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Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

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Lorena Ramírez

Chair

Head of Corporate Affairs and Communications, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile.

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José Miguel Berguño

2023 Chair

Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, SQM Litio, Chile

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Douglas Aitken

Co-Organizer

Executive Director, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Luis Cisternas

Co-Organizer

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

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Jennifer Dunn

Director, Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience, Northwestern University, USA

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Jacques Wiertz

Program Director

Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile

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Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, 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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Gabriel Méndez

Directing Member

Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, Codelco, Chile

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Naid García

Directing Member

Environment Manager, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile

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Juan Pablo Schaeffer

Directing Member

VP of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Anglo American, Chile

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Carolina del Valle

Directing Member

Environmental Manager, Cerro Negro, Newmont, Argentina

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Pablo Pisani

Directing Member

Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

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Marisol Barragán

Directing Member

Country Manager & General Director, Minera San Xavier, New Gold, Mexico

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Alejo Gutiérrez

Directing Member

Director, ESG & Permitting, Capstone Copper, Canada

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Eva Tobar

Directing Member

Permit Manager, Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

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Paul Maidstone

Directing Member

Global Head Environment, Glencore Zinc, Switzerland

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Claudia Azola

Directing Member

Manager Sustainability and Safety, ENAMI, Chile

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Sergio Vives

Directing Member

Director, Environment, Permitting and External Affairs, Lundin Mining, Chile

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Christine Deneriaz

Environment VP, Eramet, France

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Osvaldo Aduvire

Chief of the Environmental Department, SRK Consulting, Peru

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Eliane Almeida

Senior Analyst, Vale, Brazil

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Violeta Anaya

Sustainability Sr Manager, SSR Mining, Mexico

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Diego Arán

General Manager, Inproyen Consulting, Spain

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Cristian Araya

Hydrogeology Specialist, GIZ, Chile

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Gonzalo Asencio

General Manager, Gisma, Chile

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Eduardo Balladares

Professor, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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Luis Barba

General Manager of Water Resources, WES, Peru

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Valentín Barrera

Assistant Manager of Sustainability, SQM Litio, Chile

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Bulgan Batdorj

Administrative Assistant, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Thomas Baumgartl

Professor, Federation University Australia

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Peter Beckett

Professor, Laurentian University, Canada

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Rodrigo Bello

Senior Business Development & Technical Pre-Sales (LATAM), IsoMetrix, Chile

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Rosana Brantes

Senior Analyst, Cochilco, Chile

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Rebeca Brown

Specialist Projects Mining & Material Handling, BHP, Chile

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Carlos Cacciuttolo

Professor, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile

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Jorge Campos

Technical Manager, AGER Consultoría, Chile

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Juan Candia

Sustainability Expert, University of York, UK

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Melissa Case

Manager of Sustainable Development, Bechtel, Australia

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Gustavo Castelo

Engineer Environmental Projects, Southern Peru Copper Corporation

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Héctor Castillo

Environment Director, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

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Jorge Chávez

General Manager, EnvPhys, Peru

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Trevor Chesal

Senior Director Environment, Albemarle, USA

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Miriam Clark

Business Development Manager, O'Kane Consultants, Canada

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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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Rafael Curra

Environmental & Energy Manager, Torex Gold Resources, Mexico

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Aníbal Díaz

Partner, Latin America&Caribbean Mining and Metals Lead, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Peru

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Carolina Díaz

Superintendent Asset Resource Management, BHP, Chile

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Karin Eggers

Head of ESG & ESG Co-Lead for South American Cluster, KPMG, Chile

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Marcia Faermann

Manager Environmental Closure, BHP, Chile

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Kim Ferguson

Director Mine Closure, WSP, Canada

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Cristina Fernández

Social Performance Manager, Minera Candelaria, Lunding Mining, Chile

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Jocelyn Fraser

Post Doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada¡

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Alfredo Gallardo

Project and Sustainability Director, Amphos 21, Peru

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Solange Gantenbein

Project Manager, Mejores Prácticas Asociados, Chile

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Johannes Gediga

Consulting Director, Sphera Solutions, Germany

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Pedro González-Carbonell

General Manager Planning, Technical & Environment, Pampa Norte, BHP, Chile

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Germana González

Assistant Manager Public Affairs Lithium, SQM Litio, Chile

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Sarah Gordon

CEO and Co-founder, Satarla, UK

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David Gueicha

Superintendent of Permits, Gold Fields, Chile

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Javier Hermosilla

Sustainability Superintendent, Molymetnos, Chile

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Johanna Illanes

Environment, Permits and Mining Concessions Manager, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Freeport McMoran, Peru

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Alejandro Irarrázabal

CEO, ECOS Ingeniería en Integridad, Chile

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Heather Jamieson

Professor, Queens University, Canada

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Jussara Januario

Environmental Engineer, Vale, Brazil

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Lorena Jorquera

Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Tommi Kauppila

Research Professor, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Finland

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Andreas Kiekebusch

Environmental General Manager, Transnordestina Logística, Brazil

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Eugenia Lermanda

Senior Resource Geologist, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Cecilia Lichtschein

Environmental Management Expert, Blue Pampa, Argentina

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Andrés López

Environmental Planning & Ecology Manager, Ausenco, Chile

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Olga López

Project Director, Gravillera Albania, Colombia

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Danny López

Professor, Universidad de La Guajira, Colombia

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John Lowry

Environmental Scientist and Landform Modeler, Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government

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Cristián Marambio

Principal Mine Closure, Stantec, Chile

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Fernando Méndez

Senior consultant on social responsibility and sustainable development in the mining industry, Peru

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Tobias Metzger

Head of Sales & Business Development, RWE Technology International, Germany

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Iozsef Miskolczi

Director, GeoSystems Analysis, Peru

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Nelson Núñez

Regional Director External Relations, Newmont Corporation, 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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Ricardo Oyarzún

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

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Gonzalo Padilla

Co-Owner, PRK Consulting, Chile

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Cristian Peralta

Environment & Permits Superintendent, Cía. Minera Sierra Atacama, Chile

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Vilma Pérez

Sustainability Leader, Arcadis, Chile

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Víctor Pérez

Director Green Mining, Corporación Alta Ley, Chile

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Jerry Perkins

Independent Consultant, Chile

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Simone Picarelli

Project Manager, PM Analysis Assessoria, Brazil

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Eric Pirard

Professor, Université de Liège, Belgium

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Francisco Raunelli

Community Relations Expert, Independent Consultant, Peru

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Saulo Rezende

Innovation Engineer, Nexa Resources, Brazil

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Paula Ríos

Reportability and Improvement Engineer, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

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Yanina Ripoll

Environment Manager, Proyecto Josemaría, Lunding Mining, Argentina

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Humberto Rivas

Corporate Environmental Manager, Codelco, Chile

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Francisca Rivero

General Manager, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Roberto Rodríguez

Senior Scientist, Centro Nacional Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (CN IGME)

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Milton Rosales

Corporate Environmental Manager, Teck Resources, Chile

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Juan Pablo Rubilar

Portect Land and water lead, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Chile

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David Rubinos

Scientific Lead, SMI-ICE-Chile

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María Ana Rubinstein

Social Studies, Specialist Expert, Ausenco, Argentina

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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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Germán Sandoval

Sustainability and Comunnity Relationships Manager, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

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Luis SÃ¡nchez

Professor, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Miguel Segur

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

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Marcela Sepulveda

Community Relations Manager, Clean Tech Lithium, Chile

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Karen Sepúlveda

Senior Environmental Specialist, BGC Engineering, Chile

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Sat Sansar Singh

Executive Director, Mayco Consultores, Chile

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Luis Soruco

General Manager, Arcadis, Chile

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Kimberly Suiseeya

Associate Professor, Northwestern University, USA

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Kathia Tabra

Environmental Scientist, Knight Piesold, Peru

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Mauricio Torem

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

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Gianna Traverso

Environmental Project Manager, WSP, Chile

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Alberto Ugarteche

Corporate Environmental Manager, Minsur, Peru

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Michelle Ureta

Community Development Director, Ventanas Division, Codelco, Chile

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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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Simón Vargas

Director of Strategic Development, Hidrica WRC, Chile

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Irene Vega

Director of Community Affairs Lithium, Codelco, Chile

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Gissela Vergara

HSE Manager, El Soldado, Anglo American, Chile

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Raúl Víctor

LATAM Remediation Business Manager, WSP, Chile

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Katherine Viveros

Projects and Services Area Manager, Arcadis, Chile

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Edgardo Volpi

Human Resources and Community Relations Manager, SSR Mining, Argentina

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Bjorn Weeks

Senior Advisor, Mine Closure, Teck Resources, Canada

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Stuart Winchester

Technical Director GeoEnvironmental Science, GHD, Australia

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Iris Wunderlich

Project Leader Mining & Sustainability, AHK, Chile

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Mohan Yellishetty

Associate Professor, Monash University, Australia

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Bianca Zambrano

Director of Planning and Sustainable Projects, Andina Division, Codelco, Chile

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Marcelo Zepeda

Marcelo Zepeda Cortés Contacto de 2º grado2º Biodiversity and Closure Senior Lead, Teck Resources, Chile

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Yésica Botero

Researcher, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Marcela Cubillos

Mine Closure Engineer, Stantec, Chile

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Jean-François Gaillard

Professor, Northwestern University, USA

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Daniela Gamboa

Project Coordinator, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Pía Hernández

Chair, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Nathalie Jamett

Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Mónica Morales

Lead Researcher Social Performance and Resource Governance Area, SMI-ICE-Chile

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José Ojeda

Processing Team Co-leader: Energy, Water and Emissions, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Javier Ordóñez

Academic, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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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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Arturo Reyes

Associate Professor, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Daniela Rubilar

Social Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Jenna Trost

Doctoral Student, Northwestern University, USA

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Pamela Valenzuela

Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Jacques Wiertz

Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile

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Yésica Botero

Researcher, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Marcela Cubillos

Mine Closure Engineer, Stantec, Chile

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Jean-François Gaillard

Professor, Northwestern University, USA

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Daniela Gamboa

Project Coordinator, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Pía Hernández

Chair, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Nathalie Jamett

Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Mónica Morales

Lead Researcher Social Performance and Resource Governance Area, SMI-ICE-Chile

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José Ojeda

Processing Team Co-leader: Energy, Water and Emissions, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Javier Ordóñez

Academic, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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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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Arturo Reyes

Associate Professor, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile

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Daniela Rubilar

Social Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile

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Jenna Trost

Doctoral Student, Northwestern University, USA

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Pamela Valenzuela

Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

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Jacques Wiertz

Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile