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Nina Astillero
ESG Director 
Ioneer

Andres Blanco
CEO 
Xcalibur Smart Mapping

Laura Blanco
ESG Director
Xcalibur Smart Mapping

Damian Burch
Director of Data Science
KoBold Metals

Jef Caers
Professor and Director of Mineral-X
 

Connie Chan
General Partner 
Andreessen Horowitz

Abdulrazaq A. Garba, FGS FNMGS
Director General
Nigerian Geological Survey Agency

Josh Goldman
President
KoBold Metals

Teo Hage
Australia & Asia Managing Director
Xcalibur Smart Mapping

Peter Handley
European Adviser on Sustainability and Resilience

Kurt House
CEO
KoBold Metals

Simon Jowitt
Arthur Brant Chair in Exploration Geology and Director of Ralph J. Roberts Center for Research in Economic Geology 
University of Nevada Reno

Jocelyn Kelly
Director of Gender Rights & Resilience
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

Mykel J. Kochenderfer
Professor & Director of Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory
Stanford University

Thais Laguardia
Director of ESG & Safety
Ero Brasil

Peter Lightfoot
Chief Geologist, Nickel
KoBold Metals 

KaLeigh Long
CEO
Westwin Elements

Mfikeyi Makayi
CEO
KoBold Metals Africa

Helaina R. Matza
Acting Special Coordinator for the Partnership of Global Infrastructure Investment (PGI)
U.S. Department of State

Inacio Melo
President
Geological Survey of Brazil

Jack Muir
Head of Machine Learning
Fleet Space Technologies

Bernard Rowe
Managing Director
Ioneer

Doug Schouten
CTO & Co-Founder  
Ideon Technologies

Ryosuke Sasaki
Project Lead
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

David Strang
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Ero Copper

Michael Strevens
Professor of Philosophy
New York University

Rajesh Swaminathan
Partner
Khosla Ventures

Benitha Tambwe
Expert Head of Strategic Partnerships
DRC Ministry of Mines (CTCPM)

Shievani Upadhyay
Student
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Chad Yeftich
VP Corporate Development & External Affairs
Ioneer

David Zhen Yin
Mineral-X Program Coordinator
Stanford University