Committees
- Organizing Committee
- Advisory Committee
- Technical Committee
Executive Committe
Mauricio Larraín
Chair
General Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Patricio Chacana
2019 Chair
Vice President of Operations, Los Bronces Division, Anglo American, Chile
Neville Plint
Co-organizer
Director, Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland, Australia
Jacopo Seccatore
Co-organizer
Director, iUAI Mining Center, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 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
Bárbara Brunetti
Directing Member
Change Management Director, Codelco, Chile
Abraham Chahuan
Directing Member
CEO and General Manager, Compaa Minera Antamina, Peru
Ellen Lenny-Pessagno
Directing Member
Country Manager, Albemarle, Chile
Beatrice Pierre
Directing Member
General Manager, Fundición Altonorte, Glencore, Chile
Tomas Martínez
Directing Member
Vice President Operational Excellence, Minera Las Bambas, Peru
Robert Mayne-Nicholls
Directing Member
Executive Vice-President, Empresa Nacional de Minería - ENAMI, Chile
Mauro Valdés
Directing Member
President National Mining Program High Law, National Mining Program High Law, Chile
Jorge Abraham
Mining and Industry Manager, ABB, Chile
Ayaz Alam
Director Department of Geology, Universidad de Atacama, Chile
Bárbara Alcayaga
Partnerships and Communications Manager, SMI-ICE, Chile
Pablo Alonso
Senior Environmental Engineer, South Pole Project, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Ricardo Álvarez
Executive Vice-President, Mitsui Mineral Resources Development Latin America
Rodrigo Amaral
Executive Manager of Environmental Licensing, Studies, Speleology, Health and Safety, Vale, Brazil
Cristián Barrientos
Superintendent Management and Operational Programming, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Gabriel Barrientos
Director Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Rafael Jabur Bittar
Director Waste & Tailings Management, Yamana Gold, Brazil
Carlos Bottinelli
Performance Assurance Manager, Modular Mining, Chile
Javier Cantuarias
Occupational Health and Safety Manager, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile
Milka Casanegra
President / Engineer Blasting QAQC and planning P & T, Red de Ingenieras de Minas / Minera Los Pelambres, 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
Leonardo Nunes Coelho
Senior Vice President Mining, Nexa Resources, Brazil and Peru
Jorge Contreras
Director Civil Engineering in Mining, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Roberto Escaff
Manager of Process and Productivity Management, Codelco, Chile
Ruben Fernandes
CEO of Base Metals, Anglo American plc, United Kingdom
Marisol Finch
Director of Organizational Development and Communications, VP of Projects, Codelco, Chile
Karla Fonfach
Corporate Deputy Manager of Internal Audit, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Karen Foster
Operational Excellence Director, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile
Francisco Fuentes
Director of Civil Engineering in Mines and Geology, Universidad Central, Chile
Patricio Gahona
General Manager, Gepro, Chile
Cristian Garrido
Process Department Manager and Technology Director , Fluor, Chile
Mauricio Gironás
General Manager Processing, Lundin Mining, Portugal
Alex Godoy
Director Centro de Investigación en Sustentabilidad, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Steven Golding
CEO, SSG Consulting, South Africa
Sergio Herbage
General Manager, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile
Pablo Hernández
Operations Manager, Polpaico, Chile
Edmundo Jiménez
Vice-President Latam West, Empresa Nacional de Explosivos, ENAEX, Chile
Willy Kracht
Director Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile
Jorge Lagos
, Codelco, Chile
Roberto Lencina
Professor, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
Tamara Leves
Director of Organizational Excellence, Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile
Carlos Lexutt
Director of Productivity and Operational Excellence, Codelco, Chile
Saúl Lozano
Operational Excellence Manager and Business Continuity, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru
Ricardo MarabolÃ
Planning and Mining Operations Manager, Codelco, Chile
Mario Marchese
Copper Business Development Global Manager, Bechtel, Chile
Camila Mellado
C + Implementation Leader, Ventanas Division, Codelco, Chile
Viviana Meruane
Director Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile
Alan Muchnik
Innovation and Energy Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Patrick Neise
Partnerh, McKinsey, USA
Kevin O'Kane
Chief Operating Officer, SSR Mining, Canada
Martín Pierola
Underground Commercial Manager, Finning South America
Alejandro Plaza
General Manager, Encare, Chile
Iván Poblete
Management Superintendent, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Rodrigo Poblete
Master in Environmental Management Director, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
Lorenzo Reyes
Director Civil Chemical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma, Chile
Carolina Rocha
Corporate Director of Material Procurement, Codelco, Chile
Gonzalo Romero
Operational Excellence Engineer, El Salvador Division, Codelco, Chile
Petri Salopera
Sustainability Director, Nueva Unión, Chile
Sergio Silva
TICA Manager, Compañía Minera Candelaria, Chile
Luis Soruco
Business Manager, Arcadis, Chile
Fernando Torres
Chief Technical Officer, Mitsui Mineral Resources Development, Chile
Iván Valenzuela
General Manager, Ecometales, Chile
Carmen Vega
Corporate Director of Operational Excellence C+, Codelco, Chile
Tamara Véliz
Organizational Development Head, Grupo Volcan, Chile
Hugo Villena
Partner, Vinculo Empresarial, Chile
Katherine Viveros
Engineering and Design Projects Manager, Arcadis, Chile
Francisco Zenteno
Operations Manager, Newmont Goldcorp, Cerro Negro, Argentina
Patricio Zúñiga
Corporate Director of Geosciences, Codelco, Chile
Eric Alamos
Superintendent Electricity, Instrumentation and Process Control, Quebrada Blanca, Teck Resources, Chile
Luis Alarcón
Director of Extension, Professional and Continuing Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Johnny Aliaga
Postgraduate Professor, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru
Moisés Álvarez
Mine Planning Specialist Engineer, Tetra Tech, Chile
Luis Amigo
Director of Automation and Robotics Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello, Chile
Luis Arana
Maintenance Superintendent, Minsur, Peru
Tomás Arriagada
Principal Project Advisory, BHP, Chile
Víctor Babarovich
Automation and Technology Transfer Consultant, Chile
Ãlvaro Berenguela
Superintendent Business Improvement, Anglo American, Chile
Gustavo Canepa
Pre and Post Graduate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
Cristián Cáceres
Research Professor, IUAI Mining Center, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
Stephan Chalup
Associate Professor, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Luis Cisternas
Professor and Head of Department of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processes, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile
Edwin Colque
District Manager of Strategic Planning and Optimization, Newmont Mining Corporation, Peru
Xavier Costantini
Senior Partnerh, McKinsey, Chile
Emanuel De La Cruz
Senior Engineer Administration Fleet Mine, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru
Carol Davis
Manager Studies, Projects, BHP, Chile
Wander Deiró
Consultant, Consulab, Consultores y Asociados, Brazil
Ãlvaro Endo
Maintenance Consultant, Ingeniería La Cumbre, Chile
Luis Espinoza
Technical Manager, Kapptek, Chile
Vladimir Fierro
Principal Maintenance and Operation Support Services, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Bianca Foggiatto
Senior Process Engineer, Ausenco, Canada
Mallén Gajardo
Automation Engineer Specialist, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Leopoldo Gutiérrez
Associate Professor, Metallurgical Engineering Department, Universidad de Concepcin, Chile
Miguel Herrera
Associate Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
Oscar Jerez
Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Economic Geology, Universidad de Concepcin, Chile
Fredy Kristjanpoller
Academic, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Gustavo Lagos
Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Tatiane Marin
Researcher, IUAI Mining Center, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
Rodrigo Martínez
CTO, Compañía Minera del Pacífico, CAP, Chile
Juan Martín
International Quality Director, Cosentino, Spain
Andrés Medina
Partner, Project Manager, Vantaz Group, Chile
Javier Meza
Technological Manager of the Directorate of Innovation in Mining, Fundación Chile
Guillermo Miranda
Global Project Manager, Operational Excellence, Telefónica, Peru
Claudia Monreal
Research Professor, IUAI Mining Center, Universidad Adolfo Ibez, Chile
Alejandra Moreno
Special Projects Engineer, Anglo American, Chile
Kenji Naito
Professor Mining Civil Engineering School, Universidad de Talca, Chile
Juan Pablo Payero
Industry and Mining Development Line Chief, Agencia de Sostenibilidad Energética, Chile
Peggy Peñaloza
Six Sigma-Black Belt Engineer, Compaa Minera Antamina, Peru
Cláudio Lopes Pinto
Professor Mining Engineering Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Hugo Quelopana
Tailings Specialist Engineer, Delfing, Chile
Jonifer Quillatupa
Operational Excellence Superintendent, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Sebastián Blanco R.
Superintendent Production Planning, Minera Spence, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile
Nathalie Rimmelin
Operations Head, Minera Spence, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile
Freddy Rojas
Professor, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Juan Manuel Romero
Recruitment Lead, Los Bronces Division, Anglo American, Chile
David Ruete
Assistant Professor, School Director, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Andrs Bello, Chile
Ramón Sagarra
Visiting Professor, School of Administration, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Gerson Sandoval
Technical Specialist Flotation, Anglo American Copper, Chile
Raúl Stegmaier
Director for the Department of Industries, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
Kathia Tabra
Environmental Scientist, Knight Piesold, Peru
Mauricio Torem
Head, Mineral Processing Research Group, Pontificia Universidad Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sibila Valdés
Projects Functional Head, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile
María Cristina Vallejos
Functional Leader Productivity South Central Zone, Vice-Presidency of Projects, Codelco, Chile
Froilán Vergara
Director Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile