Antonio Bonani

Chair 2025

Mining Planning Manager
Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager,
Gecamin, Chile

Enrique Jélvez

Program Director and Co-Organizer

Professor,
Department of Mining Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Rodrigo Peroni

Co-Organizer

Full Professor, Mining Engineering Department
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Leandro Voisin

Co-Organizer

Director
Dept. of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager,
Gecamin, Chile

Luciano Pérez

International Conferences Coordinator,
Gecamin, Chile

Giannina Baccelliere

Corporate Relations Coordinator,
Gecamin, Chile

Jorge Zamarreño

Directing Member

Director of Exploration and Resource Evaluation
SCM Lumina Copper, Caserones, Chile

Ady Aguilar

VP of Growth
Stratum AI, Canada

Alberto Fernandez

Academic
Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Alicia Zuñiga

Technical Solution Specialist, Geologist
Seequent, Chile

Álvaro Orellana

Mine Engineering Superintendent
Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

Anita Solari

Geometallurgical Geologist
Cía. Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Antonio Cortes

Senior Principal Mining Engineer & Geostatistician
WSP, Canada

Arnold Schwartinsky

Resource Geologist
El Soldado, Anglo American, Chile

Ben McDonald

Head of Business Unit, Mine Planning (Americas)
Micromine, USA

Brian Townley

Associate Professor
Department of Geology, Universidad de Chile

Camila Ojeda

Specialist Engineer – GPRO
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Camila Soto

Technical Lead Engineering Geology
Itasca, Chile

Camilo Toro

Mine Planning Engineer
Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

Carlos Barros

Lead Structural-Geotechnical Geologist
Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile

Carlos Bottinelli

Mining Technical Manager
Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile

Carolina Becerra

Head of the Geometallurgy and Mineralogy Unit
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Carolina Pérez

Geologist, Geometallurgy and Mineralogy Unit
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

César Almarza

Principal Mining Geotechnical Engineer
Geo Estabilidad, Chile

Cesar Villarroel

Geotechnical Consultant
Derk, Chile

Claudio Mena

Long-Term Geotechnical Superintendent
Escondida Mine, BHP, Chile

Danko Diaz

Geotechnical Advisor, Technical Vice Presidency
Anglo American, Chile

David Gómez

Professor, Geology Area
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain

Diego de la Barra

LATAM Mining Sales Director
Dassault Systemes, Chile

Diego Diaz

Head of the Mine Geology Unit
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Diego Zuñiga

Head of Geology
Enami, Chile

Edgar Retamal

Project Engineer, Bajo Diablo Regimiento Project
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Eduardo Coloma

Chief Executive Officer
Maptek, Australia

Enzo Angeles

Grade Control Manager, Americas
Orica, Canada

Fabián Soto

Consultor and Product Manager
Andesite, Chile

Filiberto Mamani

Manager
Qori Plan, Peru

George Mc Isaac

General Manager
Geology & Mining Evaluation Consulting, Chile

Giovanni Franco

Professor
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Giuseppe Barindelli

Geomechanical Studies Superintendent
Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

Hector Huenchulao

Analytics & Applications Lead
E-Mining Technology, Chile

Héctor Suazo

Chief Geologist, Advanced Mineralogy Center
SGS Minerals, Chile

Hooman Askari-Nasab

Professor, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering
University of Alberta, Canada

Jack Cubillos

Geólogo Especialista
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Jacqueline Harris

Head of Customer Success
Mineral Forecast,Chile

Jaime González

Head of Strategic Mine Planning
MC Inversiones, Chile

Javier Cornejo

Senior Director of Mining Process Engineering
Codelco, Chile

Javier Jerez

Geometallurgical Geologist
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Javier Ordenes

Senior Geologist
Quebrada Blanca, Teck Resources Limited, Chile

Javier Vasquez

Head of the Strategic Studies Unit
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Jheyson Bedoya

Professor
Faculty of Mines, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Jonifer Quillatupa

Technical Services Manager
Silvercorp Metals, Canada

Jorge Correa

Regional Manager LATAM, Technical Advisory
GeologicAI, Chile

José Antonio Ardito

Superintendent of Geology and Geotechnics
Minera Chinalco, Peru

José Gajardo

Deputy Planning Manager
Compañía Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Josue Tello

Long Term Mine Planning Engineer
Cultinor, Peru

Juan Francisco Ríos

Metallurgical Geologist
Geologica, Chile

Juan Girao Sotomayor

Researcher
Vale Institute of Technology (ITV), Brazil

Juan Moya

Senior Geologist
Minera Antucoya, Chile

Karin Roman

Head of Engineering, Rajo Norte Scoping Study
Codelco, Chile

Karl Riveros

Associate Professor
Department of Geology, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

Katherine Machulás

Specialist Geologist
Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Kimie Suzuki

Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering
Universidad de Chile

Manuel Salazar

Specialist Geologist
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Marco Fazzi

Mining Resources and Long Term Planning Manager
SQM, Chile

María Soledad Bembow

Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

María Vallejo

Vice President of Growth and Business Development
Mineros, Colombia

Matías Cubillos

Project Engineer, Rajo Norte Project
Codelco, Chile

Mauricio Marín

Geology Superintendent
Airis Mining, Colombia

Miguel Giuliano

Senior Production Geologist
Minera Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

Milka Casanegra

Principal Geotechnical Engineer
Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile

Monica Alva

Senior Resource Modeling Geologist
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura, Peru

Nadia Mery

Assistant Professor
Universidad de Chile

Nayadeth Cortés

Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Olivia Mejías

Group Leader Mine Waste Transformation (MIWATCH)
SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia

Paulina Paredes

Director of Geology
Stratum AI, Chile

Paulina Salgado

Geometallurgical Geologist
Compañía Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Paz Esparza

Advanced Analytics Engineer
E-Mining Technology

Pedro Silva

Technical Manager - Mine Planning Technology Center (CTPM)
Vale, Brazil

Pierre Nancel-Penard

Researcher
Universidad de Chile

Ralph Smith

Management Director Asia Pacific & North America
Dassault Systèmes - GEOVIA, Australia

Renato Suarez

General Manager
Carburo Mining Consulting, Chile

Ricardo Moffat

Associate Professor
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile

Roberto Alfaro

Academic
Universidad de Santiago, Chile

Rodolfo Silva

Mine Planning Senior Specialist
AngloGold Ashanti, Brazil

Rossio García

Technical Manager Geology and Engineering
Datamine Peru and Ecuador

Sawyer Schrader

Technical Services Manager
Micromine Americas, USA

Sebastián Campos

Development and Planning Engineer
Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Sebastián Perroud

Principal Geoscientist
TECT Geological Consulting, Chile

Sebastián Pizarro

Independent Consultant, Mine Planning and Operations
Chile

Sergio Spichiger

Principal Consultant
Geometallurgica Consultores, Chile

Tatiana Órdenes

Academic, Mining Engineering Department
Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Ulises Lagos

Resource Estimation Engineer
Compañía Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Xavier Emery

Professor, Mining Engineering Department
Universidad de Chile

Yashar Pourahimian

Professor and Associate Dean
School of Mining and Petrolium Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Yerko Delgado

Business Development and Technical Services Manager
Thiess South America, Chile

Carlos Marquardt

Editorial Committee

Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Diogo Cordova

Editorial Committee

Assistant Professor
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Jorge Gavronski

Editorial Committee

Professor
DEMIN, Univerisdade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Patricio Lillo

Co-Organizer

Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Xavier Emery

Editorial Committee

Academic
Universidad de Chile