2013 Australian Mine Ventilation Conference

The Australian Mine Ventilation Conference 2013 was a great success and hosted 140 delegates during the three day technical program, which incorporated 4 invited keynote speakers and 35 technical presentations. Delegates were also very pleased with the numerous networking opportunities and trade exhibition. The industry support for this conference has been encouraging with 11 exhibitors and 7 key sponsors from across the industry. Overall feedback from attendees has been extremely positive and we are very pleased with the result of the conference.

2013 Conference Tours

We would like to also extend our gratitude to BHP Billiton, Olympic Dam who provided a group of attendees with a very insightful tour of their site following the conference.

The 2013 Organising Committee

Conference Chair

• Duncan Chalmers, Senior Lecturer, University of NSW

Organising Committee

• Basil Beamish, MAusIMM(CP), Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering, University of Queensland
• Bharath Belle, MAusIMM(CP), Principal Ventilation and Gas Engineer, Anglo American Metallurgical Coal
• Rick Brake, FAusIMM(CP), Director, Mine Ventilation Australia
• Adrian Halim, MAusIMM, Lecturer, Department of Mining Engineering and Mine Surveying Western Australian School of Mines
• Jakes Raubenheimer, MAusIMM, National Sales Manager Mining, Plascorp
• Ting Ren, Senior Lecturer in Mining Engineering, University of Wollongong
• John Rowland, Director, Dallas Mining Services Pty Ltd
• Mick Tuck, MAusIMM, Associate Professor of Mining Engineering School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ballarat
• Leon Van Den Berg, MAusIMM, Senior consultant and manager, Snowden BBE