Ecuador.
Mr. Basha holds degrees in geology and engineering and in addition to his exploration experience has worked as a consulting geotechnical and environmental engineer in the past. Mr Basha is a principal and major shareholder of Aurion."
The role of junior explorers in creating and sustaining a strong mining ecosystem
Dr. Mark Bennett, Managing Director & CEO, S2 Resources Ltd
"Dr. Mark Bennett was the founding MD and CEO of Sirius and is now the founding MD and CEO of S2 Resources. He is a two times recipient of the AMEC Prospector of the Year Award, for the discovery of the Thunderbox Gold Mine, the Waterloo nickel mine and the world class Nova-Bollinger nickel-copper deposit in Western Australia.
Mark has extensive experience in equity capital markets, transactions, strategic planning and community engagement and led Sirius through the discovery, feasibility, financing and development of Nova, one of the most significant new nickel mines in the world."
Cross-disciplinary mineral, rock & material research with applications to exploration & mining
Alan R. Butcher, Research Professor in Geomaterials & Applied Mineralogy, Geological Survey of Finland
"Prof. Alan R. Butcher is a geologist by education and an applied mineralogist-petrologist by experience. He has worked in the mining, geoscience and petroleum sectors for over 30 years, and developed mineral- and texture-based technologies for rocks of commercial importance. His experience spans optical, electron, ion, x-ray and laser beam technologies.
Alan's current research interests at the Geological Survey of Finland lie in the field of geomaterials, and the use of cross-disciplinary geo-analytical techniques to achieve multi-scale, multi-modal, multi-dimensional information for scientists and engineers alike".
The circle of exploration and royalties
Roland Butler, Advisor, Altius Minerals Corporation
"Mr. Butler graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (B.Sc., Geology) in 1996. He co-founded Altius Minerals Corporation, a leading diversified mineral royalty company and served as Vice President and Director of Altius and was subsequently President and CEO of Callinan Royalties Corporation.
Currently he is a director of Millrock Resources. Roland is also co-recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the P. J. Gardner Institute, Memorial University on behalf of Altius Minerals Corporation and is an Honorary Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum."
A new gold province for Finland: Persistence and technical success at Rompas-Rajapalot
Dr. Nick Cook, President, Mawson Resources Ltd
"Dr. Nick Cook, BSc(Hons), PhD, FAusIMM, FGS obtained his Bachelor of Science with Honours (Geology) from the University of Otago in 1985, then a PhD (Geology) from the University of New England in 1994. He has over 20 years of global experience in exploration and exploration-focused research geology.
Prior to becoming Vice-President of Exploration for Mawson in 2013, he was an exploration consultant to a variety of companies, and before that, he concentrated on project generation and exploration of gold and base metal properties."
The Fen carbonatite complex, Norway – An important future free, Th and Nb resource?
Sven Dahlgren, Geological Advisor, Buskerud Telemark Vestfold County Councils
"Sven Dahlgren graduated in geology at the University of Oslo in 1987 and studied the Fen complex. For some years he worked on the geology of oil and gas resources on the Norwegian continental shelf.
The last 20 years he has mainly been working with research, mapping and management of geological resources in the Buskerud Telemark Vestfold region. Over the years he has especially been focusing on the resource potential of the Fen complex."
Engebø rutile and garnet project
Ivar Sund Fossum, CEO, Nordic Mining ASA
"Mr. Fossum has a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway (NTNU). He has previously held various managerial and commercial positions within the Norwegian oil and gas industry and the fertilizer industry.
Mr. Fossum has served 3 years as General Manager of Norsk Hydro East Africa Ltd. in Nairobi. Mr. Fossum has served as CEO for Nordic Mining since 2006."
Exploration for gold in Iceland
Hjalti Franzson, Chief Geologist, Iceland Geosurvey
"BSc (hon) in geology St. Andrews University, Scotland 1972, PhD in volcanology Edinburgh University 1978.
Geothermal research at National Energy Authority and Iceland GeoSurvey 1979-present focussing on hydrothermal alteration and geological modeling of geothermal systems. Periodic exploration for gold in Iceland from 1989 to present.
Member of Study Board at UNUGTP (United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme) 1983-present. Part time lecturer at University of Iceland and University of Reykjavik and supervisor to several MSc students."
Chair on Wednesday 1 November 2017
Elisabeth Gammelsæter, Secretary General, Norsk Bergindustri/Norwegian Mineral Industry
"Elisabeth Gammelsæter is secretary general of Norsk Bergindustri, Norwegian Mineral Industry. She is by background an economist from the University of Oslo.
She has worked 10 years in the Norwegian Ministry of Industry, as well as in industry associations for aggregates, natural stone and mining in Norway, before being instrumental in merging these into Norsk Bergindustri in 2008. She also has a master of management degree from the Norwegian Business School in PR and communication, as well as foresight and corporate social responsibility."
Henrik Grind, Manager, Boliden
"Henrik Grind holds a MSc degree in Geology and Mineralogy from Åbo Akademi.
He has previously worked for Boliden (1995 -2001), Nordkalk and Lappland Goldminers until he re-joined Boliden (2014) as manager for the External Growth team."
Application of advanced photogammetry in mineral exploration
Dr. Pierpaolo Guarnieri, Senior Researcher, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
"Pierpaolo Guarnieri is Senior Structural Geologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). He has a degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Padua (Italy) and a PhD in Structural Geology from the University of Catania (Italy).
After 15 years' experience with Structural Geology and Geological Mapping in the Southern Alps, Southern Apennines and Sicily fold-thrust belts he joined GEUS in 2008 where he leads the Photogrammetry Lab. He initiated the new experience with Arctic geology participating in many expeditions with fieldwork in Greenland for structural mapping and 3D-photogeology, developing several projects sponsored by exploration mining companies and the oil industry and PhD-projects funded by NordMin and GeoCenter Danmark."
The exploration of mineral resources in the Sámi areas of the Nordic countries
Aimo Guttorm, Lawyer, Law office Aimo Guttorm
"Aimo Guttorm advises clients on a wide range of issues related to Finnish mining law.
He was also employed as a legal counsel by the Sámi Parliament in Inari, Finland.
Guttorm is also recognised as one of the leading Finnish lawyers specialised in mining cases associated to the indigenous areas in Finland."
EIT RawMaterials – Driving research and innovation in the European raw materials sector
Dr. Karen Hanghøj, CEO & Managing Director, EIT RawMaterials
"Karen Hanghøj is the CEO at EIT RawMaterials, a partner organization dedicated to strengthening Europe's raw materials sector responsibly and sustainably. Karen holds a PhD in Geology from University of Copenhagen, and has worked extensively with research on geological processes in the lower crust and mantle and their associated mineral deposits.
She has spent more than ten years working in the US as a Research Associate at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and as a Research Scientist at Columbia University and has furthermore worked as a consultant to the minerals exploration industry for more than 20 years. Before joining EIT Karen was head of Department of Petrology and Economic Geology at the Geological Survey for Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and involved in several EU- funded mineral raw materials projects and networks."
Effective use of geological data to improve concentrate quality at Siilinjärvi Apatite Mine
Pasi Heino, Chief Mine Geologist, Yara International ASA, Yara Suomi Oy
"Pasi Heino (MSc, geology) has over ten years' experience in geology related positions, working with precious metals, base metals and industrial minerals.
Strong base in large scale open pit mining as well as background as a researcher. Competent Person according to the AusIMM. He has worked last seven years in Siilinjärvi Apatite mine in Finland."
Guidance for the application of the UNFC for mineral resources in Finland, Norway and Sweden
Erika Ingvald, Head of Division, Mineral information and Mining Industry, Geological Survey of Sweden
"Erika Ingvald is Head of Division for Mineral Information and Mining Industry at the Geological Suvey of Sweden, including the Malå Mineral Information office. The division develops statistics on the Swedish exploration and mining industry, international projects, mining and environment information, and areas of national interests.
Erika is a geologist with a backgrund as a researcher in sedimentary petrology, with twenty years experience as a science journalist and communications officer. She is also a co-author of the books Where gold glints blue: Scientists on the nano revolution, and The High Coast – A World Heritage."
Berkut Minerals – Cobalt exploration in Norway and Sweden
Neil Inwood, Managing Director, Berkut Minerals Limited
"Neil is a highly experienced geologist with 22yrs international experience in gold, base & specialty metals. Over the last 13 years he has been involved in venture capital with Verona Capital, Technical Director of Sigma Resources Consulting and consulting as a Principal Resource Geologist with the international mining consultancy Coffey Mining.
In 2014, Neil led the geological team that established the world-class niobium endowment of the Panda Hill Carbonatite in Tanzania for Cradle Resources. Neil joined Berkut Minerals as Managing director in April 2017 and holds a MSc in Geology."
BLUEJAY MINING PLC – A PRODUCTION FUNDED EXPLORATION STRATEGY
Urpo Kuronen, COO, FinnAust Mining Finland Oy (Finland)
"Urpo Kuronen has been Chief Operating Officer of FinnAust Mining Finland Oy, a Finnish subsidiary of BlueJay Mining Plc, since October 2011. He is a geologist with over 35-year experience within the resource sector, predominantly in exploration, in a range of commodities. Prior to joining FinnAust Mining he held a position of Manager – Geology in Polar Mining Oy, a Finnish subsidiary of Dragon Mining. In the beginning of his work career he worked for 25 years for the Outokumpu Group in positions from Project Geologist to Exploration Manager both in Finland and in Australia. Over the ten-year period in Australia he was mainly seconded for three Australian exploration and mining companies – Pancontinental Mining Ltd, Mining Project Investors Pty Ltd and Sipa Resources Ltd.
Urpo was graduated from the University of Turku (MSc). He is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (AusIMM), Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG), Finnish Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (VMY) and the Geological Society of Finland (SGS)."
Keliber – Lithium mining for fast growing markets
Prof. Pertti Lamberg, CEO, Keliber Oy
"Pertti Lamberg (PhD, geology) CEO of Keliber Oy, Finnish company targeting to be producer of high quality lithium carbonate in near future. Pertti has more than 20 years' experience in mining industry and academia.
He has held several positions in Outokumpu and Outotec the last one being Director at Outotec Oyj (Plant Products). 2011-2016 Pertti worked as a Professor in Geometallurgy in Luleå University of Technology.
Pertti has wide technical expertise from exploration, resource characterization, geometallurgy and process design."
Regional development challenges and policy responses for mining cities and regions: A view from the OECD
Dr. Chris McDonald, Policy Analyst, OECD Regional Development Policy Division
"Chris has experience in a range of leadership roles in government and academia. This includes executive and management level roles in regional and rural development, planning and infrastructure policy with the State Government of Victoria. He currently works as a Policy Analyst in the Regional Development Policy Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which includes management of the Territorial Review of the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) and the National Territorial Review of Peru. This review was recently completed and included 14 regions in the northern areas of Norway, Finland and Sweden.
Chris's undergraduate qualification is in urban planning and he has a PhD in regional development. He has published on these subjects in peer review journals, and has undertaken teaching and lecturing roles in public policy, regional development and economic geography. Chris also has experience as a consultant to the government and university sectors in Australia."
Endomines – Exploring the true potential of the Karelian gold line
Saila Miettinen-Lähde, CEO, Endomines AB
"Saila Miettinen-Lähde is CEO of Endomines AB since May, 2017. Prior to her present role she was CFO of F-Secure Oyj for the past two years and CFO and Deputy CEO of Talvivaara Mining Company Plc from 2005 to early 2015.
In her earlier career, she has held management roles in investment banking at Carnegie and pharmaceutical industry at Orion Pharmaceuticals and Leiras. She has also served as a Board member in several companies, including Outokumpu Oyj, Rautaruukki Oyj, Biohit Oyj and LeaseGreen Oy."
The Aappaluttooq Mine – A world class ruby deposit on Greenland
Frode M. Nilsen, President, LNS Group
"Frode M. Nilsen. Graduated from University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (previously NTH) in 1988, MSc Civil Engineering, specialized in excavating of rock caverns, tunnels and mining. Nilsen is Executive Board Chairman of the Norwegian Tunneling Society. Nilsen is President for the Norwegian tunnel and mining company Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner As (LNS). At the moment Nilsen is also Adjunct Professor at UiT – The Arctic University of Norway.
He has most of his career been involved for in many tunnel- and mining projects in Norway, Spitsbergen, Iceland, Chile, Hong Kong, Faroe Island and lately Greenland. LNS has the last years been the leading contractor in Norway for underground excavation. Nilsen has held lectures on several international conferences."
Mika Nykänen, Director General, Geological Survey of Finland
"As Director General, Mika Nykänen has headed the Geological Survey of Finland since February 2015. Before joining GTK, he worked in the metal sector holding positions as Managing Director for the Association of Finnish Steel and Metal Producers, and as Director for the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries (Industrial Policy).
Nykänen has held numerous positions of trust in academic, societal and business life in Finland and international organizations. He gained his M.Sc. in 1996 from the University of Tampere."
Dr. Vesa Nykänen, Research Professor, Geological Survey of Finland
"Vesa Nykänen is Research Professor on Mineral Prospectivity Mapping at the Geological Survey of Finland, Rovaniemi. His research interests include spatial data analysis and geological 3D modelling with special emphasis on mineral exploration. His Ph.D. thesis in 2008 was titled 'Spatial data analysis as a tool for mineral prospectivity mapping."
Co-chair on Thursday 2 November 2017
Dr. Juhani Ojala, Head of Unit, Mineral Resources, Geological Survey of Finland
Vice-chair of the FEM 2017 Organizing Committee
"Juhani Ojala has gained his PhD from the University of Western Australia in 1995 on the structural and depositional controls of gold. He has worked at GTK as a Senior Scientist and Research Professor 2001-2008 and as a Division Manager of the Bedrock Geology and Resources 2014-2015. He worked for the Store Norske Gull AS as a Senior Geologist 2008-2014 in the metal exploration in Northern Norway and Spitsbergen. He is currently the Head of the Mineral Resources Unit at GTK."
Diversity of hydrothermal activity and mineral deposits in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea
Prof. Rolf Birger Pedersen, Director – Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen
"Rolf B. Pedersen is professor in geology at the University of Bergen. He is currently the director of K. G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research and for the Norwegian Marine Robotics Facility. A central theme of his research has been on the deep sea and the formation of oceanic lithosphere.
He has been leading a number of international sea-going expeditions focusing on seafloor hydrothermal activity, geobiological interactions and formation of deep-sea mineral deposits."
Päivi Rantakoski, Director, Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency/Tukes
"Päivi Rantakoski is the Director of the Industrial Department at the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes). The department is responsible for the surveillance of industrial safety in Finland. Tukes is also the mining authority in Finland.
In her work Ms Rantakoski is involved with many large-scale surveillance and development projects in chemical and mining industry. Earlier she made a long career as a Safety Inspector within chemical industry."
Nussir Copper Mine – Perparing for start-up
Øystein Rushfeldt, CEO, Nussir ASA
"Mining engineer with 29 years of experience from Norwegian and international mining companies.
Former employers include Rana Gruber AS, Sydvaranger AS, Hustadmarmor AS, Titania AS and Eramet Norge AS."
LKAB, towards sustainable mining and new exploration guide from SVEMIN
Monika Sammelin, Section Manager Geology, Exploration Department, LKAB
"Monika joined LKAB Exploration department 2014. LKAB restarted their exploration 2011, focus on starting new mines in Svappavaara and exploration close to current operations. From 2017, the department is also responsible for underground exploration in Kiruna and Malmberget.
Monika graduated 1995 MSc in geology, Åbo Akademi and has a Licentiate degree from LTU in ore geology. She started her career at LKAB 1995 as a Mining Geologist, carried on as a Mining Geologist at Aitik Boliden, Quality Manager Storugns Nordkalk, Section Manager at NCC Teknik NCC Construction Sweden AB."
Jan Sverre Sandstad,Senior Geologist, Geological Survey of Norway
"Jan Sverre Sandstad is Senior Geologist in the Mineral Resource team at the Geological Survey of Norway. He received his M.Sc. in ore geology from the Norwegian Technical University (NTH), now NTNU, in 1981. His main scientific interests include sediment-hosted Cu, orogenic gold and VMS deposits, as well as the metallogeny of the Fennoscandian Shield. He is active in Nordic-Russian collaboration projects (FODD and FENGOT). Sandstad has extensive experience with regional-scale bedrock mapping, and was heavily involved in a regional mapping programme in Mozambique from 2002 to 2006. Currently he is leader of MINN – a 4-year mapping programme focussing on the mineral resources in North-Norway."
Mine automation in Boliden
Staffan Sandström, Director of Technology, Boliden Mines
"As Director of Technology for Boliden Mines, Staffan is responsible for R&D activities and Business development within Boliden Mines. Boliden's mines are characterized by a high degree of mechanization with a high productivity level and good profitability. To maintain this position, the main focus for Boliden Mines today is to further pursue electrification, digitization and automation. Boliden has been in the forefront within these technologies in recent years, especially when it comes to mineral processing.
Staffan has a M.Sc. from LTU an started his career in Boliden as a rock mechanic engineer back in 1985. In 1994 he moved over to production and has held leading positions in several of Boliden's mines. He has been a member of the top management team in Boliden Mines since 2005 and in 2012 Staffan took over as Director of Technology. Staffan is currently the chairman of Bergforsk and board member of NCLC KIC Raw Materials as well as SIP STRIM. He has also previously been the chairman of Rock Technology Centre (RTC)."
Dr. Sabina Strmic Palinkas, Associate Professor, Arctic University of Norway – University of Tromsø
"Sabina Strmic Palinkas is an associate professor in Ore geology/Mineral resources at the Arctic University of Norway – University of Tromsø.
After receiving her PhD degree in Ore deposit geology from the University of Zagreb, Croatia, in 2009, she was working as a research fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and as an assistant professor at the University of Zagreb. In fall 2015 she joined University of Tromsø, where her main goal is to contribute to establishment of an internationally recognized research programs in ore geology/mineral resources.
Her area of expertise comprises aqueous and high-temperature geochemistry, geochemical/thermodynamic modeling, lithogeochemistry and applications of organic geochemistry and stable isotope systematics to ore-forming and environmental processes. During the past 15 years, she has been involved in studies of a wide spectrum of ore deposits, including epithermal, Carlin-type, hydrothermal-metasomatic, skarn, SEDEX, MVT and pegmatite deposits, as well as in several environmental studies."
Arto Suokas, Mine Manager, Sotkamo Silver Oy
"Arto is a mining engineer with an M.Sc. (Mining) from Helsinki University of Technology and an MBA (Technology Management) from LaTrobe University. He's worked in Finland and abroad with various duties in mine planning, production and management.
For the last 11 years he worked in open pit mining (Talvivaara, Sydvaranger, Kevitsa), but moved back underground as Mine Manager for Sotkamo Silver in the summer of 2017. He's a member of the AusIMM and the Finnish Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers."
Tarmo Tuominen, Deputy CEO, Nordkalk Corporation
"Mr. Tarmo Tuominen is the Deputy CEO of Nordkalk Corporation, the leading producer of limestone-based products in Northern Europe. He has been permanently employed by Nordkalk since 1992, first a Mine Geologist in Pargas, and then as a Mine Manager in Sweden. After that Tuominen has held several senior management positions at Nordkalk, most recently as Chief Supply Chain Officer and from the beginning of 2017 as Deputy CEO.
Tarmo Tuominen has a M.Sc. (Geology) from Åbo Akademi. In addition to Nordkalk, he has contributed to the mining industry in several positions of trust. Currently he is the Chairman of the Board of Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), and Chairman of the Board of Nordic Mining ASA."
Prof. Pär Weihed,Vice Rector Mining, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
"Pär Weihed is professor in ore geology and director of the Centre of Advanced Mining and Metallurgy (CAMM) at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. He is past president of the Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), the Geological Society of Sweden and the National committee for Geology under the auspices of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. He is also an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Weiheds research interest includes VMS, Orogenic gold and intrusive hosted Cu-Au deposits as well as regional metallogeny and tectonic evolution of the Fennoscandian Shield. He has published over 100 peer review papers on these subjects."
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Epic Games Expands Its Physical Footprint with New HQ
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Fortnite developer Epic Games is cashing in on $1.78 billion in funding it received in 2020, acquiring an 87-acre property for $95 million on which it plans to build a new headquarters.
The company expects to occupy the property, which was home to North Carolina's Cary Towne Center mall, by 2024.
The move not only highlights the importance and power of gaming's biggest stars in a world that's seen video games extend their influence to new heights, but the potential fate of commercial real estate like that of the Cary Towne Center in the face of lagging interest and revenue.
In fact, MarketScale's Daniel Litwin and Tyler Kern said that aspect of the deal is perhaps the most interesting – with so much commercial real estate and so many sprawling shopping complexes in America, what's to become of these spaces in an increasingly digital world?
In this industry update, the duo also tackled the explosive growth of the video game industry, the impact of a company like Epic Games moving to a more non-traditional site like the one it's chosen in North Carolina, and the risk involved with tying up such a large investment in physical property.
Fortnite has catapulted Epic Games to the stratosphere of the video game industry.
The company raised nearly $2 billion in 2020
That money will go toward a new, 87-acre headquarter campus.
CW and LIV Golf Tee Up a New Partnership
Retail was the main attraction at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City on January 14-17, 2023. NRF 2023 was back in the Big Apple with a full slate of speakers, 100 sessions, and exhibitions from more than 950 major players in all facets of the retail space. What were some […]
Being Fans First Created a Team Bigger Than Baseball
The classic line from Field of Dreams is, if you build it, they will come. In Savannah, Georgia, a more appropriate baseball saying might be, if you make it fun, they will come. Jesse Cole, Owner of the Savannah Bananas, is truly in a league of his own. Cole is a trailblazer and an […]


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T.J. Watt 1.5 sacks away from eclipsing Michael Strahan's record that has stood for 20 years
Jeff Kerr
One of the most coveted records in the NFL is the single-season sack record, a mark held by Michael Strahan since 2001. Thanks to the advent of the 17th game, Watt will have the opportunity to match or pass Strahan for one of the most hallowed marks for a defensive player in the league.
Watt finished with four sacks for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Monday's 26-14 win over the Cleveland browns, bringing up his sack total on the year to 21.5. He's 1.5 sacks away from passing Strahan for the single-season mark (Strahan set the record with 22.5 sacks in the 2001 season).
What makes Watt's mark more impressive is that he's recorded 21.5 sacks in just 14 games — only Reggie White has had that many sacks in 14 games or less (White had 21 sacks in 12 games in 1987). Watt and White are the only players in NFL history with 13 sacks in four consecutive seasons (White accomplished the feat twice).
Watt — whose four sacks are the most by any Steelers player since Joey Porter had four in 2001 — said he won't be consciously chasing the sack record in Week 18. But he will be facing a Ravens team that has allowed the most pressures in the NFL.
"I didn't even know I had the fourth one, but I was just trying to get more and trying to find as much wind as I possibly could," Watt said. "Overall, I'm glad that the defense was able to create splash and we were able to get the win."
Watt has averaged 0.93 sacks per game since entering the NFL in 2017, which is the best in league history (minimum 70 games started). He reached 70 sacks in just his 76th career game, the third-fastest to 70 sacks (White did it in 57 games and J.J. Watt reached the mark in 75).
If Watt passes Strahan, he'll be the all-time record holder since the league recognized sacks as an official statistic in 1982. Per Pro Football Reference, Al Baker had 23 sacks in 1978 — but that total is unofficial.
With two sacks next week, Watt can end the debate for good.
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The career center's goal is to equip all students with tools for the future and prepare them for life after graduation. And the center's opening hasn't come a moment too soon, as Thomas is retiring at the end of the school year after a 37-year career in education in the Highland School District.
Thomas began teaching in 1979 at St. Paul Middle School, and became a counselor at Highland High School in 1988. She was at the high school until 2007, when she moved to the middle school, but returned in 2014. That's when she came up with the idea for the center.
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Retired President Mwai Kibaki was known to love WhiteCap Lager, according to his allies, leading many to endearingly refer to the drink as the 'President's beer.'
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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:introduction}

The discovery of the Higgs at the LHC
\cite{ATLAS-CONF-2013-034,CMS-PAS-HIG-13-005} and lack of evidence for
physics beyond the Standard Model have heightened the
urgency of the electroweak hierarchy
problem.  This motivates focusing experimental searches towards testing
``naturalness from the bottom up'' as broadly as possible.
In practice this means generalizing beyond the specifics of particular
UV-complete models and instead constraining the additional degrees of
freedom whose couplings to the Higgs are responsible for canceling the
most pressing quadratically divergent Standard Model contributions to
the Higgs mass. While these couplings may appear tuned from the
perspective of the low-energy effective theory, we may assume they are
dictated by symmetries of the full theory. To a certain extent, this
strategy is already being pursued in searches for stops in SUSY and
$t'$ fermions, however the Standard Model gauge representations of top
partners are not necessarily fixed by the cancellation of quadratic
divergences. For example,
in twin Higgs models \cite{Chacko:2005pe} the degrees of freedom
protecting the Higgs mass are completely neutral under the Standard
Model, while in folded supersymmetry \cite{Burdman:2006tz} the scalar
top partners are neutral under QCD and only carry electroweak quantum
numbers. Such models provide proof of principle that the Higgs mass
may be protected by degrees of freedom that carry a variety of
Standard Model gauge charges, and there are likely to be broad classes
of theories with similar properties.

As we will discuss further in \Sec{sec:effective}, direct searches for
these additional degrees of freedom can be particularly challenging
depending on the gauge charges.  Therefore in this work we will
advocate an additional and complementary approach, concerned with
exploring naturalness \emph{indirectly}.  In certain cases this may be
the most promising avenue for constraining additional degrees of
freedom associated with the naturalness of the Higgs
potential.\footnote{For recent work probing naturalness indirectly
  when new fields are charged under QCD and
  contribute directly to Higgs digluon and Higgs diphoton couplings at one loop, see
  e.g. \cite{Arvanitaki:2011ck, Blum:2012ii, Montull:2012ik}.}

Specifically, we establish for the first time a quantitative connection
between quadratically divergent Higgs mass corrections and
new contributions to the Higgs wave-function renormalization in natural theories.  The latter are physical and
modify Higgs couplings.

To illustrate the possible indirect effects of natural new
physics, consider a scenario where the Higgs is coupled to some new
top-partner fields that cancel the one-loop quadratic
divergences arising from top-quark loops.  \Eq{eq:corrections}
schematically indicates that, as well as the usual Higgs mass
corrections, one will also in general have corrections to the Higgs
wave-function renormalization\footnote{There are also typically
  corrections to the cubic and quartic couplings as well, which we do
  not show in this diagram.}
\begin{equation}
  \delta Z_h, \delta m_h^2~\sim~
  \parbox{3.3cm}{\vspace{-0.1cm}
    \includegraphics[width=3.3cm]{figures/selfenergy.pdf}}~.
    \label{eq:corrections}
\end{equation}

At the Higgs mass-scale we may write the
full one-loop effective Lagrangian as
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:Z}
\mathcal{L} = \mathcal{L}_{SM} + \frac{1}{2}
\delta Z_h (\partial_\mu h)^2 +...
\end{equation}
where $\delta Z_h$ is directly related to the new quadratic Higgs mass corrections,
$ \mathcal{L}_{SM}$ is the full SM Lagrangian at one loop, and
the ellipsis denote corrections to the Higgs mass, cubic and quartic
couplings coming from the new fields.\footnote{We have, for now, assumed that
the new fields are gauge singlets and so expect no corrections to
the weak fields or couplings other than Higgs
self-couplings.  We will discuss scenarios with
  non-gauge-singlet fields shortly.}  As with the precision
electroweak program
\cite{Peskin:1990zt,Peskin:1991sw,Altarelli:1990zd,Altarelli:1991fk,Kennedy:1988sn,Kennedy:1988rt}
we need to determine which corrections are physical and can be
constrained by measurement, and which are unphysical.  We first
canonically normalize the Higgs field by the re-scaling $h\rightarrow
(1-\delta Z_h/2) h$.  This re-scales all Higgs couplings and the mass
operator.  The Higgs cubic and quartic couplings have not been
measured directly, and so the new re-scaled values are unconstrained.
Also, the Higgs mass is a free parameter of the theory which can absorb this field re-definition. However all Higgs
couplings to weak gauge bosons and fermions have been re-scaled by the
same amount.  This re-scaling is physical: it can be moved around by
re-scaling other fields or couplings but cannot be removed from the
theory.  For canonically normalized fields this re-scaling will in
general break the SM prediction for the relationship between the mass
of a field and its coupling to the Higgs.  This deviation from SM predictions
can then be constrained with precision Higgs coupling measurements.

In the case where the new fields are not gauge singlets one
expects additional corrections beyond the wave-function renormalization.  Some of these corrections involve the
gauge sector alone, and can be constrained via the Peskin-Takeuchi
parameters \cite{Peskin:1990zt,Peskin:1991sw} and their generalization
\cite{Barbieri:2004qk}; other corrections may also directly correct
the Higgs-weak boson vertices.  Although this situation is more
involved, the wave-function renormalization typically dominates
\cite{Englert:2013tya}.  Hence we see that if the hierarchy problem is
resolved by new physics then it may leave its footprint
through indirect signatures in SM processes via modified Higgs couplings, even in situations where
it is difficult to observe the new physics directly.

Thus far the discussion has been rather general.  To render these
effects quantitative, we must commit to a concrete, calculable set-up.
In \Sec{sec:effective} we will construct a general scenario based
solely on the naturalness criterion: a ``weak-scale effective theory
of naturalness,'' restricted only by the simplifying assumption that
the new fields canceling the top quadratic divergence are
scalars.\footnote{We note that a generalization to spin-1/2 or even
  spin-1 partners is also in principle possible.}  In \Sec{sec:LC} we
describe how, guided by \emph{naturalness alone}, one is led to very
specific quantitative predictions for Higgs coupling corrections within this effective natural
theory, with the only free variables being the number of fields and
their masses.  We will clearly demonstrate that, even if direct
evidence for a natural weak scale remains elusive, the generic
parameter space of natural theories can be thoroughly explored through
percent-level precision Higgs coupling measurements at a Linear
Collider (LC) or potentially at the LHC.

\section{Weak-Scale Effective Theory of Naturalness}
\label{sec:effective}
Assuming that the leading natural degrees of freedom are scalar top
partners we can define the perturbative effective natural theory as
\begin{equation} \label{eq:L}
  {\cal{L}}= {\cal{L}}_{\text{SM}} +
  \sum_i \left( |\partial_\mu\phi_i|^2-m_i^2 |\phi_i|^2
    -\lambda_i |H|^2 |\phi_i|^2 \right) ~~,
\end{equation}
where without loss of generality we take the scalars to be complex,
and we use the EW symmetry breaking conventions $H \to v + h
/\sqrt{2}$ with $v \approx 174$ GeV and $m_{\phi_i}^2 = m_i^2 +
\lambda_i v^2$, leading to a trilinear coupling ${\cal{L}} \supset
\sqrt{2} \lambda_i v h |\phi_i|^2$.\footnote{If the top partners are
  in weak doublets we could also have couplings such as $V \supset |H
  \cdot \phi|^2$, as in the MSSM for the left-handed top squark.
  However, since we are only really concerned with the couplings
  between top-partners and the neutral Higgs, \Eq{eq:L} still captures
  the relevant phenomenology.} Here the index $i = 1,\dots,n_\phi$
counts the number of fields coupled to $H$, which may be related by
gauge or global symmetries. For example, in SUSY $n_\phi = 6$ counts
the two top squarks transforming as triplets under $SU(3)_c$, while in
folded SUSY $n_\phi = 6$ counts the two top squirks transforming as
triplets under a distinct $SU(3)$ gauge group.

In order to cancel one-loop quadratic Higgs mass corrections from the
top quark alone it is simply required that
\begin{equation}
\sum_i \lambda_i = 6
\lambda_t^2 ~~,
\end{equation}
where $\lambda_t$ is the top Yukawa coupling.\footnote{We will not be
  concerned with one-loop quadratic divergences from loops of gauge
  degrees of freedom, however if desired these loops could be
  cancelled by extra fermions, as in SUSY, or even by choosing a
  modified value of $\lambda_\phi$.}  For simplicity we can make the
further assumption that all $n_\phi$ scalars have the same mass,
$m_\phi$, and the same coupling $\lambda_\phi$.  As we will show, this
extremely simple effective theory of naturalness is broad enough to
capture the dominant indirect corrections to Higgs physics even though
we have not specified the gauge representations and are agnostic as to
the UV-completion of the model.

From this point we can define a measure of naturalness.  Although the
theory so far is renormalizable we should choose an energy scale,
$\Lambda$, at which the theory is UV-completed.\footnote{For example,
  in SUSY theories this would typically correspond to the
  SUSY-breaking messenger scale.}  We can then calculate corrections
to the high-scale Higgs mass, $m_H$, due to logarithmic running from
$\Lambda$ down to the weak scale.  At one loop this correction is
\begin{eqnarray}
  \delta m_H^2 & = & -n_\phi  \frac{\lambda_\phi}{8 \pi^2} m_\phi^2 \log \left( \frac{\Lambda}{m_\phi} \right) , \\
  & = & -\frac{6 \lambda_t^2}{8 \pi^2} m_\phi^2 \log \left( \frac{\Lambda}{m_\phi} \right) ,
\end{eqnarray}
where we have imposed the cancellation of quadratic divergences in the
final line and $m_\phi$ is the top partner mass above the EW-breaking scale.  Following standard conventions used in SUSY literature we
can define the fine-tuning measure as a function of the logarithmic corrections to the high-scale Higgs mass, $m_H$, and the physical Higgs mass, $m_h$, as \cite{Kitano:2006gv}
\begin{equation}
\Delta \equiv \frac{2
  \delta m_H^2}{m_h^2} ~~,
\end{equation}
which quantifies the degree of fine-tuning required in the Higgs
potential.  Since we do not know the details of the UV-completion it
is sensible to assume a low UV-completion scale, so we set $\Lambda =
10$ TeV, although we note that in concrete models this scale can in
principle be much higher, exacerbating the fine-tuning.  With this
measure we can consider some benchmark tuning points
\begin{eqnarray}
\Delta^{-1} (m_\phi = 350 \text{ GeV}) & = & 25 \% \\
\Delta^{-1} (m_\phi = 605 \text{ GeV}) & = & 10 \%
\label{eq:benchmarks}
\end{eqnarray}
These benchmarks illustrate that for a natural weak scale scalar top
partners should not lie too far from the weak scale, regardless of the
particular UV completion or top partner gauge charges.

Although irrelevant to the one-loop corrections to the Higgs mass, the
fields $\phi$ may be charged under various representations of the
Standard Model gauge group. Some of these representations may be
searched for directly at the LHC. For example, states charged under
$SU(3)_c$ are primarily produced via QCD interactions and are
efficiently constrained by LHC stop searches or, if stable, searches
for $R$-hadrons. Similarly, states charged under $SU(2)_L$ and/or
$U(1)_Y$ are primarily produced via Drell-Yan processes and are
constrained by LHC searches for electroweak final states or, if
stable, CHAMP searches.

States neutral under the Standard Model are much more challenging to
constrain through direct searches. Although $\phi$ appears in the
invisible decay products of the Higgs when $m_{\phi} < m_h / 2$, the
coupling $\lambda_\phi$ is typically large enough that this invisible
partial width vastly exceeds the Standard Model width and is ruled out
by current limits on the invisible width of the Higgs
\cite{Giardino:2013bma} unless $m_{\phi}$ is finely tuned to lie at
the kinematic threshold for pair production. For $m_{\phi} > m_h / 2$,
the primary means of observing $\phi$ at the LHC involves pair
production through an off-shell Higgs boson. The most promising
channels are vector boson fusion, $q q \to V^\star V^\star qq \to \phi
\phi^* qq$, and vector associated production, $q \bar q \to V^\star
\to V \phi \phi^*$, where $V = W,Z$. However, the small production
cross-sections and the challenges of triggering and pileup for the
relevant final states render these direct search channels unpromising
at the LHC. Finally, although the lightest $\phi_i$ could constitute a
dark matter candidate if absolutely stable and neutral under the SM,
its thermal relic abundance is typically too small if governed by
$s$-channel annihilation through the Higgs \cite{Djouadi:2011aa} due
to the large coupling to the Higgs.  If this issue is circumvented via
a non-thermal production mechanism and the top partner saturates the
observed DM abundance then direct detection constraints rule out such
large couplings \cite{Djouadi:2011aa}.

Note that even states carrying Standard Model gauge charges are
exceptionally difficult to discover if the kinematics of their decays are
unfavorable. Colored scalars decaying to nearly-degenerate neutral
states are challenging to distinguish from Standard Model di-jet
backgrounds. Electroweak scalars whose mass is close to the $W$ boson
are difficult to discover underneath $W^+ W^-$ backgrounds, while
decays to nearly-degenerate neutral states are challenging for
standard triggers.

Thus it is entirely possible that the mass of the Higgs boson is
rendered completely natural by top partners whose kinematic properties
or quantum numbers make them difficult to discover at the LHC and
perhaps the most promising avenue for discovery lies in {\it indirect}
searches.

\section{A New Probe of Naturalness}
\label{sec:LC}
An efficient indirect phenomenological test of naturalness depends on
the precision with which Higgs properties can be measured. At the LHC we
typically face uncertainties of ${\cal{O}}(10\%)$ due to dominant QCD
systematics \cite{Dittmaier:2011ti}.\footnote{These uncertainties may
  improve in the future, potentially reaching the ${\cal{O}}(1\%)$
  level in optimistic scenarios \cite{Incandela}.}  An indirect search
for natural physics is therefore best performed in the clean
phenomenological environment offered by a future lepton collider (LC),
although it is obviously not limited to such a machine.

Higgs associated production at a precision instrument like a LC
provides an extremely sensitive tool to analyze the Higgs. In
particular, when the collider is operated at $\sqrt{s}=250$~GeV,
associated production $e^+e^-\to hZ$, is the dominant Higgs production mode for $m_h\simeq
125$~GeV~\cite{Kilian:1995tr}.  The abundant production of Higgs
particles in a clean and fully reconstructible final state allows for
precise measurements of the Higgs couplings and properties
\cite{Peskin:2012we,ILCTRD}.  A particular strength of a precision associated production cross section
measurement lies in the fact that the $hZZ$ coupling can be determined
independent of Higgs decays, removing uncertainties in the total width
and other Higgs couplings. The program to reach a theoretically
precise understanding of $e^+e^-\to hZ$ in the Standard Model dates
back to the beginning of the LEP era
\cite{Fleischer:1982af,Jegerlehner:1983bf,Fleischer:1987zv,Denner:1992bc,Denner:2003iy}.
Recent analyses of the prospects for precision associated production cross section measurements
indicate that uncertainties as low as ${\cal{O}}(0.5 \%)$ can be
achieved \cite{Peskin:2012we,ILCTRD,Klute:2013cx,Blondel:2012ey}.\footnote{An accuracy of ${\cal{O}}(0.5 \%)$ would likely require reasonable assumptions on the total Higgs width; without such assumptions an accuracy of ${\cal{O}}(2.5 \%)$ or perhaps lower is possible.}

\begin{figure}[t!]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=0.47\textwidth]{figures/counterterms.pdf}
  \caption{\label{fig:ct} Sample counterterm diagrams that depend on the
    Higgs self-energy.}\vskip 0.5cm
\end{figure}

BSM-modified NLO electroweak corrections to
associated production are typically larger than the projected
${\cal{O}}(0.5\%)$ uncertainty~\cite{Englert:2013tya}. Thus
Higgs boson coupling measurements can constrain natural new physics for
generic top partners {\it even when they are neutral under the SM
  gauge group.}  To see the relevant effects clearly, consider the
theory of \Eq{eq:L} when all scalar top partners, $\phi_i$, are gauge singlets. In the
limit $m_\phi \gg v$, we may integrate out the $\phi_i$ and express
their effects in terms of an effective Lagrangian below the scale
$m_\phi$ involving only Standard Model fields with appropriate
higher-dimensional operators. At one loop, integrating out the
$\phi_i$ leads to shifts in the wave-function renormalization and
potential of the Higgs doublet $H$ as well as operators of dimension
six and higher.  Most of these shifts and operators are irrelevant
from the perspective of low-energy physics, except for one
dimension-six operator in the effective Lagrangian:
\begin{equation} \label{eq:Leff}
  \mathcal{L}_{eff} = \mathcal{L}_{SM} + \frac{c_H}{m_\phi^2} \left(
    \frac{1}{2} \partial_\mu |H|^2 \partial^\mu |H|^2 \right)+ \dots
\end{equation}
where the ellipses include additional higher-dimensional operators
that are irrelevant for our purposes. Matching to the full theory at
the scale $m_\phi$, we find $c_H(m_\phi) = n_\phi |\lambda_\phi|^2/96
\pi^2$. Although this operator may be exchanged for a linear
combination of other higher-dimensional operators using field
redefinitions or classical equations of motion, the physical effects
are unaltered. Below the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking, \Eq{eq:Leff}
leads to a shift in the wave-function renormalization of the physical
scalar $h$ as in \Eq{eq:Z}, with $\delta Z_h = 2 c_H v^2 /
m_\phi^2$. Canonically normalizing $h$ alters its coupling to vectors
and fermions, leading to a measurable correction to, e.g., the $hZ$
associated production cross-section
\begin{equation}
  \delta \sigma_{Zh} = - 2 c_H \frac{v^2}{m_\phi^2} =
  - \frac{n_\phi |\lambda_\phi|^2}{48 \pi^2} \frac{v^2}{m_\phi^2}.
\end{equation}
where we have defined $\delta \sigma_{Zh}$ as the fractional change in the associated production
cross section relative to the SM prediction, which by design vanishes for the SM alone.  Since $n_\phi |\lambda_\phi|^2$ is required to be large in order to cancel the top quadratic divergence, this effect may be observable in
precision measurements of $\sigma_{Zh}$ despite arising at one loop.

While this effective Lagrangian approach makes the physical effect
transparent, naturalness dictates that $m_\phi \sim v$, and threshold
corrections to \Eq{eq:Leff} may be large and a complete calculation is
required.
In the on-shell renormalization scheme, the Higgs self-energy enters
through the counter-term part of the renormalized $e^+e^-\to hZ$
amplitude via the diagrams depicted in Fig.~\ref{fig:ct}.  Thus the $hG^0Z$
and $hZZ$ vertices receive corrections from the Higgs
wave-function renormalization.\footnote{See e.g.  Ref.~\cite{Denner:1991kt} for
a complete list of SM Feynman rules.}

\begin{figure}[]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=0.452\textwidth]{figures/Corrections.pdf}
  \caption{Scalar top-partner corrections to the Higgs associated
    production cross-section at a $250$ GeV linear collider as a
    function of the top-partner mass $m_\phi$ in the effective theory of naturalness of \Eq{eq:L}.  Corrections are shown
    for $n_\phi = 1,..,6$ top partners.  Estimates for the measurement precision of $2.5
    \%$ \cite{Peskin:2012we,ILCTRD} and $0.5\%$ \cite{Klute:2013cx}
    are also shown.  It is remarkable that with current precision
    estimates a large portion of model-independent parameter space for
    Higgs naturalness can be probed.  In particular, if one compares
    with the tuning estimates of \Eq{eq:benchmarks}, this broadly corresponds to probing $10 \%$
    tuned regions for a single scalar top partner and close to $25 \%$ tuned regions
    for $n_\phi = 6$ scalar top partners as in SUSY.  Optimistically, if
    the precision could be improved to $\delta \sigma_{Zh} \sim 0.1
    \%$, then virtually all parameter space for
    generic natural scalar theories with up to $\sim10\%$ tunings could be
    probed.}
  \label{fig:corr}
\end{figure}

For scalar top partners the Higgs wave-function renormalization
arises at one loop through scalar trilinear couplings, which gauge
invariance relates to the quartic vertices, which are in turn
directly relevant for the cancellation of the quadratic
divergences in $\delta m_h^2$.

At one loop the effective theory of naturalness defined in \Eq{eq:L} leads to a
correction to the associated production cross-section of the form
\cite{Englert:2013tya}
\begin{eqnarray}
  \delta \sigma_{Zh} & = & n_\phi
  \frac{|\lambda_\phi|^2 v^2}{8 \pi^2 m_h^2} \left(1+ F(\tau_{\phi}) \right) \\
  & = & \frac{9 \lambda_{t}^2 m_t^2}{2 \pi^2 n_\phi m_h^2} \left(1+ F(\tau_{\phi}) \right)
\label{eq:approxloop}
\end{eqnarray}
where in the last line we have again imposed the cancellation of
quadratic divergences and $\tau_\phi = m_h^2/4 m_{\phi}^2$.  $F(\tau)$
is given by
\begin{equation}
F(\tau)  =  \frac{1}{4 \sqrt{\tau (\tau-1)}}
\log \left( \frac{  1-  2 \tau - 2 \sqrt{\tau (\tau-1)}}
  { 1- 2 \tau +2 \sqrt{\tau (\tau-1)} }\right).
\end{equation}
\Eq{eq:approxloop} contains the full one-loop correction for gauge
singlet top-partners.  Additional corrections should also be included in the case where the top-partners
carry electroweak quantum numbers.  However,
these corrections have been calculated in \cite{Englert:2013tya} where
it was found that the one loop corrections are still dominated
by \Eq{eq:approxloop}.  This follows from the fact
that the square of the top Yukawa coupling is greater
than the square of electroweak couplings.  Thus \Eq{eq:approxloop}
applies equally well to generic scalar top-partners, irrespective of
gauge charges.

In \Fig{fig:corr} we show the extent to which the parameter space of
natural theories can be indirectly explored at a Linear Collider.  For
measurements of the associated production cross-section at the
estimated accuracy of $\mathcal{O} (0.5\%),$ natural theories tuned at
the $25\%$ level or greater can be probed, depending on the number of
degrees of freedom.  Optimistically, if the measurement accuracy were improved further
to $\mathcal{O} (0.1\%)$ then natural theories can be probed if they are tuned up to the $10\%$
level, even if they contain only
gauge singlets.  These results apply to the broad class of effective natural
theories described here, regardless of the top-partner gauge charges,
and hence contain SUSY theories as a subset.  They also apply to scenarios where top-partners
are difficult to directly discover or constrain due to their kinematic properties or quantum numbers.

If precision measurements of the Higgs associated production
cross-section at a linear collider show deviations from SM
expectations at the level of $\mathcal{O}(1\%)$ then this would
constitute strong indirect evidence for new physics in the Higgs
sector, and would be suggestive of a solution to the hierarchy
problem.  Alternatively, if no deviations are observed then such measurements could
put the compelling notion of electroweak naturalness under strain.

\acknowledgments We would like to thank Anson Hook, Markus Klute,
Dmytro Kovalskyi, Michael Peskin, Michael Rauch, Jesse Thaler, and Scott Thomas for
useful conversations. NC and MM acknowledge the hospitality of the
Weinberg Theory Group at the University of Texas, Austin, where this
work was initiated.

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Re-inserting "community" into Australian Vocational Education and Training
Don Perlgut | May 11, 2016
Leading up to the federal election in July, Australian vocational education (VET) has now entered the political debate. CEO of Community Colleges Australia, Dr Don Perlgut, argues that the most cost-effective VET policy initiative is to reinvigorate the community education providers and build on their capacity.
Here's a mixed metaphor: After years of playing "second fiddle" to the political hot potato of university fees and funding, vocational education and training (VET) has leapt to the front of Australian political consciousness, just as the 2 July Commonwealth Government election campaign commences.
The VET FEE-HELP scandal
On April 29, the Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Senator the Hon Scott Ryan released the Government's Redesigning VET FEE-HELP Discussion Paper. Calling for submissions by 30 June 2016 – at the tail end of the upcoming election campaign – the paper describes the history of this government-funded tuition loan program for diploma and advanced diploma VET courses, requesting feedback on future changes.
Parts of this paper read like a "horror story" of a scandalous public funding program gone mad. A number of for-profit private training colleges have systematically "gamed" the funding system in ways that, although they may have been legal, certainly were unethical and immoral. Shamefully, a number of private colleges targeted vulnerable and disadvantaged Australians to take out VET FEE-HELP government loans, accessing funds that went directly to the colleges.
Indigenous and poorer students were targeted by unscrupulous private providers. The "average annual growth" of Indigenous students taking out VET FEE-HELP loans was a whopping 649% – from 1,197 students in 2012 to 24,513 in 2015. In "very remote" communities the student numbers (surely all of them Indigenous) increased at an average annual growth rate of 503%, from 96 to 1,544 students. Both of these figures were well in excess of the annual average growth of 134% (page 15 of the paper). The paper continues (page 18):
While course costs have increased for all students … disadvantaged students accrue higher fees/debts on average compared to their non-disadvantaged counterparts, particularly Indigenous and low socio-economic status students … In 2015 the average annual tuition fee for Indigenous students was $19,977 compared to only $14,328 for non-Indigenous students (a difference of $5,649 per year) … [and] the average annual tuition fee for low socio-economic status students was $16,193 compared to only $12,835 for high socio-economic status students (a difference of $3,358 per year).
Completion rates are also horrifically low: less than one-third for "internal" (face-to-face) courses, and only seven percent for "external" (online) courses (page 20).
To make the situation even more scandalous, a number of the private colleges have collapsed, leaving thousands of students stranded.
VET enters the political debate
So it is not surprising that VET has entered the political debate. In his "Budget Reply" speech on 4 May, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten listed vocational education as one of the four key areas that Labor would improve on if elected. Declaring that "Labor will make training and skills a national priority" and that "the pendulum has swung too far to private providers", he committed to "backing public TAFE" and "restor[ing] integrity to the training system, by cleaning out the dodgy private colleges who have been ripping Australians off for too long."
As the CEO of Community Colleges Australia, the national peak body representing not-for-profit community-based education and training providers, I welcome this renewed commitment to increase TAFE. The decline in TAFE – on both a national and state level, across all political parties – has been a disaster for Australian training (and a boon for a number of private institutions).
In a recent ABC Radio National interview, former Education Minister (and HECS architect) John Dawkins notes that there is a basic difference between university loans and VET loans: "It's a very different animal when you've got the universities on one hand, who are statutory corporations with high levels of integrity, financial and every other kind of integrity," and the VET system, "where the regulatory regime is different", enabling access by "some of the fringe dwellers within the vocational education system."
The vitality and importance of community education
One key factor has been ignored in these national headlines on VET FEE-HELP scandals and TAFE funding: Australia's VET system has three pillars: public (TAFE), private for-profit and not-for-profit community. Despite years of neglect, haphazard funding and private for-profit competition since the 2008 Ministerial Statement on Ministerial Declaration on Adult and Community Education, community education remains a vital part of Australian vocational education. According to 2015 data from the National Centre for Vocational Education and Research (NCVER), five percent of vocational education is still delivered nationally by community providers (down from more than seven percent a couple of years before); the figure is even higher in Victoria, where almost ten percent of VET is delivered by community-owned providers.
And these figures hide the real social and economic significance of community education in Australian VET, because the community provider delivery in regional and rural Australia – particularly in Victoria (outside metro Melbourne) and New South Wales (outside metro Sydney) – can be double that amount. The Regional Australian Institute confirms that vocational education and training is proportionately more important in regions than in capital cities, because of the nature of the economies, the job skills required, lack of easy access to university education and lower overall educational attainment.
Reinvigorating community education
As Australia enters an era of seeking innovative approaches to skills and economic development, the community-owned and operated education sector remains one of our most valuable resources. The sector brings efficiency, value for money, accessibility, an ethical approach, flexibility, responsiveness to community needs, strong community connections and diversity. These factors all combine to produce the community sector's outstanding ability to deliver VET, through a number of locations where neither public (TAFE) nor especially private providers are – or wish to be – active.
So my message to the politicians of all political persuasions is this: reinvigorating the community education providers and building on their capacity, can and will be one of the most cost-effective VET policy initiatives you can implement.
Don Perlgut
Don Perlgut is a communications expert, film critic and not-for-profit organisational leader, currently the Chief Executive Officer of Community Colleges Australia. He holds a PhD in media from Macquarie University and Masters of City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley. He regularly blogs at https://donperlgut.wordpress.com/
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It might have been appropriate for the Bee Gees song Stayin' Alive to be resonating off the walls of the Lumberjacks' dressing room following Game 5 of the NOJHL East Division semi-final series at the Claude Larose Arena Sunday night.
HEARST — It might have been appropriate for the Bee Gees song Stayin' Alive to be resonating off the walls of the Lumberjacks' dressing room following Game 5 of the NOJHL East Division semi-final series at the Claude Larose Arena Sunday night.
After all, their 5-3 win over the Timmins Rock prolonged the series to at least Game 6 — Monday night at the McIntyre Arena.
And after suffering three-straight losses to the Rock, that in itself was an accomplishment for the undermanned Lumberjacks.
It took double overtime, but the Rock took a 3-1 lead in the series by edging the Lumberjacks 2-1 Friday night at the McIntyre Arena.
Rock coach Corey Beer knows asking his squad to record four-straight victories against the team that finished first in the East Division in the regular season might have been a bit much, but he also realizes you can't give a team like the Lumberjacks too many chances to claw their way back into the series.
"It was a great hockey game, both ways," he said.
"We had a great opening shift and Derek Seguin scored 34 seconds in and we were off to a great start.
"Then, unfortunately, a couple of our players took some undisciplined penalties. We had a couple of failed chances to clear the puck on the penalty kill and the puck ended up in the back of our net on a missed shot block.
"There were just too many turnovers tonight from us. Our checking line turned over the puck multiple times and they ended up minus three. That's a bad recipe for success.
On the brink of elimination, the Lumberjacks showed the same resilience that helped them take the Rock to overtime in two-straight games in Timmins.
It would have been easy for the Lumberjacks to fold their tents Sunday night, especially after Seguin netted his third goal of the playoffs just 34 seconds into the contest.
They battled back to deadlock things at 1-1 midway through the opening period, however, on J.J. Berdal's power-play marker, his first goal of the playoffs.
The Lumberjacks got a pair of goals just over a minute and a half apart early in the middle frame to take a 3-1 lead.
Blue-liner Troy Daniels netted the first of those two markers, his first goal of the playoffs, and Dawson Waddell followed with his second goal of the playoffs.
The Rock cut into that lead with just 41 seconds remaining in the period, as 15-year-old affiliate player Rhys Chiddenton scored his second goal of the playoffs.
Any hopes the Rock had of carrying that momentum in the third period were dashed, however, when Daniel Fisher beat Rock goalie Tyler Masternak with just one second remaining in the frame to restore the Lumberjacks' two goal advantage.
A power-play marker off the stick of Keegan McMullen, his seventh goal of the playoffs, pulled the Rock back to within a goal of their hosts at the 8:16 mark of the third period.
The Rock pulled Masternak in favour of an extra attacker in the dying minutes, but Fisher deposited the puck in the empty Timmins net for his third goal of the playoffs to put the finishing touches on the 5-3 victory.
Beer knows his team came up short Sunday night and it will have to be better if it wants to move on to the next round of the playoffs.
"To close out a team that is that good, that desperate, with their backs against the wall, you can't make as many mistakes as we made tonight," he said.
As bad as things were, the Rock were only trailing by a goal in the dying minutes of the contest.
"You look even further at it and Chiddenton scores in the second period to bring us to within 3-2 and then the checking line I was talking about earlier goes back out there and lo and behold we have three forwards below the goal line with less than a minute to go," Beer said.
"It is a mental error and they came right back and scored to make it 4-2. We were chasing the game the entire night.
"Later on, we scored to get back to within one. We had a good effort at the end, just an inability to score.
Asked which players impressed him in Sunday night's contest, the Rock coach replied, "Derek Seguin, Derek Seguin, Derek Seguin.
"What a player. He is absolutely incredible.
"We were hurting on defence tonight, missing a couple of guys (Eric Moreau and Luka Bolduc). We got big games from the likes of Will Caston, Owen Shier, Carson Burlington and Greg Arnburg.
"Cam Dutkiewicz got in the game tonight and played great for us.
Tallarico stopped 21 of the 24 shots the Rock directed his way to pick up his second victory of the playoffs.
Masternak blocked 23 of the 27 shots he faced and was tagged with the loss.
A.J. Campbell's goal with 1:15 remaining in the second overtime period lifted the Rock to a 2-1 win over the Lumberjacks in Game 4 at the McIntyre Arena Friday night.
It was the 53rd shot the Rock had pounded Tallarico with in the contest.
Johnson had one more game to serve on the 10-game suspension he picked up for a slew-footing incident during a game on Feb. 15.
Beer was happy to see his squad outlast the Lumberjacks Friday night.
"I thought throughout the night, both teams were outstanding at certain facets of the game, whether it was locking it down or getting their forecheck engaged.
It was the Lumberjacks who drew first blood in Friday night's contest, as Fisher beat Masternak with his first goal of the playoffs just past the midway point of the opening period.
The goal came off a scramble in front of Tallarico, with the forward finally stuffing the puck under the Lumberjacks goalie on his second attempt.
NOJHL NOTES — The three stars of Sunday's game were Fisher, Tallarico and Daniels … The Rock went 1-7 on the power play, while the Lumberjacks were 1-5 with the man advantage … Official attendance at the Claude Larose Arena was 1,022 … Sunday's other action saw the Voodoos defeat the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 6-4 in Powassan to take the other East Division semi-final series 4-2, the Thunderbirds top the Blind River Beavers 3-1 in Sault Ste. Marie to take a 3-2 lead in on West Division semi-final and Soo Eagles edge the Canadians 3-2 in overtime in Rayside-Balfour to close the gap in the other West Division semi-final to 3-2 … Game 6 in the East Division semi-final between the Rock and the Lumberjacks will be played at the McIntyre Arena on Monday, at 7 p.m.
Goalies — Rock: Tyler Masternak (58:13, 23 of 27, loss); Lumberjacks: Nicholas Tallarico (60:00, 21 of 24, win).
Goalies — Lumberjacks: Nicholas Tallarico (98:45, 51 of 53, overtime loss); Rock: Tyler Masternak (98:45, 26 of 27, win).