Committees

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