About
Committees
The Organizing, Advisory and Editorial Committees support the promotion of the congress. Likewise, they support by determining the technical focus of the congress program. The Editorial Committee review the submitted abstracts, ensuring the highest technical quality. All committee members receive a special price on registration fees.
Organizing Committee
Executive Committe
Pablo Carvallo
Chair
Director of Operations
Glencore, Chile
Mariana Concha
2025 Chair
Corporate Water and Tailings Manager
Codelco, Chile
Gladys Vidal
Program Director and Co-Organizer
Principal Researcher
Centro de Recursos Hídricos para la Agricultura y la Minería (CRHIAM), Chile
Nathalie Jamett
Co-Organizer
Researcher
SMI Chile Internacional Centre from the University of Queensland, Australia
Omar del Castillo
Co-Organizer
Director of the Hydraulic Research Institute
Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina
Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager
Gecamin, Chile
Mimy Mackenzie
Conferences and Publications Manager
Gecamin, Chile
Andrea Rodríguez
Congress Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile
Francisca Miranda
Corporate Relations Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile
Directing Members
Advisory Committee
Carlos Padilla
Head of Water Treatment and Desalination Division
Soltex, Chile
Carlos Sánchez
Corporate Superintendent Water Resources
Minsur, Peru
Federico Quezada
Lead Environment, Monitoring & Control
Newmont Mining, Argentina
Felix Quartero
Business Developer & Trade Policy Advisor
Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands
Frans Janssen
Water Economic Advisor
Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands
Gino Cruz
Partner Attorney, Environmental and Health Law
Cruz Jullian Abogados Consultores, Chile
Ian Callow
Principal Hydrogeologist
Rio Tinto, Australia
Jeff Simpson
President & CEO
Aquatic Life, Canadá
Julio Vivanco
Corporate Pipeline Superintendent
Freeport-McMoRan, Chile
Luis Cabrera
Superintendent of Environmental Assessment and Assurance
Compañia Minera Antamina, Perú
Olga Raventós
CEO
iAquant, Spain
Omar Gaete
Product Applications Expert - Mining
Veolia, Chile
Santiago Montserrat
Researcher
Advanced Mining Technology Center, Universidad de Chile
Srivinas Veerapaneni
Global Practice Technology Leader
Black & Veatch, USA
Tancredi Botto
Co- Founder & CEO
Muon Vision, EE.UU. y Chile
Verónica Morales
Professor
Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
Victor Valdebenito
Senior Environmental Engineer
Minera Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Yurieth Quintero
PhD Fellow
Universidade Do Minho, Portugal
Rodrigo Reyes
Coordinator
Senior International Conferences Coordinator
Gecamin, Chile
Editorial Committee
Cristian Vega
Editorial Committee
Member of the Council of the Hydraulic Research Institute
Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina
Gladys Vidal
Program Director
Principal Researcher
Centro de Recursos Hídricos para la Agricultura y la Minería (CRHIAM), Chile
José Luis Campos
Researcher
CHRIAM, Universidad de Concepcicón, Chile
Leopoldo Gutiérrez
Researcher
CHRIAM, Universidad de Concepcicón, Chile
Zulma Menna
Editorial Committee
Deputy Director of the Hydraulic Research Institute
Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina
