Committees

About
Committees

The Organizing, Advisory and Editorial Committees support the promotion of the congress. Likewise, they support by determining the technical focus of the congress program. The Editorial Committee review the submitted abstracts, ensuring the highest technical quality. All committee members receive a special price on registration fees.

Organizing Committee

Executive Committe

Claudia Domínguez
Chair

General Manager
Radomiro Tomic Division, Codelco, Chile

Makarina Orellana
Chair2025

Operations Manager
Compañía Minera del Pacífico, Chile

José Delgado
Co-Organizer

Director, Department of Mining Engineering
Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Leandro Voisin
Co-Organizer

Director, Department of Mining Engineering
Universidad de Chile

Carlos Arroyo
Co-Organizer

Adjunct Professor
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil

Hooman Askari-Nasab
Co-Organizer

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

Fabián Manríquez
Program Director

Academic, Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Marí­a, Chile

Carlos Barahona
Executive Director

General Manager
Gecamin, Chile

Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager
Gecamin, Chile

Karin González
Coordinator

International Conferences Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile

Carla Caro

Corporate Relations Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

Carmen Vega
Directing Member

Manager Operational Excellence
Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Carolina Díaz
Directing Member

Director Operational Excellence
Salvador, Codelco, Chile

Eduardo Molina
Directing Member

Corporate Manager Operational Excellence
Codelco, Chile

Evelyn Rojas
Directing Member

Director Operational Excellence
Chuquicamata, Codelco, Chile

Fabián Gutiérrez
Directing Member

Director Operational Excellence
Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

Jorge Urbina
Directing Member

Acting Director Operational Excellence
El Teniente, Codelco, Chile

Liuva Andrade
Directing Member

Regional Manager Operational Excellence
Glencore, Chile

María José Alvarado
Directing Member

Corporate Manager Operational Excellence
Molymet, Chile

Mario Díaz
Directing Member

Acting Director Operational Excellence
Radomiro Tomic, Codelco, Chile

Natalia Campos
Directing Member

Corporate Director Operational Excellence
Codelco, Chile

Sofía Castillo
Directing Member

Manager Digital Systems Latam
Teck Resources, Chile

Advisory Committee

Carlos Bottinelli

Mining Technical Manager
Mitsubishi Corporation, Chile

Felipe Aguilera

Analysis & Improvement Manager
Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Francisco Bastias

Superintendent of Information Technology
Compañía Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Gabriel Mitzcun

Six Sigma and Continuous Improvement Coordinator
Vale, Brazil

Herman Aguirre

Senior Manager of Mining Intelligence
Hitachi Construction Latin America, Chile

Huber Arteaga

Superintendent of Management Control
Aris Mining, Colombia

Leonardo Angelucci

Assistant Manager of Innovation and Data Analytics
Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

Marcelo Becker

Associate Professor
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mario Abuyeres

Expert in Operational Excellence
Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Matías Alvarez

Expert Engineer in Operational Excellence
Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Ramón Bilbao

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

Ricardo Araya

Vice President Operations
MolymetNos, Chile

Editorial Committee

Alireza Kamrani

Research Assistant
University of Alberta, Canada

Andreina Garcí­a

Head of Academic Affairs
Dept. of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

Carlos Arroyo

Adjunct Professor
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil

David Meneses

Academic
Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Hongshuo Gong

Academic
University of Alberta, Canada

Leandro Voisin

Director
Dept. of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

Luis Felipe Orellana

Graduate Program Coordinator
Dept. of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile

M. Mahdi Badiozamani

Research Associate
University of Alberta, Canada

Natalia Miranda

Academic
Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Nilza Rivera

Academic
Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Rita Santos

Adjunct Professor
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil

Victor Morales

Academic
Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Vladmir Alves

Adjunct Professor
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil