chairperson
Director, Paterson & Cooke Canada Inc.
maureen.mcguinness@patersoncooke.com
CO-Chair
Webster Chair Professor, McGill University Â
ferri.hassani@mcgill.ca​
Organizing committee members
Sue Longo
WSP
Jennifer Moon
T Engineering
Marie Boiteau
CIM
Carol Damiani
CIM
Nadia Bakka
CIM
Technical committee members
Betty Lin
Technical Director, Tailings Processing & Tailings Practice Lead, Central Canada
Hatch
Canada
Chris Lee
Fellow
WSP Golder
Canada
Dr. David Stone
President
MineFill Services USA Inc.
USA
Violetta Sokoła-Szewioła
Professor
Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mining, Safety Engineering and Industrial Automation
Poland
Dr. Aimin Zhou
Professor
Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
China
Agus Sasmito
Associate Professor
McGill University, McGill University, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering
Canada
Tikou Belem
Professor
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), Research Institute of Mines and Environment (RIME)
Canada
Mostafa Benzaazoua
Full professor, Director of the Geology and sustainable mining institute (GSMI)
University Mohamed 6 Polytechnique, Ben Guerir
Morocco
Mehrdad Kermani
Associate Researcher
McGill University, Faculty of Mining & Materials Engineering
Canada
Angus Paterson
Director
Paterson & Cooke
South Africa
Robert Cooke
Director
Paterson & Cooke
USA
Lijie Guo
Professor or Deputy-Director
Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (BGRIMM)
China
Dr. Chun Yang
Associate Professor
Central South University
China
Ryan L. Veenstra
Global Backfill Specialist
Newmont
Australia
Matt Treinen
Principal Engineer, Tailings Process Optimization
Newmont
USA