Planning for Closure 2024

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Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Technical Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

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Bjorn Weeks

Chair

Senior Advisor, Mine Closure, Teck Resources, Canada

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Kim Ferguson

Chair 2022

Director Mine Closure, WSP, Canada

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Juan Palma

Co-Organizer

Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Francisca Rivero

Co-Organizer

General Manager, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Hernani Lima

Co-Organizer

Professor, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil

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Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

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Jacques Wiertz

Program Chair

Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile

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Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager, Gecamin, Chile

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Rodrigo Reyes

Coordinator

International Conferences Senior Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

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Sandra Moreira

Directing Member

Manager Major Permits & Closure, Cerro Colorado, BHP, Chile

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Humberto Rivas

Directing Member

Corporate Director Environmental Management, Codelco, Chile

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Rebecca Getty

Directing Member

Principal Global Closure, BHP, Australia

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Francisco Raunelli

Directing Member

Vice President of Community Relations, Las Bambas, MMG, Peru

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Carolina del Valle

Directing Member

Environmental Manager, Cerro Negro, Newmont, Argentina

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Eva Tobar

Directing Member

Permit Manager, Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

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Fabiola Sifuentes

Directing Member

Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment, Antamina, Peru

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Todd Bell

Directing Member

Global Mine Rehabilitation Lead, Anglo American, Australia

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José Miguel Berguño

Directing Member

Vice President of Corporate Affairs, SQM, Chile

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Paul Maidstone

Directing Member

Global Head Environment, Glencore Zinc, Switzerland

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Juan Pablo Schaeffer

Directing Member

VP of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Anglo American, Chile

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Fernando Altamirano

HSE Senior Manager, Cía. Minera Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru

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Violeta Anaya

ESG & Sustainability Manager, Gold Resource Corporation, Mexico

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Adolfo Andrade

Mine Closure LATAM Leader, WSP, Chile

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Celedonio Aranda

Senior Environmental Engineer, Cía. Minera Antamina, Peru

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Gustavo Bravo

Mining Director, Latin America & Caribbean, WSP, Peru

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María José Bustos

Process Engineer, Fluor, Chile

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Miriam Clark

Business Development Manager, O'Kane Consultants, Canada

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Jon Crosbie

Group Manager - Closure and Remediation, MMG, Australia

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Ignacio Cruz

Associate Director, Symnetics, Chile

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Michael Donovan

Global R&D Director, Minerals Technologies, USA

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Troy Dunow

Global Mine Closure Lead, Turner & Townsend, Canada

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Raúl Farfán

Head of Mining, TDi Sustainability, Peru

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Alfredo Gallardo

Project and Sustainability Director, Amphos 21, Peru

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Juan Pablo González

Principal Mining Consultant, Geomine, Chile

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Alejo Gutiérrez

Corporate Manager Sustainability and Communities, Capstone Copper, Chile

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Raúl Henríquez

Lead Closure Planning, BHP, Chile

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Christian Homberger

Commercial Manager, Flesan Minería, Chile

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Ricardo Katz

Director, Gestión Ambiental Consultores, Chile

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Arcesio Lizcano

Corporate Consultant, SRK Consulting, Canada

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Olga López

Project Director, Gravillera Albania, Colombia

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Gabriel López

Environment Manager, Proyecto MARA, Argentina

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Andrés López

Environmental Planning & Ecology Manager, Ausenco, Chile

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Ximena Madariaga

Senior Permit Specialist, Fluor, Chile

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Jones Mantey

Regional Sustainability Manager, Goldfields, Ghana

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Agustín Martorell

Partner, Prieto Abogados, Chile

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Patricia Matus

Manager, Consultores de Ingeniería y Medio Ambiente, Chile

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Fernando Medina

Senior Mining Environmental Specialist, AtkinsRéalis, Canada

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John Melgarejo

Environmental Management Superintendent, Cía. de Minas Buenaventura, Peru

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Gabriel Mendonca

Sustainability Manager, Paracatu, Kinross Gold, Brazil

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Michael Milczarek

President, GeoSystems Analysis, USA

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Isidora Morales

Strategy and Sustainability Manager, GDS Consultorías, Chile

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César Oboni

Vice President, Riskope, Canada

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Franco Oboni

President, Riskope, Canada

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Jean Pierre Padrón

HR Director, Pan American Silver Corp., Peru

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Daniela Paz

Head of Public Value Programs, GDS Consultorías, Chile

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Carla Peña

General Manager, Yastay Consultores, Chile

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Pablo Pisani

Manager of Sustainability, Environment and Community, SQM, Chile

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Rodolfo Poblete

CEO, TriCiclos, Chile

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Christian Puebla

Director, Mincore Services, Chile

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Mauricio Quiroz

South America Environmental Performance Director, Newmont Mining, Chile

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Andrés León R.

Deputy National Director, Sernageomin, Chile

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Carlos Rebolledo

Business Development Manager, EcoMetales, Chile

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Fernando Rodríguez

General Manager, RDZ Consulting, Peru

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Karin De Rycker

General Manager, SRK Consulting, Peru

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Petri Salopera

Vice President of Sustainability, Calibre Mining, Canada

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Sebastián Urresta

Co-founder, Social Performance Principal and Strategic Alliances Director, Socionaut, Mexico

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Danny Vercelli

Director of Business Development - Sustainability Latin America, Ausenco, Peru

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Katherine Viveros

Projects and Services Area Manager, Arcadis, Chile

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Iris Wunderlich

Project Leader Mining & Sustainability, AHK, Chile

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Marcelo Zepeda

Biodiversity and Closure Senior Lead, Teck Resources, Chile

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John Kwasi Adingelah

Head of Environment, GoldFields, Ghana

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Hugo Aduvire

Corporate Environment Superintendent, Cía. Minera Santa Luisa, Peru

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David Arcos

Mining Geochemistry Manager, Amphos 21, Spain

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Gabriel Arevalo

Research and Development Manager, AMCA Systems, Chile

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Eduardo Balladares

Professor, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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Thomas Baumgartl

Professor, Federation University Australia

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Rebeca Brown

Geotechnical Engineer - Mine Closure Specialist, WSP, Chile

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Gustavo Castelo

Engineer Environmental Projects, Southern Peru Corporation, Peru

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Elkin Ceballos

Director of Environmental Mining Planning, Mineros, Colombia

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José Manuel Correa

Mining Area Director, IMAD Abogados, Chile

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Carlos Correa

Project Manager SI - Mining and Material Handling - Projects, BHP, Chile

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Lucie Coudert

Professor, Institut de Recherche en Mines et Environnement (IRME), UQAT, Canada

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Gino Cruz

Partner Lawyer, Cruz Jullian Abogados Consultores, Chile

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Marcela Cubillos

Project Coordinator, Gestiona Consultores, Chile

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Marcela Curotto

Geochemical Discipline and Mine Closure Leader, SRK Consulting, Chile

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Ramón Díaz

Professor, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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Mansour Edraki

Associate Professor, SMI, University of Queensland, Australia

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Bruno Espinace

CEO, GA Consultores, Chile

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Caterina Fiocco

Permit Engineer, Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

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Philippe Garneau

Principal Engineer, ATC Wlliams, Australia

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Daniel González

Mine Closure Advisor, El Soldado, Anglo American, Chile

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Carl Grant

Director, Unearthed Environmental Services, Australia

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Marco Greco

Mine Closure Regional Leader, Hatch, Peru

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Alex Hood

Partner, Liability Portfolio Management and Remediation, ERM, USA

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Jussara Januario

Environmental Engineer, Vale, Brazil

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Andreas Kiekebusch

Environmental General Manager, Transnordestina Logística, Brazil

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Cecilia Lichtschein

Environmental Management Expert, Blue Pampa, Argentina

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Danny López

Professor, Universidad de La Guajira, Colombia

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Roberto López

Head of Sectoral Permitting and Closure Plans, Compañía Minera del Pacífico, Chile

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Javier Muñoz

Manager Corporate Social Performance, Lundin Mining, Chile

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Marcelo Mussé

Associate Consultant, Netke, Chile

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Kenneth Myers

President, The Mines Group, USA

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Alfonso Olivari

Project Engineer, Environmental Management and Mine Closure Program, Sernageomin, Chile

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Claudia Ortiz

Professor, Universidad de Santiago, Chile

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Carlos Oyarzo

Mine Closure and Permitting Specialist, WSP, Chile

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Ricardo Oyarzún

Academic Specialist in Water Resources and Environment, Universidad La Serena, Chile

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Gonzalo Padilla

Principal Water Resources, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Vilma Pérez

Sustainability Leader, Arcadis, Chile

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Paolo Puggioni

Environmental and Mine Clousure Engineer Senior, Ausenco, Chile

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Jorge Ricaurte

Mine Closure Specialist, Mina Cerrejón, Colombia

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Francisco Riestra

Regulatory Risk Management Superintendent, Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Iván Salas

Senior Biodiversity & Closure Supervisor, Hudbay, Peru

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Jonathan Sanders

Senior Environmental Scientist, Klohn Crippen Berger, Australia

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Débora Schaper

Infrastructure Coordinator of the Paralyzed Mines of the Southern Corridor, Vale, Brazil

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Miguel Segur

Manager, Sustainability and Natural Capital, NTT DATA, Europe & Latam

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Ana Da Silva

Analyst, Vale, Brazil

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Silmara Silva

Senior Specialist Closure, BHP, Chile

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Sat Sansar Singh

Executive Director, Mayco Consultores, Chile

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Neeltje Slingerland

Mine Closure Focus Area Lead, WSP, Canada

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Mark Tibbett

Professor, University of Reading, UK

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Mauricio Torem

Head, Mineral Processing Research Group, Pontificia Universidad Católica Do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Víctor Valdebenito

Senior Environmental Engineer, Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Lilian Valdebenito

Senior Consultant - Geochemistry and Mine Closure, SRK Consulting, Chile

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Gabriela Valenzuela

General Manager, GDS Consultorías, Chile

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Raúl Víctor

LATAM Remediation Business Manager, WSP, Chile

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Travis Warren

Executive Director, Engeny, Australia

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Georg Welzel

Water Resources Specialist Engineer, División El Teniente, Codelco, Chile

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Stuart Winchester

Technical Director GeoEnvironmental Science, GHD, Australia

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Manuel Bascuñán

Operations Superintendent, Nueva Pudahuel, Chile

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Norman Gridley

Associate, Satarla, Chile

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Priscilla Nelson

Editor

E&O Director, Tailings Center, Department of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA

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Juan Palma

Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Doina Priscu

Editor

Principal Engineeer Mining Environment, Priscu and Associates Consulting Engineers , Canada

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Francisca Rivero

General Manager, SMI-ICE-Chile

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David Rubinos

Scientific Leader, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Pamela Valenzuela

Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Jacques Wiertz

Program Director

Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile

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Nigel Wight

Social Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile