Third International

Future Mining Conference

4 6 NOVEMBER 2015 | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

CALL FOR PAPERS

INVITATION

Extended submission deadline: 23 February 2015

On behalf of the Organising Committee, I am pleased to

announce the Third International Future Mining Conference
will be held at UNSW Australia from 45 November 2015
in Sydney, Australia.
Future Mining 2015 is proudly hosted by the School of Mining Engineering,
UNSW Australia and The AusIMM. The conference will focus on identifying
current and future challenges that may have an impact on the minerals industry
and determining possible pathways for a solution.
The conference will address innovations and opportunities to transfer scientific
and technological developments from other disciplines into the minerals
industry. It will also examine the human factors and skill needs for future
operations, identify possible blue sky scenarios of mining in the future,
strategies of mining education and research, novel mining systems and future
commodities and directions. Furthermore, the Second Off-Earth Mining Forum
will be held as a post-conference event on 6 November 2015.
The conference will provide a forum for communication for industry leaders as
well as industry partners including scientists, engineers, executives, investors,
government representatives, academics and other stakeholders.
Sydney and the state of New South Wales have many attractions, offering
delegates an ideal setting to make this conference enjoyable as well as
worthwhile.
I look forward to welcoming you to Sydney in November 2015.

Serkan Saydam MAusIMM

Third International Future Mining 2015 Conference Chair

Abstracts are invited for Future Mining 2015. All abstracts will be
reviewed by the conference organising committee and authors
of accepted abstracts will be required to submit a full paper.
Abstract submission is via the conference website.
Conference Themes Include:
Needs and Issues
Global warming
Climate change
Future commodities what types of minerals will we be
mining in the future
In-situ resource utilisation
Health and safety expectations in the future
Future education (required skills) and research development
strategies
Mining in environmentally sensitive areas
Renewable and alternative energies
Water treatment and reuse
Novel Mining Systems and Technologies
Deep sea mining
New rock breakage technologies
Emerging exploration technologies
Mineral processing frontiers
Innovations and Opportunities from Other Disciplines
Autonomous mining
Immersive technology applications
Big and multi-source data management
Artificial Intelligence and robotics
Life cycle management
Off-Earth Mining (asteroid mining, mining on Mars/Moon)
What and how to mine?
Mission design
Cost analysis
Policy development and legal framework
Applicability of space mission technologies to mining

KEY DATES
Call for Abstracts Close

23 February 2015

First Draft Papers Due

19 May 2015

Registration Opens

July 2015

Blue Sky Mining Scenarios

Final Papers Due

4 August 2015

Author Registration Due

4 August 2015

For publication enquiries please contact:

Claire Lockyer, Coordinator, Publishing
Telephone: +61 3 9658 6167 | Email: clockyer@ausimm.com.au

Future Mining 2015

45 November 2015

Second Off-Earth Mining Forum

6 November 2015

Proudly hosted by

OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORS,

EXHIBITORS, TECHNICAL TOURS AND WORKSHOPS
Supported by

EVENT MANAGEMENT: The AusIMM

For further information, please contact:
Cassandra Benn, Senior Coordinator, Events
Telephone: +61 3 9658 6131 | Email: cbenn@ausimm.com.au

www.futuremining2015.ausimm.com.au