Katie Kruger

Chair

Manager of Tailings, Crushed Leach, and Water
Freeport-McMoRan, USA

Pamela Soto

2025 Chair

Manager Tailings & Water Australia
MMG, Australia

Guilherme Gomes

Co-Organizer

Professor
Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil

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

María Grazzia Li

Corporate Relations Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile

Carlos Montes

International Engineering Development Manager
Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada

Aldo Muñoz

Researcher
Universidad de Chile

Ali Hooshiar

Lead Geotechnical Engineer, Geotechnical & Tailings
Ausenco, Canada

André Lima

Business Development Director
TPF Engenharia, Brazil

Andrea Grosso

Senior Process Engineer
Diemme Filtration, Italy

Benham Pirouz

Senior Principal Engineer
ATC Williams, Australia

Bruno Espinace

General Manager
GA Consultores, Chile

Camilo Morales

Senior Geotechnical Consultant
SRK Consulting Chile

Carla Tapia

Pipelines Manager
Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Celso Romanel

Associate Professor
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Christian Ihle

Chief Innovation Officer
Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Cleveland Gustavo Silva

Geotechnical Engineer
Alcoa, Brazil

Cristián Marambio

Principal Mine Closure
Stantec, Chile

Daniela Puma

Project Engineer
Arcadis, Chile

David Romo

Senior Project Manager, Partner
Newfields, USA

Domingos Neto

Geothecnic Engineer
Samarco, Brasil

Edgar Bard

Senior Mine Waste Consultant
WSP, Chile

Eduard Palmezano

Geotechnical Specialist and RTFE
Cerro Matoso, Colombia

Elizabeth Lam

Director of the Research Nucleus
Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Fernanda Kemeid

Manager SME Major Hazards - Global
Rio Tinto, Australia

Franco Oboni

President
Riskope, Canada

Gerardo Soto

Academic
Universidad de Chile

Germán González

Engineer Responsible for Tailings Facilities (RTFE)
Cerro Negro, Newmont, Argentina

Gonzalo Padilla

Project Manager
CLMetcing, Chile

Gonzalo Zambrano

Assistant Professor, Geotechnical Engineering
University of Alberta, Canada

Gullibert Novoa

Head of Mining Safety Permits Subdepartment
Sernageomin, Chile

Helena Paula Nierwinski

Adjunct Professor
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Hernán Cifuentes

Principal Consultant
TAILINGS HC, Australia

Ivette De Jesús

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

Jaime Morales

Mining Center Director
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

Javier Ubilla

Principal Geotechnical Engineer
NAVA Consulting, Chile

Jeffrey Barrett

Vice President Technology
Geokon, USA

Jerry Perkins

LATAM Representant
Jord International, Australia

João Tavares

Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Vale, Brazil

John Wates

Geotechnical and Tailings Engineer
John Wates Consulting, South Africa

José Luis Ccotohuanca

Tailings Geotechnical Engineer
Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Peru

Juan José Moreno

Director
Tailex, Australia

Juan Ojeda

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

Karina Monsalve

Project Review Engineer
Sernageomin, Chile

Laura Moreno

Project Engineer
Red Earth Engineering, Chile

Lucas Almeida

Geotechnical Engineer

Luciana Sakuma

Civil Engineer - Dam Demolition
Vale, Brazil

Marcelo Llano

Principal Geotechnical Engineer
Red Earth Engineering, Australia

Marcelo Mussé

Consulting Partner
Netke, Chile

Marina Trevizolli

Product Manager - Geotechnical Analysis
Seequent, Brazil

Maximiliano Thollander

Deputy RTFE
Minera Candelaria, Lundin Mining, Chile

Miro Doring

Geophysicist
Geophysicist Institute of Mine Seismology, Canada

Osvaldo Aduvire

Chief of the Environmental Department
SRK Consulting Peru

Pablo Cárcamo

Head of Geotechnics Laboratory Division
IDIEM, Universidad de Chile

Pablo Vásquez

Tailings Manager
Shimin Ingeniería, Chile

Patricio Chacón

Head of Projects
Arcadis, Chile

Paulo Coelho

Assistant Professor
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Rafael Luna

Associate, Senior Geotechnical Engineer
WSP, Peru

Rafael Piton

Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Vale, Brazil

Rafael Santos

Senior Geologist
Vale Base Metals, Brasil

Ramón Díaz de León

Senior Project Engineer
Freeport McMoRan, Chile

Raymond Guang

Senior Tailings Engineer
Paterson & Cooke, Canada

Rebeca Brown

Specialist Projects
BHP, Chile

Reginaldo Alvares

Civil Maintenance Engineer
Norsk Hydro, Braszil

Roberto Gesche

Principal Geosciences Lead
Stantec, Chile

Roberto Santos

Professor
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil

Rodrigo Ruiz

Manager R&D Project
BHP, Chile

Roger Vilcapoma

Civil Engineer - Geotechnical
Toquepala, Southern Peru Copper Coporation, Perú

Rubén Olcay

Professor
Universidad Arturo Prat, Chile

Ruth Rain

Energy and Mining Specialist
CORFO, Chile

Sebastián Albayay

Lawyer
Kinross, Chile

Sergio Carrasco

Researcher
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Sergio Palma

Academic
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

Shahé Shnorhokian

Faculty Lecturer
McGill University, Canada

Tacio de Campos

Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica Do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Timo Dobler

Process Engineer
BOKELA, Germany

Tobie Loftus

Principal Technology Development Manager
ENPROTEC, South Africa

Vahid Hassanzadeh

Process Engineer
Metso Australia

Vicente San Martín

Project Engineer
Gestiona Consultores, Chile

Wanderson Silvério Silva

Specialist Engineer
Samarco, Brazil

Yahaira Barrueto

Postdoctoral Researcher
SMI-ICE Chile

Yasna Tapia

Academic
Universidad de Chile