Diana has over 25 years experience in the minerals industry. She spent her early career working in Australian mineral processing plant operations, site-based research and metallurgical process design, before moving to the education sector. Diana has now spent 15 years working in metallurgical education and professional development, and has designed and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate education at The University of Queensland, University of New South Wales and the Lassonde Mineral Engineering program at the University of Toronto. She was a part of the team that developed the innovative Mineral Education Partnership (MEP) between the three preeminent Mineral Processing Schools in Australia, and has also been involved in delivering the AngloPlatinum Graduate Development Program (AGDP) run by the University of Cape Town. Diana is working as an independent consultant after a number of year working for JKTech Pty Ltd, the commercialisation arm of The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute. She is currently chair of the AusIMM Metallurgical Society, and is the first female member of the member of the International Mineral Processing Council (IMPC). Diana also chairs the IMPC Education Commission.

Tamara Matveeva - Deputy Director and Head of the Department of the Institute of Comprehensive Exploitation of Mineral Resources Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science.

Liguang Wang obtained his PhD from Virginia Tech and BE and ME from Central South University. He was a visiting academic at University of Cambridge. He is a recipient of the 2022 ACARP Research and Industry Excellence Award.

Mr. Xue Jifeng received his bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering from Anhui University of Science & Technology in September 2016, then earned his master's degree in Mineral processing engineering from China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing in July 2019. Mr. Xue enrolled as a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University in September 2019. His areas of research include wastewater treatment, application of saline water/seawater in metal sulfide separation process, interaction analysis of adsorbed secondary minerals/flotation reagents on sulfides floatability, and bio-flotation of mixed metal sulfides in seawater environment.

Peipei Wang is a Research Associate in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals, based at the University of Newcastle. Peipei undertook her PhD at Imperial College London investigating the rising behaviour of particle-laden bubbles. This work was recognised via the Bosworth Smith Trust Fund Prize from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. She then spent her postdoc at the University of Queensland investigating ways to enhance flotation recovery, and undertook studies concerned with bubble bursting at flotation froth surfaces. Her current work at the University of Newcastle is on the development of the Reflux Flotation Cell (RFC) and a novel agglomeration technology.

Juliette Lainé is a PhD Candidate in LPCT (laboratory of theoretical physics and chemistry) at the university of Lorraine in France and in ArcelorMittal Global R&D. She combines her mining engineering background with molecular modelling to provide knowledge on the mechanisms behind flotation. She particularly works on the separation of magnetite and kaolinite of iron ores.

Belinda McFadzean is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Minerals Research in Cape Town, South Africa. Her research focusses on the flotation process from fundamental molecular surface interactions to plant-scale optimisation techniques. Her particular interest is the interactions of surface-active reagents at air-water and solid-water interfaces and quantifying these effects on the froth behaviour in order to predict flotation performance.

Kylie Ward is a PhD candidate at the WA School of Mines, Curtin University. Her PhD project investigates the flotation behaviour of gold telluride minerals which have significant economic value in many locations. She has many years of experience in the mining industry in research, project and production roles relating to froth flotation. She has carried out a large body of research in pulp chemistry and the factors affecting it that is applicable to comminution and froth flotation at Mt Isa and the University of South Australia. She is a recipient of the AusIMM G.B. O’Malley Medal, Lurgi Charles Rasp Medal and Travel Bursary, and The RTP Scholarship at Curtin University.

Belinda McFadzean is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Minerals Research in Cape Town, South Africa. Her research focusses on the flotation process from fundamental molecular surface interactions to plant-scale optimisation techniques. Her particular interest is the interactions of surface-active reagents at air-water and solid-water interfaces and quantifying these effects on the froth behaviour in order to predict flotation performance.

Mr. Kosei Aikawa is a Ph.D. student in the Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan, and a research fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. He earned his master’s degree in the field of Sustainable Resources Engineering from Hokkaido University in March 2021. His research interests include mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, and resources recycling. He is currently doing several projects on mineral processing, such as flotation of sulfide ores.

Yosuke EBISU is a senior metallurgist at R&D department of Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd. mainly working on the optimization of flotation process of its new copper mine project.