9th International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics

The Australian Centre for Geomechanics is delighted to host the 2015 International Symposium on Field Measurements in Geomechanics; a first for Australasia. This Ninth International Symposium will be held in New South Wales where mining, civil and tunnelling engineers, and transportation and agricultural professionals will assemble to explore the various topics related to field instrumentation, monitoring and associated project management.

Symposium objectives:

• Serve as a platform for transferring knowledge and insight from practitioners to researchers and vice-versa.
• Promote fundamental and applied research into instrumentation.
• Promote interest in the subject amongst early career researchers and students.
• Document the state-of-the-art in instrumentation.
• Explore risk managment strategies.

Symposium themes:

• Civil tunnelling
• Slope stability
• Underground mining
• Surface mining
• Coal mining and associated excavations
• Water flow and monitoring
• Underground space
• Emerging technologies
• Carbon sequestration
• Coal seam gas
• Dam stability
• Transport corridors
• Mine closure
• Case studies

To register for the conference please click here or if you are looking for more information, check the conference's website here!