Sunday, September 19th:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
Optional Pre conference tour. Medellin city tour
Tuesday, September 21st:
Working Session No. 1: Academic tour
8:30 am - 12:00 am -Academic visit to School of Mines
11:00:00 am - 11:15 am
SOMP Group photo. School of Mines
Afternoon Working Session No. 2: Committees Meeting
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Capacity Building Committee Meeting
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Education Committee Meeting
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Research Committee Meeting
1:00 pm – 2:45 pm Members Development Committee Meeting
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Council Meeting
Night Welcome
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Cocktail
Wednesday, September 22nd:
Working Session No. 3
8:00 am – 8:10 am Welcome Address: Prof. Oscar Jaime Restrepo Baena, 2019-2020 SOMP President, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, School of Mines
8:10 am – 8:20 am Welcome Address: Prof. Juan Camilo Restrepo Vice Cancellor Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellin.
8:20 am – 8:30 am Welcome Address: Prof. Veronica Botero. Dean School of Mines Universidad Nacional de Colombia
8:30 am – 8:45 am Welcome Address: Particular conditions of Mining activities in Colombia and Latin America: Santiago CardonaMineros S.A
8:45 am – 8:50 am Welcome Address: Welcome Address: Jorge Jaramillo. Mines Secretary. Regional Goverment
8:50 am- 9:00 am Welcome: Luis Fernando Suárez Vélez. Governor (e) of Antioquia
< 9:00 am - 9:10 am Coffee/Tea Break
Thursday, September 23rd
Working Session No. 5
8:00 am – 8:05 am Presentation: Chair Education – Prof. Oliver Langefeld
8:05 am – 8:25 am Slope stability monitoring – a course for mine surveyors and geotechnical engineers to address risk mitigation. Thomas H and Mitra R School of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
8:25 am – 8:45 am Early experiences in online teaching. Sakshi Hazuria Anderson, Amy J. Richins, Michael G. Nelson. Mining Engineering Department. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
8:45 am – 9:05 am The importance of the management and use of mining heritage in the future of mining engineering education. Domingo J. Carvajal Gomez. University of Huelva, Spain
9:05 am – 9:25 am Teaching automation and data analytics as a recruiting tool for mining engineering departments. Nino Ripepi, Richard Bishop, Juan J. Monsalve Valencia, Aman Soni. University: Virginia Tech, USA
9:25 am – 9:40 am Coffee/Tea Break
9:40 am – 10:00 am Sustainability in raw materials production and the role of higher education. Alexander Hutwalker, Angela Binder, Oliver Langefeld. Institute of Mining Clausthal University of Technology
10:00 am – 10:20 am Innovation through cooperative learning techniques applied to the subject of materials science in two different spanish engineering degrees. Fernández Pérez B.; Ayala Espina J.; Menéndez Aguado, Juan M; Beatriz. Baragaño Coto, Diego; Ramajo Escalera Beatriz. Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
10:20 am – 10:45 am Creativity in Engineering. Enrique Posada. Colombia
10:45 am – 12:15 am Panel on “Challenges facing mining engineering schools/programs” (Chaired by Ismet Canbulat: invited: Christoph, Mario Cedrón, Ronny, Nga, M. Karmis)
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch
Afternoon Working Session No. 6
Section IV Membership Development Session
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm Presentation: Membership Development Session
1:35 pm - 3:30 pm Membership Development Workshop: Chaired by Andrea Brickey and Emily Sarver
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Coffee/Tea Break
Section V Capacity Building Session
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm Presentation: Chair Capacity Building Session. Prof. Domingo Carvajal
3:50 pm - 4:10 pm A new school of mines in Queensland, Australia – 150 years in the making. Steve Hall Central Queensland University Australia
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm An attempt to integrate religion, sustainable development and mining – A case study from Iran Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kretschmann, TH Georg Agricola University, Bochum, Germany Dr.-Ing. Ravanbakhsh Amiri, Vice-President Arzesh International Investment Development Holding, Tehran, Iran
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm Beneficiation of minerals in Namibia – challenges and opportunities for collaborative research. H. Musiyarira and G. Dzinomwa Namibia University of Science and Technology
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm Toward un SDG 11: paths of mining cities sustainability as practiced in China Zhongxue LI Yankai ZHANG Hongguang JI, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Presentation of Colombian Commission on Resources and Reserves – CRIRSCO. Wilfredo López AIMC. Colombia
Night Dinner
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm SOMP Awards dinner
Friday, September 24th:
Working Session No. 7 at “Parque Arvi”
Section VI Members Development and IT
7:15 am - 8:15 am Trip to "Parque Arví"
8:30 am - 9:00 am Presentation of IT Committee and discussion. Prof. Zach Agioutantis
9:00 am - 9:20 am Mining health and safety and the Importance of academic exchange programs for its improvement. Nino Ripepi - Juan josé Monsalve Virginia Tech, Juan E Monsalve Universidad Nacional de Colombia
9:20 am - 9:40 am Smart mining operation system and construction plan in China Qingxiang Cai, Wei Zhou, Xiang Lu China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
9:40 am - 10:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
Section VI Research, Development and Industry Session
10:00 am - 11:00 am Presentation: Chair Research, Development and Industry – Prof. Kwame Awuah-Offei
11:00 am - 11:20 am Challenges in autonomous underground tramming operations Z. Agioutantis, S. Schafrik, J. Sottile, and V. Androulakis University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
11:20 am - 11:40 pm Methods for minimizing hazards during and after the closure of underground coal mines Prof. Jan Palarski, Prof. SUT Violetta Sokoła-Szewioła, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
11:40 pm - 12:00 m Drone images and data acquisition software for geomechanical mapping Jair Carlos Koppe & Irvyn Laurence Paniz Post-graduation Program in Mining, Metallurgy and Materials, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
12:00 m - 12:20 pm Smart mining and law Prof. Dr. jur. Walter Frenz, Maître en Droit Public, RWTH Aachen University
Section VII Future of SOMP
12:30 m - 1:00 pm Discussion on Future of SOMP: Prof. Vladislav Kecojevic
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm Presentation of the next regional conferences
1:15 pm - 1:30 pm Presentation of the next SOMP annual conferences
Closing Ceremony
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm Closing speech
Afternoon Closing activities
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Visit "finca cafeteta"
Monday, September 20th:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Optional Pre conference tour. Guatape tour
Sunday, September 19th:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
registration
Optional Pre conference tour. Medellin city tour
Monday, September 20th:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
Optional Pre conference tour. Guatape tour
Tuesday, September 21st:
Morning Working Session No. 1: Academic tour
8:30 am - 12:00 am -Academic visit to School of Mines
11:00 am - 11:15 am SOMP Group photo. School of Mines
After noon Working Session No. 2: Committees Meeting
1:45 pm – 3:45 pm Council Meeting
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Education Committee Meeting
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Research Committee Meeting
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Members Development Committee Meeting
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Capacity Building Committee Meeting
Night
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Cocktail
Wednesday, September 22nd:
Working Session No. 3
8:00 am – 8:10 am Welcome Address: Prof. Oscar Jaime Restrepo Baena, 2019-2020 SOMP President, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, School of Mines
8:10 am – 8:20 am Welcome Address: Prof. Juan Camilo Restrepo Vice Cancellor Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Medellin.
8:20 am – 8:30 am Welcome Address: Prof. Veronica Botero. Dean School of Mines Universidad Nacional de Colombia
8:30 am – 8:45 am Welcome Address: Particular conditions of Mining activities in Colombia and Latin America: Santiago CardonaMineros S.A
8:45 am – 8:50 am Welcome Address: Welcome Address: Jorge Jaramillo. Mines Secretary. Regional Goverment
8:50 am- 9:00 am Welcome: Luis Fernando Suárez Vélez. Governor (e) of Antioquia
9:00 am - 9:10 am Coffee/Tea Break
Section II SOMP Bussiness section
9:10 am – 9:15 am Acknowledgments: Oscar Jaime Restrepo
9:15 am – 10:45 am SOMP Business Session:Vlad Kecojevic. SOMP Secretary-General. West Virginia University, United States
10:45 am – 11:05 am Ethic in Engineering: Roberto Castañeda. AIMC. Universidad Nacional de Colombia
11:05 am – 12:00 pm Tim Shaw Award: Presentation by Emily Sarver. Virginia Tech
12:00 - 1:25 pm Lunch
Afternoon Working Session No. 4
Section III Educational Session I
1:30 pm – 1:35 pm P resentation: Chair Education – Harmony Musiyarira
1:35 pm – 2:00 pm Industry 4,0 in Mining: John Willian Branch. School of Mines Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm University-company cathedra, a model of adaptation of the academy to the needs of the new mining. Mario Cedrón - Angel Tobar, Jorge Soto. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima Perú
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and mining engineers of the future. Michael Hitch and Veiko Karu. Western Australia School of Mines , Australia. Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Addressing diversity aspects in mining engineering education. Binder, Angela; Hutwalker, Alexander; Langefeld, Oliver. Clausthal University of Technology, Institute of Mining, Department of Underground Mining Methods and Machinery
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm Lifelong learning in the mining industry: implementation of practical training courses on-site. George Barakos, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, Kirsi Luolavirta, University of Oulu, Finland, Marcos de Paiva Bueno, University of Oulu, Finland, Maria Sinche Gonzalez, University of Oulu, Finland Helmut Mischo, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany, Saija Luukkanen, University of Oulu, Finland
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm Current educational challenges in mineral processing courses and programs. Menéndez Aguado, Juan M.; Restrepo Baena, O.J.; Díaz, Andrea; Coello Velázquez, Alfredo L. Universidad de Oviedo, Spain, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Coffee/Tea Break
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm Lessons learned from mining engineering education at the Politecnico di Torino. Marilena Cardu DIATI Politecnico; IGG CNR, Torino – Italy
4:20 pm - 4:40 pm Why students don’t study mining engineering in Australia. Ismet Canbulat, Bruce Hebblewhite, Paul Hagan and Serkan Saydam. School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, UNSW Sydney
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm Michael Karmis SOMP PhD Fellowship Award Lecture (1)
5:00 pm - 5:20 pm Michael Karmis SOMP PhD Fellowship Award Lecture (2)
Night Group gathering
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Social event
Thursday, September 23rd
Working Session No. 5 Educational Session II
8:00 am – 8:05 am Presentation: Chair Education – Jurgen Brune
8:05 am – 8:25 am Students’ major recognition on mining engineering of Chongqing University in China. Li Liu , Junzhu Tian, Zhengyu Zhang, Deyi Jiang, Yong Li, Chongqing University, China
8:25 am – 8:45 am Early experiences in online teaching. Sakshi Hazuria Anderson, Amy J. Richins, Michael G. Nelson. Mining Engineering Department. University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
8:45 am – 9:05 am The importance of the management and use of mining heritage in the future of mining engineering education. Domingo J. Carvajal Gomez. University of Huelva, Spain
9:05 am – 9:25 am Teaching automation and data analytics as a recruiting tool for mining engineering departments. Nino Ripepi, Richard Bishop, Juan J. Monsalve Valencia, Aman Soni. University: Virginia Tech, USA
9:25 am – 9:40 am Coffee/Tea Break
9:40 am – 10:00 am Sustainability in raw materials production and the role of higher education. Alexander Hutwalker, Angela Binder, Oliver Langefeld. Institute of Mining Clausthal University of Technology,Germany
10:00 am – 10:20 am Innovation through cooperative learning techniques applied to the subject of materials science in two different spanish engineering degrees. Fernández Pérez B.; Ayala Espina J.; Menéndez Aguado, Juan M; Beatriz. Baragaño Coto, Diego; Ramajo Escalera Beatriz. Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
10:20 am – 10:45 am Slope stability monitoring – a course for mine surveyors and geotechnical engineers to address risk mitigation. Thomas H and Mitra R School of Mining Engineering, RWTH Aachen University.
10:45 am – 12:00 am Presentation of the Colombian Schools of Mines (4)
12:15 - 1:30 pm Lunch
Afternoon Working Session No. 6 Section IV Membership Development Session
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm Presentation: Membership Development Session
1:35 pm - 3:30 pm Membership Development Workshop: Chaired by Andrea Brickey
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Coffee/Tea Break
Section V Capacity Building Session
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm Presentation: Chair Capacity Building Session. Domingo Carvajal
3:50 pm - 4:10 pm A new school of mines in Queensland, Australia – 150 years in the making. Steve Hall Central Queensland University Australia
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm Beneficiation of minerals in Namibia – challenges and opportunities for collaborative research. H. Musiyarira and G. Dzinomwa Namibia University of Science and Technology
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm Toward un SDG 11: paths of mining cities sustainability as practiced in China Zhongxue LI Yankai ZHANG Hongguang JI, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Night Dinner
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm SOMP Awards dinner
Friday, September 24th:
Working Session No. 7 at “Parque Arvi”
Section VI Members Development and IT
8:00 am - 8:30 am Presentation of IT Committee and discussion - Zach Agioutantis"
8:30 am - 8:50 am Smart mining operation system and construction plan in China Qingxiang Cai, Wei Zhou, Xiang Lu China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
8:50 am - 9:10 am Mining health and safety and the Importance of academic exchange programs for its improvement. Nino Ripepi - Juan josé Monsalve Virginia Tech, Juan E Monsalve Universidad Nacional de Colombia
9:10 am - 9:30 am Coffee/Tea Break
Section VI Research, Development and Industry Session
9:30 am - 9:35 am Presentation: Chair Research, Development and Industry – Marilena Cardu
9:35 am - 9:50 am Challenges in autonomous underground tramming operations Z. Agioutantis, S. Schafrik, J. Sottile, and V. Androulakis University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
9:50 am - 10:15 pm Methods for minimizing hazards during and after the closure of underground coal mines. Jan Palarski, Prof. SUT Violetta Sokoła-Szewioła, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
10:15 m - 10:35 pm Smart mining and law Prof. Dr. jur. Walter Frenz, Maître en Droit Public, RWTH Aachen University
10:35 pm - 10:55 pm Presentation of Colombian Commission on Resources and Reserves – CRIRSCO. Mauricio Castañeda. CCRR Colombia
10:55 pm - 11:15 pm Creativity in Engineering. Enrique Posada. Colombia
11:15 pm - 11:35 pm Conclusions from the R&D&I Committee - Kwame Awuah-Offei
Section VII Future of SOMP
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Discussion on Future of SOMP: Prof. Vladislav Kecojevic
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Presentation of the next regional conferences
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Presentation of the next SOMP annual conferences
12:30 pm - 12:45 pm Closing speech
Afternoon Closing activities
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm Visit "finca cafeteta"
Saturday, September 25th:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Optional Post conference Technical tour - Antioquia Gold
