Giorgio Francesco Cesare de Tomi

Dr. De Tomi has a degree in mining engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, PhD from Imperial College, London and MSc from Southern Illinois University, USA. Has experience in mining, digital transformation and innovation management. The areas of expertise include mine planning and scheduling, technical mining software, mine automation, management of the mine value chain, mining governance, lean mining and mineral production management, with special emphasis on responsible practices to the mining industry. Currently, he is full professor and the Head of the Centre for Responsible Mining, at University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, which is a research center, dedicated to innovation and applied research focused on responsible practices in mining. He was the Head of the Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering at USP from 2015 to 2019. He is an International Consultant with the Global Mercury Program of UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization), member of SME (USA), Fellow of The Institute of Materials, Minerals Mining (IOM3, UK) and Chartered Engineer CEng (Engineering Council, UK), as well as acting QP (Qualified Person, NI-43101) and CP (Competent Person, JORC and CRIRSCO) for numerous mining enterprises worldwide. Currently, he is a member of the Technical Board of CBBR (Brazilian Commission for Mineral Resources and Reserves), a member of the Executive Board of EMBRAPIIs Unit Tecnogreen, a Research Scholar with FAPESP and CNPq (Brazil) and a member of the Editorial Board of the Mining Technology journal and the Brasil Mineral journal. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)