Speakers

Liz Dennett, Ph.D., is the Founder and CEO of Endolith, a biological intelligence platform applying adaptive microbial systems to mining. Endolith helps operators extract more copper from low-grade and complex ores—material long considered uneconomic—using learning systems that improve over time in real-world conditions.

Liz brings deep experience across biology, mining, and cloud-scale data systems, with prior leadership roles at Amazon Web Services, Wood Mackenzie, and the NASA Astrobiology Institute. She is a frequent speaker on critical minerals and the energy transition and holds a PhD in Geoscience from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.