CALL FOR PAPERS

Having in mind the above-mentioned Symposium themes, the Organizing Committee of Slope Stability 2009 cordially invites all interested persons to present an abstract of their papers in accordance with following calendar:

•  Submission of abstracts : Before Tuesday, March 31 st , 2009. Abstracts must be submitted to following email address: John.Read@csiro.au .

•  Mailing to authors of acceptance or regret and mailing to authors of instructions for preparation of papers: by Friday, April 24 th , 2009.

•  Receipt of camera - ready papers: by Friday, July 31 st , 2009.

Abstracts must be prepared in a Word document and should be limited to less than 500 words. The abstract is to provide a general scope of the work, a summary of the results, and the significance of the work and applications. It should also include the title, author's affiliations, and the contact author's address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address.

Part of the activities to be included within the frame of Rock Slope Stability 2009 is the public launching of the book “Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design” . The book is an outcome of the LOP Research Project. It has taken three years to prepare and is comprised of 14 chapters that follow the life of mine sequence from project development to closure. Each chapter is written by an industry practitioner with specific experience in the topic being described. The purpose of the book is to be a new generation guideline that links innovative mining geomechanics research with best practice, outlining for today's practitioners what works best in different situations (and why), what doesn't work (and why not), and what is the best approach to satisfy best practice in a range of situations.