Helga Sonnenberg
Founder & CEO - Ecoreg Solutions
Helga has consulted and conducted research related to water quality, as well as fisheries and related aquatic resources for 25 years and works at all project phases from baseline through to remediation and closure. She also specializes leading water quality read more
Ariane Laporte-Bisquit
Project Manager Water Risk Filter - WWF
Bill Pain
Environmental Scientist - Government of the Northwest Territories
With 16+ years of experience in the environmental assessment and remediation sector, Bill Pain has worked as an environmental scientist and regulatory adviser with the Government of the Northwest Territories for the past eight years. Bill’s work involves leading numerous read more
Carl Weatherell
Executive Director & CEO - Canada Mining Innovation Council
Carl is a natural connector bringing together disparate and seemingly unrelated people, groups, and organizations to transform possibilities into plans and plans into action. The hallmark of Carl’s experience is collaboration and building innovation ecosystems to solve complex problems. As read more
Cecil Mutambanengwe
Principal - Water & Hydrogeology - Anglo Gold Ashanti
Chris Kennedy
Director - Water - Teck Resources
Chris is the Director, Water for Teck Resources Ltd. focused on water governance and water strategy, with a particular emphasis on identifying new water management approaches and technologies to enhance operational sustainability at Teck’s operations, development projects, and legacy sites. read more
Emily O’Hara
Manager, Water Strategy & Stewardship - New Gold
Emily O’Hara is a professional Water Resource Engineer, with over 12 years of experience in the mining industry. She is currently the Manager, Water Strategy and Stewardship for New Gold Inc, and is based in Kamloops BC. Her experience has read more
Emma Gagen
Manager Closure and Water - ICMM
Emma has a PhD in Environmental Microbiology and 12 years of experience in mine rehabilitation, land and water management developed through her post-PhD research in biogeochemistry and as a lecturer on environmental management in mining at the University of Queensland. read more
Estrella Guadalupe Martinez Ramos
Manager, Water Management - Peñoles
Estrella has been worked with Peñoles for 10 years, with experience in chemical and metallurgical processes, tailings and water stewardship.
John Brogly
Director of Water - COSIA
John has more than 40 years of experience in the energy and petrochemical industry. He joined Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) from Canadian Natural Resources, where he worked for more than eight years as Engineering Manager, Bitumen Production at read more
Karien Scheepers
Metallurgist EIT - New Gold Inc.
Karien Scheepers is a Chemical Engineer-in-Training with 4 years of experience in the mining industry. Her background is in mineral processing (gold, diamonds) and mine tailings water treatment. She is currently leading the water treatment team at the Rainy River Mine, read more
Nadja Kunz
Assistant Professor - The University of British Columbia
Nadja Kunz completed her undergraduate and PhD degrees at the University of Queensland, where she specialized in chemical engineering, business management, and interdisciplinary engineering. After completing her PhD, Nadja spent 2 years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Eawag Aquatic read more
Nosimo Macatsha
Group Head of Water Stewardship - Gold Fields
Nosimo Macatsha is the Group Head of Water Stewardship for Gold Fields. In her role she is responsible for setting Strategic direction for water across the group to lift capability and awareness of water related risks and challenges. She provides guidance read more
Patrick Mullen
Head of Water Management - Anglo American
Pratima Divgi
Head of Capital Markets - CDP North America
Pratima Divgi is the Head of Capital Markets, CDP North America. In her role, she leads engagement with the financial sector to measure and manage their climate and environmental impact, guiding them toward more sustainable practices. Previously, Pratima was the read more
Richard Bond
Innovation and Engagement Director - The Coal Authority
Richard Bond is the Innovation & Engagement Director at the Coal Authority, where his focus is the development of Mine Water Heat as a renewable heat source for the UK. Over the past 30 years he has primarily worked in read more
Scott Diggles
Global Water Lead - Rio Tinto
Sylvie St-Jean
Director Environment and Reclamation - Osisko Development
Thomas Genty
Environmental Engineer - Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Vasiliki Ioannidou
Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering - Leeds Beckett University
Carla Wytrykush
Suncor
Yapo Alle-Ando
Senior Lead Environment - Galore Creek Mining
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
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
Sandy Fabritz
Director of Water Strategy - Freeport-McMoRan
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
Shirley Neault
Manager, Environment and Systems - Hudbay Minerals
Shirley has over 30 years of service with Hudbay Minerals and is currently the Manager, Environment and Systems. Shirley has held a key, on-going role within the management system for the last 18 years. That role has a strong focus read more
Lesley Warren
Director - Lassonde Institute of Mining
Dr. Lesley Warren leads the Lassonde Institute of Mining at the University of Toronto as Managing Director and Chief Principal Investigator. She has an internationally recognized track record of integrated geochemical and microbiological investigation. As a leading expert, she has read more