Christian is the founder and CEO of Impress Solutions. With 25+ years in mining, energy, and resources, he works with organisations including BHP, Glencore, Anglo American, and South32 to build effective critical risk management programs. Christian's current work focuses on integrating Critical Controls, Critical Steps, and Energy Based Safety into a single practical framework for preventing fatalities.

Alex Fernando is the Co-Founder and Director of Incident Analytics, an expert-led risk intelligence company that combines industry expertise with CONTROL iQ™ technology to strengthen critical controls and help organisations prevent serious injuries and fatalities. He has worked across mining, utilities, oil and gas, transport, manufacturing, and petrochemical operations throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia, leading initiatives in critical control management, SIF prevention, leadership, and workforce development. Alex brings a practical, systems-thinking approach to helping organisations better understand and manage critical risks.

Anthony is the Director of Glasshouse Consulting and a trusted advisor on the design and delivery of operational risk and safety management practices to many tier one companies across a variety of high hazard industries. Anthony is widely regarded as a Thought Leader in the operationalising of fatality critical controls and a key contributor to the mining industries approach to preventing fatalities. He recently led the significant review and updating of the Critical Control Management Good Practice Guide for the ICMM. Prior to starting Glasshouse Consulting Anthony worked for Rio Tinto where he held several roles overseeing group programs relating to risk management, systems and assurance, including the design and deployment of their HSE Strategic Risk, Critical Risk Management and Process Safety Management programs. Prior to Rio Tinto, Anthony worked for Qest Consulting and GHD, and part of a team who leveraged their experience in working with oil, gas and chemical companies to help major mining companies gain a better understanding of their major hazards and shift their focus towards the effectiveness of risk controls. Anthony is passionate about ensuring the safety systems and leadership practices support the safe and efficient execution of work at the front line.

David Cliff is the Emeritus Professor of OHS in Mining at the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, UQ. He has provided education, research and consulting in health and safety to the mining industry for over 37 years, initially at SIMTARS then the QRC, he joined MISHC in 2001. He has provided expert assistance in the areas of health and safety to the mining industry around the world for over thirty five years including respirable dust, fitness for duty, emergency preparedness, and fires and explosions including investigating of more than 40 major incidents including, Moura No.2, and Pike River.

Iain is a mining engineer with over 45 years of practical mining experience, obtained in a diverse range of underground operations from narrow hand-held stoping mines to large mechanised panel cave mines. He has worked in South Africa with AngloVaal and DeBeers, and in Australia withWMC, North Ltd and Rio Tinto. He also seconded to Freeport Mc-Mo-Ran in the USA for the Grasberg and DMLZ block cave mines. His experience includes production operations (from shift-boss through to mine manager), management of development projects, technical positions and consulting roles. He has also performed technical reviews, safety audits and accident investigations. He left Rio Tinto in 2016 and had been consulting independently on underground mining, specializing in block and panel cave mines and projects. He has worked on over 40 block/panel caving mines, studies and projects. Iain has had many papers published on underground mining, covering various aspects including development, mine design and operation, as well as major hazards such as air-blast and mudrush.