2024 Previous Speakers


Dr. Gavin Lind
CEO
Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance

Luis Talavera
Superintendent Mining Planning Integration
BHP

Dr Anousha Hashemi
Exploration Manager
IGO Limited

Rob Bryant
Executive Vice President, Asia-Pacific
InEight

Rebecca Tomkinson
CEO
The Chamber of Minerals & Energy of Western Australia

Shelley Robertson
Chief Corporate Officer
Fortescue

Professor Nigar Sultana
Professor, ESG/Sustainability Accounting and Governance
Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University

Callum Moore
HSEC Manager
29Metals

Pamela Hackett
Best-Selling Author, 'Manage to Engage' & Co-Founder
The LeadReal Company

Chris Jordaan
Chief Operating Officer
Australian Strategic Materials

Matt Denyer
Principal Adviser – Indigenous Partnerships & Communities
Minerals Council of Australia

Geoffrey Batt
Research Portfolio Manager
Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia

Tiaan Tromp
Chief Commercial Officer
Nerospec

Chad Burrows
Manager of Digital Innovation
Roy Hill

Asmita Mahanta
Practice Lead Global Geophysics
BHP

Mr John Welborn
Executive Chairman
Fenix Resources

Valentina Ruta
Project Lead Recognition
Rio Tinto

Ed Lewis
Head of Operations
Unearthed

Dr. Colin Nexhip
Chief Technology Officer
Iluka

Kelsie Clarke
Principal, Business Improvement Planning
Woodside Energy

Mr Jan-Henrik Norberger
Executive Director, Workforce Strategy and Industry Engagement
Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance

Allison Britt
Director of Mineral Resources Advice and Promotion
Geoscience Australia

Kate Dickson
General Manager, Operations
AMEC

Manny Khurana
Technical Product Manager
SQM

Associate Professor Amir Razmjou
Associate Professor
Edith Cowan University

Jairo Bernal
Finance Director and Company Secretary
SQM

Fergus Kiley
General Manager Operations
Nico Resources

Mr Cornelius Itotoh
Manager of Exploration Operations
BHP

Zoe Williams
CEO & Founder
Luminary Mindset®

Juan Pablo Julio
Director
Trade Commission Office of Chile in Australia

Guy Boggs
CEO
Cooperative Research Centre for Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME)

Chris Vellnagel
AHS Senior System Engineer
Hitachi Construction Machinery

Phillip Stothard
Senior Lecturer & Researcher (Mining Engineering)
Curtin University

Eric Lilford
Head of the Minerals and Energy Economics
WASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering Faculty, Curtin University

Andrew Kirk
Senior Cloud Consultant
Searce Inc

Andrew O’Brien
Industry Specialist - Utilities Industrial Internet of Things - APJC
Cisco Systems

Roland Plett
Global Lead - Energy and Mining
Cisco & Intel

Arjen de Bruin
CEO
OIM Consulting

Aaron Morey
Chief Economist and Director of Policy, Influence and Strategy
Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA

Hon David Michael
Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Ports; Local Government; Road Safety; Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport
Australian Government

Catherine Garlick
Director, Land Use Management Division of the Department of Planning
Lands and Heritage

Thomas Hodgson
Director
Anthesis Group

Brian Kraft
Director
Anthesis

Rebecca Getty
Principal Global Closure
BHP

Mr Todd J Ross
Managing Director
Nordic Nickel Ltd

Adrienne LaBombard
Director of Policy and Advocacy
The Chamber of Minerals & Energy of Western Australia

Dr. Hirad Assimi
Researcher
University of Adelaide

Andrew Bailey
CEO
MinEx CRC

Andrew Johnstone
Industry Specialist - Utilities Industrial Internet of Things - APJC
Cisco Systems

Bonnie Morley
Policy and Project Officer
Mineral Research Institute of WA

Graham Allan
Head of Solutions
Orange Business

Jamie Pryer
Business Development Lead
Orange Business

Mr Seyed Miri
Regional Business Lead, ANZ and PI
Planet Labs, PBC

Shaheen Hughes
Superintendent: Inclusion and Engagement
Gold Fields

Michael Beaumont
Assistant Vice President, Account Engineering,
FM Global

Mustapha Naciri
Manager Technology Integration
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd.

Harry Williams
Solutions Engineer
Prometheus Group

Ivor Roberts
Acting Deputy WorkSafe Commissioner
Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety

Maddison Costello
Graduate Safety | Safety AoE
Rio Tinto

Cameron Stevens
Safety Innovation Lead
Australian Automation & Robotics Precinct

Kathryn Horlin
Manager Sustainability & Social Value Improvement & Assurance
BHP

Henning Prommer
Professor
University of Western Australia

Chris McFarlane
Manager Innovation
South32

Emilie Ditton
Mining, Mineral and Metals Regional Segment Leader, ANZ/Pacific
Schneider Electric

Mariel Renteria
Principal Innovation
BHP

Renu Kannu
Business Partnerships Lead
CORE Innovation Hub

Samantha Langley
Head of Sustainability
Vulcan

Glenn Tommy
Group Owner - Mining, Energy & Construction
Telstra Enterprise

Dino Georgiou
Executive Customer Success & Sales
Telstra InfraCo

Richard Simons
Chief FInancial Officer
NRW Holdings

Sachin Prasad
Regional Sales Manager
Piller Australia