Speakers: 2026 Digitalization & AI in Mining North America Conference

Khaled Ali
Exploration Data Assets Manager
De Beers Canada Inc.

Kay Ampofo
Manager – Enterprise Architect - SAP Enterprise Solutions
Deloitte Canada

Abhijit Badwe
Digital Solutions Consulting Director Americas
ABB

Omid Bagherpur
Principal Geophysics
BHP

Jahaida Batallanos
General Manager Finance & Digital
Rio Tinto Aluminium & Lithium

Tim Bezaire
MineStar Command Trainer
Imperial Oil

Jesus Borobia
Business Development Manager for North America
PowerTrunk

Ashina Buddu
VP Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
Anglo American

Dustin Caouette
Sales Manager - Digitec
Sandvik

Kevin Dagenais
CEO
Cascadia Scientific

Eric Decker
Head of IT
Navajo Transitional Energy Company

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
Professor
McGill University

Jon Downing
Principal Data Scientist
Anglo American

Anthony Downs
Partner
Worley

Hassan el Bouhali
Chief Information Officer
Vale Base Metals

Batchimeg Ganbaatar
Managing Partner
Nomadic Venture Partners

Sebastian Goodfellow
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto

Rob Graham
President & CEO
Genwave Technologies Inc.

Mauricio Hidalgo
Vice President, Head of Technology
IAMGOLD

Jim Hietala
VP, Sustainability and Market Development
The Open Group

Giulia Jalmerot-Timarco
Director - Mining
Mining Innovation Network

Jayme Johnson
Client Partner
IBM Consulting Canada

Indy Kar
Vice President of Strategic Growth
FTP Solutions Inc.

Mathias Korsgaard
Partner and Management Consultant
Aplied.ai

Samuel Koulibali
Head of Data & Insights
Endeavour Mining

Sandeep Krishnan
Director, IT
YASH TECHNOLOGIES

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

Crystal Lui
Associate Partner, Mining & Energy
IBM Consulting Canada

Chandra Majumdar
Partner
Deloitte

Mike Martos
Director Geoscience Digital Enablement
Newmont

Arttu-Matti Matinlauri
Vice President, Minerals Digital
Metso

Nizar Mohamed
Associate Partner, Data & AI
IBM Consulting Canada

Vitaliy Monastyrov
CTO
SightPower

Morad Mziout
Strategic Advisor, Leader & Mentor in Enterprise & Business Architecture, Business Analysis
New Horizons Services

Bershu Nkwawir
Digital Transformation Director
Schneider Electric

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

Sid Parti
Global Head of Data, AI & Enterprise Architecture
Vale Base Metals

Andy Prince
Head of Mine Solutions
SK Godelius

Lorelei Ratushniak
Director Mining Relations
MICA | Mining Innovations Commercialization Accelerator

Subhasis Ray
General Manager Americas -Process Industries -Digital
ABB

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

Pejman Salehi
CEO
NORCAT

Yuksel Asli Sari
Associate Professor
Queen's University

Ruediger Schroedter
Global Lead for Mining
SAP

Inga Seelemann
Principal Director, Technology Consulting
Accenture

Gordana Slepcev
Chief Operating Officer
Lomiko Metals

Alexis Ternoy
Chief Information Officer
Endeavour Mining

Dilaksan Thillaithevan
Senior Data Scientist
Quaisr

Claudio Toro-Salazar
Global Digital Market Development Lead
ABB

Cathy Tough
Country Manager
SAP Canada

Theunis van der Linde
Senior Manager, Strategy and Consulting
Accenture

Borys Vorobyov
CEO
SightPower Inc.

Mya Walters
Account Director, Mining & Natural Resources
SafetyCulture

Farzi Yusufali
CEO
Stratum AI