SLOPE STABILITY 2009

PROGRAM

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Time	Session	DAY 1 - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Time	Session	THEME: DATA GATHERING & GEOTECHNICAL MODELS
08:00 - 09:00		Registration
09:00 - 09:45		Official Opening
09:45 - 10:15		Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15	1	Premium Keynote by Evert Hoek: Fundamentals of Slope Design
11:15 – 11:30		Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:15	2	Keynote by Peter Stacey, Pit Slope Design Process
12:15 - 12:40		Mathis JI - Bench-Inter-ramp-Overall: a guide to statistically designing a rock slope
12:40 - 13:05		Ortiz R & Silva R - Probabilistic analysis of bench scale stability through diverse analytical tools
13:05 - 13:15		Questions/Answers Session 2
13:15 - 14:30		Lunch
14:30 - 14:55	3	Elmouttie M, Poropat G & Hamman ECF - Simulations on the sensitivity of rock structure models to field mapped parameters
14:55 - 15:20		Lambert C & Coll C - A DEM approach to rock joint strength estimates
15:20 - 15:45		Stead D, Sturzenegger M, Elmo D & Eberhardt E - Rock slope characterization for large open pits and high mountain slopes
15:45 - 16:10		Dight PM & Bogacz W - The application of a deposit tectogenesis in pit slope geotechnical engineering: a case example
16:10 - 16:20		Questions/Answers Session 3
16:20 - 16:30		Coffee Break
16:30 - 16:55	4	Gill RC - A Quick Analysis Tool to Show Cost Savings in Pit Wall Angle Changes
16:55 - 17:20		Major G, Sharon R & Yuan P - Optimizing designs of high slope in transported materials and residual soils
17:20 - 17:45		Costa TAV, Figueiredo RP & Franca BP - Geological and geotechnical characterization and failure mechanism of “Friable Hematitic Ore” in Vale iron ore mines. West of Iron Ore Quadrangle, MG - Brazil.
17:45 - 18:10		Dutton A, Coll C & Nolan D - Deep seated low wall deformation at Tutupan coal mine
18:10 - 18:20		Questions/Answers Session 4
18:20 - 18:20		End Technical Program Day 1

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Time	Session	DAY 2 - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Time	Session	THEME: DATA RELIABILITY & SLOPE DESIGN
08:30 - 09:15	1	Keynote by John Read, Data Uncertainty
09:15 - 10:00	1	Keynote by Loren Lorig, Challenges in current slope stability analysis methods
10:00 - 10:30		Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:55	2	Terbrugge P , Contreras L & Steffen OKH - - Value and Risk in Slope Design
10:55 - 11:20		Harr ME - Quantifying the reliability of rock slopes
11:20 - 11:45		Rogers SF, Elmo D, Beddoes RJ & Dershowitz, W - Mine scale DFN modelling and rapid upscaling in geomechanical simulations of large open pits
11:45 - 12:10		Cundall P, Damjanac B - A comprehensive 3D model for rock slopes based on micromechanics
12:10 - 12:30		Questions/Answers Session 2
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch
14:00 - 14:25	3	Chorley D, Rogers SF, Pesendorfer M, Zawadski W & Greer S - Hydrogeological characterisation & conceptual DFN flow modelling of slope pressures within the Diavik diamond mine, NWT
14:25 - 14:50		Pariseau WG - Excavation analysis of porous, jointed rock masses using equivalent coupled properties and influence functions
14:50 - 15:15		Galera JM, Montero J, Pérez C, Varona & Vega L - Coupled hydromechanical analysis of Cobre Las Cruces open pit
15:15 - 15:40		Rabus B, Eberhardt E, Stead D, Ghuman P, Nadeau, C, Woo, K, Severin, J, Stead D, Styles T & Gao, F, - Application of InSAR to constrain 3-D numerical modelling of complex discontinuous pit slope deformations
15:40 - 16:00		Questions/Answers Session 3
16:00 - 16:15		Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:40	4	Elmo D, Moffitt K, Le Bron K & Stead D - Characterisation of brittle rock fracture mechanisms in rock slope failures
16:40 - 17:05		Wesseloo J & Dight P - Rock mass damage in hard rock open pit mine slopes
17:05 - 17:30		Rose ND & Scholz MF - Analysis of complex deformation behaviour in large open pit slopes using the Universal Distinct Element Code (UDEC)
17:30 - 17:50		Questions/Answers Session 4
17:50 - 17:50		End Technical Program Day 2
20:30 - 23:30		Gala Dinner

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Time	Session	DAY 3- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Time	Session	THEME: SLOPE PERFORMANCE, MONITORING & RISK
08:30 - 09:15	1	Keynote by Mark Hawley, Assessing Slope Performance
09:15 - 10:00	1	Keynote by Bob Sharon, Risk Management – Geomechanics Application for Open Pit Slope Design and Performance
10:00 - 10:30		Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:55	2	Stacey P & Tammerik G - Rock Slope Management at Sossego Mine
10:55 - 11:20		Rivera P, Poma JL & Arroyo M - Triple benches and the importance of drill & blast in achieving design results – Pit Chaquicocha, Minera Yanacocha SRL, Peru
11:20 - 11:45		Carter TG, Miller PM, Palmer PG, Henning J, Cameron AR & Rougier M - Wall stability implications of large open pit mining through underground mine voids
11:45 - 12:10		Hormazabal E, Walker M, Rovira F & Carranza-Torres C - Analysis and design of slopes for Rajo Sur, an open pit mine next to the subsidence crater of El Teniente mine in Chile
12:10 - 12:30		Questions/Answers Session 2
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch
14:00 - 14:25	3	F. J. Lai, W. E. Bamford, S. T. S. Yuen & Li, T. - Implementing ‘Value at Risk' in Slope Risk Evaluation
14:25 - 14:50		Harries N - Rock Slope Hazard Management Associated with Rapid Brittle Failure in Open Pit Mines
14:50 - 15:15		Johnson T - Geotechnical Slope Monitoring in an Active Geothermal Environment at Lihir Gold Mine, PNG
15:15 - 15:40		Armstrong J & Rose ND - Mine operation and management of progressive slope deformation on the south wall of the Barrick Goldstrike Betze-Post open pit
15:40 - 16:00		Questions/Answers Session 3
16:00 - 16:15		Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:40	4	Gilmore BW, Hawley PM & Pottie J- A practical rockfall hazard identification system for open pit mining slopes
16:40 - 17:05		Hewson S, Bungard G, Corskie J & Yuliantoro F - Initiatives to address rockfall risk at KCGM Superpit operation
17:05 - 17:30		Hamman ECF - Qualitative geotechnical hazard and risk assessment
17:30 - 17:50		Questions/Answers Session 4
17:50 - 18:00		Closing Ceremony
18:00 - 19:30		Closing Cocktail - Cheese & Wine

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.