SHIRMS 2012

SHIRMS 2012

The first Southern Hemisphere International Rock Mechanics Symposium (SHIRMS) was held in October 2006 in Perth. This covered a wide range of topics in rock mechanics and proved to be very successful. The 2nd SHIRMS is to be held in South Africa during 2012 and promises to follow in the same tradition. The Symposium will be combined with the planned South African Rock Engineering Symposium (SARES 2012)

Sponsorship Opportunities
The following sponsorship opportunities are available:
Premium Sponsor Package
Exhibitor Package
Cocktail SponsorAdvertiser Sponsorship
Conference Bags Sponsorship
Pen & Pad Sponsorship
Lanyards Sponsorship
Author Gift Sponsorship
Technical Visit Sponsorship

Companies wishing to sponsor or exhibit should contact the Conference Coordinator
Raymond van der Berg
Conference Co-ordinator
SAIMM, P O Box 61127
Marshalltown
2107
Tel: (011) 834-1273/7
Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923
Email: raymond@saimm.co.za 

Sponsors
The organising committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their invaluable contribution:

Premium Sponsors:

Exhibition Sponsors:

Conference Bags:

 Lanyards:

Pens & Conference Pads:

Objectives

To provide an international forum to present and discuss the latest developments in rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering

Organising Committee

                                         Conference Committee Chairman
                                                           W Joughin
Stacey                    D O'Connor
G Marusha              R Johnson
G Keyter                 L Gardner
D van Heerden       R Carstens
B Long                    B Crompton
E Sellers                 F Malan

Who should attend

The Conference will be of value to:

Rock engineering practitioners
DMR inspectors
Researchers
Academics
Mining engineers
Civil engineers

Topics

Papers are invited that integrate the following topics:

Fracture and damage of rocks
Numerical modelling
Constitutive models
Rock mechanics data
Deformable rock
Underground rock mechanics
Tunnelling
Slope stability
Caving
Ground support
Subsidence
Seismicity
Risk

Call for papers

The Conference is being organised by The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and papers are invited for the Conference.

Prospective authors are invited to submit titles and abstracts of their papers, in English. The abstracts should be no longer than 500 words and should
be submitted to:

Raymond van der Berg
Conference Co-ordinator,
SAIMM, PO Box 61127,
Marshalltown 2107
South Africa.

Tel: (011) 834-1273/7
Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923
Co-ordinator Email: raymond@saimm.co.za

Key Dates & Publication

18 November 2011      Submission of abstracts
23 November 2011      Acceptance of abstracts
13 February 2012        Submission of final papers
14-16 May 2011          Conference

Please note:
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published in the Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Programme

The preliminary programme may be downloaded from the download section on top:

Social Programme

14 May 2012             17h00   Welcome Cocktail
17 May 2012             19H00   Dinner Evening

Registration Fees

Please note:
Non-members are entitled to free membership of the SAIMM, up to 30 June 2012, for attending this event

Registration Fees:

Please Note:
Registration fee does not include accommodation
Prepayment is required for all Registration Fees on or before the date of the event.
Delegates who have not paid will not be permitted to attend the event

Accommodation

The conference will be hosted at Sun City, which is located in the Pilansberg located in the North West Province of South Africa.

For more information visit: www.suninternational.com

Please Note:
Registration fee does not includes accommodation

Contact

Raymond van der Berg
Conference Co-ordinator,
SAIMM, PO Box 61127,
Marshalltown 2107
South Africa.

Tel: (011) 834-1273/7
Fax: (011) 833-8156 or (011) 838-5923
Co-ordinator Email: raymond@saimm.co.za