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COMMITTEES
Organizing Committee
Advisory Committee
Technical Committee
Event Coordinator
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Chairman Jorge Menacho
Technical Manager
De Re Metallica. Chile.
Director Member 

Sergio Castro.
Global Practice Leader
Processing. BHP-Billiton.
Chile

Director Member 

Gustavo Tapia.
Vicepresident Metallurgy.
Anglo American Chile.

Executive Director

Carlos Barahona.
General Manager.
Gecamin Ltda. Chile

Technical Coordinator

Jesús Casas
Consultant and Assistant Professor.
University of Chile . Chile

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Esteban Domic International Consultant. Domic
Ingeniería y Construcciones S.A.
Chile.
David Dreisinger

Professor.
University of British Columbia.
Canada.

Manuel Guzmán

Manager Corporative Research
and Development.
Molymet S.A.
Chile.

Fathi Habashi

Emeritus Professor.
University of Laval.
Canada.

Miguel Herrera

Expert Consultant.
Grupolatino S.A.
Chile

Marcelo Jo

General Manager North Area Technology
Development.
Lomas Bayas-Xstrata Copper.
Chile.

Guillermo Kelly

Project Manager. 
GeoBiotics, LLC.
Chile.

Joaquín Martínez

Associate Professor.
Royal Institute of
Technology.
Suecia.

Kwadwo Osseo-Asare

Professor.
Penn State University.
USA.

Vladimiros Papangelakis

Professor.
University of Toronto.
Canada.

Jaime Rauld

Senior Researcher.
Minera Michilla.
Chile.

Gordon Ritcey

Consultant.
G.M. Ritcey & Associates INC.
Canada.

Jorge Rubio

Professor.
University Federal of Rio Grande of Sul.
Brasil.

Luis Sobral

Head of Service of Metallurgical and Biological Processes.
CETEM.
Brasil.

Ron Swart

Research & Development Manager, Metals Extraction Products.
Cytec.
England.

Michael Virnig

Director of Technology, MCT&ITT.
Cognis.
USA.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Gerardo Cifuentes

Academic.
University of Santiago of Chile.

Richard Dixon

Director for Latin America of the Group of Waters.
Hatch.
Chile.

Manuel Droguett

Head Operations Pilas y Pozas.
Soquimich.
Chile.

Carlos García 

Engineer Process Senior.
Hatch.
Chile.

Ricardo Godoy

Engineer Process Senior.
Minera Sur Andes, Anglo American Chile.

Teófilo Graber

Academic.
University of Antofagasta.
Chile.

Hans Hein

International Consultant.
Chile

Rubén Inostroza

Manager Engineering Project Bio-Leaching.
Cía. Minera Doña Inés de Collahuasi.
Chile.

Renata Lima  

Chemistry.
CETEM.
Brasil.

Luis Moreno

Associate Professor.
Royal Institute of Technology.
Suecia.

Sergio Rivera

Engineer of Process and Technology.
SKM Minmetal.
Chile.

Gino Slanzi

Superintendent Innovation and Development.
Codelco Chile División Andina.
Chile.

María E. Taboada

Academic.
University of Antofagasta.
Chile.

Juan C. Tapia

Metallurgy Manager.
AMEC.
Chile.

Jacques Wiertz

Consultant and Assistant Professor.
University of Chile.

Event Coordinator
Event Coordinator

Fabiola Bustamante
Gecamin Ltda.