The JKMRC International Student Conference is gearing up to be one of the mineral sectors most important events of 2004 with postgraduate researchers traveling from across the globe to Brisbane, Australia, in early September.
Conference Chairman Mike Daniel said this year’s conference had attracted a record number of sponsors, many of whom see the event as an opportunity to assess the levels of postgraduate knowledge and skills within the minerals industry from around the globe.
He added that with 22 sponsors coming on board for the conference, a strong message was being collectively sent that the minerals industry is supporting postgraduate research.
”Postgraduate students value industry participation at this level, and in turn seek from mining companies some form of interaction which could see them settling into possible long-term service to the minerals industry,” Mr Daniel said. “We want to create an intimate one-on-one style of experience so that postgraduate researchers attending the event, either as presenters or delegates, could exchange their ideas with as many senior minerals industry representatives at the conference as possible.”
Presenters at the conference will soon arrive in Brisbane from several universities and associated institutions. At this stage seven countries will be represented at the JKMRC International Student Conference, including Australia, Canada, Finland, Indonesia, South Africa, United Kingdom, and Turkey.
Topics being covered include mineral processing operations and new equipment, mineral flotation, image analysis, physical modelling in cave mining, underground mine ventilation, microwave technology in mining, mine waste management, and intelligent clothing for health monitoring.
One of the world’s leading geotechnical engineers, Professor Ted Brown AC will deliver the conference keynote address on Monday, September 6. Professor Brown is a spearhead of the International Caving Study which is having a major influence on a sustainable shift in underground mining methods. He is also well known as the recently retired Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland.
The JKMRC International Student Conference will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 6-7 2004. Selected conference papers will be published in Minerals Engineering Journal and the AusIMM Bulletin.
To register for the conference go to www.jkconference2004.com.
For further comment/inquiries contact: Mike Daniel, Conference Chairman, at m.daniel@uq.edu.au, ph +61 7 33655888, fax +61 7 3365 5999, or David Goeldner, Conference Convenor, at d.goeldner@uq.edu.au, ph +61 7 3365 5848, fax + 61 7 33655999.
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