GMG FORUM: LIMA

September 23-24, 2026

Collaborate. Innovate. Transform Mining.

A working event where peers co-create solutions to mining’s biggest challenges.

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Program

If you want a mining event where real problems get worked on and real pathways forward emerge, this is the place to be.

Interactive Working Sessions

Engage in hands-on, solution-focused sessions designed to tackle real operational challenges together.

Industry Game-Changing Insights

Hear from leaders driving practical innovation and challenging the industry to think differently.

Cross-Sector Knowledge Exchange

Connect with peers across the mining ecosystem to share lessons, compare approaches, and learn from real-world experience.

Practical Solutions & Case Studies

Explore proven deployments and operational examples that offer actionable guidance for your own sites.

Shaping Mining’s Future Together

Collaborate with the global GMG community to define the next steps for safer, smarter, and more sustainable mining.

Purpose-Driven Smart Mining: Technology Applied to Operational Value

The GMG Lima 2026 Forum invites the Latin American mining community to two days of technical sessions at UTEC in Barranco, Lima. The focus is on the step the industry has yet to take: turning proven technology into sustained operational results.

GMG is a global network of mining companies, equipment manufacturers, technology providers, and research organizations that develops multidisciplinary guidelines recognized internationally. Its work is organized into working groups—autonomous mining, asset management, mineral processing, sustainability, cybersecurity, underground mining, AI, and data—and its open-access publications are used to manage risk, improve performance, and inform planning and investment decisions in operations around the world.

The Lima 2026 Forum establishes this collaborative platform in Peru.

Day 1: Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Operational Autonomy From isolated pilot projects to measurable operational value: real-world conditions for scaling up, integrating AI into decision-making cycles, and the degree of autonomy an operation is capable of assuming.

Day 2: Geometallurgy and Mineral Processing Interoperability between geology, the laboratory, metallurgy, and the plant; and the representativeness of samples, data, and models as the basis for decisions that stand up to technical review.

Workshop Format: The program combines short presentations with hands-on sessions: Pilot-to-Value, Decision Loop Challenge, Geomet Data Clinic, and Representativity Challenge. Each session focuses on a specific case study and produces a documented outcome as a contribution to the global community.

Impactful Participation Contributions from the region serve as direct input for GMG’s ongoing lines of work—characterization, modeling, and reconciliation—where Latin American practice is still underrepresented.

Participating means contributing to the material that the industry will use in the future.

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TOURS

Tours extend the conversation beyond the meeting room and into real operating environments. See innovation in action, engage directly with hosts and technical experts, and explore how new technologies and approaches are being implemented in practice. It’s a chance to move from theory to application — and to leave with tangible insights you can bring back to your own operation.

Tours will have a limited capacity and will run on a first-come first-served basis. Email events@gmggroup.org to reserve your spot.

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Industry Game Changers

The GMG Forum in Lima will feature leaders and innovators who are redefining what’s possible in mining. These game changers bring deep operational insight, breakthrough thinking, and hard-won lessons from the front lines of transformation. Their perspectives will challenge convention, spark new ideas, and set the stage for collaborative, industry-wide progress. Speaker information to come.

Alexander Chacón

CEO & Cofundador, Chacon Partners S.A.C

Andrew Scott

Interim CEO, Global Mining Guidelines Group

Carlos Calderón

Socio y Director de la Academia de Datos, IA y Computer Science, UTEC

Constanza Davidovich

Consultora de Innovación, experta en minería

Daniel Serkovic

COO, Genius Mining AI

Eduardo Rojas

Gerente de Tecnologías de Información, Hudbay Perú

Fernando Sagastegui

CEO y Cofundador, ASTAY

Fernando Zeballos

Director de Proyectos Metalúrgicos, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura

Gabriela Salazar

Digital Sales and Services Representative, Sandvik Perú

Jaime Rebolledo

Director, NTTDATA, Chile

José Enrique Gutiérrez

Director de Modelamiento y Recursos, Compañía de Minas Buenaventura

Juan Escala

Experto en Innovación

Luis Ogaz

Gerente de desarrollo automatización, Sandvik Chile

Monica Vega

Head de Innovación, STRACON Group

Nicolás Orellana

COO, X-Analytics by SGS

Pablo Herrera Rejas

Gerente de Inteligencia Operacional, Engie Energía Perú

Rafael Estrada

Manager of Information Technology, Telecommunications & Process Control, Antamina

Rodrigo Guzman

Business Line Manager Underground Division, Epiroc

Samuel Canchaya

Gerente General, SAMPLING OK

The GMG Lima Forum isn’t a traditional conference.

It’s a high-engagement, highly collaborative working event where mining leaders, operators, OEMs, OTMs, researchers, and technology partners co-create practical solutions to the sector’s most urgent challenges.

Interactive & collaborative


Across two days, participants move fluidly between interactive working sessions, open-floor discussions, rapid-fire knowledge exchanges, and hands-on collaborative activities designed to accelerate learning and strengthen cross-industry alignment.

Driving actionable outcomes

Every GMG Forum is built around shared problem-solving, and Lima will be no different: expect conversations that get specific, insights that come straight from operations, and collective thinking that drives actionable outcomes.

You won’t sit and listen —

You’ll actively shape the ideas and frameworks that move the industry forward. This Forum is for anyone responsible for shaping the future of mining, including:
 

  • Mining operators and decision-makers
  • OEMs, OTMs, and integrators
  • Technology and digital leaders
  • Researchers, consultants, and innovators
  • Sustainability, safety, and transformation leaders

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