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
