Speakers: 2026 Digitalization & AI in Mining North America Conference

Khaled Ali
Targeting and Data Manager
De Beers Canada Inc.

Abhijit Badwe
Digital Solutions Consulting Director Americas
ABB

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

Tim Bezaire
MineStar Command Trainer
Imperial Oil

Jesús Borobia
Business Development Manager for North America
PowerTrunk

Martin Bouchard
Product Manager APDS/CAS
Sandvik

Ashina Buddu
VP Business Intelligence & Data Analytics
Anglo American

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

Hassan el Bouhali
Chief Information Officer
Vale Base Metals

Hassan Farooq
Head Of ICT
Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company

Batchimeg Ganbaatar
Managing Partner
Nomadic Venture Partners

Sebastian Goodfellow
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto

Rob Graham
President & CEO
Genwave Technologies Inc.

Ali Haider Kazmi
Manager Mine Excellence
Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company

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

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

Mike Martos
Director Geoscience Digital Enablement
Newmont

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)

Andy Prince
Head of Mine Solutions
SK Godelius

Lorelei Ratushniak
Director Mining Relations
MICA | Mining Innovations Commercialization Accelerator

Subhasis Ray
General Manager – Americas
ABB

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

Yuksel Asli Sari
Associate Professor
Queen’s University

Ruediger Schroedter
Global Lead for Mining
SAP

Gordana Slepcev
Chief Operating Officer
Lomiko Metals

Alexis Ternoy
Chief Information Officer
Endeavour Mining

Claudio Toro-Salazar
Global Digital Market Development Lead
ABB

Cathy Tough
Country Manager
SAP Canada

Mya Walters
Account Director, Mining & Natural Resources
SafetyCulture