47th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique Cancellation
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I regret to announce that the 47th Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique has been cancelled. The Board came to this decision after considerable research into the viability of hosting a quality conference under the prevailing conditions. Ultimately, we have to observe health and safety requirements, and do our part to ensure that all participants and ISEE staff remain safe.
The Board agreed there was too much uncertainty whether the pandemic was going to dramatically improve during coming months. There is a major risk the conference would have substantially fewer delegates and a much-reduced exhibition as well as a technical program that would be compromised by the difficulties in travel. We did not want to tarnish the reputation of ISEE conferences by delivering an experience that was not up to standard. Despite the significant financial impact on the ISEE, the best decision for the health and wellbeing of our members, industry partners and staff was to cancel now.
This decision is disappointing to us all, and we thank you for your support and understanding. We would like to pay tribute to all the hard work of the Conference Advisory, Program and Blaster’s Training sub-committees and staff, and to acknowledge the significant commitment by speakers in preparing abstracts in anticipation of the conference. If it had been a normal year and we had gone ahead, we know it would have been a fantastic event.
Our short-term focus now is on providing suitable online training materials and potential networking opportunities for our members. The absolute format of this is being worked out, but ISEE is committed to providing a resource for the industry to continue to learn and practice the science and art of explosives engineering in a safe and practical manner.
We are also planning for the Annual Conference in 2022. Our aim is to make this more rewarding than ever for delegates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors.
See you in 2022!
Alastair Torrance
President, ISEE
The spouse program includes a continental breakfast and tour on Monday, plus admission to exhibits, welcome reception, emerging professionals social, and the Grand Network Gala.
The Mob Museum packs a lot of punches — from Tommy guns, film clips, artifacts of real mobsters and a Hawaiian shirt worn by TV mafioso Tony Soprano, to part of the wall from the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, to interactive exhibits that clue you into casino scams and mobster trivia. This downtown museum, located in a renovated courthouse where the Kefauver Committee hearings exposed organized crime, is no penny-ante deal. Guests are encouraged to take part in all the museum has to offer, which includes “participating” in a police lineup, reading actual files of mobsters, punching in a city and seeing its mob crime history, watching how agents spied on mobsters and listening to actual wiretaps and tapes of gangster schemes.
Spouses will meet in the Burgundy Room at Paris Las Vegas at 9:00am for continental breakfast. At 9:45am, we will walk the group to the North Door at Paris Las Vegas where they will board the buses. All participants must carry government issued identification.
| Conference Packages | Early Before 12/7/19 | Ontime By 1/3/20 | Late Begins 1/4/20 Extended to 1/10/20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Conference (Sunday - Wednesday, Jan. 26 - 29 ( Includes sessions, exhibits, Sunday's Welcome Reception, lunches, Emerging Professionals Social and Grand Finale Gala. Blasters Training Seminar sold separately.) | |||
| Full, Associate, Corporate Members | $750.00 | $800.00 | $875.00 |
| Emeritus Members | $125.00 | $125.00 | $125.00 |
| Student Members | $50.00 | $50.00 | $75.00 |
| Non-Members | $835.00 | $885.00 | $960.00 |
| Spouse Program (Includes continental breakfast, Sunday Welcome Reception, Monday and Tuesday Tours and Lunch, Exhibits, Tuesday Gala.) | $185.00 | $205.00 | $225.00 |
| Blasters Training Seminar (For those also attending the full conference.) | $220.00 | $250.00 | $295.00 |
| Blasters Weekend Package Only Jan. 25 - 26 (Includes Blasters Training Seminar, Sat. Lunch, Reception, Video Roundup, Exhibits & Sun. Welcome Reception and Emerging Professionals Social.) | |||
| Full, Associate, Corporate Members | $305.00 | $335.00 | $390.00 |
| Emeritus Members | $305.00 | $305.00 | $305.00 |
| Student Members | $150.00 | $150.00 | $175.00 |
| Non-Members | $390.00 | $420.00 | $475.00 |
| Blasters Weekend Spouse Program Jan. 25 - 26 only (Includes Saturday Lunch, Reception, Exhibits & Sunday Welcome Reception.) | $59.00 | $69.00 | $69.00 |
| Blasters Training Seminar Only (For attendees not purchasing Full Conference or Blasters Weekend Package registrations. Includes lunch.) | |||
| Full, Associate, Corporate Members | $220.00 | $250.00 | $295.00 |
| Emeritus Members | $220.00 | $220.00 | $220.00 |
| Student Members | $110.00 | $110.00 | $135.00 |
| Non-Members | $220.00 | $250.00 | $295.00 |
| Single Day Pass For Monday, Jan. 27 or Tuesday, Jan. 28 (Includes Exhibit Hall, Sessions and Lunch. Tuesday Pass also includes the Gala.) | |||
| Full, Associate, Corporate Members | $380.00 | $405.00 | $443.00 |
| Emeritus Members | $125.00 | $125.00 | $125.00 |
| Student Members | $50.00 | $50.00 | $75.00 |
| Non-Members | $465.00 | $490.00 | $527.00 |
| Add-Ons | Early Before 11/29/19 | Ontime By 1/3/20 | Late Begins 1/4/20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Reception Ticket - Sunday, Jan. 26 (One complimentary ticket is included in Full Registration.) | $44.00 | $44.00 | $44.00 |
| ISEE Clay Shoot - Sat., Jan. 25 (limited space) | $150.00 | $150.00 | $150.00 |
| Emerging Professionals Social - Sun., Jan. 26 (Open to All. Complimentary.) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Conference Proceedings - Book | $89.00 | $89.00 | $89.00 |
| Conference Proceedings - Flash Drive | $59.00 | $59.00 | $59.00 |
The ISEE Conference Program Committee is issuing an industry wide Call for Papers to be presented at the 45th 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.
Submit an Abstract View Your Abstracts
Ideas should be submitted in the form of a 200-400 word abstract (summary) highlighting the major points of your 8-10 page paper. Papers may not be commercial in nature. 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.
Abstracts must be submitted using this submission site by May 30, 2018. Chapter sponsored abstracts/papers must be submitted by the deadline.
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:
Abstracts will be used only for tentative selection. Final selection and acceptance is based on the completed paper submitted on time.
Detailed instructions regarding paper format and presentation requirements will be posted on the submission site after you receive the notification of abstract acceptance.
The program committee will assign each paper to a session upon acceptance of the completed paper. The paper will be assigned to a technical session or Blasters Forum Poster Session. Authors will have the option to present in both. (Space is limited.)
Papers must be submitted and presented in English, the official language of the conference.
Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstracts will be sent by June 15, 2018.
May 15, 2018 Last day for submission of abstract (Deadline extended to May 30.)
June 15, 2018 Notification of abstract acceptance
August 15, 2018 Last day for submission of completed paper
November 1, 2018 Notification of final paper acceptance
November 30, 2018 Conference registration deadline for authors