Local Organising Committee
28th International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings
14–16 April 2026 | Lisbon, Portugal
Paste 2026 Local Organising Committee
Stephen Wilson (Conference Chair)
Managing Director – Europe
Paterson & Cooke (UK), Ltd.
Stephen is a mining engineer with over 12 years’ experience in providing consultancy services to the minerals industry, with particular specialisation in tailings dewatering and mine backfill. He has a mining engineering degree from Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, and is a chartered engineer with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. In 2013, Stephen established the Paterson & Cooke Cornwall office.
Josephine Ruddle
Paste Event Manager
Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Australia