keynote speakers

Chris Greet

The keynote lecture "From comminution to flotation: bridging the gap" will be given by Chris Greet of Mineralis Consultants/Magotteaux, Australia.

Chris graduated from the South Australian Institute of Technology with a Metallurgical Engineering degree in 1990, and was awarded his PhD from the Ian Wark Research Institute of the University of South Australia in 2002.

Chris has work within the mining industry in a variety of roles from shift foreman at the Teutonic Bore copper/zinc operation to Principal Technologist with Pasminco to Manager of Minerals Processing Research at Magotteaux. He is currently works as a Principal Consultant at Mineralis Consultants whilst continuing part-time at Magotteaux as a Global Mineral Processing Specialist.

Charlotte Gibson

Charlotte is an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Before joining Queen’s in 2020, Charlotte held various roles in the mining industry across Canada, the United States, and Australia. She has worked in mine operations, mineral processing flowsheet development, mineral processing technology development, and data analytics for a number of companies including SGS, Barrick Gold, and Vale.

 She now leads the Critical Minerals Processing Lab in The Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining, where her research group develops processes to concentrate critical minerals from primary and secondary resources.  

Liza Forbes

The keynote lecture "Beyond reagent trials – new directions in flotation chemistry research" will be given by Liza Forbes of JKMRC and University of Newcastle, Australia.

Associate Professor Liza Forbes specialises in mineral flotation, with specific focus on flotation reagent chemistry, mineral surface chemistry and base-metal sulphide electrochemistry. Her main interest lies in integrating fundamental and applied aspects of flotation research, to develop new and improved processing technologies.

Liza graduated with a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town in 2007. In 2018, she joined Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre at the University of Queensland, where she leads the Flotation Chemistry Research Group. 

Jim Finch