Conference Advisory Committee
Conference Advisory Committee
Meet our 2027 Advisory Committee
We'd like to introduce the Advisory Committee for the Life of Mine | Mine Waste and Tailings Conference 2027.
Responsible for curating the technical content for their respective conferences, the Life of Mine (LOM) Advisory Committee and the Mine Waste and Tailings (MWT) Advisory Committee will come together to develop and deliver a superior event in 2027.
We would like to extend our thanks to all committee members for their time, effort and dedication to develop an outstanding conference program.
LOM Committee Members
Professor Clair Cote
FAusIMM
Principal Water and Environmental Specialist
Egis in ANZ
Conference Chair
Alex Thin
FAusIMM(CP)
Corporate Consultant (Evaluation and Mining)
SRK Consulting
Brad Radloff
MAusIMM
Principal and Mackay Office Manager
SLR Consulting
Dr Ingrid Meek
MAusIMM(CP)
Principal Technical Lead - Rehabilitation and Reclamation
Okane Consultants
Dr Jason Dunlop
Principal Technical Advisor
Office of the Queensland Mine Rehabilitation Commissioner
Michael McLeary
MAusIMM
Mine Closure and Asset Transition Consultant/ Director
Globalscapes Pty Ltd
Sarah Mcconnell
MAusIMM
Principal Global Closure
BHP
Sibasis Acharya
FAusIMM
Director
Citigold Corporation Ltd
Todd Bell
MAusIMM
Principal Closure
MMG Limited
Vanessa MacDonald
Centre Manager ARC ITTC Data Science
Curtin University
ARC ITTC Data Science
Maggie Ng
Advisor - Sustainability and Environment
MMG
Agnes Samper
Senior Research Fellow
University of Queensland
Ainsley Ferrier
MAusIMM
Key Account Manager
Deswik
Tarah Hagen
Technical Discipline Manager & Technical Director
SLR Consulting
Mine Waste and Tailing Advisory Committee
Professor David Williams
FAusIMM
Emeritus Professor
The University of Queensland
Committee chair
Angélica Amanda Andrade
Doctoral Researcher
University of Queensland
Lis Boczek
Group Manager Tailings and Dams
South32
Edgar Salas
APAC Tailings Service Line Leader
GHD
Dr Hernan Cifuentes
FAusIMM
Principal Consultant
Tailings HC Consulting
Symon Jackson
FAusIMM(CP)
Committee member
Red Earth Engineering
Fernanda Maluly Kemeid
Senior Manager Geotechnical Engineering
Rio Tinto
Marcelo Llana
Senior Principal Engineer
Red Earth Engineering
Allan McConnell
FAusIMM
Founder
Insitu Geotech Services
Kathy Tehrani
MAusIMM
Committee member
ATC Williams
Chenming Zhang
Committee member
University of Queensland
Andy Fourie
MAusIMM
Professor
University of Western Australia
Arun Muhunthan
Principal Engineer
ATC Williams
Kristy Ellis
Exploration Geologist
Gold Fields
Kevin Spencer
Principal Tailing Engineer
BHP
Ed Tuplin
MAusIMM(CP)
Principal Advisor
Rio Tinto
Joe Rola
Principal Consultant (Tailings and Mine Waste)
SRK Consulting
Gideon Steyl
Lead Technical Governance Tailings
South 32
Mark Chapman
Engineer
Insitu
Dr Morteza Ghamgosar
Principal Engineer
Harmony SEA
Kyle Smith
Technical Executive - Mine Tailings
WSP
Chris Dickinson
MAusIMM
Principal Hydrogeologist
Ground & Water Australia Pty Ltd