Committees
- Organizing Committee
- Advisory Committee
- Technical Committee
Executive Committe
Patricio Chacana
Chair
Vice-president of Operations, Los Bronces Division, Anglo American, Chile
Kevin O'Kane
2018 Chair
Chief Operating Officer, SSR Mining, Canada
Neville Plint
Co-organizer
Director, Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland, Australia
Gustavo Lagos
Co-organizer
Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Fabiola Bustamante
Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile
Directing Members
Ãlvaro Aliaga
Directing Member
North Operations Vice President, Codelco, Chile
Sergio Armstrong
Directing Member
General Manager Processing, CCM Candelaria, Lundin Mining Company, Chile
Francisco Costabal
Directing Member
Vice President of Business Development and Administration South America, Freeport McMoran
Diego Hernández
Directing Member
Presid, SONAMI, Sociedad Nacional de MinerÃa, Chile
Mauricio Larraín
Directing Member
General Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile
Saúl Lozano
Directing Member
Operational Excellence Manager and Business Continuity, CompañÃa Minera Antamina, Peru
Mario Marchese
Directing Member
Technology Management Senior Adviser, Chile
Jorge Meza
Directing Member
General Operations Director, Grupo México, Southern Perú
Iván Poblete
Directing Member
Operational Excellence Director, Ministro Hales Division, Codelco, Chile
Jaime Rivera
Directing Member
General Manager, Ministro Hales Division, Codelco, Chile
Erick Weber
Directing Member
General Manager and Directory President, CAP MinerÃa, Chile
Marcelo Aliendre
Director Asset Management, Barrick Gold Corporation, Canada
Ricardo Álvarez
Executive Vice-President, Mitsui Mineral Resources Development Latin America
Diego de la Barra
Natural Resources Latam Sales Director, Dassault Systemes, Chile
Cristián Barrientos
Operational Excellence Superintendent, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile
Rafael Jabur Bittar
Director Waste & Tailings Management, Yamana Gold, Brazil
Carlos Bottinelli
Mining Technical Services Manager, Independent, Chile
Martín Brenner
General Manager, Weir Minerals, Chile
Francisco Carrasco
Strategic Planning Manager, Underground Chuquicamata Mining Project, Codelco, Chile
Pablo Carvallo
Operations Optimization Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Danny Castillo
Operations Manager, BHP, Chile
Rafael Castro
Development Manager, Partnerh, Chile
VÃctor Chandia
Project Control Director, Vice President of Projects, Codelco, Chile
Alice Clark
Director of Production Centres, SMI-JKMRC, The University of Queensland, Australia
Jorge Cortés
President, BHP Pampa Norte, Chile
Nelson Cuello
Maintenance Manager, CristalerÃas Chile
Roberto Escaff
Manager of Process and Productivity Management, Codelco, Chile
Cristian Garrido
Technical Manager, Process,, Mitsubishi, Chile
Claudia Garrido
Plant Manager, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Claudio Hernández
Operational Excellence Manager, Minera Meridian, El Peñón, Chile
Pablo Hernández
Operational Excellence Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile
Katharina Jenny
Occupational Health and Safety Corporative Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Edmundo Jiménez
Vice-President Latam West, Empresa Nacional de Explosivos, ENAEX, Chile
Jorge Lagos
Sustainability and Institutional Relations Manager, Codelco, Chile
Yolanda Laumer
Director, Apu Resources, Peru
Roberto Lencina
Professor, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
Rinaldo Mancin
Director of Environmental Affairs, Instituto Brasileño de MinerÃa, Brazil
Laura Mottola
President and CEO, Flow Partners, Canada
René Muga
Executive Director, Barrick Gold Corporation, Chile
Óscar Muñoz
Principal Drilling Automation and Systems, Anglo American, Chile
Ismael Muñoz
Commissioning and Maintainability Director, Codelco, Chile
Patrick Neise
Partnerh, McKinsey, USA
Marco Orellana
Telecommunications Technology and Automation Manager,, Codelco, Chile
Jean Pierre Padrón
Human Resources and Social Responsibility Corporate Manager, CompañÃa Minera Milpo, Peru
Andrés Pérez
Mining Resources and Development Manager, CÃa. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Rodrigo Pérez
Manager Repairables & Warranties, Maintenance Centre of Excellence Minerals Americas, BHP, Chile
Caius Priscu
Head of Mineral Residue Facilities and Water Management, Anglo American
Carolina Rocha
Supply Excellence Director, Codelco, Chile
Petri Salopera
Sustainability Director, Nueva Unión, Chile
María Elena Sanz
People and Sustainability Vice President, CAP Group, Chile
Sergio Silva
TICA Manager, CompañÃa Minera Candelaria, Chile
Luis Soruco
Business Development and Strategic Alliances Manager, WorleyParsons, Chile
Constantino Suazo
Operations Manager, American Screw, Chile
Sebastián Trejos
Occupational Health and Safety Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Chile
Carmen Vega
Operational Excellence Director, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Hugo Villena
Partner, Vinculo Empresarial, Chile
Katherine Viveros
Projects Manager, Arcadis, Chile
Johnny Aliaga
Postgraduate Professor, Universidad Nacional de IngenierÃa, Peru
Luis Amigo
Automation and Robotics Engineering Director, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile
Luis Arana
Maintenance Superintendent, Minsur, Peru
Claudia Aravena
Process Engineer Foundry, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Nibaldo Areyuna
Human Resources Superintendent, CompañÃa Minera Lomas Bayas, Chile
Danilo Arrué
Chief Operations Strategic Projects Secondary Leaching, CÃa. Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca, Chile
Víctor Babarovich
Automation and Technology Transfer Consultant, Chile
Jorge Bechir
Mining Engineer, Process Technology and Geometallurgy, Nexa Resources, Brazil
Sergio Burdiles
Smart Mining and Mining Interoperability Manager, Corfo, Chile
Gustavo Canepa
Pre and Post Graduate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Aldo Caprile
Academic, Member of the Management Control Center, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universidad de Chile
Carmen Gloria Castillo
Superintendent Production Project SGO, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile
Stephan Chalup
Associate Professor, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Cristián Cordero
Consultant in Organizational Management, Chile
Carol Davis
Manager Studies, Projects, BHP, Chile
Wander Deiró
Consultant, Consulab, Consultores y Asociados, Brazil
Ãlvaro Endo
Maintenance Consultant, IngenierÃa La Cumbre, Chile
Luis Espinoza
Technical Manager, Kapptek, Chile
Diego Espinoza
Manager Human Resources Business Partner, Minera Escondida, Chile
Andrés Fierro
Principal Life of Mine Copper, Anglo American, Chile
Vladimir Fierro
Superintendent Asset Reliability, Minera Escondida, Chile
Bianca Foggiatto
Senior Process Engineer, Ausenco, Canada
Patricio Gahona
General Manager, Gepro, Chile
Mallén Gajardo
Automation Engineer Specialist, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Pilar González
Project Manager, Moddos ConsultorÃas Organizacionales, Chile
Miguel Herrera
Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
Fredy Kristjanpoller
Academic, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MarÃa, Chile
Cristian Magri
Supply Chain Vice-President, BHP, Chile
Juan Martín
International Quality Director, Cosentino, Spain
Andrés Medina
Partner, Project Manager, Vantaz Group, Chile
Kelly Montes
Manager Planning, Minera Spence, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile
George Nikolakopoulos
Professor for Robotics and Automation, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Rodrigo Pascual
Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Juan Pablo Payero
Industry and Mining Development Line Chief, Agencia de Sostenibilidad Energética, Chile
Peggy Peñaloza
Six Sigma-Black Belt Engineer, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru
Dante Pesce
Executive Director, Social Responsibility and Development Vincular Center, P. Universidad Católica de ValparaÃso, Chile
Hugo Quelopana
Specialist Engineer, Delfing, Chile
Jonifer Quillatupa
Operational Excellence Superintendent, Minera Antucoya, Chile
Héctor Ramírez
Principal Leadership and Culture, BHP, Chile
Freddy Rojas
Professor, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
David Ruete
Assistant Professor, School Director, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile
Carlos Ruz
Analysis and Improvement Mine Superintendent, Minera Spence, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile
Ramón Sagarra
Management Development Program Director, Esade Business School, Spain
Enzo Schachter
Academic, Mechanical Engineering Department, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
William Skinner
Research Leader, Minerals and Resource Engineering, University of South Australia
Raúl Stegmaier
Director for the Department of Industries, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MarÃa, Chile
Kathia Tabra
Environmental Scientist, Knight Piesold, Peru
Mauricio Torem
Head, Mineral Processing Research Group, Pontificia Universidad Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tamara Véliz
Consultant, Gestares Consultores, Chile
Froilán Vergara
Director, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile