Dr Seher Ata is an Associate Professor in the School of Minerals and Energy resources Engineering at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining UNSW, she was a Research Academic at the Centre for Multiphase Processes, the Newcastle of University. Dr Ata expertise includes first stage separation of minerals including critical minerals that drive the current and future technologies, reprocessing of mine waste to recover valuable minerals and tailings dewatering. Ata publishes widely and has recently been included in the world's top 2% of Scientists List in which is ranked #112 from more than 27,000 researchers in the area of "Mining and Metallurgy".

Dr Malibongwe Manono is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He holds a BSc(Eng) in Chemical Engineering, a MSc(Eng) in Chemical Engineering and a PhD from the University of Cape Town. His current research activities and interests relate to the consideration of closed water circuits within minerals processing with key interests on froth flotation and the dewatering of flotation products.

Labone Lorraine Godirilwe is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Akita University, Japan, where she has also obtained her Master of Engineering. Her current research work involves employing advanced hydrometallurgical methods to extract valuable metals from metallurgical waste. Her previous research involved studying the behavior of anode impurities during copper electrorefining. Previously, Labone worked as a metallurgist in copper/nickel processing and smelting operations in Botswana for five years after obtaining her Bachelor of Chemical Engineering at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada."

Dr Ray Shaw has over 40 years’ experience in Minerals Research and Technology having worked extensively in Mineral Processing, Hydrometallurgy, Pyrometallurgy and Pigment Production. He spent over 30 years with Rio Tinto and now consults to the industry and work on new technology developments through his company Minetometal. His current focus is on new hydrometallurgical processes for zinc and copper ores. He is an inventor on over 30 patents in Alumina Refining and Aluminium Smelting, Copper Hydrometallury, Potash Processing, Oil Shale Processing, Microwave based Sorting, Zinc Oxide Production and Coarse Particle Flotation. He is a past Chairman of AMIRA, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and of the AusIMM and has been a board member/director of numerous R&D Institutions. He has provided Pro Bono support to numerous universities and CSIRO and was awarded a Centenary Medal for his work in the mining industry.

Etienne graduated from multidisciplinary engineering school Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 2008 and completed his formation with a PhD in process engineering / water treatment achieved in 2012. He then worked both as process engineer and software developer. In early 2018, he joined CASPEO as a process engineer. He contributes in software development , research projects and metallurgical balance system implementation projects.

Dr Miao Chen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO Mineral Resources and Professor in RMIT University. She leads a multidisciplinary research team from the fields of chemistry, materials science, physics and biology. She has developed a keen interest in the area of complex and low-grade ore processing (Cu, Au, Ni and Uranium), electrochemistry and chemical sensing. Dr Chen has over 165 ISI journal papers published with H index of 34, she holds 23 patents including VESI chemical sensing technology. Her current research is: • in situ characterization of surface and interfacial reactions of refractory and arsenic bearing sulfide minerals during leaching. • Robust solid-state electrochemical sensors for in-situ and continuous industrial environmental monitoring. • Mineral-solution interfacial and surface chemistry (leaching mechanism and kinetics study including Synchrotron techniques). • Low grade and complex ore processing, mine tailing processing, acid mine drainage manages and remediation, and e-waste materials process.