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Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Technical Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

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Boris Medina

2025 Chair

President, Minera El Abra, Freeport-McMoRan, Chile

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Maria de la Luz Osses

Chair 2023

Operations Manager, Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Pía Hernández

Co-Organizer

Chair, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Lilian Velásquez

Co-Organizer

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

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Fernando Parada

Co-Organizer

Associate Professor, Departament of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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Wenying Liu

Co-Organizer

Associate Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

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Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

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Fernando Valenzuela

Program Director

Academic, Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences, Universidad de Chile

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Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager, Gecamin, Chile

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Karin González

Coordinator

International Conferences Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

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Carola Inostroza

Corporate Relations Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

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Camila Albornoz

Directing Member

Extraction & Leaching Manager, División Chuquicamata, Codelco, Chile

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Cristian Caro

Directing Member

Leaching Innovation Manager, Freeport McMoran, USA

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Julio Flores

Directing Member

Oxide Plant Manager, Mantoverde, Capstone Copper, Chile

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Eduardo Hasan

Directing Member

Plant Operations Manager, Minera Tres Valles, Chile

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Saddy Peroncini

Directing Member

Oxide Plant Manager, Mina Justa, Marcobre, Perú

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Jorge Saenz-Diez

Directing Member

Practice Lead, Processing Technical Services, Copper Assets, Glencore, Chile

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Guillermo Canchis

Directing Member

Hydrometallurgy Manager, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Perú

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Juan Quiroz

Directing Member

Process Plant Manager, Lagunas Norte, Minera Bordo Misquichilca, Perú

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Vidal Mamani

Directing Member

Process Manager, Aris Mining, Colombia

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Luis Torres

Directing Member

Plant Manager, Los Bronces, Anglo American, Chile

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Milton Rojas

Directing Member

Process Manager, Proyecto Dominga, Andes Iron, Chile

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Felipe Sagredo

Directing Member

Plant Manager, División Radomiro Tomic, Codelco, Chile

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Wilson Bardales

Directing Member

Process Manager, Summa Gold Corporation, Peru

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Pedro Condori

Manager of Metallurgical Processes, Minsur, Peru

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David Acevedo

Regional Technical Manager (LatAm), Syensqo, Chile

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Galmar Alarcón

Engineering Manager, HLC Ingeniería y Construcción, Peru

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José Aldana

Research and Metallurgy Superintendent, Minera Lomas Bayas, Glencore, Chile

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Claudio Álvarez

Product Manager, ANCOR TECMIN, Chile

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Gonzalo Barcos

General Manager, M&G Mining Services, Chile

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Syndy Barraza

Corporate Director Hydrometallurgical Processes, Codelco, Chile

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Fernando Bórquez

Deputy Project Manager, Molymet, Chile

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José Cabello

Director, Mineralium Consulting, Chile

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Freddy Castro

General Manager, Elektrochemie, Chile

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Jefrey Cervantes

Senior SX/EW Operations Supervisor, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Peru

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Brenda Chanez

Global Development, Tech Service & Site Manager, BASF Corporation, USA

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Casey Clayton

General Manager Processing, Cerro Verde, Freeport McMoran, Peru

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Rebecca Copp

Global Technical Specialist Mining Solutions, BASF Corporation, USA

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Sebastián Santa Cruz

Manager Studies Leaching Portfolio, BHP, Chile

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Tihomir Domic

CTO, Nova Mineralis, Chile

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Robert Dufresne

President, Pultrusion Technique, Canada

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Pablo Durán

Senior Engineering Director, Codelco, Chile

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Amanda Duran

Project Manager, Grupo Errázuriz, Chile

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Claudia Fontalba

Lead Project Operational Readiness, BHP, Chile

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Juan Pablo Garcés

Metallurgy and Transition Leaching Superintendent, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

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Nicolás González

Technical Manager SX, Pochteca, Chile

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Pamela Gutiérrez

Director of Research and Development Projects, SQM, Chile

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David Kratochvil

President & Chief Executive Officer, BQE Water, Canada

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Marcelo Jo López

General Manager, MJO Ingeniería y Consultores en Metalurgia, Chile

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Oscar López

General Manager LatAm, BQE Water, Chile

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Jorge Menacho

General Manager, De Re Metálica Ingeniería, Chile

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Reinaldo Mendoza

General Manager, RMV Ingehidromet, Chile

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David Molenaar

Principal Research Consultant, CSIRO Mineral Resources, Australia

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Silvana Navarro

Deputy Engineering Manager, Primary Sulfides Project, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Jean Nkomba

SX-EW Operation Manager, Kamoto Copper Company, Congo

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Andrés Olea

Head of Metallurgy and Processes, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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José Miguel Olguín

Technical Manager, Hydrolix, Chile

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Manuel Olivares

Projects Portfolio Director, Worley, Chile

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Mario Oportus

Chief Executive Officer, Foster, Chile

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Marcia Paschke

Superintendent of SX, MolymetNos, Chile

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Christian Pasten

Director Business Development LatAm, Glencore Technology, Chile

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Carlos Pinilla

Plant Operations Superintendent, Mantoverde, Capstone Copper, Chile

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Juan Luis Pizarro

Head of Grinding Operations, Hydrometallurgy, División Salvador, Codelco, Chile

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Ito Purnomo

Terramet Metallurgy Solutions, Indonesia

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Javier Rivas

Metallurgical Supervisor Oxide Plant, Compañía Minera Antapaccay, Peru

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Javier Romero

Hydrometallurgical Superintendent, Molyb, Chile

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Marcelo Saldaña

Superintendent of GRMD Development, División Chuquicamata, Codelco, Chile

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Marcela Schmidt

Principal Global Metallurgy & Processing, BHP, Chile

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Paulina Segura

Operations Manager, Mantos Group, Chile

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Francisco Soto

General Manager and Metallurgical Advisor, Empírica, Chile

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Mauro Torres

Mining Commercial Manager, Pochteca, Chile

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Luis Trincado

Oxide Plant Superintendent, Minera Las Cenizas, Chile

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Carolina Valdivia

Hydrometallurgy Expert Engineer, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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José Manuel Valenzuela

, Superintendent of SX/EW Operations

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Sergio Valladares

R&D Business Advisor, Axxa Chemicals, Chile

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María Veas

Technical Manager, RMV Ingehidromet, Chile

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Francisco Villegas

Superintendent Wet Area Plant, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Héctor Yañez

Hydrometallurgy Specialist, BASF, Chile

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Paola Aguilar

Head of Research Projects, SQM, Chile

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Juan Carlos Ahumada

Senior Project Leader, Jetti Resources, Chile

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Carlos Aragon

Academic, Department of Extractive Metallurgy, Escuela Politécnica Nacional de Quito, Ecuador

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Leonor Ardiles

New Business Development Coordinator, BASF, Chile

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Sebastián Arenas

Specialist Process Development, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

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Atefeh Azizi

Senior Project Metallurgist, Neo Performance Materials, Canada

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Carlos Basualto

Academic, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile

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Raúl Carrillo

Professor and Researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico

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Pablo Carvajal

Hydrometallurgical Business Unit Leader, Hatch, Chile

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Eugenia Castillo

Innovation & Development Superintendent, Minera El Abra, Freeport-McMoRan, Chile

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Luis Cisternas

Director, Doctoral Program in Mineral Processing Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Robinson Constanzo

Electrochemical and Advanced Materials Chief, SQM International Lithium

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Davor Cotoras

Academic, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile

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Cecilia Demergasso

Director of the Biotechnology Center, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

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Diana Endara

Head of the Extractive Metallurgy Department, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador

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Humberto Estay

Director and Principal Researcher, Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile

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Michael Free

Associate Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, USA

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Raynald Gauvin

Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, McGill University, Canada

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Juan Carlos Gentina

Academic, School of Biochemical Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Richard Gómez

CEO and Founder, Tuuman, Chile

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Christian Hu

Senior Hydrometallurgy and Bioleaching, División Radomiro Tomic, Codelco, Chile

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Juan Ibáñez

Academic, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

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Jorge Ipinza

Technology Specialist, Caravan Resources, Kazakhstan

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Amilton Junior

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Claudio Leiva

Academic, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

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Huan Li

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University, Australia

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Juan Pablo Mardones

Researcher, University of Exeter, UK

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Rodrigo Muñoz

Senior Control and Production System, Cerro Colorado, BHP, Chile

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Patricio Navarro

Director, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Santiago, Chile

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Selo Ndlovu

Professor Hydrometallurgy, Department of Mining and Geological Engineering,, The University of Arizona, USA

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Kenly Ochoa

Precious Metals Principal Advisor, Kennecott, Rio Tinto, USA

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Rafael Padilla

Full Professor, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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Martina Petranikova

Associate Professor, Industrial Materials Recycling, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

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Zihe Ren

Chief Scientist, Jetti Resources, Canada

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Oscar Restrepo

Academic, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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Jaime Roco

Principal Process Engineer, Worley, Chile

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Loreto Romo

Senior Process Engineer, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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María Mercedes Salazar

Professor and Research Associate, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico

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María Carolina Salhe

Corporate Director of Metallurgical Process Innovation, Codelco, Chile

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Andrés Soto

Académico, Universidad San Sebastián, Chile

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Jaime Tapia

Director of Metallurgical Civil Engineering, Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile

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Ernesto de la Torre

Professor, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador

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Tomás Vargas

Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile

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Dennis Vega

Senior Technology Advisor, Nuton, Rio Tinto, Chile

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Pamela Velásquez

Senior Metallurgist Engineer Cathode Improvement, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Fernando Vera

Head of Process Discipline, JRI Ingeniería, Chile

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Andrés Espinoza Villegas

Senior Metallurgist, Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Leiming Wang

Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

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Romina Zambra

Principal Directional Studies, BHP, Chile

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Eugenia Araneda

Academic, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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David Dreisinger

Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

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Yecid Jiménez

Master's Director, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Wenying Liu

Associate Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

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Javier Ordóñez

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Victor Parra

Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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Luis Salinas

Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK

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Lilian Velásquez

Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Mario Vera

Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Álvaro Videla

Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Ronny Winarko

Researcher, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada

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Rodrigo Yepsen

Academic, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile