Committees
- Organizing Committee
- Advisory Committee
- Technical Committee
- Editorial Committee
Executive Committe
Jo Heyes
Chair
Head of Resource Engineering, BHP Technical Centre of Excellence, Australia
Carl Grant
2018 Chair
Head of Mine Closure Planning, Anglo American
Juan Palma
Co-Organizer
Academic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Glen Corder
Co-Organizer
Associate Professor, SMI-Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, The University of Queensland, Australia
Jacques Wiertz
Program Director
Associate Professor, Universidad de Chile
Carlos Barahona
Executive Director
General Manager, Gecamin, Chile
Rodrigo Reyes
Coordinator
International Events Coordinator, Gecamin, Chile
Directing Members
Carlos Brito
Directing Member
Manager Sustainability and External Affairs South America, KGHM, Chile
Alfredo Gallardo
Directing Member
Mining and Environmental Technical Director, Cía. de Minas Buenaventura, Peru
Darío Zegarra
Directing Member
Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru
Paul Maidstone
Directing Member
Environment Manager, Glencore, Chile
Eduardo Sanzana
Directing Member
Corporate Mine Closure Director, Codelco, Chile
Eva Tobar
Directing Member
Permit Manager, Lundin Mining, Chile
Petri Salopera
Directing Member
Country Manager Ecuador and Chile, Newcrest Mining, Ecuador
Alejandra Vial
Corporate Environment Manager, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Zach Agioutantis
Professor, TUC, UK
Bárbara Alcayaga
Partnerships and Communications Manager, SMI-ICE Chile
Pablo Alonso
Senior Environmental Engineer, South Pole Project, Minera Centinela, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Todd Bell
Lead Rehabilitation, Anglo American, Australia
Dawn Brock
Senior Programme Officer – Environmental Stewardship & Social Progress, ICMM, UK
Marcela Curotto
Head of Geochemistry and Mine Closure, SRK Consulting, Chile
Luke Danielson
President, Sustainable Development Strategies Group, USA
María Luisa Delgado
Responsible for Mining Sustainability, WSP, Chile
Manuel Farías
Rector, CFT Coquimbo, Chile
Solange Gantenbein
Environment Manager, Knight Piésold, Chile
Aldo García
Consultant in Dialogue and Community Development, Chachawarmi, Chile
Erich Heymann
Principal Mine Closure Planning, Anglo American, South Africa
Andreas Kiekebusch
General Environment Manager, Transnordestina Logística, Brazil
Rinaldo Mancin
Director of Environmental Affairs, Instituto Brasileño de Minería, Brazil
Cristián Marambio
Senior Consultant in the area of Geochemistry and Closure of Mining, SRK Consulting, Chile
Nelson Núñez
Sustainability & Compliance Manager, Goldcorp, Mexico
Mike O'Kane
President, O'Kane Consultants, Canada
Ernesto Ortiz
General Manager, Consultora Ingemina, Chile
Patricio Oyanader
Sustainability Projects Director, El Teniente Division, Codelco, Chile
Jerry Perkins
Director, JPA, Chile
Jorge Ricaurte
Mine Projects Development Supervisor, Cerrejón, Colombia
Soledad Robres
General Manager, Soler Consultora Ambiental, Chile
Juan Pablo Rubilar
Leader in Sustainability, Corporación Alta Ley - CIMM, Chile
Eduard Ruiz
General Manager, Amphos 21, Peru
Arnaldo Santander
Project manager, Golder, Chile
Juan Seleme
Senior CSR and Sustainable Development Consultant, Independent, Chile
Gianna Traverso
Environmental Project Manager, Golder, Chile
Patricio Trigo
Head of Environment, Minera Antucoya, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Bjorn Weeks
Principal Engineer – Director, Golder Associates, Chile
Osvaldo Aduvire
Principal Consultant - Chief of the Environmental Department, SRK Consulting, Peru
Michael Agum
Consultant, Kogun Consultancy Services, Papua New Guinea
May-Lin Almendras
Project Engineer, Arcadis, Chile
Luis Alvarado
Manager of Mine Services, Peñoles, Mexico
Diego Arán
General Manager, Inproyen Consulting, Spain
Celedonio Aranda
Senior Engineer, Compañía Minera Antamina, Peru
David Arcos
Mining Geochemistry Manager, Amphos 21, Spain
Gonzalo Asencio
General Manager, Gisma, Chile
Eduardo Balladares
Professor, Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Thomas Baumgartl
Principal Research Fellow, CMLR, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Australia
Christian Belmar
Senior Economist, Universidad de Chile
Jennifer Broadhurst
Associate Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Carlos Cacciuttolo
Consultant, Independent, Chile
Jorge Campos
Senior Mining Consultant, Arcadis, Chile
Gustavo Castelo
Environmental Projects Engineer, Southern Peru Copper Corporation
David Cook
Founder, Level Field Consulting, Canada
Marcela Cubillos
Consultant, SRK Consulting, Canada
Nick Currey
Director, Sustainable Mining Strategies, Australia
Carolina Díaz
Closure Specialist, Minera Escondida, BHP, Chile
Omar Gaete
Engineer Water Projects, Stantec, Chile
Rafael Gioielli
Corporate Social Responsibility General Manager, Votorantim, Chile
Pedro Gutiérrez-Yurrita
Professor, CIIEMAD, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Raúl Henríquez
Asset Resources Management Specialist, BHP, Chile
Roger Higgins
Adjunct Professor, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Australia
Longbin Huang
Professor, University Of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Josué Huere
Manager of Environmental and Operating Permits, Minsur, Peru
Richard Jackson
Industry Fellow, SMI-Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland, Australia
Anne Johnson
Assistant Professor, Queen's University, Canada
Mike Katz
Mineral Development Consultant, Independent Consultant, Australia
Pravesh Kumari
Principal Mine Closure Planning, Anglo American, South Africa
Andrés López
Mine Closure Leader, Wood, Chile
Karina López
Senior Asset Resource Management, BHP, Chile
John Lowry
Environmental Scientist and Landform Modeler, Department of the Environment and Energy, Australian Government
Geraldine McGuire
Managing Director, Sustainable Solutions Global, Australia
Benjamin McLellan
Research Assistant, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Raúl Mollehuara
Technical Advisor Mine Water, Mine Waste and Mine Closure, Oulu Mining School, Finland
Karina Monsalve
Project Engineer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Gonzalo Montes
Academic, Department of Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile
Michael Nahir
Director, Mine Closure and Reclamation, Parsons, Canada
Claudia Ortiz
Head Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Ricardo Oyarzún
Professor, Universidad de La Serena, Chile
Gonzalo Padilla
Long Term Process Planning Engineer, BHP Pampa Norte, Chile
Suzanne Parker
CEO, Parker Swan Consulting, UK
David Parry
Principal Advisor, Rio Tinto, Australia
Felipe Ramirez
Project Coordinator, Consultoría y Tecnología Ambiental, Chile
Andrés Recalde
Director, Mining & Common Good, Canada
Alicia Romero
Socio Environmental Manager, Stantec, Peru
Karin De Rycker
General Manager, SRK Consulting, Peru
Felipe Saavedra
Sustainability Research Fellow, SMI-ICE, Chile
Sat Sansar Singh
Environmental Sciences and Management, Mayco Consultores, Chile
Monigi Sox Soga
Principal Consultant, Rural, Urban link Consultancy, Papua New Guinea
Kathryn Sturman
Senior Research Fellow, SMI-Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland, Australia
Sam Szoke-Burke
Legal Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University, USA
Kathia Tabra
Environmental Scientist, Knight Piesold, Peru
Mark Tibbett
Professor of Soil Ecology, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Mauricio Torem
Head, Mineral Processing Research Group, Pontificia Universidad Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Wendy Tyrrell
Managing Director, The Long View Consulting, Australia
Lilian Valdebenito
Senior Consultant - Geochemistry and Mine Closure, SRK Consulting, Chile
Víctor Valdebenito
Senior Environmental Engineer, Los Pelambres, Antofagasta Minerals, Chile
Pamela Valenzuela
Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Marcello Veiga
Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Geert Van Vliet
Economist, University of Montpellier, France
Barbara Wernick
Principal, Senior Environmental Scientist, Mine Environment Division, Golder Associates, Canada
Stuart Winchester
Technical Director GeoEnvironmental Science, GHD, Australia
Susana Zúñiga
Consultant in Risk in Mining, Independent, Chile
Norman Gridley
Project and Study Manager Independent Consultant, Chile
Doina Priscu
Principal Engineeer Mining Environment Priscu and Associates Consulting Engineers , Canada
Jacques Wiertz
Associate Professor Universidad de Chile