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Committees

Organizing Committee

Erik Eberhardt (co-chair), University of British Columbia
Doug Stead (co-chair), Simon Fraser University

Anne Buckingham, BGC Engineering
Ryan Campbell, SRK Consulting
Davide Elmo, Golder Associates
Sean Ennis, Norwest Corporation
Sebastien Fortin, Teck
Mark Hawley, Piteau Associates
Jarek Jakubec, SRK Consulting
Derek Kinakin, BGC Engineering
Warren Newcomen, BGC Engineering
Steve Rogers, Golder Associates
Michael Royle, SRK Consulting
Jordan Severin, UBC
Alex Vyazmensky, Rio Tinto

International Advisory Committee

Canada	John Hadjigeorgiou, University of Toronto Tim Joseph, University of Alberta Pete Stacey, STACEY Mining Geotechnical
USA	Warren Hitchcock, BHP Billiton Loren Lorig, Itasca Consulting Martyn Robotham, Rio Tinto Bob Sharon, Barrick Zip Zavodni, Rio Tinto
Australia	Ashley Creighton, Rio Tinto Phil Dight, Australian Centre for Geomechanics Bruce Hebblewhite, University of New South Wales Tony Meyers, Rocktest Consulting and VP ISRM John Read, CSIRO
Chile	Manuel Astorga, Xstrata Raúl Fuentes, Universidad de los Andes/SKM Minmetal Manuel Schellman, Anglo American
China	Huanchun (Peter) Zhu, Itasca Consulting
South Africa	Alan Guest, Alan Guest Technical Consulting Marc Ruest, De Beers
Sweden	Erling Nordlund, Lulea University of Technology
UK	John Coggan, Camborne School of Mines