North Americas
IT in Mining & Energy Conference
Event Overview
There has not been a better or a more challenging time to be a CIO. With rising opportunities in technology advancement, like digital transformation, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data analytics and more; presenting CIOs with the prospect of discussing topics of significant value to their organization. At the same time risks associated with security are also at the top on board level agenda. “Where should we play and how can we win?” is one question leaders are seeking to get an answer.
"North Americas IT in Mining & Energy Conference (NAITMEC)" is a unique event that will bring together CIOs & IT Leaders from Mining & Energy Sector to evaluate emerging trends to stay ahead and increase IT operations business value.

Advisory Panel and
Confirmed Speakers

Keynote Speaker
Robert Wong
Executive Vice-President & Chief Information Officer, Toronto Hydro

Speaker
Vishnu Murali
Executive Director IT, NRG Energy, USA

Master Mind Keynote
Trond Ellefsen
Head of / Special Advisor for Digital Strategy, Transformation and Change, Statoil, North America

Case-Led Keynote
Richard S. Hannah
Vice-President, Information Services, Gibson Energy Inc.

Speaker
Hakan Kutluay
CIO, Eldorado Gold, Canada

#CIO Spotlight
Martin Palacios
CTO, First Majestic, Canada

#CIO Spotlight
Adil Mehmood
CIO, Centerra Gold, Canada

#CIO Spotlight
Joe AbiDaoud
CIO, VP Information Technology, Yamana Gold, Canada

Speaker
Dan Schmelzer
Director IT, Detour Gold, Canada

Keynote Speaker
Namir Anani
President & CEO, Information and Communications Technology Council

Keynote Speaker
Jim Love
CIO, IT World Canada

Speaker
Rafael Estrada
CIO , Antamina, Peru

Speaker
Elena Mayer
President & CEO, Women Who Rock, Canada

Speaker
Terry Cutler
VP Cyber Security & Ethical Hacker, SIRCO, Canada

Speaker
Ajay Verma
BRM Advisory-S&M, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), UAE

Advisor
Bashir Fancy
Chairman, Canadian Association of IT Professionals, Canada

Advisor
Dave Drinkwater
Principal Technical Management Systems Design Business Improvement, Anglo American, S.A.

Advisor
Greg Harmandayan
IM Project Manager, DeBeers Canada

Advisor
Heather Drews
Senior IT Manager, Cliffs Natural Resources, USA

Advisor
Jeremy Teeuwsen
Manager Operational Excellence, Sherrit International, Canada

Advisor
Lino Cafazzo
CIO & Vice President, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, Canada

Advisor
Richard Isaac
Managed Service/vCio, PC Corp, Canada