Speakers: 2026 Digitalization & AI in Mining North America Conference

Khaled Ali
De Beers Canada Inc.
Exploration Data Assets Manager

Abhijit Badwe
ABB
Digital Solutions Consulting Director Americas

Jahaida Batallanos
Rio Tinto
General Manager Planning, Performance, Digital and Technology Global Aluminum & Lithium

Tim Bezaire
Imperial Oil
MineStar Command Trainer

Martin Bouchard
Sandvik
Product Manager APDS/CAS

Ashina Buddu
Anglo American
VP Business Intelligence & Data Analytics

Jon Downing
Anglo American
Principal Data Scientist

Hassan el Bouhali
Vale Base Metals
Chief Information Officer

Batchimeg Ganbaatar
Nomadic Venture Partners
Managing Partner

Sebastian Goodfellow
University of Toronto
Assistant Professor

Mauricio Hidalgo
IAMGOLD
Vice President, Head of Technology

Jim Hietala
The Open Group
VP, Sustainability and Market Development

Giulia Jalmerot-Timarco
Mining Innovation Network
Director - Mining

Samuel Koulibali
Endeavour Mining
Head of Data & Insights

Rob Labbe
Mining and Metals Information Sharing and Analysis Centre
CEO and CISO-in-Residence

Melanie LaRoche-Boisvert
WIM Canada
Administrator

Mike Martos
Newmont
Chief Geological Data Scientist

Chamirai Charles Nyabeze
Vice President, Business Development - Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI)
Network Director - MICA | Vice President, Business Development - CEMI

Lorelei Ratushniak
MICA | Mining Innovations Commercialization Accelerator
Director Mining Relations

Elizabeth Renaud
Endeavour Mining
VP Operational Excellence, Digital Innovation & Decarbonisation

Yuksel Asli Sari
Queen’s University
Associate Professor

Gordana Slepcev
Lomiko Metals
Chief Operating Officer

Alexis Ternoy
Endeavour Mining
Chief Information Officer

Claudio Toro-Salazar
ABB
Global Digital Market Development Lead