Abstracts are due for the ACG Slope Stability 2013 Symposium by February 25 this year. Slope Stability 2013 will provide a forum for open pit mining and civil engineering practitioners, consultants, researchers and suppliers worldwide to exchange views on best practice and state-of-the-art slope technologies. The event is being held September 25-27 at the Sofitel Brisbane Central Hotel. www.acg.uwa.edu.au. Keynote speakers include Geoff Beale, Schlumberger, UK; Prof Derek Martin, University of Alberta, Canada; Dr John Read, CSIRO Earth Science & Resource Engineering; Dr John Simmons, Sherwood Geotechnical and Research Services; Dr Jonny Sjöberg, Itasca Consultants AB, Sweden; and Prof Tim Sullivan, Pells Sullivan Meynink Pty. Symposium themes:
- Data gathering, interpretation, reliability and geotechnical models
- Assessment and implications of uncertainty in design
- In situ stress, numerical analysis and design of slopes
- Excavation control, management of blast damage and quality control
- Support, depressurisation and stabilisation of slopes
- Surface water and ground water implications and management
- Rockfalls: analysis and control
- Slope performance, monitoring and risk management.
Associated workshops
- Instrumentation and Slope Monitoring
- Slope Analysis and Design in Anisotropic Materials
- The Business Case for Risk-based Slope Stability Design.
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