Lena Abrahamsson is professor in Human Work Science and scientific leader of the strategic university-wide area “Creaternity” at Luleå University of Technology. Her own current research projects deal with the work of the future in the green and digital industrial transition, many of them with a focus on gender and organisation, in the mining and steel industry.

Sahar is an adaptable and innovative Electrical, Instrumentation and Control systems Engineer with a rich background spanning over 15 years in diverse industries such as Mining, Hydrogen, Water, Defence, Transportation, and industrial sectors. She is currently working for Aurecon consulting company and a part-time PhD student in mining at The University of Queensland.
She has excelled in various roles throughout her career, including Design Engineer, Site Electrical and Control System Engineer, Site Instrument Engineer, Project Control Specialist, Project Manager, and Client Contractor and representative. Her career highlights emphasize her adaptability, demonstrating effectiveness in dynamic environments across various sectors.

Daisuke Asahina obtained his Ph.D. degree in civil and environmental engineering form the University of California, Davis (USA). He is currently a senior scientist at Geological Survey of JAPAN. His main research interest is exploring how rock mechanics and hydraulic reaction intersect during fault activation.

Ali Asgari is a seasoned mining engineer with a rich background that spans over 12 years in the industry. After obtaining his Master's degree in Mining Engineering, Ali immersed himself in the challenging environments of underground coal mines and open-pit iron ore mines. His extensive experience and skills in the field were formally recognized in 2010 when Engineers Australia assessed him as a skilled professional mining engineer
In addition to his academic and professional achievements, Ali holds a membership with the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), further solidifying his standing in the mining community. A former Ph.D. candidate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), he made a strategic decision to withdraw from the program to pursue a different passion: information technology. This pivot in his professional journey reflects his adaptability and eagerness to embrace new challenges. Ali's commitment to his new path led him to acquire a Diploma in Information Technology and web development.
Ali's unique blend of experience in both the field of mining engineering and the dynamic world of information technology positions him as a professional with a diverse skill set.

With 15+ years of experience in academia and industry, Mehala is dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions for real-world complex problems. Her research interests span across a range of cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled technologies, including evolutionary algorithms, multimodal data fusion, machine learning, computer vision, and deep learning, and their application in interdisciplinary fields such as epidemiology, immunology, and beyond. She excels at transferring her skills and knowledge to domains with similar problem spaces. In Australian Centre for Filed Robotics at University of Sydney, her research focuses on utilizing AI-enabled technologies to address challenges in improving production, safety, and sustainability in mining industrial automation projects.

Haiming Bao, a PhD candidate at The University of Queensland (UQ). The PhD research project is mining battery truck applications in terms of battery-electric trucks and Battery Trolley systems. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether trolley assist systems can be used in conjunction with battery haul trucks in surface mines to eliminate emissions as part of sustainable mining operations. Additionally, Haiming joined several Chinese smart open-cut mining design and deployment projects when he studied at China University of Mining and Technology – Beijing (CUMTB). When he worked at China Minmetals Corporation, he joined several digital mine projects and large open-pit mine design and planning projects. Capability areas are: Mining systems; Mine designing; Mine planning; Smart mine; Battery mining trucks; Decarbonisation truck fleet; Battery technology; Energy management; and mining sustainability.

Nicholas Barnett has an in-depth knowledge of well construction and design from his experience in the Oil & Gas Industry and Engineering degree in Mechanical Space engineering, He is embarking on his PhD in Directional Drilling on the Lunar Surface with the intent on establishing a career in the Space industry. He has worked on 3 continents, managed up to 80 people in office & field/isolated/remote based locations, including personnel from over 20 different countries, with wide ranging educational/vocational skills. He is a firm believer that technical and operational education, training and understanding helps develop a team’s safety and efficiency. To assist with the team’s development, he has created training documents which are now being used worldwide as well as provided onsite coaching, and starter kits for new hires. He has aided in improving the cementing performance in North Sea Operations by 20%; ensuring compliance with social environmental licences; and improving data capturing & efficiency with a value up to $250M/year in savings.

15+ years’ experience in operations management, minerals processing, pyrometallurgy, advanced data analytics and AI, including 10 years exposure to sinter plant and blast furnace operations at MIM.

Jarrod Bassan has over 25 years of experience working with the mining industry in the adoption of digital technology. He started his career with BHP and specialised in operational systems for the iron ore supply chain. Subsequently he worked with coal and other mineral commodities, as well as power transmission and manufacturing to enable new operating models enabled by the adoption of technology. He currently leads Hatch's Integrated Operations and Remotization practice in the Australia region, where his focus is on establishing improved decision-making capabilities across the mining and metals value chains.

Mostafa Bavar is a PhD student in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering at the University of Queensland, specializing in sustainable mine water management. Previously, he dedicated eight years to research at UNESCO Chair on Water Reuse at the University of Tehran. As a researcher, he focused on modeling, simulating, and optimizing water systems in industries such as oil and gas and the food industry. The outcomes of his research were several publications in prestigious scientific journals as well as national and international conference papers. Mostafa holds a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tehran, achieving a GPA of 3.91 out of 4.

Nicholas Bennett is a Ph.D. student with extensive industry experience in software development for financial trading and risk management systems, succeeding in roles ranging from developer to leader of team leads. The business domain exposed him to modeling business, financial structures, and risk management. Software is the logistics of information and Mr. Bennett is now applying skills and experience gained optimizing software to the problem of efficiently and effectively connecting lunar resources to the economy.

Sarah is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and currently serves a Non-Executive Director of two organisations, as well as serving as a member of an audit, finance and risk sub-committee. Sarah has been accountable for developing and implementing strategies and business operating plans to improve performance in global corporations and SMEs. With a diverse background spanning the not-for-profit, corporate, and Federal Government sectors, Sarah has experience in policy application, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement. More recently Sarah has accepted professional roles mentoring emerging and mid-career executives. Sarah was the founding CEO of CEEC International, which grew to become a global organisation under her leadership. She has a Graduate Diploma of Management (Mktg).

Daniel Brown is a young Systems Engineer at Nova Systems in the Autonomous and Intelligent Systems team dedicated to solving the problems that really matter to clients. Daniel has delivered systems engineering services in a variety of domains including Defence, mining, and rail and has presented on the topic of modelling in space-mining at the 2023 Off-Earth Mining Forum. Daniel has passions for model-based systems engineering and sustainable engineering and believes that only through cross-sector collaboration can we continue to grow as industries and as a society.

Gabi is a graduate chemical engineer from UNSW who completed her honours thesis on the economics of decarbonising Australian copper and the export of green minerals. She is interested in sustainability and the role of renewable fuels in the energy transition for heavy industry and mining.

Rajiv has over 20 years of experience in operations, research, and engineering. He has developed many novel technologies applicable to the mining industry. Rajiv has worked and consulted on several global projects and operating mining sites ranging from design to optimisation.
Rajiv’s broader skills are mentoring and influencing engineering and operational teams to achieve strategic growth. His breadth of knowledge in control, process, mechanical, electrical engineering and coordination skills are valuable assets to diagnose and resolve complex problems in engineering and operations.
Rajiv is a global SME in comminution and operations, and he leads the global process optimisation group, providing debottlenecking and operational optimisation services.

Dr. Chengpei Xu is a Postdoc Fellow at the Mine Internet of Things and Indoor Positioning (MIoT & IPIN) Lab, MERE, University of New South Wales, Sydney.

He received his Bachelor's degree in System Engineering from NUDT, China, Master's degree in Information Technology from University of New South Wales (UNSW), and Ph.D. degree in Computing Sciences and Engineering from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 2022.

His research focuses on Multi-modal Learning and Generative AI. He is dedicated to designing deep learning algorithms for multi-modal scene/document understanding and analysis, as well as developing generative AI for various applications such as healthcare, eLearning and human–computer interaction. Additionally, his works extends to multi-modal sensor fusion aimed at understanding complex, degraded environments and the detection and recognition of arbitrarily shaped object. His expertise spans several applied domains, enhancing the practical impact.

Karen is Isle's Industrial Market Leader based in Melbourne with 18 years’ experience in engineering, design and operations experience working for consultancies and water utilities in the UK and Australia. Karen is a process engineer with a detailed technical knowledge of water, wastewater, sludge and renewable energy production processes, and has worked on projects with technology companies, mining companies and water utilities in these areas. Karen has recently worked on the development of the Industrial Innovation Partnership group, which focuses on sustainable technologies for various manufacturing and mining companies. Karen has also recently led on R&D road mapping and bringing emerging technology for selected metals recovery to a major mining client.

Damian is a Consulting Engineer managing a multidisciplinary engineering team with extensive experience in the gold, copper, lead, zinc, uranium, nickel, lithium, vanadium and iron ore industries with particular emphasis on gold. Experience has been gained in plant operations feasibility studies, detailed design, construction and commissioning, and all unit operations. He is an internationally recognised specialist in Mineral Processing and Hydrometallurgy having worked in North and South America, South East Asia, Africa and Europe and is highly sought after as an International Expert.
The last +30 years working as a Principal Consulting Engineer on many resource projects and for mining, banking and engineering companies has provided a broad range of experience. Damian is a Registered Expert Witness and has been engaged on many cases. He is the author of over 220 technical papers on mineral processing, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy.