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Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

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Paulina Jaramillo

Chair

General Manager, El Soldado, Anglo American, Chile

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Paula López

Chair 2023

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

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Juan Luis Yarmuch

Co-organizer

Assistant Professor, Mine Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile

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Patricia López

Co-organizer

Director Professional School of Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú

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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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Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager, Gecamin, Chile

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Gonzalo Nelis

Program Director

Academic, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

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Fabiola Bustamante

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

Executive President and General Manager, SCM Caserones, Minera Lundin Mining, Chile

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María Paz Bustamante

Directing Member

Business Analysis and Improvement Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Juan Carrasco

Directing Member

General Manager, Fundición Altonorte, Glencore, Chile

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Marcelo Castillo

Directing Member

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

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Abraham Chahuan

Directing Member

Copper and Zinc Head Assets South America, Glencore, Peru

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René Galleguillos

Directing Member

Operations Manager, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Fabián Gutiérrez

Directing Member

Operational Excellence Director, Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

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Mauricio Larraín

Directing Member

Vice President Planning and Technical Services, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Bruna Maffra

Directing Member

Director Operational Excellence and Business Improvement, Vale, Brazil

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Eduardo Molina

Directing Member

Corporate Manager Operational Excellence (I), Codelco, Chile

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Guillermo Palta

Directing Member

Operational Excellence Manager, Teck Resources, 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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Felipe Aguilera

Global Manager, Copper Operational Excellence, Glencore, Chile

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Herman Aguirre

Ultra-Class Truck Performance Manager, Finning, Chile

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Luis Amendola

CEO & International Expert, Center for Innovation & Operational Excellence (CIEx), USA, Europa, Latam

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Pamela Antonioli

General Manager, Hub de Innovación Minera del Perú

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César Arrospide

Maintenance and Continuous Improvement Senior Engineer, Caserones, Lundin Mining, Chile

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Kwame Awuah-Offei

Union Pacific/Rock Mountain Energy Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

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Diego de la Barra

Latam Mining Sales Director, Dassault Systemes, Chile

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Francisco Barrientos

Business Development Manager, Innomotics, Chile

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Ramón Bilbao

Superintendent of Operational Excellence Program Management, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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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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Hyuin-Sun Cabrera

Head of Innovation and Process Engineering, Molynor, Chile

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Alejandro Cáceres

Principal Consultant, I+D Manager, GeoInnova Consultores, Chile

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Paula Caneo

Innovation Specialist, Minera Gold Fields Salares Norte, Chile

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Gustavo Canepa

Academic Director of Operational Excellence Program, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile

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Brix Cardona

Principal Mining, Minerals Americas, BHP, Chile

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Carlos Carranza

Professor of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA

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Óscar Castañeda

Senior Manager Blast Engineering LATAM, Orica, Chile

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Mario Cedrón

Cetemin Director, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru

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Yiuyion Chan

Short Term Planning Engineer, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Gonzalo Compan

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

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Wander Deiró

Reliability and Operational Excellence Consultant, Seta Desenvolvimiento Gerencial, Brazil

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Badara Aliou Diallo

Regional Manager OREPRO – EMEA, Orica, Malí

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Christian Díaz

CEO, Equans, Chile

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Orlando Durán

Full Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Jorge Escalante

Optimization Specialist Business Improvement, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

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Diego Lira Espinoza

Business Improvement Superintendent, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

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Katherine Estupiñan

Superintendent Operational Excellence Processes and Efficiency, Minera Las Bambas, Peru

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Katherine Feliú

South Mine Superintendent, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

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William Fookes

Partner, McKinsey, USA

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Cristian Fritis

Superintendent Copper Management System, Complejo Metalúrgico Altonorte, Glencore, Chile

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Francisco Fuentealba

Manager, Porsche Consulting, Brazil

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Carolina García

Graduate Program Coordinator, BHP, Chile

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Javiera Giaconi

Process Optimization Engineer Technical Area and Improvement, Minera Gold Fields Salares Norte, Chile

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Christian González

Superintendent of Energy and Fuels, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Sebastián González

Operational Excellence Engineer, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Cristian González

Latam Director, IntelliSense.io, Chile

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Maureen Griffiths

Technological Enablement Assistant Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Oscar Jara

Data Scientist, Codelco, Chile

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Javier Larrain

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

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Eduardo Latorre

Director Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Atacama, Chile

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Richard Lazo

Lean Governance Senior Change Agent, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

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Diego Leiva

Operational Excellence Advisor, BBA, Chile

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Jorge Llerena

Operational Excellence Lead, Compañía Minera Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru

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Facundo Molina

Manufacturing Excellence Manager, Eramine South America, Argentina

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Alejandra Molina

General Manager, Minnovex, Chile

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Miguel Mondaca

Continuous Improvement Leader, Nitrate and Iodine Division, SQM, Chile

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Italo Montofré

Academic, Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

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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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Miguel Muñoz

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

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Patrick Neise

Partner, McKinsey, USA

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Elvio Nieto

Head of Mine Productivity and Standardization, Minera Santa Cruz, Hochschild Mining, Argentina

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Kevin O'Kane

Non Executive Director, Canada

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Morteza Osanloo

Full Professor, School of Mining Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

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Richard Palape

Mining Technical Director, Innovación Digital para la Minería, Chile

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Carlos Palma

Operational Excellence Engineer, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

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Manuel Pareja

Operations Supervisor, Compañía Minera Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru

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Peggy Peñaloza

Head of Business Improvement Management, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

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Nancy Pérez

Directora, Empresa Nacional de Minería (ENAMI), Chile

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Jessica Quijada

Head of Business Improvement and Operational Excellence, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

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Jonifer Quillatupa

Study Manager, Arcadium Lithium, Canada

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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

Business Plan Principal, Cerro Matoso, Colombia

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Leonardo Sierralta

Senior Productivity Head – Chuquicamata Underground Mine Project, Codelco, Chile

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Guillem Sivecas

Operational Excellence Expert Senior, McKinsey, Chile

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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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José Torrejón

Chief Mine Planning, Minera Chinalco, Peru

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Valentina Torres

Superintendent Continuous Improvement (I), Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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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

Construction Planning Engineer, Chuquicamata Division, Codelco, Chile

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Yanlui Velásquez

Head of Processes and Continuous Improvement, Compañía Minera Condestable, Peru

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Ignacio Villarroel

Operational Excellence Engineer, Gabriela Mistral Division, Codelco, Chile

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José Villegas

Business Improvement and Technical Services Manager (i), Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

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Yerko Yavar

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

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Rodrigo Zambrano

Partner, Lead Institute, Chile

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Verónica Zapata

Management and Innovation Engineer, Cía. Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Alberto Zuñiga

Senior Principal - South America, Hatch, Chile

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Mohammad Mahdi Badiozamani

Research Associate (PhD), School of Mining and Petrolium Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

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Edwin Bernedo

Professor Professional School of Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú

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Azucena Delgado

Professor Professional School of Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú

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Alejandro Ehrenfeld

Researcher, Advanced Mining Technology Center - AMTC, Universidad de Chile

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Nadia Mery

Academic, Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile

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Pierre Nancel-Penard

Researcher, Advanced Mining Technology Center - AMTC, Universidad de Chile

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Shahrokh Paravarzar

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

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Omar Paredes

Professor Professional School of Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú

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Mohammad Mahdi Badiozamani

Research Associate (PhD), School of Mining and Petrolium Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

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Edwin Bernedo

Professor Professional School of Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú

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Azucena Delgado

Professor Professional School of Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú

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Alejandro Ehrenfeld

Researcher, Advanced Mining Technology Center - AMTC, Universidad de Chile

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Nadia Mery

Academic, Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile

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Pierre Nancel-Penard

Researcher, Advanced Mining Technology Center - AMTC, Universidad de Chile

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Shahrokh Paravarzar

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

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Omar Paredes

Professor Professional School of Mining Engineering, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Perú