There were several keynote speakers throughout the week, giving presentations that looked into different forms of mining, whether it on dry land or in the ocean, challenges of mining in arctic climates and responsible environmental mining among others.
Both countries have big-league wine industries (Argentina's is the world's fifth-largest), nearly 500 years of vintages, and growing areas with Eden-like climates for farming wine grapes--so warm and dry that grapes easily ripen and pesticides, fungicides, and anti-rot measures are often unnecessary.