Knackstedt is a Professor at ANU Research School of Physics. He leads a team that has undertaken leading edge fundamental research underpinning Digital Rock Technology and the OreAI program and translated the technology into tangible commercial outcomes. He led the adoption of Digital rock technology into the energy and carbon storage sectors and built the ARC ITTC for M3D Innovation driving the technology applications into mining, defence, and biomedical fields. He is globally recognised as the founder of Digital rock technology, having been awarded the ENI medal (unofficial equivalent to a Nobel prize in Energy Science) and been an invited lecturer to many Societies in the Energy industry. In 2019 he presented the technology to a range of industries through a sponsored award from Kimberley Clark Corporation.

Currently: PhD candidate in Economic Geology and Petrology at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, in collaboration with LKAB. During my PhD studies, I will work on the characterization of apatite and REEs at LKAB's Per Geijer Iron Oxide-Apatite-REE deposit, in northern Sweden (both P and REEs are considered critical raw materials by the EU). My work will include research on apatite mineral chemistry, fluid- and melt inclusions, isotopic systems, and apatite (texture) occurrences and affiliation within the deposit. Using these methods, I hope to contribute to the understanding of the highly debated genesis of the Per Geijer deposit and to develop process mineralogical vectors that help in understanding apatite amenability to the potential future beneficiation process. Previously: M.Sc. European Mining Course (EMC) (2020-2023) - triple degree Master's Programme at Delft University of Technology, with exchanges to RWTH Aachen University and Aalto University. Master's thesis: "Spatial distribution of alteration mineral geochemistry at the Oijärvi gold deposit, Finland". B.Sc. Earth Sciences - focus on geophysics and geology (2017-2020) - Utrecht University Bachelor's thesis: "The geological architecture and tectonic evolution of New Guinea - an analysis and discussion of the existing models"

Robin Sheehy, Chief Technology Officer for Real Time Instruments brings 19 years of experience to the mining industry. Robin has spent most of his professional career focused on developing PGNAA sensor systems for the mining industry and played a pivotal role in bringing the world’s first long life Neutron Generation (n-Gen) PGNAA technology to market. Robin is passionate about driving advancements in ore analysis to improve material processing efficiencies across the mining value chain.

Mark is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Mineral Resources with >25years experience in iron ore. His major activities involve understanding the complex mineral assemblages formed during sintering of iron ores and in leading ore characterization activities in CSIRO’s Iron Ore Geometallurgy research area. He has made significant contributions to fundamental studies of iron ore. Mark and his colleagues have brought a strong scientific understanding to the sintering behaviour of iron ores through high temperature XRD and determination of phase diagrams for sinter systems. His recent research is focused on understanding relationships between impurities and iron ore textural types.

Eleanor Morton is an RMIT PhD student based at CSIRO Mineral Resources focusing on fundamental characterisation of high-impurity goethite ores. She has worked in a research geology setting throughout her undergraduate years and is highly interested in a sustainable future for Australia's mining industry.

Tom Neville is a Principal Research Fellow at Orica Digital Solutions, where he dreams about the future of orebody characterisation technology. Tom has worked extensively in formation evaluation across the mining, oil & gas, and groundwater sectors, drawing on a multidisciplinary background in geology, geophysics, and petrophysics. With 29 years of hands-on experience in geochemical logging, Tom is currently focussed on developing downhole assay technologies that deliver rapid, high-resolution geochemical data for iron ore and other commodities. Tom began his career as a petroleum exploration geologist before joining Schlumberger in 1996, where he occupied multiple technical and leadership roles worldwide, including Research Director for Reservoir Geosciences at Schlumberger Doll Research and Petrophysics Advisor for the Asia/Australasia region. After leaving Schlumberger, he founded Asia-Pacific Formation Evaluation Services and Spectral Petrophysics, the later providing consulting and software solutions for integrated mineralogy and geochemistry interpretation. Tom joined Orica in 2021. Tom holds qualifications in geology and petroleum engineering, has co-authored more than 35 technical papers, and is co-inventor on 11 U.S. patents.

Larissa Huston is a Research Scientist at CSIRO specializing in applied physics with a focus on electromagnetic sensor development for the mining industry. She earned her PhD in physics at the Australian National University, investigating the behaviour of materials such as silicon and germanium under extreme conditions. Following her PhD, Larissa was a postdoctoral fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States where she developed advanced high-pressure techniques for use at synchrotron facilities. Larissa returned to Australia to join CSIRO, where she pursues her interest in experimental physics and designs electromagnetic sensors for industrial applications in the mining industry.

Mark is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Mineral Resources with >25years experience in iron ore. His major activities involve understanding the complex mineral assemblages formed during sintering of iron ores and in leading ore characterization activities in CSIRO’s Iron Ore Geometallurgy research area. He has made significant contributions to fundamental studies of iron ore. Mark and his colleagues have brought a strong scientific understanding to the sintering behaviour of iron ores through high temperature XRD and determination of phase diagrams for sinter systems. His recent research is focused on understanding relationships between impurities and iron ore textural types.