Ray Griffiths is a Partner in Technology Risk & Cyber with extensive experience helping organisations manage cyber security and technology risk across complex IT, operational technology (OT) and critical infrastructure environments. Drawing on a strong engineering background and deep expertise in the mining sector, Ray advises on how to secure and modernise technology environments while maintaining operational resilience and business performance. Ray has led the design and delivery of large-scale automation, cyber security, OT security and risk transformation programs, helping organisations navigate evolving regulatory requirements, strengthen operational resilience, and realise the value of digital technologies safely, securely and at speed. He is a recognised leader in OT and critical infrastructure security, with a practical approach shaped by decades of experience working at the intersection of technology, operations and cyber risk.

Ekin Eraydin is the co-founder and CEO of MineGuard AI and a senior mining professional with more than 16 years of operational, technical and leadership experience across Queensland and New South Wales. He holds an MBA from the University of Queensland and an SSE statutory practising certificate, and periodically acts in Site Senior Executive roles. Ekin focuses on practical, user-centred applications of artificial intelligence in incident investigation, critical control management and SHMS improvement. His work helps mining organisations adopt emerging technologies responsibly, while ensuring experienced professionals continue to review, validate and apply AI-generated outputs.

Kate Blackwood is Acting Director of the Mental Awareness, Respect and Safety (MARS) Centre at Edith Cowan University. She is an experienced researcher, educator and industry engagement leader whose work focuses on mentally healthy work, psychosocial risk management, workplace bullying, leadership, and organisational change. Kate has led numerous collaborative projects with industry, government and not-for-profit partners, translating research into practical tools, programs and resources that improve workplace health, safety and wellbeing.

Mr Matthew Gill is a mining engineer with over 40 years' experience. He has a strong technical, operational and executive management background, having worked as an underground miner, mine planning engineer, supervisor, department head, general manager, COO, CEO and managing director, in Australia, Papua New Guinea, India, Ghana, Bolivia and the USA. He holds four First Class Metalliferous Mine Manager’s Certificates of Competency and has been instrumental in the successful development of five mines (Porgera, Beaconsfield, Ballarat, Morning Star and Endeavor). He is a three-time winner of the Australian Mine Manager of the Year Award and received the AusIMM Leadership Award in 2008. Matt was most recently a non-executive director for Polymetals, and then GM leading the re-opening of the Endeavor mine in NSW. Prior to that, he was the MD&CEO for White Rock Minerals and Castlemaine Goldfields, and has also been the Group Chief Operating Officer for Singapore-listed LionGold Corp, and has worked for Renison Goldfields, Placer Pacific, WMC and Rio Tinto. Matt runs his own mining advisory consultancy, and is a Crisis Leadership Advisor with Left of Boom, and a Project Director with Mining One. Matt also sits on the Board of Akora Resources as a non-executive director, focused on advancing that company’s high-grade iron ore projects in Madagascar