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Speakers 2026

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Daniel Mas Valdés

Biminister of Economy and Mines
Government of Chile
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Máximo Pacheco Matte

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO)
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Alejandro Tapia

President Escondida
BHP
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Luis Lucero

Secretary of Mining
Government of Argentina
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Cashel Meagher

President & CEO
Capstone Copper
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Patricio Hidalgo

CEO, Chile
Anglo American
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Kathleen L. Quirk

President & CEO
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
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Carlos Díaz

CEO
Novandino Lithium
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Colin Hamilton

Vice President, Market Research & Economic Analysis
Teck
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Anna Sobieraj-Kozakiewicz

Vice President of the Management Board Chief Foreign Assets
KGHM Polska Miedź S.A
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Jonathan Price

President & CEO
Teck
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Katie Jackson

Chief Executive, Copper
Rio Tinto
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Chris Asgill

VP, Market Analysis & Forecasts
CRU
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Dr. Toralf Haag

CEO
Aurubis
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Sebastián Carmona Caldera

Vice President and Regional Leader for Latin America
Albemarle
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Rafael Barcellos

Head of LatAm Metals & Mining
Bradesco BBI
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Michael Willoughby

Managing Director - Global Co-Head of Metals & Mining
Jefferies Limited
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Laura Whitton

Head of Commodity Strategy, Copper & Potash
BHP
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William Tankard

Principal Analyst
CRU
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Jon Stanton

Group Chief Executive
Weir
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Juan Ignacio Diaz

President & CEO
ICA
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Diego Isasi

CFO
Marcobre
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Patrick Ammerlaan

General Manager
Boliden Smelters
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Ivan Petev

Global Head of Base Metals
Gunvor Group
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Veronica Medina


InvestHK
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Mohsen Banaei Fard

Director – Metals
NKT
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Nicholas Snowdon

Head of Metals and Mining Research
Mercuria Energy Trading SA
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Pamela Espinoza Lyon

Gerenta Corporativa de Talento y Diversidad
Codelco
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Marcela Bucarey Zelaya

Gerente de Talento y Desarrollo Organizacional
Anglo American Chile
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Carolina Vásquez

Gerente General
SONAMI
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Christian Claveria

Head of Strategic Services
BHP Americas
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Jennifer Tong

Principal Consultant
CRU
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Liz Dennett

Founder and CEO
Endolith
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Zuo Haoen

Standing Researcher
Minmetals International Copper Research Group
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Craig Lang

Principal Analyst, Base Metals
CRU
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Helen Amos

Managing Director and Commodities Analyst Equity Research
BMO Capital Markets
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Menno Sanderse

Chief Financial Officer, Copper
Rio Tinto
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Miguel Schloss

President
Surinvest Ltda.
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Henry Van

Head of Industrial Metals Analysis
Trafigura
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Paul Barbaro

'General Manager, Chile
'Summit Nanotech
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Darryn Quayle

Vice President
Worley
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Lucy Martin

President, Mining and Metals
Bechtel
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Ian Lange

Professor, Economics and Business
Colorado School of Mines
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Toni Laaksonen

CEO
FLSmidth SA
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Jamie Álvarez

VP & South America General Manager
Fluor
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Sebastian Tello

Head of Metallurgy
Mitsui Co Mineral Resource Development L.A.
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Nelson Mora

CTO and Acting CEO
Jetti Resources
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Cristóbal Undurraga

CEO
CEIBO
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Rob Adamson

Chair
NextOre Ltd - MagnaTerra Technologies
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Patricia Gamboa

Director of Research and Policy Planning
Chilean Copper Commission
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Jaime Sepúlveda

Manager of Studies and Evaluations
CAP
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Xie Shoudong

Senior Engineer, Ph.D. Supervisor, Rotating General Manager, General Manager,
Guangdong Hongda, Hongda Blasting
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André Cruz

Brazilian Subsidiary Managing Director
Gebr. Pfeiffer do Brasil
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Andrés Pradines

Vice President for Asset Optimisation & Operational Readiness
Ausenco
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Speaker to be announced NextOre


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Glenn Stieper

Director of Growth and Solutions
Glencore Technology
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Erik Heimlich

Head of Copper & Zinc Markets
CRU
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Rick Valenta

Director - Sustainable Minerals Institute
The University of Queensland
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Duncan Hobbs

Research Manager
Concord Resources Ltd
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Peter Harrisson

Head of Sulphur & Sulphuric Acid Analysis
CRU
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Simon Price

Director, Energy Transition
CRU
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Nicolas Muñoz Valdes

Base Metals Market and Strategy Analyst
CRU
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Cecilia Perla

Acting Chief Executive Officer
Nuton, Rio Tinto
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Vicente Camino

Managing Director of Supply & Energy Management
ENGIE Chile
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Sebastian Gatica

Senior Consultant Consulting
CRU
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Angela Maria Fasnacht Cuéllar

Chief Operating Officer
PureLi
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Daniel Jimenez

Partner
iLi Markets
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Jean-Baptiste Hogard

Sr VP Lithium BU
Eramet
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Martin Jackson

Head of Battery Materials Markets
CRU
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Jorge Mora

'Manager, Operations & Representative (South America)
International Lithium Association (ILiA)
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Hernán Cáceres

Director Ejecutivo
Instituto Nacional de Litio y Salares — INLiSa
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Nicolás Rojas

Analyst, Copper Mining Assets
CRU
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Felipe de Mussy

President - South America
Lilac Solutions, Inc
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Juan Brihet

Senior Consultant
CRU