Evan is currently the Principal Geotechnical Engineer at Olympic Dam. Prior to this role he was Senior Geotechnical and Mining Engineer with Emesent where he worked on developing mining solutions using Hovermap data. The use of mobile LiDAR data for geotechnical applications has formed part of his ongoing PhD through Curtin University into the recognition of large-scale instabilities in underground metalliferous mines. He holds undergraduate degrees in Civil and Structural Engineering and Science (Geology and Applied Mathematics) from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Mining Engineering from the UNSW.

Zecheng Li obtained his B.E. and M.E. in Mining Engineering from the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) and his Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Zecheng is a geotechnical engineer currently working at CMOC Northparkes Mines, which is the first mine in Australia to use block cave mining method. He is working on the construction of Northparkes next new block cave mine (E26 Lift 1 North). His research interests includes rock mechanics, geomechanics, geotechnical engineering in both hard rock mines and coal mines

Jason Henriquez is employed as a project manager at Geo-Engineering and Exploration Division of the DMT in Australia. He has Geo-Engineering and Operational Mining industry experience. He holds a PMP® certification and studies in civil engineering and mning engineering in Chile and Germany. In his work, he was responsible for mine planning and mine operation, HSE control and development, shaft construction feasibility studies regarding ground control (brine freezing), liner options, geometry and cost optimisation.

Professor Peter Knights is Professor and Discipline Leader for Mining Engineering with the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland. From 2006-2015 he held the BMA Chair in Mining. From 1996-2015 he was an Assistant and subsequently Associate Professor with the Catholic University of Chile, based in Santiago, Chile. His research interests focus on maintenance and reliability engineering with an emphasis on data driven maintenance decisions applied to conventional and automated mining equipment, mine planning and novel mining systems. He leads a research group comprised of 2 academic staff, 4 PhD and 2 M.Phil. students.

Academician Guofa Wang is an expert in coal mining technology and equipment. In 1982, he graduated with Bachelor's degree from department of mechanical engineering, Shangdong Institute of Technology（now known as Shangdong University) In 1985, he obtained his Master’s Degree from department of mechanical engineering, Northeastern Institute of Technology （now known as Northeastern University. He is now a Chief Scientist of China Coal Technology & Engineering Group (China Coal Research Institute), and he also serves as an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is one of China’s leading pioneers of high efficient fully mechanized coal mining technology and equipment. He was awarded one first-class, four second-class, one third-class “National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology” and more than 30 “Provincial prize for Progress in Science and Technology”. He has published 6 monographs and over 100 academic papers.

Born 1994; April 2019 Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering; since July 2019 Senior Researcher and PhD student at Montanuniversitaet Leoben

Mehala has been working at the University of Sydney as a postdoctoral researcher within the Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation (RTCMA), part of the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR). Her role focuses on applying a range of complex methodologies to help industry partner Rio Tinto solve their problems. These methodologies provide support in decision making by combining mathematical and computational modelling with experimental research.