The GRX26 program is guided by an Industry Working Group (IWG) of senior executives who represent the breadth of Australia's resources ecosystem, from mining operators and METS innovators to industry bodies and technology leaders.

These are people living the challenges this conference addresses: global competition for critical minerals, the urgency of technology deployment at scale, and the need for genuine collaboration across the value chain. Their role is to ensure the program delivers on the promise of this year's theme, Competing Globally in the Critical Era, by holding every session to a single standard: does it move our industry forward?  

The IWG has shaped content strategy, validated speakers, reviewed abstracts, and challenged the program to reflect what the sector actually needs, not what's convenient to present.

Their guiding principle, and the thread that runs through every element of GRX26, is that this must be Where Innovation Meets Implementation, a conference where attendees leave with the strategies, connections, and conviction to act. The IWG's involvement is your assurance that this program has been stress-tested by the people who understand what's at stake. 

  

GRX26
 

Dallas Wilkinson

Dr Dallas Wilkinson
Chair, Austmine | Founder & Managing Director, Enhanced Performance Business Advisory (EPBA)

Vanessa Haberland

Vanessa Haberland
Interim CEO 
Austmine

Chris Carr

Chris Carr FAusIMM(CP)
President
AusIMM

Stephen Durkin

Stephen Durkin FAusIMM
CEO
AusIMM

Mark Warren

Industry Working Group Chair

Mark Warren
Executive Consultant, Snowden Optiro | Former Austmine Chair

Julie Allen

Julie Allen MBA
General Manager Events 
AusIMM

AlanBroome

Alan Broome AM
Emeritus Chairman
Austmine

Caolin Chestnutt

Caolin Chestnutt
Executive Director ACARP | Chair, Pacgold |
Deputy Chair, Queensland’s Exploration Council

Gavan Collery

Gavan Collery
Corporate Affairs
ResourceComms

Kevin Harney

Kevin Harney
Consultant
ISOE (In Search of Excellence)

Jo Heyes

Jo Heyes
Freelance Strategic Advisor 
Co-Chair, International Mine Closure Conference | Director, AusIMM

Melissa Holdsworth

Melissa Holdsworth
Chief Operating Officer 
AusIMM

Dr Gareth Kennedy

Dr Gareth Kennedy
Research Director, Sustainable Mining Technologies 
CSIRO 

Sema Kerr

Sema Kerr
General Manager, Marketing & Events
Austmine

Claire Pocock

Claire Pocock 
Lead Product Management, Digital, Copper South Australia 
BHP

Jayde Webb

Jayde Webb
(BEng MBA FAusIMM GAICD)
Practice Lead Mining Technology
South32

Barry Upton

Barry Upton
Vice President
WA Mining Club

Eric Croeser

Eric Croeser
Managing Director, Mining and Metals APAC
Accenture

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