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You are invited to participate in the 33rd Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique. Celebrating 33 years of service to the industry, this top notch informative and marketing event is the key to unlocking opportunities in the explosives industry - the largest gathering of its kind in the world for those involved with the manufacture, transportation, storage, and use of explosives and related products.
Call For Papers
The ISEE Conference Program Committee is issuing an industry-wide Call for Papers to be presented at the 33rd Annual Conference and published in the Conference Proceedings.
Here's your chance to share your techniques, strategies, solutions,
product innovations, and research discoveries with your peers.
Your idea should be
submitted in the form of a 200-400 word abstract (summary) highlighting
the major points of your 10-15 page paper. Non-workshop papers may not be
commercial in nature.
Suggested Topics
Papers addressing all explosives, blasting and drilling related
topics are requested. Papers addressing the following specific topics are
invited:
• Explosives Safety
• Public Relations
• Environmental Issues
• Blast Vibration & Seismology
• Case Histories
• Blasting Research
• Quarrying
• Fragmentation Modeling
• Risk Assessment
• Underground Blasting
• Drilling
• Construction
• Drill to Mill
Optimization
• Electronic Detonators
• Cast Blasting & Open Pit
• Marine Blasting
Abstracts should be
submitted by using one of he following methods:
• SUBMIT ABSTRACT ONLINE.
& DOWNLOAD the form in Adobe Acrobat and fax to (440) 349-3788
• CALL the ISEE at (440) 349-4400, or e-mail us at programs@isee.org and we will fax, or
send you a form.
Deadline to Submit Abstracts is June 12, 2006
ISEE ABSTRACT
GUIDELINES
Requirements
In 200-400 words, your abstract should summarize the major points of your
proposed 10 page paper. It should be written so that it makes sense
standing on its own and should cover the work done, recommendations made,
conclusions drawn, as a result of the project, case, or study.
Peer Review Process
Abstracts
are considered by a committee of explosives industry professionals using
a blind review process. The Committee will determine the paper's
relevance and substance based on the following criteria:
• Purpose and reason for work
• Quality and quantity of data
• Experimental procedures
• Application to industry
• Conclusions based on data presented
Selection and Acceptance
Abstracts will be used only for tentative selection. Final selection
and acceptance is based on the completed paper submitted on time.
Author Instructions
Detailed
instructions regarding paper format and presentation requirements will be
sent to authors along with their notification of abstract acceptance.
Notification
Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstracts will be sent August 1, 2006.
Official Language
All papers must be submitted and presented in English, the official
language of the Conference.
Publication & Registration
Only papers received in the proper format by the deadline and
presented at the Conference will be published in the Proceedings.
Copyrights to all papers published become the property of ISEE. Presenters
are required to register for the Conference by December 1st.
Presentation of Your Paper
The Program Committee will assign each paper to a session upon
acceptance of the completed paper. The paper will be assigned to a
General Technical Session or Blasters Forum Poster Session. Authors whose
Papers are assigned to Technical Sessions will have 20 minutes to present
their paper and 10 minutes for questions and answers.
For papers selected for the Blasters Forum Poster Session, authors will
present their poster during a 90 minute session of one-on-one discussions
with conference attendees. Posters will stay in place for one day
according to the Program Schedule.
Your Audience
The Conference provides a forum for field blasters, supervisors,
suppliers, service providers, manufacturers, educators, researchers and
others for discussion of practical and technical information on the
latest techniques, product innovations, software and hardware release,
and research discoveries.
Deadlines
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June 12, 2006
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Last
day for submission of abstracts
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August 1, 2006
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Notification of preliminary acceptance of papers
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Completed Author Confirmation Form due |
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October 1, 2006
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Last
day for submission of completed papers
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November 15, 2006
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Final
acceptance and program schedule notification
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December 1, 2006
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Conference
registration deadline for authors
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January 28 - 31, 2007
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Annual
Conference - Presentation of papers
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General Sessions
Accepted Papers
scheduled for presentation in the General Sessions are presented by authors
to the audiences in a lecture style format with time for questions and
answers. Papers in the General Session are peer-reviewed and published.
Blasters Forum Poster Session
The Blasters Forum is a multimedia poster session with one-on-one
interaction. Authors will display papers on poster board and use audio
visuals to enhance their presentation in a small group setting. Papers
for the Blasters Forum are also peer reviewed and published.
Benefit By Attending
This Conference is the largest gathering of its kind in the world for
those involved with the manufacture, transportation, storage, disposal,
and use of explosives and related products.
Attending will be field blasters, supervisors, suppliers, service
providers, manufacturers, educators, and researchers who want practical
information on the latest techniques, product innovations, and research
discoveries.
Registration begins in September on-line at www.isee.org or by mail.
Video Roundup
The Committee is also seeking blasting related videos for the Blasters-R-Us Video Roundup. Please submit your 6 minute video with a description of the activity and individuals being shown. No paper or presentation is required for the Video Roundup. No commercial videos will be accepted. Sorry, we cannot return videos.
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