Brett Schug, Global Mining Consultant, Honeywell Connected Industrials
Brett is a Solution Consultant, dedicated to the mining, mineral processing, and metals industry, within Honeywell's Connected Industrials organization. He has over thirty years experience in process industries, including simulation, design, modeling, optimization, advanced process control, and operations.

His experience includes production engineering, process engineering, equipment design, engineering research, benchmarking, optimization, simulation, software support, technical sales, and simulation-based process design, optimization, control system testing, operator training, and digital twins. He has delivered operator training simulators for more than 20 processes in mining and other industries and led training courses on six continents. He has also led project delivery and support teams across the globe. In a previous role, he taught and mentored new technical staff worldwide.

His strengths include the ability to quickly grasp new technical information, and to effectively communicate and teach others technical concepts, while fostering a team-based collaborative approach. He has published and presented in various conferences and journals, including at SME and in Mining Engineering, on topics including process simulation and process digital twins.

Craig Guthrie, Editor, Mining Magazine
Craig took over Mining Magazine's coverage of Europe, the Middle East and Africa in April 2020 after more than three years as the Digital Editor of Petroleum Economist, with a mandate to focus on technical innovation, Industry 4.0 and ESG. A former managing editor at Asia Times Online and Middle East Eye, Craig has spent decades writing about the impacts of regional geopolitics on the commodity markets.