Chris Braun
Process Manager - Tailings - FLSmitdth
Chris is the Tailings Process and Study Manager for the FLSmidth Global Tailings Team. In this role, he manages tailings studies for clients focusing on dewatered tailings processes. He is also a senior technical resource for tailings dewatering projects throughout read more
Jay Werber
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry - University of Toronto
Jay Werber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto (U of T). He is the principal investigator of the Advanced Membranes Lab, which focuses on the development and characterization read more
Silvia Alcira Jaramillo Moscoso
Mining Environmental Liability Remediation Projects Supervisor - Ministry of Energy and Mines
Silvia is an Environmental Engineer with more than 15 years of experience in the mining-energy industry and with a master's degree in Mining Environmental Management, specializing in mining in technical and regulatory aspects related to mining procedures, in the control read more
Michael van Aanhout
Facilitator - Towards Sustainable Mining, Community of Interest Advisory Panel
Michael van Aanhout joined Stratos in 2000 as a senior management consultant, became President in 2005, Chairman in 2012, and recently, a Partner in ERM when Stratos became an ERM Group company. His focus is working with leaders in Canada’s natural read more
Tatiana Aguilar
Head of corporate mining - Ministry of Mines and Energy, Colombia
Ms. Aguilar has a master's degree in Social Policy and Development from The London School of Economics and Political Science and a master's degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes. She has a bachelor education in Economics, Finance read more
Kristin Pouw
Global Environmental Director - Newmont
Kristin Pouw is Global Environmental Director within Newmont’s Corporate Sustainability and External Relations team. In her role, she is responsible for providing subject matter expertise and promoting alignment with standards/strategies and targets to support environmental management and performance within her read more
Bashan Govender
Assistant Director - National Department of Water and Sanitation South Africa
Bashan Govender is from the National Department of Water and Sanitation, Pretoria, South Africa. Bashan is responsible for mine water management throughout South Africa, with emphases on acid mine drainage, mitigation of mining-influenced water and addressing the broader mining-water resources read more
Dawn Brock
Manager - ICMM
Dawn joined ICMM's Environmental Stewardship and Social Progress programme in March 2017 as a Senior Programme Officer, focusing on water stewardship, climate change and closure. Prior to joining ICMM, Dawn worked at Golder Associates, within their Rehabilitation and Closure team read more
Jason Dunlop
Principal Technical Advisor - Office of the Queensland Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner, Department of Environment and Science
Jason Dunlop is a Principal Technical Advisor in the Office of the Queensland Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner within the Department of Environment and Science. This role involves the development of leading practice approaches for mine rehabilitation with a focus on the read more
Naresh Kanderi
Technical Development Manager - Italmatch, USA
Naresh Kanderi is the Technical Development Manager at Italmatch USA with over 30 years’ experience in water, wastewater, oil and gas, mining from equipment, process troubleshooting and chemical manufacturing. Naresh has a Bachelors in Engineering CIT gained in Indian and read more
Manuel Valdés Vera
Especialists Systetabilidad Aguas & Relaves - CODELCO
Manuel Valdés Vera, is a specialist in water and hydrogeology of Codelco Northern District leading the development of environmental studies and projects related to mining processes for copper extraction. Previously, Manuel worked as a specialist engineer in teck mining company. read more
Linda Wrong
Global General Manager - Glencore International
Linda is the Global General Manager, Corporate Environment, at Glencore International, based in Baar, Switzerland. In her current role, Linda provides corporate environmental leadership across Glencore’s portfolio, in over 35 countries and across more than 150 assets. Prior to Glencore, read more
Josée Brazeau
Project Manager Closure and Legacy - Agnico Eagle
Bachelor’s degree in Ecology and master’s degree in Environment from Sherbrooke University in Québec. Work for 18 years as an environmental analyst and liaison officer with First Nations and Inuit communities of Northern Québec for the Ministry of Environment of read more
Blair Douglas
Global Practice Lead for Hydrology and Water - BHP
Blair Douglas is the Global Practice Lead for Hydrology and Water for BHP, a Leadership role setting technical direction on water management with the water planning and operational teams across multiple commodities to lift capability and awareness of water related read more
James Murray
Industrial Utilities/ Heavy Industry - Veolia HQ
Henri Joggand
Senior Technical Expert - Veolia HQ
Sandra Choqesillo Santillan
Legal Specialist Level I - General Directorate of Mining Environmental Affairs - Ministry of Energy and Mining
Legal Specialist Level I - General Directorate of Mining Environmental Affairs of the Ministry of Energy and Mining. After early her law degree from the San martin de Porres University, Sandra joined the public sector where she developed her passion read more
Hermien Oberholzer
Senior Principal Engineer Water and Infrastructure - Anglo American Platinum
Ms Oberholzer has 28 years of experience as a civil engineer in the water field. Her technical experience covers all aspects of a water projects, from feasibility studies and preliminary planning through to design and contract supervision and management. She read more
Carlos Hubner
TMF Operations and Water Balance Manager - First Quantum Minerals
Carlos Hubner has been involved in the mining industry for more than 10 years. Most of his professional experience is linked to water and tailings management under different operational and site conditions. His objective is to implement an integrated and read more
Charles Dumaresq
Vice President, Science and Environmental Management - Mining Association of Canada
Charles Dumaresq is Vice President, Science and Environmental Management with the Mining Association of Canada (MAC). He joined MAC in 2015, assuming a lead role on MAC’s work related to tailings management. He played a key role in reviewing and read more
Jacob Mai
Mining Engineering Technical Advisor - German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Jacob Mai holds a degree in Geoenvironmental Engineering and Mining Engineering from Clausthal University of Technology. He has comprehensive research experience in the field of environmental impact mitigation in the mining industry gathered in SE-Asia, Central Africa and Central America. read more
Patrick Malone
VP Closure and Governance - Barrick
Patrick Malone is an ESG executive focused on sustainable mining and brownfield redevelopment. He has more than twenty years of experience in managing complex development projects, including permitting mines on federal lands, the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated properties, development read more
Sandy Fabritz-Whitney
Director of Water Strategy - Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Helga Sonnenberg
CEO - Ecoreg Solutions Inc.
From exploration to closure, Helga has consulted and conducted research related to water quality, fisheries, and aquatic resources for 25 years. She founded Ecoreg Solutions in 2016 with a progressive vision for innovation, collaboration, work culture, and the belief that read more
Naseem Vahed
Senior Engineer Water Management - Anglo America Platinum
Dennis Wilson
VP Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability - Equinox Gold
Dennis Wilson is currently the VP Health Safety Environment and Sustainability for Equinox Gold Corp. which is a mid-tier gold producer with mines in Brail, Mexico, the US and Canada. Dennis previously worked as the Director of Environment and Social read more
Peter Stanley
Abandoned Mines Senior Specialist Advisor - Natural Resources Wales
Peter is a Chartered Geologist initially specialising in land contamination, ground gas and landfill engineering. Over the last fifteen years he has been involved in assessing the impacts of abandoned metal mines in Wales, initially in consulting and then for read more
Ben Chalmers
Senior Vice President - Mining Association Canada
Since joining MAC in 2011, Ben has been responsible for the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative, MAC’s award-winning program focused on enabling mining companies to meet society’s needs for minerals, metals and energy products in the most socially, economically and read more
Rachelle Angott
Environment Advisor - Vale
My name is Rachelle Angott, I was born in Thompson Manitoba in 1976, where I make my home today. I am a proud mother of two beautiful children, a son and a daughter. I have worked at Vale’s Manitoba Operation read more
Juan Miguel Pinto
Director, Sales & Strategy - Americas for Energy Recovery Inc.
Juan Miguel Pinto currently holds the position of Director, Sales & Strategy, Americas for Energy Recovery Inc (ERI). Energy Recovery, Inc. provides energy solutions to industrial fluid flow markets worldwide. He joined ERI in 2006 and he played key roles read more
Wayne Douglas
Global Head of Mining R&D and Vice President - FLSmitdth
As Global Head of Mining R&D at FLSmidth, Wayne Douglas drives research, development, innovation and digital solutions for mining customers across the globe. Wayne's strategic role covers the entire mining flowsheet, encompassing product development to wear and aftermarket solutions and, read more
Margarete Kalin-Seidenfaden
Research Director - Boojum Research
Margarete Kalin-Seidenfaden founder of Boojum Research Ltd an R& D firm which has developed ecologically based, self-sustaining decommissioning systems for mine waste and water management areas. She received the Noranda Award for Outstanding Achievement in Reclamation and the Teck-Cominco Environmental read more
Ingrid Oyarzún Olave
Head of Sustainability Innovation, Innovation & Ventures - BHP
Ingrid is a Hydraulic Civil Engineer from Universidad de Chile, with an MBA in Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (Chile) and a Master of Science in Hydrogeologist from Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña (Spain). Ingrid has 21 years of combined experience in the read more
Andre Gagnon
Director, Tailings & Geotechnical Engineering - Lundin Mining
Andre Gagnon is a professional geotechnical engineer with 15 years of experience in the mining industry. He graduated from Queen’s University in Canada with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering, and later completed an MSc in Engineering read more