Corinne Unger completed her PhD on insidious risk management in 2021 in The UQ Business School. Her research applied organisational theory to the empirical context of mine rehabilitation and closure. Her PhD followed a 30+ year career in the mining sector in industry, government and consulting for active and abandoned mine management. Corinne is a Churchill Fellow, having studied leading practice abandoned mine rehabilitation and post-mining use in Europe, UK and Canada in 2009. She received a professional excellence award from AusIMM and is AusIMM's representative on the Australian Mirror Committee developing ISO standards under 'Sustainable Mining and Mine Closure'. Corinne is currently a p/t research fellow at the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, and a Board Member of the Mine Land Rehabilitation Authority in Victoria.

Jay is a chartered professional engineer with over 40 years of experience in geotechnical engineering. He contributed to dam construction, tunnelling, open pit and underground mining projects across eight countries. He holds bachelor's degrees in geology and civil engineering, as well as postgraduate qualifications in geotechnical engineering. Jay began his career as a consultant before joining a safety and environmental regulatory agency. He played a significant role in developing geotechnical guidelines and codes of practice for tailings management, as well as open pit and underground mining in Western Australia. Currently, he works as a geotechnical safety consultant. Jay is also a member of the ANCOLD Tailings Working Group, which is responsible for updating the ANCOLD Guidelines on Tailings Dams.

Highly motivated open cut mining engineer with +10 years industry experience having strengths in mine planning, pit designs, scheduling, pit sequencing, mine production, reporting and drill & blast with an open view for success in any career driven opportunity.