Adrienne Rispoli is the Senior Director – Mining & Integrated Planning at Iamgold, based at the corporate office since 2021. She leads the company’s integrated planning initiative and recently expanded her responsibilities as Qualified Person (QP) for Mining, ensuring governance and compliance in Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve (MRMR) estimation. A graduate of McGill University with a Bachelor’s in Mining Engineering (2004), Adrienne began her career at Goldcorp, where she advanced the integration of technology to improve efficiency and workplace safety. She has held several technical roles at Newmont, Goldcorp, Xstrata, and North American Palladium operations, gaining deep expertise in mine planning across various operations in Canada. Throughout her career, Adrienne has focused on mine planning, project management, risk mitigation, and economic evaluations as well as adopting new technologies to enhance the working environment. Adrienne is a Professional Engineer (Quebec & Ontario) and remains deeply passionate about mine planning, operational excellence, and technical governance.

Matheus Faria is Director of Technical Services at KPI Mining Solutions, leading consulting, training, and software implementation for stochastic mine planning solutions. He holds a degree in Mining Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and a Master's in Stochastic Mine Planning and Geostatistics from McGill University's COSMO Laboratory. Matheus helps exploration projects and operating mines worldwide apply stochastic methods to strengthen strategic planning decisions.

Mining engineer (BSc) with a background in both consultancy and strategic-planning roles within the mining industry (open-pit and underground; commodities: iron ore, gold, copper, silver, bauxite, phosphate, REEs). Expertise in the intersections of Mine Planning, Software Technology and Strategic Optimization. Skilled in implementing multi-mine optimization models to enhance decision-making processes, including cut-off grade optimization, CAPEX, and operating mode decisions. Currently at KPI Mining Solutions, dedicated to assist mining companies in implementing and scaling stochastic mine planning optimization software, concepts, and processes to achieve more profitable and risk-resilient mine production plans.

Ilnur Minniakhmetov is a multidisciplinary geoscientist and technical leader with over 20 years of industry experience across mining, oil and gas, applied mathematics, data science and software development. He has deep expertise in geological modelling, resource estimation, geostatistics, numerical modelling and uncertainty quantification across multiple commodities. Ilnur specialises in understanding how geoscience uncertainty propagates through mine planning, production forecasts and business decisions. At BHP, he supports assets with complex modelling challenges, provides technical governance, reviews resource models and develops practical approaches for integrating uncertainty into planning, assurance and decision-making.

Noaman BOUHLALI is a Ph.D. student at the Geology & Sustainable Mining Institute (GSMI-UM6P), whose research topic is " Integrated Simulation-Based Evaluation of Mining Strategies for Operational Efficiency and Waste Management" He holds a State Mining Engineer Diploma from the National School of Mines in Rabat, a Master’s Degree in Mineral Resource Prospecting and Valorization, a Bachelor's Degree focusing on Mineral Resources and Quarries from the Faculty of Science and Technology in Settat, and a Specialized Mining Technician Diploma from the Marrakech Institute of Mines. His research interests include Resource and Reserve Estimation, Mine Design and Scheduling, Mine Optimizations, Mining Technology, Bulk Materials Handling, Mine Waste Management, Mining Scenario Planning and Simulation, Progressive Reclamation, Environmental Impact, and Sustainability.