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

josephine.ruddle@uwa.edu.au