Peter Amelunxen

Chair

Senior Vicepresident Technical Services
Capstone Copper, Canada

Marcelo Rodrí­guez

Chair 2026

Metallurgy and Process Control Manager,
Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Leopoldo Gutiérrez

Co-organizer

Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Francisca San Martín

Co-organizer

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

Magín Torres

Program Chair

Metallurgy and Engineering Manager,
Minera Altair, Chile

Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager,
Gecamin, Chile

Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager,
Gecamin, Chile

Fabiola Bustamante

Coordinator

Senior International Conferences Coordinator,
Gecamin, Chile

Carola Inostroza

Corporate Relations Coordinator,
Gecamin, Chile

Alejandro Yáñez

Director Concorde Technology,
Metso, Finlandia

Bern Klein

Professor, The Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering,
The University of British Columbia, Canada

Bjorn Dierx

Director HPGR and Process Engineering,
Weir Minerals, The Netherlands

Carlos Apaza

Head of Metallurgy Toquepala Concentrators,
Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Peru

Carolina Becerra

Head of the Geometallurgy and Mineralogy Unit,
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Caroline Woywadt

Managing Director,
Gebr. Pfeiffer Mining, Germany

Cesar Pedrero

Process Manager,
Wood, Chile-Peru

Christian Pasten

Global Business Development,
Glencore Technology, Chile

Cristian Garrido

Regional Process Technology Director,
Fluor, Chile

Diego Torres

Process and Metallurgy Superintendent,
Gold Fields, Peru

Eduardo Morin

Metallurgy Manager Latin America,
Glencore Technology, Chile

Enzo Martínez

Operations Manager, Plants and Projects,
Compañía Minera San Gerónimo, Chile

Fabio Pinto

Mining Business Development Manager,
Allonnia, USA

Felipe Contreras

Technical Manager and Founder,
CleverMet, Chile

Gabriel Berkowitz

Director of Metallurgy,
Empírica Consultores, Chile

Georgios Anastassakis

Professor Emeritus,
National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Greg Lane

Principal Consultant,
Ausenco, Canada

Hernán Rodríguez

Metallurgy Manager,
Kinross Gold Corporation, Chile

Igor Elias

Director Technical Engagement and Growth,
CEEC International, Australia

Jessica Lemos Lima

Mineral Process Development Lead,
Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions, Sweden

Johny Bonilla

Superintendent of Geology and Exploration,
Norte Abierto, Chile

Jordan Capa

Data Science Analyst I,
Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Freeport McMoran, Peru

Julián Ortiz

Mark Cutifani / Anglo American Chair in Mining Innovation & Professor,
Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Julio Palomino

Superintendent of Metallurgy and Processing,
Lumina Copper SAC, Peru

Kelly Montes

Process Development Superintendent,
Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Kent Sorenson

Chief Technology Officer,
Allonnia, USA

Lucía Gómez

Planning and Production Manager,
Cía. Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca, Chile

Luis Cisternas

Director, Doctoral Program in Mineral Processing Engineering,
Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Luis Grunewald

General Manager,
MinPro, Chile

Luis Lazo

Corporate Superintendent of Metallurgy,
Capstone Copper, Chile

Marcos Alvim

Corporate Director of Technical Services,
Hochschild Mining, Peru

María José Astudillo

Research and Development Data Analyst,
Moly-Cop, Chile

Mark Noppé

Director, WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre,
SMI, The University of Queensland, Australia

Mauricio Naváez

Metallurgy Superintendent,
Quebrada Blanca, Teck Resources, Chile

Maurício Torem

Director,
Dream the Green Engineering, Brazil

Max Valenzuela

Technical Manager,
Aminpro, Chile

Miguel Maldonado

Full Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering,
Universidad de Santiago, Chile

Neymayer Pereira Lima

Technical Manager,
Vale, Brazil

Nicolás Pérez P.

Process Superintendent,
Norte Abierto, Chile

Norman Lotter

President and Consulting Engineer,
Flowsheets Metallurgical Consulting, Canada

Pablo Valiente

Geologist Geometallurgist,
Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Paulina Salgado

Geometallurgical Geologist,
Cía. Minera del Pacífico, Chile

Percy Condori

Director, Processing and Metallurgy,
Appian Capital Advisory, United Kingdom

Percy Madrid

Senior Process Consultant,
JKTech, Australia

Piero Tardón

Superintendent of Processes Caletones Foundry,
El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Priscila Esteves

Managing Director,
Steinert Latinoamericana

Rajiv Chandramohan

Global Director of Process Excellence & Optimisation,
Ausenco, Canada

Renzo Dávila

Integrated Operations Center Leader,
Quellaveco, Anglo American, Peru

Roberto Valle

Director Process Improvement – Global Consulting & Technology,
Hatch, Peru

Rodrigo Cortés

Process Area Manager,
WSP, Chile

Rodrigo Ruiz

Manager Leaching technical Support,
BHP, Chile

Sebastián Tello

Head of Metallurgy,
Mitsui & Co. Mineral Resources Development, Chile

Sergio Spichiger

Principal Consultant,
Geometallurgica Consultores, Chile

Steve Williams

Executive Chairman and Senior Metallurgist,
Blue Coast Research, Canada

Sushil Dubey

Deputy Manager - Process,
Takraf, India

Suzy Lynch-Watson

Principal Metallurgist,
Orway Mineral Consultants, Australia

Waldo Bustos

Manager of Mining Plants and Processes,
Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Walter Ngobeni

Technical Manager-Mining and Metallurgy,
BME Metallurgy, South Africa

Wendy Ware

Global Practice Lead - Geometallurgy,
IMDEX's Advisory Group, Australia

Andrés Ramí­rez

Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Fernando Betancourt

Director, Metallurgical Engineering Department,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Jesús Casas

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

Juan Ibáñez

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

Luis Salinas

Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Roberto Gómez

Academic, Department of Metallurgical Engineering,
Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Yahaira Barrueto

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