This year it is the University of Utah’s turn to play host to the event, scheduled for June 18-20. It will be held at the university guest house on the school’s campus and there has already been a great deal of registration interest.

Following on-site sign-ins, which will begin the afternoon of June 17, the symposium’s first official day will begin with a keynote session led by NIOSH Spokane Laboratory dust control ventilation and toxic substances group mining engineer Christopher Pritchard, BHP Billiton San Juan mine engineering manager Steve Bessinger, and industry consultant John Marks.

The technical sessions will include more than 80 papers covering topics such as ventilation planning, numerical modeling, coal mine ventilation, metal/non-metal mine ventilation, diesel emissions, occupational hygiene, cooling and refrigeration, mine fires, methane and dust explosions, fans, monitoring and control and a session on ventilation for Spanish speakers.

Attendees will also be able to join organizers on three field trips on June 21, following the adjournment of the meeting. The trips include Barrick Gold’s underground Goldstrike mine in Nevada, Solvay Chemical’s trona mine in Wyoming and Rio Tinto Kennecott’s Bingham Canyon mine in nearby Salt Lake City.

Interested participants can go to http://web.utah.edu/14mineventsymposium/index.html to register.

Watch for more information on the symposium, as well as ILN’s coverage from the event in June.