Marcelo Rodrí­guez

Chair

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

Miguel Becerra

Chair 2025

Principal Global Processing & Metallurgy, RCoE
BHP

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

Bern Klein

Co-organizer

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

Magín Torres

Program Chair

Metallurgy and Engineering Manager
Minera Altair, Chile

Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager
Gecamin, Chile

Fabiola Bustamante

Coordinator

Gecamin
Chile

Francisca Miranda

Corporate Relations Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile

Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager
Gecamin, Chile

César Matías

Directing Member

Corporate Metallurgy Manager,
Nexa Resources, Peru

Fernando Torres

Directing Member

Chief Technical Officer,
Mitsui Mineral Resources Development, Chile

Flavio Moura

Directing Member

Operational Manager,
Vale, Brazil

Joseph Chancasanampa

Directing Member

Mineral Processing Plant Manager,
Volcan Compañía Minera, Peru

Marcial Medina

Directing Member

Director of Process Plant and Projects,
Hudbay, Peru

Patricia González

Technical Specialist Lead,
Ausenco, Mexico

Adriana Luna

Geologist, Mineral Processing
Hydraulics Department of San Juan, Argentina

Alex Doll

Mineral Comminution Consultant
Alex G. Doll Consulting, Canada

Anita Solari

Geometallurgical Geologist
Cía. Minera Zaldívar, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Aurélie Chopard

Aurélie Chopard, Eng. PhD Innovation Specialist, Environment,
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, Canada

Catalina Martí­nez

Geologist Mineralogy Geomet,
Empírica Consultores, Chile

Claudia Castillo

Senior Process Engineer, Independent Consultant
Metcelerate, Chile

Claudio Rubilar

Senior Geometallurgist,
Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Cristhian Achulla

Metallurgical Engineer,
Anglo American, Peru

Dante García

Applications Senior
Moly-Cop, Peru

Disney Cáceres

Process Control Head Engineer
Quellaveco, Anglo American, Peru

Elizabeth Carrera

Metallurgist-Mineralogist
Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru

Ersin Yener Yazıcı

Professor, Dept. of Mining Engineering
Karadeniz Technical University, Turkey

Evelyn Melo

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

Felipe Martínez

Head of Automated Mineralogy Laboratory
SGS Minerals, Chile

Felipe Navarro

Researcher
Alges Laboratory, AMTC, Universidad de Chile

Francisco Marín

Geologist,
Andina Division, Codelco, Chile

Gustavo Neira

Associate Professor,
Faculty of Mines of the National University of Colombia

Jaime Morales

Mining Center Director
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Javier Ordóñez

Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

Javiera Salvo

Process Specialist Engineer,
Ausenco, Chile

Javiera Salvo

Process Specialist Engineer,
Ausenco, Chile

José Antonio Mamani

Senior Resource Geologist
Barrick Gold Corporation, Dominican Republic

José Ojeda Ore

Metallurgist Engineer
Quellaveco, Anglo American, Peru

Josue Mesquita

Mineral Processing & Innovation Technical Advisor,
ArcelorMittal Maizières Research Centre

Juan Carlos Villarroel

Expert in Metallurgical Processes and Engineering
JCV Ingeniería, Chile

Juan Pablo Mardones

Researcher,
University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Lucas Pereira

Group Leader in Geometallurgy and Particle-Based Modelling
Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany

Luis La Torre

Principal Metallurgist,
Transmin Metallurgical Consultants, Peru

Luis Magne

Manager,
LMagne Ingeniería Ltda, Chile

Macarena Lefenda

Molienda Process Control Engineer
Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Magali Colqui

Cost and Budget Engineer, Concentrator Plant Management
Minera Las Bambas, Peru

Mahdi Ghobadi

Geomet Project Manager at Innovation Group, Research and Development
Agnico Eagle Mines, Canada

Martin Rudolph

Head of Department of Processing
Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology, Germany

Mauricio Garrido

Senior Resource Estimation
Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Nelson Mora

Geometallurgist
Geoscience Western Australian Iron Ore, Minerals Australia, BHP

Oscar Restrepo

Full Professor, Department of Materials and Minerals
Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Pedro Castellares

Senior Supervisor Data Analytics Metallurgy
Compañía Minera Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru

Pia Lois-Morales

Assistant Professor, Department of Mining Engineering
Universidad de Chile

Raúl Carrillo

Professor and Researcher
Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico

Ricardo Esteban

Principal Metallurgist, Process – Mining & Metals,
BBA Consultants

Romina Murga

PhD (C) in Engineering Systems
Universidad de Talca, Chile

Sebastián Ávalos

Chief Technology Officer,
Annapurna Suite, Canada

Sebastián Urrejola

Principal Comminution - Processing,
Anglo American, Chile

Sergio Moraga

Professor, Department of Mining Engineering
Universidad de Chile

Verónica Morales

Professor
Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile

Verónica Rueda

Process Consultant,
Chile

Yasna Ogalde

Senior Process Engineer,
Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Yves Van Haarlem

Group Leader and Research Scientist
CSIRO Mineral Resources, 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

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