Workshop A [Waste Rock Dumps]
Design, Maintenance, Operation and Closure of Waste rock
Deposits, ROM Dump Leaching Piles and product in Stockpiles
Chair:
Denys Parra (Anddes, Peru)
Saturday, October 24th, 2026 (*)
08:00 -12:00 y 14:00-18:00 horas
Language: Spanish (Spanish (English interpretation)
Centro de Convenciones de Lima, sede de Slope Stability
2026
Workshop B [Contour Blasting]
Geomechanics for Contour Blasting and Wall Damage Control
Chair:
Cristian Alvarez (Geoblast, Chile)
Instructors:
Carlos Scherpenisse
, Alex Calderón
Saturday, October 24th, 2026 (*)
08:00 -12:00 y 14:00-18:00 horas
Language: Spanish (Spanish (English interpretation)
Centro de Convenciones de Lima, sede de Slope Stability
2026
Workshop C [Geotechnical Slope Design]
Next-Gen Slope Stability: Innovations in Modelling,
Monitoring, and AI
Chair:
Jose Zuta (Teck, Canada)
Instructors:
Camila Soto
, Rodrigo Aguirre
, Steve Meyerhoff
, Isidora Arriagada
, Jason Furtney
, Loren Lorig
, Catalina Álvarez
, María Elena Valencia
, Paolo Farina
Sunday, October 25th, 2026 (*)
08:00 -12:00 y 14:00-18:00 horas
Language: English (Interpretation in Spanish)
Centro de Convenciones de Lima, sede de Slope Stability
2026
Workshop D [Hydrogeology in Slope Stability]
Hydrogeological and water management techniques for the
stability of slopes in mining.
Chair:
Alfio Miraval (Glencore, Perú)
Instructors:
Miguel García
, Herminio Nieto
, Percy Sulca
, Eduardo Ruiz
Friday, October 30th, 2026 (*)
08:00 -12:00 y 14:00-18:00 horas
Language: Spanish (Spanish (English interpretation)
Centro de Convenciones de Lima, sede de Slope Stability
2026
Workshop E [Slope Survaillance]
Current trends in instrumentation and monitoring of open pit
excavation slopes
Chair:
Enrique Zea (Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Perú)
Saturday, October 31st, 2026 (*)
08:00 -12:00 y 14:00-18:00 horas
Language: English (Interpretation in Spanish)
Centro de Convenciones de Lima, sede de Slope Stability
2026
Workshop F [Structural DFN]
Basic remarks and study case about structural geology
modelling using in Discrete Fracture Network (DFN)
Chair:
Jhon Palomino Mendoza (Glencore, Perú)
Instructors:
Luca Zorzi
, Pedro Ojeda
, Stephen Rogers
Sunday, October 25th, 2026 (*)
08:00 -12:00 y 14:00-18:00 horas
Language: English (Interpretation in Spanish)
Centro de Convenciones de Lima, sede de Slope Stability
2026
Workshop G [Risks & Reliability in Rock Slope Engineering]
Geological uncertainty, geotechnical data limitations,
predicting failure mechanisms, assessing slope stability to
understand likelihood and consequence of failure, designing
against failure, case studies.
Chair:
José Vergara (Orica, Chile)
Instructors:
Alison McQuillan
, Christian Cancino
, Harry Saroglou
, Phil de Graaf
, Zoran Berisavljevic
, Neil Bar
Friday, October 30th, 2026 (*)
08:00 -12:00 y 14:00-18:00 horas
Language: English (Interpretation in Spanish)
Centro de Convenciones de Lima, sede de Slope Stability
2026
Note: All courses are subject to the number of participants
