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Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

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Paula López

Chair

Operational Excellence Manager, Cía. Minera Lomas Bayas, Glencore, Chile

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Marcelo Castillo

2022 Chair

General Manager Optimisation Project for Operational Services and Remote Centres, BHP, Chile

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Raúl Castro

Co-organizer

Associate Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

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Eduardo Latorre

Co-organizer

Director Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Hooman Askari-Nasab

Co-organizer

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

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Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

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Fabiola Bustamante

Minexcellence Coordinator

Gecamin, Chile

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Krystel Simpson

Corporate Relations Coordinator

Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

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Alejandra Arancibia

Directing Member

Operational Excellence Manager, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Gonzalo Araujo

Directing Member

General Manager of Operations, SCM Caserones, Minera Lumina Copper, Chile

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Juan Carrasco

Directing Member

General Manager, Fundición Altonorte, Glencore, Chile

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Abraham Chahuan

Directing Member

Copper and Zinc Head Assets South America, Glencore, Peru

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Mauricio Larraín

Directing Member

Vice President of Northern Operations, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Juan Rojas

Directing Member

Corporate Manager of Operational Excellence, Codelco, Chile

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Carmen Vega

Directing Member

Operational Excellence Manager, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Lia Walker

Directing Member

Manager Innovation & Sr. Quality Leader, Freeport-McMoRan, USA

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Carla Aliaga

Founding partner & Director, Imaginería Gestión Creativa, Chile

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Ricardo Araya

General Manager, MolymetNos, Chile

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César Arrospide

Plant Maintenance and Continuous Improvement Engineer, Caserones, SCM Lumina Copper, Chile

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Diego de la Barra

CSE Sales Expert, Dassault Systemes, Chile

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Sandra Barros

Managing Director - Advanced Analytics and AI - Mujeres del Futuro - REDMAD - BOW, Accenture, Chile

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Karim Batallanos

Senior Process Manager, Compañía Minera Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru

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Carlos Bottinelli

Technical Manager Funtional Division, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile

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Bárbara Brunetti

Director of Culture, Leadership and Change Management, Codelco, Chile

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María Paz Bustamante

Corporate Manager of Maintenance and Operational Excellence, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Johan Cabezas

Senior Sales Manager Asset Lifecycle Intelligence Division, Hexagon, Chile

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Alejandro Cáceres

Principal Consultant, GeoInnova Consultores, Chile

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Gustavo Canepa

Professor and Academic Director of Operational Excellence Program, Engineering Faculty, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile

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Joel Carrasco

Principal Engineer, Solum Consulting Group, USA

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Óscar Castañeda

Head of Blast Engineering, Innovation and Technology Projects LATAM, Orica, Chile

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Mario Cedrón

Cetemin Director, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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Rajiv Chandramohan

Global Technical Director, Process Optimisation and Debottlenecking, Ausenco, Canada

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Gonzalo Compan

Director of Strategy and Management Control, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Simón Contreras

Lead Dispatch Engineer Mine AHS, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

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Jacqui Coombes

Managing Director and CEO, Amira Global, Australia

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Marco Cornejo

Operational Excellence Superintendent, Cía. Minera Lomas Bayas, Glencore, Chile

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Samu Cortés

Innovation Engineer, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

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Christian Díaz

CEO, Equans, Chile

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Roberto Escaff

Senior Director Project Management Office, VP of Projects, Codelco, Chile

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Jorge Escalante

Optimization Specialist Business Improvement, Compañía Minera Antamina, Perú

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Luis Espinoza

Solution Development Manager, Kapptek, Chile

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Diego Lira Espinoza

Business Improvement Superintendent, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

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Katherine Feliú

South Mine Superintendent, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

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Ignacio Fernández

Partner, Lead Institute, Chile

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Lorena Ferrada

Head of Innovation Projects, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

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Joao Ferro

Partner, Partners in Performance, Chile

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Ignacio Flores

Operational Excellence Superintendent, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

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William Fookes

Partner, McKinsey, Chile

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Francisco Fuentealba

Manager, Porsche Consulting, Brazil

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Carolina García

Champion D&I, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile

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Francisco García

Superintendent of Metallurgy and Continual Improvement(s), Caserones, SCM Lumina Copper, Chile

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Cristian Garrido

Process Department Manager and Regional Process Technology Director, Fluor, Chile

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Ricardo Gold

Partner, Bain & Company, Chile

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Cristian González

Latam Director, IntelliSense.io, Chile

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Julio González

Co-Founder, Andes Agile, Australia and, Director, Alabc

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Jaime González

Head of Mining, Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile

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Tomás Graell

Mining Manager, Grupo Altavia, Chile

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Andrés Gurovich

Regional Manager South America, Commit Works, Chile

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Erika Hernández

Regional Sales Manager Intelligent Mine, Basf, Chile

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Cristian Herrera

Senior Director of Construction and Assembly, VP of Projects, Codelco, Chile

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Sebastián Jara

Director, Imaginería Gestión Creativa, Chile

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Arturo Kong

Operational Excellence Engineer, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

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Francisco Labbé

Application Engineering and Continuous Improvement Assistant Manager, Komatsu, Chile

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Javier Larrain

Management and Innovation Superintendent, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Marcos Alexandre Lopes

Associate Director, Accenture, Chile

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Manfredo Manfredi

General Manager, Checker Group, Chile

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Richard Massari

Director of Operational Excellence, Digital and Innovation, Aura Minerals, Brazil

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Marcos Menezes

Country Manager Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Bosch

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Seghir Messamah

Business Development Manager, Geovista, United Kingdom

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Eduardo Molina

Corporate Director Operational Excellence, Codelco, Chile

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Facundo Molina

Operational Excellence Manager, Eramine SudamÃ©rica, Argentina

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Alejandra Molina

General Manager, Minnovex, Chile

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Claudia Monreal

Deputy Manager Development, Cía. Minera del Pacífico, Chile

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Ernesto Mori

Senior Reliability Engineer Concentrator Plant Coatings, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Laura Mottola

Vice President Advisory Service / Director of Digital Transformation, BBA, Canada

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Enrique Munaretti

Founder and Director, Nitro Desmonte de Rochas, Brazil

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Fernando Muñoz

Operational Excellence Superintendent, Quebrada Blanca 2, Teck Resources, Chile

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Patrick Neise

Partner, McKinsey, Chile

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Alfonso Nuñez

Senior Executive Industry Consultant South America, Hexagon, Peru

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Cristian Opazo

Technical Manager, Centro Nacional de Pilotaje, Chile

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Ingrid Oyarzún

Head of Sustainability Innovation, BHP Minerals, Australia

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Carlos Palma

Operational Excellence Engineer, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

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Diego Palma

Engagement Manager, Hatch, Chile

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Peggy Peñaloza

Head of Business Improvement Management, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

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Sergio Prieto

Commercial Director, BCV Lean Consulting, Chile

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Jessica Quijada

Senior Engineer Business Improvement, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

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Jonifer Quillatupa

Operational Excellence Senior Advisor’, BBA Consultants, Canada

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Alfredo Remy

Regional Director, Advisory, Hatch, Australia

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Camila Rivera

Director of Planning and Control, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Luis Rivera

Executive Vice President Americas, GoldFields, Peru

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Paula Rojas

Academic - Coordinator of the Professional School of Civil Engineering, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Peru

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David Ruete

School Director, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile

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Janneth Ruiz

Improvement and Innovation Leader, Cerro Matoso, Colombia

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Tomás Sapelli

Continuous Improvement Engineer, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Carlos Scherpenisse

Chief Technical Officer, GeoBlast, Chile

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David Siriany

Senior Manager Supply Chain and Operations, EY, Chile

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Guillem Sivecas

Operational Excellence Expert Consultant, McKinsey, Chile

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Gordana Slepcev

Chief Operating Officer, Lomiko Metals, Canada

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Eva Arias de Sologuren

Executive President of the Board, Compañía Minera Poderosa, Peru

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Ponisseril Somasundaran

LVD Krumb Professor, Columbia University, USA

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Joel Thibert

Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, Canada

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Vidal Torres

Manager and Senior Researcher, Mining Area, Vale Institute of Technology, Brazil

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Sibila Valdés

Mine Engineering and Management Superintendent, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

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Guillermo Vásquez

Operational Excellence Engineer, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Ignacio Villarroel

Operational Excellence Engineer, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

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Daniela Villegas

Director of Innovation in Structural Projects, Codelco, Chile

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Katherine Viveros

Projects and Services Area Manager, Arcadis, Chile

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Yerko Yavar

Mine Optimization Superintendent, Minera Panamá, First Quantum Minerals, Panama

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Alan Young

Director, Materials Efficiency Research Group, Canada

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Rodrigo Zambrano

Partner, Lead Institute, Chile

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Fidel Baez

International Mining Consultant, Universidad de Chile

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Felipe Cancino

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Eduardo Latorre

Director Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Shahrokh Paravarzar

Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Mining and Petrolium Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

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José Luis Pérez

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Pedro Pérez

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Yashar Pourahimian

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

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Osvaldo Rojos

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Juan Yarmuch

Assistant Professor, Mine Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile

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Fidel Baez

International Mining Consultant, Universidad de Chile

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Felipe Cancino

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Eduardo Latorre

Director Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Shahrokh Paravarzar

Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Mining and Petrolium Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

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José Luis Pérez

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Pedro Pérez

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Yashar Pourahimian

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

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Osvaldo Rojos

Academic, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Juan Yarmuch

Assistant Professor, Mine Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile