Tailings 2025

Committees

Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Technical Committee
Editorial Committee

Executive Committe

Pamela Soto

Chair

Manager Tailings & Water Australia, MMG, Australia

Geraldo Paes

Chair 2024

Corporate Geotechnical Director, Vale, Brazil

Jacques Wiertz

Co-Organizer

Environmental Rehabilitation and Ecosystem Dynamics Leader, SMI-ICE-Chile

Gonzalo Suazo

Co-Organizer

Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil Works, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Joseph Scalia IV

Co-Organizer

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Tailings Center Site Director for Colorado State University, USA

Hugo Quelopana

Program Chair

Engineering Manager, Gestiona Consultores, Chile

Carlos Barahona

Executive Director

General Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Mimy Mackenzie

Conferences and Publications Manager, Gecamin, Chile

Rodrigo Reyes

Coordinator

Senior International Conferences Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

Francisca Miranda

Corporate Relations Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile

Directing Members

Silvana Dal Pozzo

Directing Member

Tailings Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

David Machin

Directing Member

Senior Tailings Strategy Manager, Antamina, Peru

René Orellana

Executive Director

Tailings Corporate Manager, Codelco, Chile

Harry Silva

Directing Member

Geotechnical Corporate Manager, Minsur, Peru

Monica Ansah-Sam

Directing Member

General Manager Tailings and Dams - North Atlantic Operations, Vale, Canada

Edgar Quiroz

Directing Member

Water and Tailings Manager, Minera Las Bambas, MMG, Peru

Marco Pavez

Directing Member

Tailings and Water Manager, Anglo

Erik Medina

Directing Member

Principal Tailings - Regional Strategic Planning, Minera Las Bambas, Peru

Jhury Andrade

Studies Superintendent - Tailings Management System - Expansion Projects, Minsur, Peru

Marcelo Arenas

Engineer Manager Delivery, BHP, Chile

Juan Carlos Ávila

Dam Tailings Assurance and Management Superintendent, Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru

Pablo Bustamante

Engineering Lead Tailing Dam, Escondida, BHP, Chile

Olimpia Cabrera

Superintendent of Tailings Governance, Antamina, Peru

Gonzalo Caro

Study Manager Project, BHP, Chile

Breno Castilho

General Manager, Geotechnics , Vale, Brazil

José Del Castillo

Deputy Manager of Tailings Management, Volcán Compañía Minera, Peru

Carlos Castillo

Superintendent Water and Tailings Planning, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Henry Castillo

Tailings Superintendent, Aris Mining, Colombia

Paschoal Cataldi

Head of Disposal Area, Norsk Hydro, Braszil

Ivan Contreras

Vice President, Senior Geotechical Engineer, Barr Engineering, USA

Bruno Delgado

Corporate Geotechnical Manager, Vale, Brazil

Adeline Delonca

Head of Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Material Sciences, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Leonardo Díaz

Tailings Innovation Specialist, Anglo American, Chile

Rodrigo Friz

GISTM Governance Superintendent, Sierra Gorda SCM, Chile

Paulo Gomide

Senior Manager of Geotechnical Projects, Vale, Brazil

Filipe Guimaraes

Monitoring Center Geotechnical Manager, Vale, Brazil

Álvaro Gutiérrez

Tailings and Waste Corporate Manager, Capstone Copper, Chile

Cristian Jaque

Superintendent Well Field and Tailings Dam, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Marcos Lemos

Senior Environmental and Tailings Management Manager, CBMM, Brazil

Omar Medina

Superintendent Commissioning Tailings & NPI, BHP, Chile

Carlos Meléndez

Engineering Superintendent, Minera Chinalco, Peru

Kimberly Morrison

Director, Tailings Center, USA

Miguel Neto

General Manager - Geotechnics and Hydrogeology, Vale, Brazil

Julio Palomino

Moly Superintendent - Water and Tailings, Minera Las Bambas, MMG, Peru

Jeny Panez

Head of Tailings, Nexa Resources, Peru

Esteban Pavani

Tailings and Civil Superintendent, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile

Rodrigo Quezada

Business Development Manager, Stantec, Chile

Juan Quiñones

Consultant, IDIEM, Chile

Gail Riddell

General Manager, Nava Consulting, Chile

Edwin Ruiz

Director, Tailings & Civil Infrastructure, Capstone Copper, Canada

Mauricio Sandoval

Senior Chief Engineer / Tailings Management, Codelco, Chile

Cristiane Sebastiao

Implementation Manager - Decharacterization of Dams and Geotechnical Projects

Vale, Brazil,

Fernanda Sol

Geothecnic Engineer, Vale, Brazil

Pablo Soto

Head of Project, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile

Gideon Steyl

Lead Technical Governance Tailings, South32, Australia

Luis Tejada

Rock Mechanics and Dams Geotechnical Manager, Antapaccay, Glencore, Peru

Luis Tejada

General Manager, Ingeniería de Rocas y Suelos (IRYS) SAS, Colombia

Alvin Tong

Director of Geotechnical and Tailings Engineering, Centerra Gold, Canada

Esteban Valencia

Dams and Tailings Projects Director, Codelco, Chile

Rodrigo Valencia

SI Governance Water & Dam Operations, Escondida, BHP, Chile

Carlos Vilches

Corporate Director Tailings Development and Standarization, Codelco, Chile

Patrick Sean Wells

Technical Excellence and Innovation Lead, WSP, Canada

Georg Welzel

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

Ricardo Yáñez

Tailings and Water Project Manager, Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi, Chile

Osvaldo Aduvire

Chief of the Environmental Department, SRK Consulting, Peru

Fernando Aguilar

Water Resources Manager, AECOM, Brazil

Sebastián Albayay

Lawyer, Kinross, Chile

Ghio Arenaldi

Project Engineer, Delfing, Chile

Marcos Arroyo

Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain

Manuel Azancot

Responsible Tailings Facility Engineer, Newmont Mining Corporation, Argentina

Edgar Bard

Senior Mine Waste Consultant, WSP, Chile

Yahaira Barrueto

Postdoctoral Researcher, SMI-ICE Chile

Rafael Basso

Country Manager, Lombardi Engineering, Chile

David Benavente

Senior Engineer, Paterson & Cooke, Chile

Cristóbal Binvignat

General Manager & Tailings Consultant, DLS-BINAR Ingeniería, Chile

Harold Bolaños

Dams Expert Engineer, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

José Burgos

Logotipo de Anglo American Anglo American Anglo American 11 años 1 mes11 años 1 mes Principal technologies deployment HDS, Anglo American, Chile

Nicolás Bustamante

Researcher, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Alistair Cadden

Principal Mine Waste, WSP, Chile

José Campaña

Geotechnical Consultant, Arcadis, Chile

Jorge Campos

Technical Manager, AGER Consultoría, Chile

Jorge Cárdenas

Professor, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru

Luis González Caro

Principal Engineeer, WSP, Chile

Michele Casagrande

Professor, Universidad de Brasilia, Brasil

Natassia Castilho

Director, Alvarez & Marsal, Brazil

Claudia Castillo

Senior Process Engineer, Independent Consultant, Metcelerate, Chile

Paulo Cella

Technical Director, BVP Engenharia e Projetos, Brazil

Julio César

General Manager, JCI Ingeniería & Servicios Ambientales, Peru

Patricio Chacón

Head of Projects, Arcadis, Chile

Pamela Chavez

CEO, Domolif, Chile

Diana Comte

Head Professor, Universidad de Chile

Robert Cooke

Principal, Paterson & Cooke, USA

Gonzalo Corral

CEO and Founder, Inteligencia Geotécnica, Chile

Davor Cotoras

Academic, Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidad de Chile

Pablo Durán

Senior Engineering Director, Codelco, Chile

Bruno Espinace

CEO, GA Consultores, Chile

Alice Evans

Senior Sustainability Consultant, SRK Consulting, UK

Ignacio Ezama

Principal Consultant, SRK Consulting, Argentina

Arturo Fahrenkrog

CEO, Geomediciones, Chile

José Farfan

Geotechnical Engineer Specialist, Geotecnia Ambiental, Chile

Silvia Franca

Senior Technologist, Centro de Tecnología Mineral (CETEM), Brazil

Rodrigo Fuentes

Domain Lead, Mining, Nanometrics, Chile

Francisco García

Director, Water, Waste and Land, Australia

Roberto Gesche

Geosciences Principal, Stantec, Chile

Imran Gillani

Principal Advisor - Tailings and Dams, Rio Tinto, Canada

Patricio Gómez

General Manager, Itasca, Chile

Raymond Guang

Senior Tailings Engineer, Paterson & Cooke, Canada

Amanda Hevia

Principal Conventional Tailings, BHP, Chile

Rodrigo Hills

GC Pipelines PMO Manager, Ausenco, Chile

Waldo Huallanca

Operations Manager, Anddes Asociados, Peru

Alan Hull

Senior Consultant, Hull Seismic Review, USA

Christian Ihle

Chief Innovation Officer, Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Diego Inzunza

Geotechnical Engineer, WSP, Chile

Nathalie Jamett

Editor

Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile

Gonzalo Jara

Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Stantec, Chile

Ivette De Jesús

Tailings and Water Management Lead - San Nicolás Project, Teck Resources, Canada

Brian Keith

Professor, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Elizabeth Lam

Director of the Research Nucleus, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Luis Lemus

Professor, Universidad de La Serena, Chile

Andrés León

General Manager, Axios Ingeniería, Chile

Ramón Díaz de León

Senior Project Engineer, Freeport McMoran, Chile

André Lima

Business Development Director, TPF Engenharia, Brazil

Marcelo Llano

Principal Geotechnical Engineer, Red Earth Engineering, Australia

Rafael Luna

Associate, Senior Geotechnical Engineer, WSP, Peru

Cristián Marambio

Principal Mine Closure, Stantec, Chile

Marcelo Martínez

Earthquake Engineer–Seismic Hazard, WSP, Chile

Ray Martinson

Technical Director, Paterson & Cooke, Chile

Gordon McPhail

Director, Water, Waste and Land, Australia

Lucas Mendes

Engineering Leader, ALTA Geotecnia Ambiental, Brazil

Joaquín Meza

Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Federico Montini

Project Manager, Knight Piésold, Argentina

Rolando Moraga

Superintendent of Strategic Supplies, Pucobre, Chile

Camilo Morales

Senior Geotechnical Consultant, SRK Consulting, Chile

Rodolfo Morales

Geosciences Specialist, JRI Ingeniería, Chile

Henk van Muijen

Director Technology, Royal IHC, The Netherlands

Marcelo Mussé

Associate Consultant, Netke, Chile

Priscila Nelson

Professor, Colorado School of Mines and Founder of the Tailings Center, USA

Gullibert Novoa

Tailings Coordinator, Sernageomin, Chile

Franco Oboni

President, Riskope, Canada

Juan Ojeda

Water and Tailings Senior Supervisor, Mineras Las Bambas, MMG, Peru

José Ojeda

Editor

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

Ismail Okewale

Professor, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria

Rubén Olcay

Professor, Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile

Claudia Ortiz

Associate Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Álvaro Ossandón

Editor

Professor, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Susanne Ouellet

Geotechnical Engineer, Lumidas, Canada

Miguel Palape

Manager - Business Developer South America, Muk3D, Chile

Juan Palma

Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Sergio Palma

Academic, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Luis Paredes

Especialista Principal Regional en Geotecnia y Relaves, Ausenco, Chile

Denys Parra

Executive Director, Anddes Asociados, Peru

Blanca Payas

Managing Director, SIXENSE, Spain

Jerry Perkins

Independent Consultant, Chile

Daniel Pham

Civil and Tailings Engineer, WSP, Australia

Raymond Philippe

General Manager, Skarn Water, Spain

Marcos Pinto

General Manager, Códice Ingeniería, Chile

Behnam Pirouz

Senior Principal Engineer, ATC Williams, Australia

Andrea Portes

Civil Geothecnical Engineer, Vale, Brazil

José Henrique Pretto

Engineering Manager, Fugro, Brazil

Caius Priscu

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

Juan Rayo

Consultor Principal, JRI Ingeniería, Chile

David Reid

Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia

Cristián Riquelme

Senior Piping Specialist, G Mining Services, Canada

Sabrina Rocha

Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Vale, Brazil

David Romo

Senior Project Manager, Partner, Newfields, USA

David Rubinos

Editor

Scientific Lead, SMI-ICE-Chile

Eduard Ruiz

General Manager, Amphos 21, Peru

Rodrigo Ruiz

Manager R&D Project, BHP, Chile

Abouzar Sadrekarimi

Associate Professor, Western University, Canada

Marco Salazar

Senior Water Engineer, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Carmen Salinas

Senior Engineer Tailings Tailings Dam Project Specialist, Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile

Roberto Santos

Professor, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil

Andrea López Schmidt

Principal Tailings Innovation, Anglo American, Chile

Shahe Shnorhokian

Faculty Lecturer, McGill University, Canada

Fiona Sofra

Managing Director, Rheological Consulting Services, Australia

Gerardo Soto

Academic, Universidad de Chile

Aldo Tamburrino

Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile

Carla Tapia

Pipelines Manager, Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Mayu Tincopa

General Manager, ConeTec, Peru

Juan Torres

Project Leader, Delfing, Chile

Greta Tresoldi

Product and Marketing Manager, LSI LASTEM, Italy

Bryan Ulrich

Owner, Bryan Ulrich LLC - Tailings Solutions, USA

Marco Valdebenito

Principal Engineering Lead, Stantec, Chile

Romy Valdivia

Project Manager, Anddes Associates, Mexico

Pedro Valencia

Technical Manager, Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Pamela Valenzuela

Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Pablo Vásquez

Tailings Manager, Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Francisco Vega

Regional Director Latin America, Geokon, Chile

Esteban Venegas

Project Manager, BAUER, Germany

Luis Vergaray

Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Geinfranco Villalta

Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

John Wates

Geotechnical and Tailings Engineer, John Wates Consulting, South Africa

Nigel Wight

Editor

Social Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile

Justin Willis

Principal Tailings Engineer, BHP, Australia

Rodrigo Zapata

Geotechnical Engineer, BBA Consultants, Chile

Jose Zuta

Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Teck Resources, Chile

Tejo Bheemasetti

Editor

Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, USA

Sergio Carrasco

Editor

Researcher, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Joseph Scalia IV

Editor

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Tailings Center Site Director for Colorado State University, USA

Yuan Li

Editor

Assistant Professor, University of Utah, USA

Hugo Quelopana

Head Editor

Engineering Manager, Gestiona Consultores, Chile

Yendery Ramírez

Editor

Researcher, SMI-ICE-Chile

Gonzalo Suazo

Editor

Assistant Professor of the Department of Civil Works, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Executive Committe

Directing Members

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